It's all over! Despite not playing the last game against Real Madrid due to a calf strain, Diego Tristán takes the Pichichi prize both in the Spanish league and in all club competitions. Tristán is the second Deportivo player to top the table following Bebeto's success in the 1992/3 season. Raúl still has a remote chance of catching him in the overall chart, but he will need to score four in the Champions League final on Wednesday night to do so. Don't we wish! Morientes and Kluivert finished runners up in the league, with Catanha, Saviola and Tamudo one behind them. Saviola's twenty-first of the season will probably not be enough to get him in to Argentina's World Cup squad though, and Tamudo and Urzaiz, who scored two at the weekend, will probably miss out on Camacho's squad when he names it tomorrow. Luque scored one of the most important goals of his young career to keep Mallorca in the first division after Fernando had given Valladolid the lead with his fifteenth of the season, and Makaay helped Deportivo take second spot with a goal against Real Madrid. All of this pales into insignificance though with the feat of 13 year old Diong 'John' Mendy of Barcelona's 'infantil A' side. He scored 97 goals in 29 games, and wasn't even the team's penalty taker! His side won all 30 games of their league, with a goals for and against record of 273-10. Sounds more like cricket. (12.05.02)

PS. Two more goals to add to our totals, and probably the most important of the season as far as Spanish teams are concerned. Raúl's opener and Zidane's spectacular strike (his twelfth of the season) against Bayer Leverkusen gave Real Madrid their ninth European cup of their history and saved their centenary year. Congratulations campeones! (16.05.02)