UEFA has appointed experienced Spanish referee Jesus Gil Manzano to officiate the Champions League playoff first leg between Monaco and PSG on Tuesday evening at Louis II. A referee both teams know well, but one who has been more favorable to PSG.

Two days before the Champions League playoff first leg, UEFA appointed the referees for the Monaco-PSG showdown and it is Spain's Jesus Gil Manzano (42) who was chosen to officiate this match between two Ligue 1 clubs.

A referee, Luis Enrique, crossed paths with him several times in LaLiga when he coached Barcelona, but not only.

Jesus Gil Manzano was indeed the referee of last October's spectacular Leverkusen-PSG match (2-7), which featured Ilya Zabarnyi's red card and two penalties logically given to the Germans.

Before that, the Spanish referee had already officiated PSG four times in his career: a 2-1 loss at Milan (October 2023), a 2-0 win against Dortmund (September 2023), a 1-1 draw at Benfica (October 2022) and a 4-1 win against Brugge (December 2021).

The Spanish referee, who awarded a penalty to PSG against Dortmund and Brugge, also gave one to Monaco in the final moments last October during AS Monaco's 2-2 draw against Manchester City.

Before that, Jesus Gil Manzano had officiated two other Monaco matches: a Champions League preliminary round loss 3-2 in extra time by the Monégasques against PSV (August 2022) and another 2-1 loss at Fenerbahce in July 2016.

This season, the Spanish referee has overseen 22 total matches with 82 yellow cards, 6 red cards and 8 penalties given. Throughout his career, his record stands at 532 matches officiated with 2,712 yellow cards, 88 second cautions, 69 red cards and 181 penalties.

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