We apologise to our readers if it seems that this section is becoming a monologue on Real Madrid but, hey, that's where all the action is at the moment! Daudén Ibáñez added to the woes of the "Galacticos" this weekend in their match against Valencia, although to be fair he did cock things up both ways. In fact his first dubious decision was to award a penalty to Madrid for what he thought was a foul by Moretti on Sergio Ramos, but Zidane (probably feeling guilty that the decision was incorrect) fired his kick against the post. David Villa had no such problems tucking away a second penalty though, given when Aimar's cross bounced up off Sergio Ramos's body and hit him on the arm at point blank range - a harsh decision at least. There was a hairline decision to rule Angulo offside when he scored what would have been a third for the visitors, inches in it, but probably correct, and then Albelda and Guti were both let off what would have been second yellow cards. And finally two red cards for Luxemburgo's side, the first to Gravesen probably justified for a very late tackle, and the second for Beckham for what Daudén reported as ironic applause, which the player denies and which the club will appeal against. Madrid visit Deportivo on Wednesday with Fernández Borbolán in charge. Come back later in the week for more..... (25.10.05)

PS: We can't close our report without a word of sympathy for Spain's most infamous linesman, Rafa Guerrero. As our frequent readers will know, Rafa is an extraterrestrial with the ability to see things nobody else does, and has even featured in a television advert where undesirables are abandoned in desolate places by a well-known make of transit van. This week he was running the line in the Getafe v Zaragoza match when he not so much fell as plummeted to the ground, and had to be carried off on a stretcher in obvious agony. Some reports say that he slipped and twisted his knee, but we think it was something more sinister. Aliens out to get him?