Not a good weekend for referees. No less than four goals were disallowed under dubious circumstances, starting with Velasco Carballo, who ruled out an early goal from Betis striker Pavone for the positional offside of a colleague. Pérez Burrull did likewise to deprive Deportivo's Rubén Castro of a much needed goal, and the same thing happened when Manu got the ball in the net for Getafe, this time Delgado Ferreiro the spoilsport. Daudén Ibáñez also disallowed a goal from Atlético's Forlán, booking Maxi for what he considered to be a dive. That may be so, but it was still not clear why he ruled out the goal. Add to that the fact that Velasco sent off two Almería players in the first half hour, González Vázquez also left Sevilla with nine, and there were a couple of doubtful penalty decisions as well, we will all be grateful for the two week winter lay-off! (18.12.07)