So that's it for Coupet
then! Five goals in under 30 minutes (six in all) from the Barcelona whirlwind
spelt the end for the French veteran in the Zamora stakes. Iraizoz and Riesgo
were also hit for four on a high scoring weekend, but there were still seven
clean sheets, including one from Deportivo's Aranzubia to follow up his three
penalty save heroics in the midweek UEFA Cup tie. He is back in our chart, but
a bit of a gap has already opened up between the top four and the rest, with
Palop and Renan both keeping their goals against column to join Ricardo on
minus two, one behind Diego López. Arnau (Málaga) and Toño
(Racing) were also on the winning side to nothing, and a special mention for
Sporting's "Pichu" Cuéllar, who survived a penalty miss at Mallorca and
put in a brave performance (ending with his head bandaged) to give the
Asturians their first win and their first clean sheet of the season. (06.10.08)
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