We've worked it out! It's all a conspiracy! Somebody (possibly a betting agency in Asia) has been kidnapping referees and replacing them with brainwashed clones for this weekend's matches! There is no other explanation for the fact that the men in black contributed to what has been the lowest tally of goals since La Liga was extended to 20 teams.

Osasuna were a big threat after getting five last weekend, and look what Lizondo Cortés did to them - 4 red cards and down to seven men, "Toma! Lets see how many you can get now!".

Then on Sunday it was match after match, Megía Davila ruled out a "gol fantasma" by Arizmendi when the ball bounced over the line off the bar, and then disallowed another by the Depor striker for a non existent offside, Velasco Carballo cancelled out a good goal by Racing's Zigic and Mejuto González and Medina Cantalejo did likewise to Real Sociedad's Aranburu and to Levante's Courtois respectively. Somebody probably won a lot of money! (23.01.07)