Five red cards this weekend,
starting with Espanyol's Rufete who was shown a rather harsh second yellow card
late in the first half against Valencia. New coach Mané was so upset
with referee Iturralde González that he too was shown a red card for his
continual protests at half time. A red card too for Getafe's assistant coach
for the same reason, and Racing's Lacen and Villarreal's Llorente were both
given their marching orders for second bookable offences in their respective
matches.
Another eleven players will
be suspended next weekend as well after reaching the five yellow card
threshold, including Crusat (Almería), Emanà and Mehmet Aurelio
(Betis), Román (Espanyol), Calleja (Málaga), David Navarro
(Mallorca), Cisma (Numancia), Pereira (Racing), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid),
Gerard (Sporting) and Moretti (Valencia). (16.12.08) |