Two of our men in black were in the news this weekend after being accosted in the tunnel at the end of the match. Ramírez Domínguez had just added a record nine minutes of injury time in the game between Celta and Racing (one more than signalled by the fourth referee), and Diego Alonso had equalised for the visitors with virtually the last kick. That didn't go down with the local nutcase Juanfran, and after haranguing him on the way off the pitch, he finished off with "que te mueras", roughly translated as "I hope you die". Naturally that went in the referee's report and earned "the hairdresser" a yellow card. Ramírez had been active throughout the game as well, sending off two players, awarding two penalties and turning down appeals for three more.

Pérez Lasa was also under fire from Málaga managers and players after their home defeat by Deportivo, and Darío Silva couldn't resist telling him at the end of the game "tienes mucha cara" (liberally translated as "you have a nerve"), even though the player was not taking part in the game as he was sitting out the first of a two match suspension. Fernando Sanz and manager Joaquín Peiró also criticised him after the match for being biased towards the bigger teams, and maybe they had a point. For example Pérez refused to even give a yellow card to Naybet after a bone-crunching tackle on an attacker just before half time (which would have been the second for the Moroccan defender), but then booked Romero for suggesting he should have cautioned the player. (13.05.03)