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According to El Peri\u00f3dico Mediterr\u00e1neo, the RFEF has appointed Jes\u00fas Gil Manzano to take charge of Villarreal<\/a>\u2019s first home game of the season, against Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a at the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica on Saturday at 21.00. The referee\u2019s history with the club has been repeatedly contentious.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n One early flashpoint came in a 2017 Villarreal-Real Madrid match, when he awarded a penalty for Bruno Soriano\u2019s inadvertent handball having earlier let a similar Marcelo incident pass, drawing strong criticism from Fernando Roig.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In the Copa del Rey<\/a>, during a one-off last-16 tie at La Cer\u00e1mica against Real Madrid, he did not penalise a possible Militao foul on Morales in the 85th minute. Real Madrid immediately broke and Dani Ceballos scored the winner for 2-3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gil Manzano has overseen Villarreal 34 times, four in the Copa del Rey with three wins and one defeat. In LaLiga<\/a> the balance is tighter, 11 victories, 10 draws and nine losses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The most recent Villarreal match under him was last season at La Cer\u00e1mica against Valencia CF, which Villarreal won amid further disputed calls. Inside two minutes Javi Guerra stepped on Nicolas P\u00e9p\u00e9 in the box, not given, and later the same player struck the forward with an elbow that caused a cut, also not called.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n VAR then sent him to the monitor for two penalty checks, one on Ramazani for Valencia and another for a handball by the same player after blocking a Nicolas P\u00e9p\u00e9 cross. After reviewing the latter, he awarded a penalty to Villarreal. Post-match, Marcelino Garc\u00eda Toral avoided public comment, replying with a gesture while covering his mouth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n