White Stick Awards

Pérez Lasa mistakenly sent off Real Madrid's Cannavaro for a second yellow card after he and his officials ruled that the Italian defender had handled the ball in the area. Television pictures showed though that the ball had hit the new "Balon de Oro" winner in the face, and the indignant player left the field pointing at the red mark around his eye.

Elsewhere both Depor and Athletic were not happy with Alvarez Izquierdo after the rookie referee turned down a penalty appeal for a hand ball by Casas and then let Juanma off a red card (although the defender did get his marching orders in the end), and Recreativo were upset (again) when Mejuto González awarded a more than dubious penalty against them after Sevilla's Antonio Puerta fell rather too easily under Merino's challenge. And Pino Zamorano booked Nàstic substitute Rubén Castro for that most heinous of crimes, wearing a ring when told not to. Naughty boy! (19.12.06)

Name Games played Yellow cards Red cards Total
Velasco Carballo 8 61 6 67
Iturralde González 8 55 8 63
Rubinos Pérez 6.3 49 9 58
Pérez Lasa 8 52 3 55
González Vázquez 8 50 4 54
Turienzo Alvarez 8 49 4 53
Muñiz Fernández 9 46 4 50
Lizondo Cortés 7 44 4 48
Delgado Ferreira 8 45 3 48
Ramírez Domínguez 8 40 6 46