No club matches midweek, but Raúl did get himself into the record books on Wednesday night when he became Spain's all-time top scorer at the ripe young age of 25. The Real Madrid striker's two goals against Germany, including his first penalty for a long time after a couple of famous misses, takes him on to 31 goals, two ahead of his team mate at Madrid Fernando Hierro. Talking of team mates, Guti got the third for Spain to keep it in the family.

Once again Roy Makaay got his name on the scoresheet at the weekend, hitting Deportivo's winning goal at Valladolid with a spectacular flying sort of leap and sidefoot thingy (sorry, not really sure how to describe it). It was his 16th in the league and his 25th in all competitions, which must put him in the running for the golden boot this season. Nihat's golden boots were in action too at the weekend, the Turkish forward hitting two as Real Sociedad came back against Betis. Unfortunately for his side though, a last minute penalty by stand-in striker Fernando, his second goal of the game, gave the three points to the locals.

Fernando's two strikes takes him level with the group of players on nine goals (see last week's chart for details). Curiously Celta's Edu emulated him the day after, the young midfielder also stepping in to the centre forward spot due to the lack of reliable candidates, and scoring with two headers to take his tally to nine in all competitions. Joseba Etxeberría joins them as well after scoring a brilliant goal against top keeper Notario. (19.02.03)