Three more red cards this week, two of them in the game between Barcelona and Las Palmas. Kluivert was the first to go a few minutes from the end after he picked up a second yellow card for a rather silly tackle, probably out of frustration as his side were unable to get the winning goal. Then a couple of minutes later Spanish under-21 international Angel followed him after he got a second booking for a late tackle on Saviola. The young full back is the first to get three red cards this season. The other red came in the game between Tenerife and Valencia, where the home side defender Lussenhoff got his marching orders for a flying elbow in injury time. He had already picked up one yellow, but it was not clear if he was sent off for a second booking or a direct red card.

Tenerife are likely to be missing up to four players through suspension for their next game, with Hugo Morales, Marioni and some reports say Manel all picking up their fifth caution of the season. Fuertes is injured as well, so Clemente will have to put out a new forward line for their visit to Málaga. Three other players have also hit the five yellow card mark, Naybet (Deportivo), Del Horno (Bilbao) and Rivas (Betis), and no less than five have completed the second cycle of ten cards, including the top villain from the last two years Téllez (Alavés), plus Ricardo and De Lucas (Espanyol), Corino (Rayo) and Marcos (Valladolid). (01.04.02)