Referees were seeing red this week as players and managers treated them with disrespect. . If they had actually done what they had been told to do, half of them would have been in the unusual injuries ward of the local hospital and more than one would be up before the judge. Instead they chose to do what they normally do under those circumstances, pull out the red card to get rid of the offending body. Four of the seven red cards this weekend were for insults, two of which came from Pino Zamorano against Barcelona players Motta and Overmars, one from Rubinos Pérez against Mallorca's Ibagaza and the other from Pérez Lasa against Rayo manager Fernando Vázquez (see villains section for more details). Anyone over the age of 18 who wants to read what was said, link in to the new RFEF web site, www.rfef.es (referees reports in "1ª división" section - click on the whistle). Appeals are in any case expected against most of the red cards (without any rude words) from all concerned. (04.12.02)