Something certainly upset referees this weekend! Maybe it was the sudden rush of hot air in Spain, or it could be just that the pea fell out of their whistle and they couldn't afford another one in the economic crisis? Whatever the case they managed a massive 83 yellow cards and twelve reds between them in the ten games, some 20 cards higher than any previous weekend this season.

The highest tallies were 14 yellows and a red by Delgado Ferreira in a bad tempered local derby between Barcelona and Espanyol, and twelve yellows and three reds by Velasco Carballo in the match between Mallorca and Racing. Elsewhere Pérez Burrull produced nine yellows and a red just to Valencia players at Deportivo, which must also be something of a record! (24.02.09)