Tenerife's Luna was let off a fifth yellow card last week, but Ayza Gámez got him this weekend for two bookable offences towards the end of a thrilling 3-3 draw at Valladolid. The first yellow card was for the serious crime of "covering his head with his shirt" after scoring a goal (where was the danger, that he could have bumped in to somebody blindfold and hurt them?), the referee pointing out in his report as well that this was aggravated by the fact that he had "Yo amo Jesús" (I love Jesus) on his undershirt (thereby offending all of those at the ground not of Christian persuasion?). Ridiculous!

Luna tops our chart this week even ahead of the unfortunate Gonzalo, who was sent off for the third time in the league this season and fourth including European matches after giving away a penalty on Sporting's Miguel. Xerez's David Prieto was shown his second red card of the season, also rather harshly for giving away a penalty at Getafe, and although he won his appeal for the first to be cancelled a couple of weeks ago, this time he was not so lucky.

Málaga's Albert Luque was still sitting on the subs' bench when he was shown a red card for protesting in the match at Sevilla, and Espanyol's Roncaglia was given his marching orders at Atlético Madrid for a second yellow card. And there were two red cards in the big derby game between Barcelona and Real Madrid, Busquets after he was booked for a second time for handling the ball, and Lass for a second caution near the end of the game. All will miss the next round of games together with Zokora (Sevilla), Bellvis (Teneife), Banega (Valencia) and Ponzio (Zaragoza), who all picked up their fifth yellow cards of the season . (01.12.09)