Referees were not the most popular chaps in Spain this weekend, and nowhere more so than in Zaragoza. Teixeira Vitienes is unlikely to be offered the keys to the city after awarding two very dubious penalties and sending off the two perpetrators in their game at Albacete, actions which probably cost the visitors the match. The locals had complained recently that they had not had a penalty awarded in their favour this season, but Teixeira (who, let's be fair, had disallowed a perfectly good goal by Pacheco just before the break), decided to make amends on behalf of the refereeing community and pointed to the spot when the ball hit Oscar González on the arm from point blank range. But "exceeding the expectations of his customers" as they say in all the good business schools, he also produced a second yellow card for the forward, leaving Zaragoza with ten men. And then with the game in the final minutes he gave a second penalty when Francisco fell under the challenge of keeper Luis García, producing another red card for the keeper. Víctor Muñoz's comments were unprintable (he picked up some choice expressions during his time in Scotland), but the three points stayed at home. (08.02.05)