Any doubt as to who Luis Aragonés should take to Germany as his third choice keeper appeared to dissipate this weekend when Valencia played Barcelona. With Casillas and Reina already sure of their tickets, the debate is now down to the current leaders in our chart, Cañizares and Víctor Valdés (Ricardo permitting). However, whilst Valdés was giving away the softest goal of the season to David Villa (the second softest was 19 games ago between the same two players), Cañi was making some fine saves, including a reaction stop from Larsson. The Valencia keeper is a bit long in the tooth, although his experience could be an asset to a young squad in the World Cup.

It was a low scoring weekend this time around, with only 21 goals in all. Only Armando got hit for a big total, and as well as Cañizares, six other keepers recorded clean sheets, including Casillas (Madrid), Pinto (Celta), Palop (Sevilla), Molina (Deportivo), Leo Franco (Atlético) and Aouate (Racing). One change as well, Prats returning to Mallorca's goal in place of under 21 international Moyà. (13.02.06)