Mallorca's Ballesteros
rockets to the top of our chart this week (Recre coach Víctor
permitting!) after getting sent off for the second time this season. The
veteran defender got his marching orders for giving away a first half penalty
on Espanyol's Tamudo, although numbers were evened up when Clemente
Rodríguez was sent off soon after the restart for a second bookable
offence.
Three other red cards on
Sunday, Deportivo's Sergio for a second booking late in the game at Real
Madrid, Osasuna's Corrales for insulting the referee after he was booked late
on against Valladolid, and Zaragoza defender Pavón for a foul on
Villarreal's Rossi in the dying minutes of their match. Zaragoza will have
trouble piecing together a defence in their next fixture after Ayala picked up
his fifth yellow card of the season, and he together with Levante's Pignol and
Racing's Oscar Serrano will have to sit out the midweek round of games.
(30.10.07) |