Carmona Méndez took advantage of his appointment as cup final referee to race to the top of our table. Veteran of many campaigns, Carmona managed to produce no less than 17 yellow cards and two reds over the 120 minutes (extra time included), something of a record not only in Spanish cup finals but in the competition as a whole. And six more bookings at the weekend in the match between Barcelona and Real Sociedad consolidated his position as our new leader. Megia Dávila did give him a run for his money though in the extraordinary game between Racing Santander and Celta, Not only did Megia show 11 yellows and two reds, he also gave four penalties, two of which in favour of Racing he ordered to be retaken for encroachment into the area by the local players. Cristian Alvarez was cool enough to score every time, but there were protests for at least for two of the penalties he awarded for hand ball, one against Racing when Pablo Casar had his arm against his body and one against Celta when the ball struck Angel on the back of the arm when he was looking the other way. (23.03.04)