If things go on like this José Antonio Camacho will be spoilt for choice for his next international squad. Most of his top Spanish strikers got on the scoresheet this week, with Diego Tristán the pick of the bunch with his two superb goals which took Depor to the top of the table. Salva got Valencia's first at Barcelona, Urzaiz got the consolation goal against Valladolid and Catanha got two, one in the Spanish cup and one in the league. The only ones who didn't add to their tally for once were Real Madrid's Raúl and Morientes, but teammate Guti more than made up for them with a hat-trick in the copa del rey. And if Camacho doesn't like any of that lot, there are a couple of youngsters who are making their mark, such as Zaragoza's Yordi who has six to his name in all competitions, Real Sociedad's Gabilondo who has scored in the last three games, or Valladolid's Tote, whose hat-trick at Bilbao this weekend probably left Del Bosque regretting that he let him leave Madrid on loan this summer.

Goals from foreign players were few and far between then as the locals shined. Rivaldo came back from international duty to get a late penalty in the Champions League midweek after Kluivert had opened the scoring, but the Brazilian star looked tired, and after being booed by his own fans he decided together with his manager to rest his injured knee and not play at the weekend. Saviola took his place and got his fourth of the season, level with fourteen others including Celta's Edú and Villarreal's Palermo, who came on to save the day in his club's cup tie. Sevilla's Nico Olivera moved to the top of the league's Pichichi chart with five goals after scoring from the penalty spot for the third game in a row and the fourth time this season, taking over from his city rival Casas who has not scored in five games.. (15.10.01)