The 39-year-old referee will be responsible for the administration of justice in Montjuic; It was going to be Sánchez Martínez, but they immediately changed it.
The first Clásico of LaLiga 2023-2024 will take place on Saturday, October 28 in Montjuic. The match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid will draw the attention of world football and one of the points of attention will once again be the referee, with all the controversies that come with it.
Who is Jesús Gil Manzano, the referee of the Classic Barcelona vs. Real Madrid from La Liga 2023-2024
In this case, Jesus Gil Manzano He will be in charge of the match between the azulgranas and madridistas. It will be the third time that justice is served in these matches between Catalans and Madrid. Would be so Sanchez Martinezbut they changed along the way.
Gil Manzano is a 39-year-old referee born in the town of Don Benito, located in the province of Badajoz. He has a degree in environmental sciences from the University of Salamanca and started leading a party in 1995, when he was just 11 years old. He made his debut in the First Division in 2012 at the age of 25 and has been an international FIFA referee since 2014.
Real Madrid is the team he has refereed the most in his career with 47 games which have resulted in 37 meringue wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. While directing 36 matches for Barça, with 22 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses.
At Real Madrid they remembered him very well from the 4-1 defeat against Valencia at Mestalla in which he scored three penalties against the whites. However, the Meringues won 78% of the matches in which Gil Manzano refereed, while Barcelona’s record drops to 61.11%.
In addition, during his career he sent off ten Barcelona players – including Luis Suárez, Neymar, Leo Messi (the only red card Argentina saw at club level) and Robert Lewandowski – for Real Madrid’s four (two of them Casemiro, one in a match ). Clásico in ’90), despite managing the capital’s team nine more times. The Catalans are also not bothered by the penalty kick balance: 6 for and 5 against, while Madrid was whistled 14 for and 7 against.
It will be Gil Manzano’s third classic
As for the classics, Gil Manzano whistled the third of his career after making his debut in this type of match in October 2014 and delivering justice in a 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu in which the team, coached at the time by Carlo Ancelotti, defeated Luis Enrique’s Barça.
They played their second Clásico at the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium in the Real Madrid Sports City in Valdebebas. The match ended with a victory for Real Madrid (2-1) and with a controversial play in which Barcelona’s players demanded a penalty for grabbing Braithwaite. Moreover, he eventually sent Casemiro off for a double yellow.
History, statistics and precedents of Gil Manzano as a referee for Real Madrid and Barcelona
Source: Goal