The Referees Committee of the Spanish Football Federation appointed referee Jesus Gil Manzano to officiate the El Clásico match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​scheduled for Sunday evening in the Spanish Super Cup final, which will be held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The appointment of Manzano to manage El Clásico is considered a bad omen for FC Barcelona, ​​as the Catalan team did not achieve any victory or draw in the matches that this referee managed in El Clásico, and Manzano managed 3 Previous matches between the two teams, all of which ended with Real Madrid winning with scores of 3/1, 2/1, 2/1, in the years 2014, 2021, and 2023, respectively.

This is the fourth final match that Manzano has managed for Barcelona, ​​and it carries a bad memory for the team. Manzano managed the 2016 Spanish Super Cup final, which ended with Barcelona defeating Seville 2/0, as well as The 2018 King's Cup final, which ended with the Blaugrana's victory over Sevilla 5-0, but the last final that Manzano led for Barcelona was in the 2021 Super Cup, where the team lost to Athletic Bilbao 3-2.

Over the course of his career managing Barcelona’s matches, Manzano managed 41 matches for the team in various competitions, in which Barcelona won 26 times, tied 7, and lost 8 times. The referee also showed the red card in the faces of Barcelona players 10 times, in addition to 101 yellow cards.