White Stick Awards

Did it go in or not? Two bad decisions demonstrated once again the need for technology to give a helping hand to referees in their hour of need. On Saturday night in the match between Recreativo and Barcelona, Clos Gómez's linesman informed his boss that Marco Rubén's shot had crossed in to the goal after Víctor Valdés gathered the ball on the line. Television footage later showed it didn't. And the following day Delgado Ferreiro ruled that a shot from Levante's Courtois which bounced down off the Betis crossbar had not gone over the line. Television footage showed that it had. We're not saying that cameras should be used on every occasion, but surely in the cases such as these there is a strong argument for their use. A lot is at stake! (15.04.08)

Name Games played Yellow cards Red cards Total
Iturralde González 20.5 121 20 141
Muñiz Fernández 19 123 9 132
Pérez Lasa 18 112 16 128
Velasco Carballo 19 111 9 120
Undiano Mallenco 19 113 3 116
González Vázquez 17 103 11 114
Clos Gómez 17 103 10 113
Lizondo Cortés 14 99 9 108
Daudén Ibáñez 16 103 5 108
Teixeira Vitienes 18 92 6 98