Christmas is upon us, and
there is peace and goodwill to all men, even from Spanish referees! Only one
red card this weekend, and even that was a) due to a second booking for
Espanyol's Raúl Baena after the match finished and b) was in any case
overturned by the disciplinary committee (see white stick section for more).
Six players will however be able to start their winter break early after they
were shown their fifth yellow cards of the season, including Amorebieta and
Susaeta (Athletic), Forlín (Espanyol), Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Luna
(Tenerife) and David Navarro (Valencia). Elsewhere the appeals committee
overturned Cani's red card from last weekend, allowing him to play last Sunday.
Keita (the one from Xerez) was given a two match ban though for his insults to
the referee after being sent off last week. (15.12.09) |