Hopefully now this scandal will be put to an end. I was sad to see the Peru football association siding with Chile and joining the appeal process. Appeals committee has decided in favor of Ecuador. Chile and Peru should have backed out by now, but they have decided to take this to the next stage. Chilean officials are saying that they will take this matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). I am not sure about this. Can the CAS force FIFA to suspend Ecuador? If that is the case, then how can we say that FIFA is an autonomous body?
It is an embarrassing fact, not the claim that certainly has its foundation, but the fact of wanting to remove Ecuador from the World Cup in Qatar, and until now the other teams have had the decorum to leave the matter to those who are responsible, and the sanctions should be incurred at administrative levels, including individual ones, but Chile's premise of asking for Ecuador's position, due to that incident, really embarrassing!, that is, could have had the pertinent claim and wait for the decision, which by the way favors Ecuador.
I don't know if this topic is trend in other regions, but in these parts the news has taken on tones to mocking, many are expressed in Memes, such as Chile being the eliminated for the third time, for which such a thing is a record world or best guinnes:
https://media.tycsports.com/files/2022/09/16/479845/memes-chile_862x485.webpImportant: I do not join the mockery for the Chilean team, I think they had their right to claim, but they forgot or was a lack of bureaucracy in putting the request to remove Ecuador, on the other hand it reflects how fans take things nowadays and the serious media, because tycsports is not only a web medium but also a television medium that even includes radio stations.