Xavi: “Gil Manzano? We will not play with the handbrake”

Jesus Gil Manzano is the designated college that will govern the meeting of boat this Sunday before the Athletic Bilbao in San Mamés (9:00 pm/Movistar). The man from Extremadura fired a Lewandowski at El Sadar against Osasuna in November. The previous precedent for a red card from the Pole was with Dortmund in the 2013-14 Bundesliga. Lewandowski has been added to a list of celebrities who have been kicked out of Gil Manzanowhich also includes Luis Suarez, neymar and Messi. Xavi Hernandez it is clear. “We will not play with the handbrake on,” he commented in the press conference before the match in Bilbao.

“What we want is to finish the game with three points and no sanctions. But there are moments of the game that can condition you. Not for Gil Manzanofor football”, he answered when asked about the referee’s hypothetical influence on the game in the new San Mamés.

Xavi know the ‘palmarés’ of Gil Manzano (ten expelled from Barça were added to the referee) and also to the four warned that there were in the team: kessie, Ferran Torres, Busquets and raphinha. “Yes, we know. Fortunately or unfortunately there is a final tomorrow. If something falls, we will see. You have to think about the game, which is as important or even more important than the Clásico”.

And it was that the meeting before the Athletic It’s capital, it’s a new final for boat in his career for the League, where he leads with 14 games remaining. “He Athletic It has some results that are inconsistent with their game”, he warned. And he explained it: “This is a very intense team, more in their field. Win a lot of duels, they will become aggressive. It’s one of the toughest outings we have now until the end of the season.”

[+] The complete press conference can be found here