Perhaps it was the return of the nice warm weather, but whatever the case referees were in a better mood this weekend. The card tally was the lowest of the season (44 yellows and two reds), and even Pino Zamorano only produced one booking in ninety minutes. In fact the only controversial moments came from their linesmen, probably thinking that if they followed in their footsteps of Rafa Guerrero they could get on the telly (see last week's report). One of Puentes Leira's assistants ruled out a last minute strike from Racing's Javi Guerrero for a non existent offside which would have given the Cantabrians victory against Betis. And Ramírez Domínguez's linesman was responsible for the sending off of Espanyol's Lopo at Mallorca, which as pointed out in our villains section was also incorrectly adjudged. Curiously Ramírez sent off Lopo last season as well. Meanwhile Don Rafa was keeping his head down at the match between Levante and Málaga. (02.05.05)