Four more red cards this weekend, and curiously all of them were straight. Two of them came on Saturday at the Anoeta stadium, with Spanish football's most sent off player Pablo Alfaro getting his marching orders near the end with a late tackle on Real Sociedad's Gabilondo. The good doctor has been behaving himself this season though (by his standards at least), and has yet to make it to our chart. His manager at Sevilla, Joaquín Caparrós, was less than impressed with the referee though, and he too got himself a red card for telling the referee close to his nose that "he had a lot of face" (it loses a lot in the translation).

Alfaro has been an angelito though recently compared to Málaga's Darío Silva, whose Eric Cantona style kung-fu tackle on Villarreal's Ballesteros earned him his sixth red card in the last two years. He could be on for another lengthy ban, as could Osasuna's Aloisi, who was obviously overcome by the red mist when he pushed keeper Aranzubia in the face in retaliation for a high challenge. The Australian striker had only just come on as half time substitute after having been left on the sidelines for a couple of games, and the fact that his team was already three down at home to local rivals Athletic Bilbao didn't help his state of mind.

And as always there will be the usual round of one match suspensions, with Atlético's José Marí picking up his tenth yellow card of the season, and six more hitting the five card barrier, including Geli (Alavés), Aitor Ocio (Athletic), Miguel Angel and Valcarce (Málaga), Riera (Mallorca) and Osasuna coach Javier Aguirre. (06.05.03)