Quite a few refereeing decisions were questioned over the weekend. Nobody was quite sure what the card happy González Vázquez saw when he sent off Barcelona's Giuly on Saturday - his report mentioned a kick from behind but all the TV cameras saw was a slight tug on the shirt. His second yellow for Zambrotta straight after the first was probably a bit over the top as well. Valencia's David Villa was incorrectly pulled up twice for offside by Alvarez Izquierdo, including once when he set off from his own half, but on the other hand he allowed Morientes's goal to stand even though Joaquín appeared to be interfering with play from an offside position.

On Sunday Real Madrid felt that Teixeira Vitienes should have awarded them two more penalties (on Reyes and Cassano) as well as the one he did give them, whereas Megia Dávila gave one to Zaragoza's Diego Milito for a dive which would have won an Olympic gold. Ayza Gámez also gave a dubious penalty to Recreativo for a foul by Zé Castro on Uche (which probably made up for Agüero's goal with his fist in the first half of the season!), and Pérez Lima ruled out an early goal by Racing's Cristian Fernández against Osasuna which should probably have stood. Not the best weekend for the men in black! (06.03.07)