Another disappointing night for Getafe in the midweek Spanish cup final, their frustrations after a 3-1 defeat to Valencia made clear when Celestini was sent off for a hard tackle on David Silva near the end.

There were another four red cards at the weekend, three coming in the relegation battle between Zaragoza and Recreativo. Visiting striker Marco Rubén was the first to go after picking up two bookings in quick succession close to half time, and Zaragoza youngster Vicente and defender Ayala followed him after they too were shown two yellow cards each later on. Sevilla's Adriano was also sent off for insulting the referee early in the second half of their match against Almería, and is this was not the first time that has happened, he has been given a two match ban.

No less than eleven players will also be suspended next weekend for accumulation of yellow cards, including César Arzo (Murcia), Oscar Serrano (Racing) and Beto (Recreativo) who all picked up their tenth bookings, and Iniesta and Milito (Barcelona), Sergio (Deportivo), Movilla (Murcia), Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Edu Moya (Recreativo), and Oscar Sánchez and Pedro López (Valladolid), who all picked up their fifth. And it would have been twelve had Zaragoza defender Sergio not been let off his fifth yellow card by the disciplinary committee. (22.04.08)