OK, let's see if we can sort this lot out. Of the eleven red cards shown last weekend, three were cancelled. There was one new one though, Osasuna's Corrales getting a one match ban for insulting the officials in the players' tunnel after the game finished. The red cards shown to Juande Ramos and Kapo were downgraded to yellows (it seems that saying "what?" to the referee is only a yellow card offence (for bad education?)), and one of Felipe Luis's yellow cards was ruled out.

The disciplinary committee also cancelled Gerardo's yellow card for handling in the area when it was clearly shown that Ramírez Domínguez was mistaken and the player had headed the ball clear. Not a lot of compensation for Real Sociedad or their coach José Marí Bakero though, and the defeat against Zaragoza still stands.

So on to this week's games, and things were back to normal, with only four red cards. The aforementioned Gerardo was in the referee's bad books again, but this time it is unlikely he will be pardoned after an over the top tackle on Mallorca's Basinas. Edu may have better luck though as he was sent off after catching Zaragoza's Juanfran with what looked like an unintentional flying elbow, and Racing's Pinillos was also shown a straight red card for bringing Espanyol's Tamudo down in the penalty area in the last minute of their match.

Valencia substitute Jorge López was also sent for a (slightly) early bath for a second bookable offence, and Sevilla's Daniel Alves became the first player to reach the five yellow card threshold, meaning he too will sit out a one match ban. For the record, suspensions for the straight red cards will be served out in the next match (i.e. the midweek cup ties), whereas those for accumulation of yellow cards (either two in a match or five in all) will be applied to the next game in the same competition (in this case the weekend league fixtures). (24.10.06)