It’s not often you see Ancelotti get upset, but he had a real go at Melero López at the end of the local derby between Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid. The reason for his ire was that the referee had not only turned down a penalty appeal when Amaya brought down Ronaldo in the area, but he also booked the striker for a dive, his fifth yellow card of the season meaning that he will miss the weekend game (as will Kroos and James for the same reason). Ronaldo himself was almost in tears when it happened, bur presumably Madrid will appeal, and from what we saw on television he has a very good case for the booking to be overturned. Madrid went on to win anyway so no real harm done, but even so...
Valencia were also unhappy about Fernando Teixeira Vitienes after he allowed a late Aduríz equalizer to stand, even though the striker was clearly in an offside position. That may cost the Ches a Champions League spot in the end! Teixeira also sent off Otamendi with eight minutes to go for a high tackle when maybe a yellow would have sufficed, as he did get to the ball first. The Argentinian defender also injured someone with a flying elbow in the first half, but as that was his team-mate Andrés Gomes it didn’t count as a foul! Elsewhere Gil Manzano ruled out a first half goal by Eibar’s Arruabarrena for a non-existent offside, but the striker did get on the scoresheet later on to give his team a first win in twelve. (10.04.15)
Name | Games played | Yellow cards | Red cards | Total |
Velasco Carballo | 19 | 150 | 10 | 160 |
Jaime Latre | 19 | 145 | 7 | 152 |
Alvarez Izquierdo | 19 | 136 | 9 | 145 |
Gil Manzano | 19 | 132 | 10 | 142 |
Teixeira Vitienes, F. | 18 | 121 | 13 | 134 |
González González | 20 | 120 | 5 | 125 |
Mateu Lahoz | 18 | 116 | 8 | 124 |
Estrada Fernández | 18 | 111 | 6 | 117 |
Iglesias Villanueva | 16 | 107 | 7 | 114 |
Fernández Borbolán | 18 | 100 | 6 | 106 |