A decision off the field of play affected the second division on Friday, with the ruling three months ago to overturn the Leganés vs Tenerife result being itself overturned by the Disciplinary Committee. The original ruling was based on the fact that Tenerife fielded an ineligible B team player, Jordi, in the match. However Tenerife's defence that he had a provisional licence was accepted by the appeals committee this week, which means that the result stays at the original 0-4 rather than the 3-0 imposed by the committee. Tenerife moved up from tenth to fourth, only a point behind the leaders, with Leganés dropping from ninth to eleventh. Why has it taken three months to decide, and is the ruling now definitive you ask? Who knows, this is Spain.

Week 35 began on the Saturday, with Lleida moving temporarily back to the top of the table after defeating Logroñes with a single goal in the second half by Josemi. Leganés are now out of the title race after they lost their three points in the courts, and they and Eibar settled for a point each in a dull goal-less draw on the same day. On Sunday lunchtime, one of last week's leaders Extremadura were two goals up at half time through Duré and Manuel, but two from Sporting's Lediakhov saved a valuable point for his side. At the end of the day Extremadura dropped to fourth, with Sporting two points behind them in seventh place. Getafe kept their heads just above water and Osasuna kept their promotion hopes alive with the second 0-0 draw of the weekend.

The match of the day on Sunday evening was between Salamanca and Las Palmas. The Canary Islanders went a point clear at the top after Pablo Lago and Jarni scored two goals in a minute in the second half. Villarreal moved level with Lleida in the two other promotion spots after winning 1-0 against Mérida, with an Alfaro own goal in the first half. Tenerife blew their chance of capitalising on Friday's decision when they lost at home to Recreativo, and they stay fifth, level with Salamanca, Sporting and Levante, who hung on with ten men for 45 minutes to beat bottom club Toledo. Albacete's midseason signing Geli got the only goal in Albacete's victory against Córdoba, and Badajoz drew their 21st game of the season, this time with Compostela. Elche and Atlético B also drew.