It has not left very good flavour of mouth inside the barcelonismo neither of the own club the designation, by part of the UEFA, of the referee Italia Nicola Rizzoli for the next meeting of turn of the quarter-finals that will confront to Athletic of Madrid and FC Barcelona in Vicente Calderón (20.45h). A home-made referee of very good memory for the colchoneros and no so much for the Barcelona.
The balance of Rizzoli with the Athletic of Madrid is clearly positive for the Madrilenian with four victories and two defeats. Of special memory for the ones of the Manzanares is the final of the Europe League of 2010 that arbitrated them in Hamburg and where won by two to one to the Fulham English.
And for the Barça, although the last party arbitrated was the one of the 3-0 on the Bayern of Munich, there is some fear in front of his clear tendencies to favour to the ones of house. Besides, the Portuguese trainer José Mourinho recognised that to both joins them a narrow friendship. Something that is not at all good for the Catalans.
Rizzoli Has arbitrated in four occasions to the FC Barcelona with a balance of two victories and two defeats. One of them was in London in 2011 and in front of the Arsenal. A party that finish 2-1 and in which it ate two clear penaltis and cancelled a legal goal to Leo Messi of course offside.
The parties of Rizzoli in front of the Athletic:
ACF Gloria 1922 Bistrita 2 - 1 Athletic of Madrid (2007)
FC Carry 2 - 0 Athletic of Madrid (2009)
Athletic of Madrid 2 - 1 Fulham (2010)
Chelsea FC 1 - 3 Athletic of Madrid (2014)
Athletic of Madird 1 - 0 Bayer Leverkusen (2015)
Athletic of Madrid 2 - 0 Galatasaray (2015)
The parties of Rizzoli in front of the Barça:
FC Barcelona 5 - 1 Panathinaikos (2010)
Arsenal 2 - 1 FC Barcelona (2011)
PSG 3 - 2 FC Barcelona (2014)
FC Barcelona 3 - 0 Bayern of Munich (2015)