A low scoring start to the new season, with no less than ten keepers maintaining their goals against columns to zero. Three games ended in score-less draws, the first two on Sunday evening between Ricardo's Osasuna and Diego Alves's Almería, and then between Deportivo and Zaragoza, with Manu standing in for the injured Aranzubia in the local goal, and ex Mallorca and Atlético keeper Leo Franco returning to La Liga for the visitors. Later in the evening the match between Mallorca and Real Madrid also ended without goals, the usual incumbents Aouate and Casillas both putting in good performances. Elsewhere there were clean sheets for our reigning Zamora, Víctor Valdés, for Athletic Bilbao's Gorka Iraizoz, and for Real Sociedad's Claudio Bravo, the Basque side winning their first game on their return to the top flight. (01.09.10)