Zamoras

A good week for keepers, all that is except Bilbao's Lafuente. He let in eleven goals in a game and a half over the last eight days, and disappears from the map completely. Jupp Heynckes must be seriously thinking about bringing in young keeper Aranzubia, but strangely enough most of the goals were not really the keeper's fault. Both of our leading keepers managed clean sheets this week to keep up the battle for the Zamora prize, Cañizares in Valencia's one goal victory over Tenerife and Prats in a second 0-0 draw in a row for Betis, this time against Etxeberria's Rayo Vallecano. Sergio Kresic finally got fed up with his first choice keeper Roa at Mallorca and brought back Leo Franco. Luis Aragonés and Bernd Krauss could have saved him the trouble; they both started with someone else in goal and eventually ended up with the young Argentine between the sticks. Sure enough Mallorca won to keep their heads above water. It was a strange weekend though, with five teams failing to score at home and only two away, and they both picked up a point in 0-0 draws. Other than those mentioned above, clean sheets then for Lainez (Zaragoza), Ricardo (Valladolid), César (Real Madrid) and Contreras (Málaga), his third in a row. (01.04.02)

Zamoras Games played Goals against Difference
Prats (Betis) 32 26 -6
Cañizares (Valencia) 26 21 -5
Bonano (Barcelona) 22 22 0
Cavallero (Celta) 27 28 +1
Casillas (Real Madrid) 25 27 +2
Molina (Deportivo) 30 35 +5
Contreras (Málaga) 31 37 +6
Notario (Sevilla) 31 37 +6
Nacho (Las Palmas) 28 34 +6
Unzué (Osasuna) 31 39 +8