extreme referee Jesús Gil Manzano will blow the whistle for the first leg of the semi-finals on Wednesday. King’s Cup between Osasuna and Athletic Just two days after his controversial performance in the Madrid derby at the Santiago Bernabéu between Real Madrid and Atlético, it ended in a draw.
The Technical Referees Committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced on Monday the appointments of referees for the first leg of this week’s penultimate cup round. Santiago Jaime Latre will join Gil Manzano as VAR in the duel at El Sadar.
For the classic butler The delegation headed by Luis Medina Cantalejo at the Bernabéu on Thursday, Jose Luis Munuera MonteroIt will be supported by José Luis González González from the VOR room.
Gil Manzano one of the three most respected Spanish referees internationallyHe was harshly criticized by Atlético after Real Madrid decided to expel Ángel Correa for a blow to defender Antonio Rüdiger.
Complaint from Atletico
In fact, its performance led to a very harsh statement from Miguel Ángel Gil Marín, Atlético’s largest shareholder and CEO: “I already said that a few weeks ago and I confirm it word for word. It was more the same yesterday. This is bad luck! We always suffer from such actions against this team due to the constant pressure on the refereeing board.”
“Unfortunately I refuse to let us get used to these situations. It’s become a habit for years. “I’m not trying to find excuses to justify yesterday’s result, I’m just showing our fatigue.”
Gil Marín reinforced the comments made by coach Diego Pablo Simeone after the match:It would be nice if we could all compete in the same way. normalizing. They didn’t realize that there was no yellow for Ceballos in the cup and yes in a game with Savic going to a corner. I want more peace of mind for everyone, but there are things that are very clear.”