The meeting between Atlético de Madrid and the Cadiz will direct it Gil Manzano. A referee that this season has not whistled either of the two teams. And that which was appointed to direct the meeting between the Athletic and the Getafe but it was low at the last minute after testing positive for Covid. Mateu lahoz took his place.
Although this Extremadura collegiate does not bring very good memories to the colchoneros. Especially for the expulsion of Diego Costa at Camp Nou when half an hour had not elapsed into the game, due to an alleged insult from the forward of Lizard. At the end that day the colchoneros fell 2-0, and they ran out of options to fight the League against Barcelona.
Although the last time I messed it up was in a Athletic-Barcelona of 2018 when he did not see clear hands of Arturo vidal within the area. The game ended 1-1, if a penalty had been called … Undoubtedly, in the confrontations between Atlético de Madrid and Barcelona it has been where he has lived the most controversial episodes. In the mattress dressing room they also remember the semifinals of the Copa del Rey in which he annulled a legal goal to Griezmann that would have forced the extension.
And we would have to go back a few more years to remember the expulsion of Gabi in the changing room tunnel at the end of a game or the day that Arda Turan, at that time at Atlético, threw a boot at one of his linesmen that was totally unpunished.