Piero Hincapié and Bayer Leverkusen finished the 2021/22 Bundesliga season and immediately set out for Mexico. It is that in the Aztec country they will play on Tuesday, May 17 against Toluca, as part of the celebrations of the German pharmaceutical company , owner of Leverkusen, which celebrates its first 100 years of presence in Mexico.
One of the players requested by the Mexican press was the Ecuadorian central defender, who was consulted by Fox Sports MX, about the complaint by the National Association of Professional Soccer of Chile (ANFP), about the alleged adulteration of documents that certify that Byron Castillo is an Ecuadorian citizen.
«It hasn’t affected us at all. We don’t get into that issue. That they fix it between teams and with FIFA. We have nothing to do with it. Byron Castillo is one hundred percent Ecuadorian and Ecuador will obviously be in the World Cup of Qatar 2022. I don’t think there is something bad that takes him out of the World Cup»asserted on the question of how the selected group coexists with this issue that captures the attention of both countries.
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Regarding what lies ahead for the team coached by Argentine Gustavo Alfaro, he mentioned that going to a World Cup «is the best thing» that can happen to them as «soccer players». For this reason, in Qatar they are «willing to give everything in each of the games to leave Ecuador at the top.»
The Argentines Exequiel Palacios and Lucas Alario, the Chilean Charles Aránguiz, the Ecuadorian Piero Hincapié and the Brazilian Paulinho, are the South American players who stand out in the German team.