24/10/2023
Act. a las 11:48
CEST
Barça is keeping an eye on the possible appointment of Gil Manzano as referee of the classic against Real Madrid on Saturday. The precedents in which the Extremaduran referee has directed the Blaugrana are worrying. And the referee’s record with the team is worrying. There are many examples of this.
Gil Manzano has directed games played by Barça on 36 occasions, with a record of 22 wins, five draws and five losses. That is to say, of those 36 games, the Blaugrana have not been able to win in ten of them, which represents a winning percentage of just over 60%. This is an average that lowers the average number of wins for a team like Barça. On the other hand, Real Madrid has won 37 of the 47 games that the Extremadura native has coached them, with a percentage of 78.72%.
But surely, the most scandalous thing is found in the disciplinary section. And Barça is, by far, the team that has suffered the most expulsions with Gil Manzano on the playing field. The referee has shown a total of ten red cards to Blaugrana players, four for a double yellow and six! for direct red. The second team that has seen the most direct expulsions by the referee is Málaga, with four.
Red Aces Poker
Famous is his poker of aces. Gil Manzano has shown the red card to four of the best footballers who have played in the League, all of them dressed in Blaugrana: they are Leo Messi, Neymar, Luis Suárez and Lewandowski. The Pole is his latest victim. It happened last season in El Sadar. Robert left the field for a double yellow card and, after touching his nose, Gil Manzano interpreted in the referee’s report a lack of consideration for which the forward received two more games.
Comparative grievance with Real Madrid
Real Madrid, for its part, has only suffered four expulsions in 47 games, an overwhelming difference compared to Barça. Three of them have been for a double yellow and only one for a direct red. It seems evident that the data demonstrate a very unreassuring trend for the team led by Xavi Hernández.
2023-10-24 09:38:01
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