Some selective sharp-shooting this week, as referees made their bookings count with seven reds despite the low number of total cards. Megia Dávila and Pino Zamorano produced a couple each, but the man who really made the headlines was Rodríguez Santiago. He so upset Villarreal president Fernando Roig that he left his seat and came on to the pitch to argue with the officials and Celta's Jesuli, who he accused of feigning contact to get Berruet sent off in the fiftieth minute. The referee had turned down two penalties for fouls either side of half time by Sergio on Víctor and Cavallero on Jorge López, and when he then awarded a penalty to the visitors after Amor tripped Vagner (which Catanha subsequently missed) Roig couldn't contain himself any longer. Rodríguez ordered the ground's security staff to escort him back to his seat, but presumably fearing for their jobs (they were not stupid) nobody obeyed and the president remained in the players' tunnel shouting insults at the linesman and fourth official. He must have felt a bit of a Charlie though when his side were given a very dubious penalty after Catanha supposedly pulled over Palermo (it seemed to be the other way around), and Villarreal ended up winning the game as a result. The disciplinary committee are going to have an interesting session this week.

Orchestrated protests by Rayo fans as Téllez Sánchez and his fellows came on to the pitch after several controversial decisions had gone against the Madrid based side. That may be why the referee decided against awarding a possible goal when Valladolid's Luis García fired in a shot which ricocheted off the cross bar on to (or behind?) the line and back up out off the bar again. Television pictures seemed to show that it was in, but Téllez probably decided for the safety of himself and his colleagues that he would give the home side the benefit of the doubt. and waved play on. Valladolid manager Pepe Moré complained after the match that the aggressive demonstration by the fans had cost his side a point. (15.04.02)