The performance of the referee Gil Manzano in the final of Super Cup of Spain played by Real Madrid and FC Barcelona this Sunday in Jeddah is causing a lot of talk. The 2-5 with which the Blaugrana finished the match served to leave many of them mistakes of appreciation, which often fell by the wayside meringue.
However, their controversies decisions, ignoring second yellow cards for various Real Madrid players, fanning the flames of a controversy where Gonzalo Bernardos, renowned economist and admitted follower of RCD Espanyol, He wants to contribute his grain of sand.
In a message posted on his X account, Bernardos recalled another one of the great ‘work’ by the Extremaduran referee. What he did in May 2023 in Mestallain the match they played Valencia and the RCD Espanyol which ended in a draw (2-2), a result that precipitated the refusal blue and white then clearly disallowed a goal legal of César Montes, Mexican central defender of the Catalan team, and it is not pital a harsh punishment dedicated to Martin Braithwaite.
Bernardos, in said message, recalled that refereeing, pointing out that “Yesterday, in the Real Madrid – Barcelona match, a large part of the Spaniards discovered that Gil Manzano was a rude referee. RCDEspanyol members and supporters know this from the match against Valencia on May 28, 2023. On that day we went down to Second Division”.
Source: La Verdad
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