The Asturian referee González Fuertes has been appointed to referee the match between Athletic and Atlético de Madrid next Sunday in San Mamés. The Extremaduran Gil Manzano, for his part, will be in charge of the VAR, something that has not sat well in the mattress environment due to the recent goal of Sevilla against Simeone that began with the hand of Ocampos and that he refused to review through the arbitration video.
This is the same collegiate, by the way, who showed Red to Raúl García in the 13th minute during the lions' last visit to Real Madrid for a double yellow and that Atlético-Athletic led the first round in the Wanda with 2-1 in favor of the then local and the fend of the Super Cup that the rojiblancos conquered against Barça by 2-3, with Messi sent off included.
González Fuertes, meanwhile, has whistled the lions 9 times with a record of 3 rojiblancos wins, 2 draws and four defeats. The last of them against Cádiz in San Mamés, with 0-1 in favor of the yellows despite finishing with 9 players. The people of Bilbao have seen a total of 26 yellow cards with this referee, who also whistled the UD Ibiza-Athletic (1-2) of this year's Cup. His background with the colchoneros is 4 league games with 3 wins and a draw for Simeone and 9 yellow cards.