Gil Manzano, referee of the Athletic-Barça, speech on the party

This Saturday in the afternoon will play one of the parties that can decide LaLiga Santander: the Athletic of Madrid-FC Barcelona. It will take place in Wanda Metropolitan and, of the same way that has sucedido in previous parties between both, expects a duel equalised and exciting, by what the referee's tarpaulin can become key.

Jesús Gil Manzano, of the school extremeño, will be the referee designated to direct the contention between rojiblancos and Barcelona. The referee has participated in a press conference beside other referees like Antonio Mateu Lahoz, Alberto Undiano Mallenco, Carlos Of the Big Hill, Carlos Velasco Carballo or Carlos Clos Gómez and has commented what supposes for him arbitrate the meeting.

Gil Manzano commented that it treats of an important party, but in which it will not do at all out of the routine: "we Are in the first turn. Decisive parties begin to be from the second. It is important by where are classified the two teams. They are two strong teams, with a lot of history behind. You give him the routine treatment of any another party, give him normality. It is necessary to prepare it like any another and put the one hundred by one hundred equal that in the rest that face".

Besides, Gil Manzano also commented what supposes for the referees the arrival of the videoarbitraje: "When it enters the VAR pitamos equal. The VAR is like a network that goes you to save in case of flagrant error. When salts to the foreigner this network lose it and when you commit an earthy error go you home with him and go to prejudice to one of the two teams. It does not affect to the way to arbitrate, prepare the equal party and equal salts".

The referee extremeño commented that the videoarbitraje does not change the form in which a referee takes decisions in a party: "will be making a mistake if we are pitando a party and think that the problems go it to us to solve from the VOR (Video Operation Room). The taking of decisions keeps on being the same except some nuances".

Hard party for the Barcelona

The FC Barcelona will visit Wanda Metropolitan with the need to win to keep the leadership in solitary of First Division. With the only safe drop of Ivan Rakitic and the doubt of Philippe Coutinho, the Barcelona will treat to assault a so dangerous field like the Madrilenian.