Víctor Valdés finally let a goal in after four clean sheets in a row, but Barcelona clinched the league title against Levante and, as commented last week, he will probably now be rested for the last two games to make sure that he wins the Zamora prize. In any case he went further ahead against his two closest rivals Casillas and Leo Franco, both of whom conceded two goals in the joint highest scoring weekend of the season. In fact only one keeper managed a clean sheet, Reina having little work as Villarreal sent Albacete down to the second division despite Gaspercic's best efforts.

Elsewhere Valencia's Palop was unfortunate to be sent off in the first half of his side's match at Espanyol, and his club are expected to appeal the referee's decision. Cañizares came on to replace him. And Numancia gave a run out to young keeper De Miguel, who only touched the ball twice in the first quarter of an hour of the game against Osasuna, both times to pick the ball out of the back of his own net (although to be fair, neither was his fault). (16.05.05)