White Stick Awards

Accusations and counter-accusations between the press of Madrid and Barcelona this week, with the Madrid based sports papers claiming that Undiano Mallenco missed a push by Piqué on Kanouté in the penalty area when Sevilla were fighting back against Guardiola's side, and the Barcelona papers responding with comments that Muñiz Fernández gave Real Madrid a helping hand (literally) by awarding a penalty and sending off Athletic's Amorebieta when the ball hit him on the arm in the first half of their match. All of that is academic though as the decisions cannot be overturned, and we are now heading for one of the most exciting finishes in recent years. Hopefully the final games will not be marred by controversial decisions by our men-in-black (or yellow or whatever the colour)! (12.05.10)

Name Games played Yellow cards Red cards Total
Iturralde González 25 158 7 165
Muñiz Fernández 21 135 20 155
Velasco Carballo 21 134 20 154
Estrada Fernández 23 136 8 144
Rubinos Pérez 21 115 18 133
Turienzo Alvarez 21 125 8 133
Delgado Ferreiro 23 123 9 132
Clos Gómez 20.5 114 16 130
Pérez Burrull 19 118 10 128
Texeira Vitienes 23 115 11 126