Pichichis

Barcelona failed in their bid to win the Club World Cup, losing the final to Internacional Porto Alegre 0-1. They did however put on a display for the fans in their semi-final against América, Gudjohnsen, Márquez, Ronaldinho and Deco on target in a 4-1 win. Meanwhile all four La Liga sides (Celta, Espanyol, Osasuna and Sevilla) were making it through to the knock-out stage of the UEFA cup, Pandiani and Baiano amongst the scorers in a successful couple of days for Spanish football.

Barça's league match against Betis was postponed to next month as a result of their trip to Japan, but all the other clubs were in action. Sevilla took advantage to open up a gap on the defending champions, Luis Fabiano and Kanouté on the scoresheet in a 1-3 win at Recre, and a Van Nistelrooy goal at Espanyol kept Real Madrid in the hunt for the title. Angulo gave Valencia a valuable win at Zaragoza, and Baiano scored for the fourth week in a row to save Celta a point. Jankovic's early strike against Racing was not enough though to save Mallorca from defeat. (18.12.06)

Pichichi League Cup Europe Total
(Penalties)
Van Nistelrooy (R Madrid) 9 2 4 15 (2)
Ronaldinho (Barcelona) 11 0 3 14 (5)
Kanouté (Sevilla) 12 0 1 13 (2)
Diego Milito (Zaragoza) 11 0 0 11 (1)
Baiano (Celta) 8 0 3 11 (0)
David Villa (Valencia) 7 0 4 11 (1)
Morientes (Valencia) 5 0 6 11 (0)
Gudjohnsen (Barcelona) 5 2 3 10 (0)
Pandiani (Espanyol) 2 0 7 9 (0)
Luis García (Espanyol) 3 1 4 8 (3)
Diego Forlán (Villarreal) 5 1 1 7 (0)
Luis Fabiano (Sevilla) 5 0 2 7 (1)
Angulo (Valencia) 3 2 2 7 (0)
Kepa (Sevilla) 3 1 3 7 (0)
Tamudo (Espanyol) 6 0 0 6 (1)
Jankovic (Mallorca) 5 1 0 6 (0)
Raúl (Real Madrid) 3 0 3 6 (0)
F Torres (Atlético) 5 0 0 5 (3)
Zigic (Racing) 5 0 0 5 (0)
Sinama-Pongolle (Recre) 5 0 0 5 (0)
Yeste (Athletic) 4 1 0 5 (2)
Eto'o (Barcelona) 4 0 1 5 (0)
Iniesta (Barcelona) 3 0 2 5 (0)
Valdo (Osasuna) 3 0 2 5 (0)
Díaz de Cerio (Real Soc) 2 3 0 5 (0)
Canobbio (Celta) 2 0 3 5 (0)
Deco (Barcelona) 1 2 2 5 (0)