Rubinos Pérez was not a popular man, at least in half of Sevilla, after single handedly bringing about the downfall of Betis against Villarreal. Everything started when Rubinos awarded the visitors a dubious penalty midway through the second half. Joaquín's heated protests were met with a second yellow card, and when Doblas saved Riquelme's spot kick, the referee made him take it again for an ecroachment which, looking at television pictures, must have been by the invisible man.

Things got worse when Melli was shown a straight red for an insult which the player denies, and after an Edu goal which would have saved a point was ruled out for a positional offside, the match was stopped for three minutes due to a hail of objects thrown on to the pitch. Rubinos and his linesmen had to have a police escort off the park at the end, and angry fans attacked the officials' cars later on as they waited in the dressing rooms for a safe moment to leave the ground.

A couple of other incidents as well in an action packed round of midweek matches, with Puentes Leira falling for Ronaldinho's Half Gaynor with Pike, allowing Barcelona to finally make the breakthrough against Málaga, and Turienzo Alvarez turning down a penalty appeal for a possible hand ball by Javier flaño against Athletic Bilbao and then compensating by awarding a goal when Clavero's miskick span backwards, waving away the visitors' claims that the ball had not crossed the line. (29.10.05)