And so we reach the end of the first season of VAR! The video system came into play again this weekend, with Sánchez Martínez in particular overturning an earlier decision to award a penalty for hands by Sevilla’s Mercado when they were 1-0 up against Athletic Bilbao. A draw there would have given Athletic a place in the Europa League next season, but after that Sevilla went on to score again, and the Basque side were out of Europe. No real controversy in this season’s cup final between Barcelona and Valencia, with referee Undiano Mallenco in charge for the last time before retiring, which meant that Estrada Fernández takes our “White Stick” award this season after clocking up 168 yellow cards and 23 red in 25 games, well clear of his nearest rival. (26.05.19)

Name Games played Yellow cards Red cards Total
Estrada Fernández 25 168 23 191
Sánchez Martínez 25 137 6 143
De Burgos Bengoetxea 24 137 3 140
Gil Manzano 22 132 7 139
Mateu Lahoz 23 129 8 137
Munuera Montero 21 127 5 132
Melero López 23 123 5 128
Hernández Hernández 18 121 4 125
Martínez Munuera 23 111 5 116
Iglesias Villanueva 20 104 11 115