Only three weeks to go to the end of the season, but it was fairly calm once again on the refereeing front. There were some doubts as to whether the goals by Neymar, Bakambu and James were offside or not, but Sánchez Martínez in the first two cases, and Iglesias Villanueva in the third, allowed them to stand, and both games ended with big wins for Barcelona and Real Madrid. Fernández Borbalán and his team were told to go to “Specsavers” (or whatever the Spanish equivalent is) by Atlético’s Godín, and Del Cerro Grande had to sort out a few swinging handbags between Málaga and Celta’s players and staff (see “Villains” section for more on those two stories), but in the end the weekend panned out without any untoward incidents by our men-in-black. (09.05.17)

Name Games played Yellow cards Red cards Total
Gil Manzano 24 161 10 171
Estrada Fernández 21 137 12 149
Iglesias Villanueva 22 134 4 138
Jaime Latre 22 127 6 133
Martínez Munuera 23 126 4 130
González González 26 122 6 128
Del Cerro Grande 19 116 11 127
Alvarez Izquierdo 20 116 5 121
Hernández Hernández 21 111 8 119
Sánchez Martínez 23 113 6 119