Spain’s World Cup referee Velasco Carballo was back in action this weekend after returning from his FIFA training, but he didn’t have the best of games after he was given responsibility for the Andalusian derby between Betis and Sevilla. First of all he turned down what seemed a good penalty appeal by Leo Baptistao, but then he awarded one at the other end for what he considered to be a foul by Juan Carlos on Bacca, even though the wing back got to the ball first. A red card for Juan Carlos left Betis with ten men, and maybe for that reason he let Rubén Castro and N’Diaye off second bookings later on. Sevilla derbies are always difficult to arbitrate, but just imagine say if Velasco is put in charge of a Brazil v Argentina next summer and makes the same mistakes. We don’t even want to think about it! (16.04.14)
Name | Games played | Yellow cards | Red cards | Total |
Teixeira Vitienes, J.A. | 21 | 155 | 14 | 169 |
Fernández Borbolán | 23 | 145 | 9 | 154 |
Mateu Lahoz | 21 | 132 | 8 | 140 |
Alvarez Izquierdo | 22 | 122 | 13 | 135 |
González González | 22 | 124 | 8 | 132 |
Clos Gómez | 24 | 123 | 7 | 130 |
Iglesias Villanueva | 20 | 118 | 8 | 126 |
Teixeira Vitienes, F. | 19 | 112 | 12 | 124 |
Estrada Fernández | 20 | 110 | 9 | 119 |
Muñiz Fernández | 18 | 110 | 6 | 116 |