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Velasco Carballo takes our White Stick award this season, the experienced referee clocking up 172 yellow cards and ten reds in the 23 games at which he officiated. Velasco has a chance as well to increase his lead when he takes charge of next Saturday’s cup final, although he was not in action in the last weekend of the league season. Given the importance Saturday’s games it was relatively quiet on the refereeing front, with no really controversial decisions to report. Messi did have a strike incorrectly ruled out by Clos Gómez early on, which could have resulted in a different outcome in their match against Deportivo (the Galicians saved themselves with a 2-2 draw), and Málaga felt that the red card that Iglesias Villanueva gave Weligton in the first half of the game against Sevilla was a bit harsh, a decision which probably contributed to their defeat (although they wouldn’t have overtaken Athletic for seventh place even with a win). All over for another year though, and we await the new season, as always, with bated breath... (27.05.15)

PS As mentioned, Velasco Carballo was in charge of this year’s cup final between Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao, and he upset the Catalans early on when he ruled out a spectacular strike by Neymar for a more than dubious offside. That and a few kicks which went unpunished angered Messi though, and it probably inspired him to score the best goal of the season a few minutes later! Velasco also had to deal with a bit of handbag swinging near the end when Neymar inadvisedly tried a cheeky two-footed back-heelly type of lob over a defender, which didn’t go down too well with Etxeita and others. It was all settled with a couple of yellow cards though, so it didn’t spoil the show. (31.05.15)

Name	Games played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Total
Velasco Carballo	24	179	10	189
Gil Manzano	24	160	10	170
Jaime Latre	22	161	8	169
Alvarez Izquierdo	22	148	11	159
Teixeira Vitienes, F.	21	137	16	153
Mateu Lahoz	22	137	12	149
González González	25	144	5	149
Iglesias Villanueva	21	131	8	139
Hernández Hernández	26	133	6	139
Estrada Fernández	22	128	6	134