Seven red cards this weekend, including two for non-players, Albacete manager José González getting sent off for repeatedly protesting and Sevilla's second coach Antonio Alvarez also being shown a red card after the game finished for insulting the referee. The bathroom attendants were probably caught by surprise at Atlético Madrid when Levante defender Culebras marched back into the changing rooms after picking up two yellow cards in the first 17 minutes of the game, and also in Soria, where Numancia forward Tevenet left the field with only a half hour gone after getting himself sent off for elbowing Málaga's Juan Rodríguez.

Not so the case at Montjuic though, where the bath water was probably already piping hot when Getafe keeper Sánchez Broto was sent off in injury time after giving away a penalty on Espanyol's Tamudo. Incidentally, he may just be let off after referee González Vázquez wrongly reported that it was replacement keeper Aragoneses who had been shown the red card. Elsewhere Betis defender Lembo must be ruing his missed chance to impress his bosses when he picked up a second booking in his first game back for some time, and Sevilla's Aitor Ocio can think himself unlucky after getting a second yellow card for giving away a dubious penalty only minutes after he had won one for his side at the other end.

And so on to the week's suspensions, with another nine players reaching the five card tally and facing a one match ban this weekend. Real Madrid's Roberto Carlos is the most famous name amongst a list which also includes Peña and Rubén (Albacete), Juanito (Betis), Mario Cotelo and Vivar Dorado (Getafe), Manchev (Levante), Delporte (Osasuna) and Battaglia (Villarreal). (14.02.05)