The referee Gil Manzano appointed to referee Saturday’s Clasico between Barça and Real, which does not please everyone…
The Classic between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid already promises to be tense. The President of the White House, Florentino Pérez, decided to boycott it, and on the Catalan side, we deplored this Thursday the appointment of Gil Manzano as pure referee. Now a veteran of the officials on the other side of the Pyrenees after the retirements of Antonio Mateu Lahoz and Carlos Del Cerro Grande, the person concerned has become a bête noire for Barça since he dared to deprive Gerard Piqué of a last appearance under the Blaugrana tunic.
This day in November 2022, after having sent off Robert Lewandowski in a La Liga match against Osasuna, Gil Manzano had to take action against an insulting Pique who had also said to him: “ You are the referee who screwed us the most! » Under his orders, FC Barcelona has a lower winning percentage: 22 in 36 matches (61%), for 7 draws and 7 losses. Real in this area fares better with almost 79% success when this referee is on the whistle: 37 victories in 47 matches, for 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Already two precedents
Obviously, these data are put forward this week in the Catalan press, where we also recall that Gil Manzano has already refereed two Clasicos in his career. For two results favorable to Real Madrid: 3-1 at the Bernabeu during the 2014-2015 season, and 2-1, still in the Spanish capital, in the 2020-2021 financial year.
