The Extremadura referee has expelled ten Barça footballers in 33 games he has managed.
His ‘top work’ was to show Leo Messi his only card in 778 games as a Blaugrana
Robert Lewandowski has suffered his first expulsion as a Barça footballer against Osasuna. And it is no coincidence that the match official is Jesus Gil Manzano. The Extremaduran has specialized in sending the main stars that the Blaugrana team has had in the last decade to the locker room. So much so, that Gil Manzano expelled Gerard Piqué in the locker room tunnel, when the teams were retiring for halftime, in what was his last professional game…
The season opened with Daniel Alves, whom he expelled Rayo Vallecano (6-1) in the 2014-2015 League in a landslide. It would not be the only time that Gil Manzano would throw out the Brazilian side. Last year, on his return to Barça, he also suffered from the Extremaduran’s incontingency in the league victory against Atletico (4-2).
Luis Suarez He was the second victim, in a Copa del Rey semifinal match against Atlético (1-1). The Blaugrana would end up accessing the final thanks to 3-1 in the first leg. The Blaugrana team was not so lucky with the other two expulsions.
That same season, Gil Manzano would send to the changing rooms ahead of time to Neymar in a league match against Málaga, leaving Barça outnumbered for the last 25 minutes. But the culmination of his career came in the 2021 Spanish Super Cup final, when he showed Leo Messi the only red card he has seen in his 778 games defending the Blaugrana jacket.
Clement Lenglettwice, and Sergio Robertcomplete the list of ten expulsions in 33 games directed by the Extremadura referee, who has other illustrious victims on his list such as Varane, Casemiro, Fekir, Diego Costa or Joao Felix.