Only one red card this
weekend, and even that was controversial. Deportivo's Laure was the unlucky
man, the right back sent off for a very rigorous second booking near the end of
the first half against Málaga. All appeals were turned down though, and
Laure will be joined on the sidelines by another nine players next weekend,
with Javi Martínez (Athletic), Boateng (Getafe) and Eliseu
(Málaga) all picking up their tenth yellow cards of the season, and
Diego Alves (Almería), Mascherano (Barcelona), Juan Rodríguez
(Deportivo), Pallardó (Levante), Granero (Real Madrid) and Perotti
(Sevilla), all being shown their fifth. Mascherano and Granero will of course
miss next Saturday's "clásico" as a result. (14.04.11) |