Esquinas Torres was in the thick of things this weekend in the match between Zaragoza an Barcelona when Samuel Eto'o threatened to walk off the pitch after receiving racist insults from certain sections of the crowd. The veteran referee had already stopped the game to make an announcement for the chants to stop, but when they didn't he had to persuade the Cameroonian striker to stay on. Several other players including Ronaldinho, Márquez and Ewerthon also said they would leave the pitch if Eto'o went, but in the end he decided to play out the remaining ten minutes or so. Esquinas included the incidents in his match report, and the club (who are now trying to identify the perpetrators) have been fined €9,000.

Elsewhere it was a relatively quiet weekend, with only a couple of incidents surrounding controversial goals to report. Getafe coach Bernd Schuster was upset with Pérez Lasa after he allowed David Navarro's strike to count, even though Valencia's Regueiro had clearly pushed defender in the back before heading the ball across. And Osasuna were less than happy with Ramírez Domínguez in their match against Deportivo when he ruled out a goal by Romeo for what he considered to be a previous foul. Ramírez also turned down a blatant penalty appeal earlier on for a foul by Juanma on Milosevic. (28.02.06)