Jesús Gil Manzano has been appointed by the CTA to direct this Saturday’s Clásico between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, corresponding to matchday 11 of LaLiga. The Extremaduran referee was not among the favorites to referee the clash, but he has finally been selected.
Gil Manzano, one of the Spanish referees most highly rated by UEFA – 21 matches called in the Champions League – has been chosen to referee a Clásico that is expected to be hot, due to the equality in the table between both teams and the atmosphere. heated from the previous one.
The Extremadura native will be accompanied by his usual assistants, while Cuadra Fernández from the Balearic Islands will be in the VAR room, in charge of supervising what happens in the match and the performance of his teammate.
It will be the third Clásico for Gil Manzano, who already directed the one on matchday 30 of the 2020/21 season, with 2-1 for Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu – he sent off Casemira for a double warning, already in stoppage time -, and that of matchday 9 of LaLiga 2014/15, with 3-1 for the whites, also in Madrid.
So far in the 2023/24 season, Gil Manzano has not whistled a single match for FC Barcelona and a single match against Real Madrid, the 0-2 victory at the new San Mamés against Athletic Club on the first day of the domestic competition.
2023-10-26 09:52:47
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