With the exception of the racist insults from a bunch of sub-humans at Santander who continue to give a bad name to Spanish football, it was a good week for Samuel Eto'o. The Cameroonian striker scored midweek to help Barcelona beat Benfica and reach the semi-finals of the Champions League, and then got another at the weekend at the Sardinero stadium to keep Frank Rijkaard's side eleven points clear at the top of the table. Eto'o was ably assisted by strikes from Ronaldinho in the first match and Larsson in the second.

Ronaldo proved once again that he is recovering his form prior to the World Cup with his fourth goal in as many games and his hundredth in a Real Madrid shirt, although he will now have to sit it out for three or four weeks or so after picking up an injury later on in the match against Real Sociedad. He could therefore be overtaken as the city of Madrid's top goalscorer by Getafe's Paunovic, who got two more at Málaga to add to the four he scored in the last couple of away games. It seems that the ex Atlético / Mallorca / Tenerife etc. veteran is discovering late in his career that he is actually a forward and not a midfielder! Paunovic's fellow countryman Milosevic was also on the scoresheet this weekend as Osasuna won at Alavés to challenge Valencia and Madrid for second spot, and he returns to our chart once again. (10.04.06)