They happen the hours and everything goes preparing for the final of the Supercopa of Spain, which will play this Sunday and will confront to the FC Barcelona and to the Athletic of Bilbao, in the party that can mean the first title of Ronald Koeman like trainer culé. In this sense, has been able to know that Jesús Gil Manzano will be the attendant to direct the actions of the meeting.
The referee extremeño, the one who will be assisted in the VAR by Alejandro Hernández Hernández, will direct again a party of the Barcelona, in which it already has caused stir by his controversial decisions. In total, Gil Manzano has directed 26 meetings of the team culé, in which the club has achieved 16 victories, has empatado in six occasions and has lost four times, adding also the scandalous figure of six expulsions along the same.
Incidentally, this will be the second final that the Barcelona faces with Gil Manzano like central judge, after which beside the team culé and to the Seville enla Glass of the King 2017-18. In said meeting, which served like farewell for Andrés Iniesta, the Barcelona entity attained to conquer the title copero when winning by 5-0 to the Andalusians.
Controversies of Gil Manzano with the Barcelona
Lastimosamente, Jesús Gil Manzano has seen wrapped in several controversies during the 26 parties that has directed with the Barcelona as I instrument participant. The most recent occurred this season, when the referee obvió a clear penalti committed by Diego Carlos to Messi at the end of the meeting between the Barcelona and the Seville, that finished in tie to a goal.
Another remembered and tistemente famous episode of Gil Manzano with the Barcelona occurred during LaLiga 2016-17, in the defeat of the Catalans in front of the Málaga, by 2-0. In said commitment, the controversial referee expelled precisely to Neymar, but did the blind when it had to have pitado two clamorosas maximum penalties, committed on Sergi Roberto and Jéremy Mathieu.