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Gil Manzano takes out a card to a player of the Barça

IN HIS DAY HE EXPELLED SUÁREZ AND NEYMAR

Gil Manzano completed his triplet of expulsions from MSN with Messi

Published:18/01/2021 - 12:38h

Updated:18/01/2021 - 12:38h

Gil Manzano was one of the protagonists of the final by expelling Leo Messi in the extra time discount. The referee took the direct red at '10' for his attack on Villalibre and with this action he completed his particular triplet of the already old MSN

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Jesús Gil Manzano was the referee of the FC Barcelona-Athletic Club of the final of the Supercopa of Spain. The one of Don Benito did not leave at all happy to the culés, since for the barcelonismo allowed too much the hard game of the bilbaínos during all the crash. Besides, the extremeño expelled to Leo Messi in the discount of the extention and turned into the first referee in expelling to the Argentinian since it plays in the Barça.

The '10' never had seen a red with the group barcelonista and was Gil Manzano the first in commanding him to the changing rooms after his aggression to Asier Villalibre. The rosarino, frustrated by the defeat and by his bad performance, removed of on to the Basque forward with a strong manotazo that the VAR did not overlook. From the room warned to the referee and this, after seeing the played repeated in the screen, threw to the Barcelona captain.

An expulsion that, by the way, meant an individual triplete for the extremeño with players of the Barcelona. The MSN that formed Leo, Neymar Jr and Luis Suárez was during years the best trident of the world and did the delights of all the barcelonismo. Well, the pacense completed his 'hat-trick' of expulsions with Messi, since in the past also commanded to the street to the charrúa and to the Brazilian.

Suárez was the first to the that Gil Manzano lined of his list in the turn of the semifinals of Glass of the King of 2017 against the Athletic of Madrid. The forward saw two yellow cardboards and did not finish the party after seeing the second by a clear codazo on Koke Resurreción. The Uruguayan, besides, lost the final of this Glass that finish carrying the Barça after winning to the Alavés by 3-1.

In the case of Neymar, the referee showed him the red on 8 April 2017 in the Málaga-Barcelona of League. In this duel, the malaguistas advanced with a goal of the ex canterano barcelonista Sandro Rodríguez and sentenced in the minute 90 with another so much of Jony. The Barça did not know to react and finish the crash with 10 after the expulsion of the Brazilian in the minute 65 when seeing his second yellow by a hard entrance to Diego Llorente.

Gil Manzano completed his triplete with Messi

Now, four years after both expulsions, Gil Manzano has completed without looking for it this triplete with the MSN of protagonist. In this case, the red to Messi is indisputable, since the images left very clear that the one of Rosario soltó the arm voluntarily striking in the head to Villalibre. Now, it will be necessary to see how many parties of sanction fall him, since it speaks that they could punish him of 2 to 4 crashes.

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