Villains

Only two players sent off in the nail-biting last round of games, and one of those was in the only match of the day with nothing at stake! Deportivo's Andrade got his marching orders with less than a quarter of an hour on the clock for calling the referee "tonto" (stupid) after being booked, thereby demonstrating that the one who was really "tonto" was the player himself! Elsewhere Zaragoza's Piqué was sent off for a foul on an opponent on the hour mark of their match at Recreativo, a fact which didn't prevent his side from equalising an saving a point which took them in to the UEFA cup.

Nine other players completed the five yellow card cycle and have been given a one match ban, including Iraola (Athletic), Maxi López and Víctor (Mallorca), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Poulsen (Sevilla), Guille Franco (Villarreal) and Herrero, Gabi Milito and D'Alessandro (all Zaragoza). All will be suspended for the opening match of next season, although as readers probably know, several of them (for example Piqué, Roberto Carlos, Gabi Milito) may well be plying their trade outside of Spain next season. It remains to be seen whether the bans will be carried across to the new location .

In any case it's congratulations to Diogo, who takes this year's "Villains" award by a mile. His bun fight with Sevilla's Luis Fabiano on day 17 and subsequent five match ban helped of course, but even without that he would have taken our prize. Let's hope he stays in Spain to keep us entertained for another year! (19.06.07)

A bit of a sting in the tail of a bad tempered cup final between Sevilla and Getafe, with goalscorer Kanouté sent off for retaliating late on, and Contra (not as was originally thought Celestini) shown a red card at the end of the match for arguiing with the referee. (23.06.07)

Villains Yellow cards Red cards (straight) Games banned Total points
Diogo (Zaragoza) 20 2 (1) 9 32
Luccin (Atlético Madrid) 15 2 (2) 5 24
Ramos (Real Madrid) 16 1 4 21
Murillo (Athletic) 17 1 3 21
Gabi Milito (Zaragoza) 13 2 (1) 4* 20
Ballesteros (Mallorca) 14 2 (1) 3 20
Luis Fabiano (Sevilla) 8 2 (2) 7 19
Deco (Barcelona) 14 1 (1) 3 19
Casquero (Getafe) 15 1 3 19
Alexis (Levante) 16 0 3 19
Lopo (Deportivo) 12 2 (1) 3 18
Tamas (Celta) 13 2 3 18
Beckham (Real Madrid) 13 1 (1) 3 18
Cannavaro (R Madrid) 14 1 3 18
Javi Navarro (Sevilla) 14 1 3 18
Alves (Sevilla) 16 0 2 18
Pablo García (Celta) 9 2 (1) 5 17
Guti (Real Madrid) 10 2 (1) 4 17
Pinillos (Racing) 12 1 (1) 3 17
Zigic (Racing) 13 1 3 17
Paredes (Getafe) 15 0 2 17