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leading villain Marioni returned after a four match suspension, but he has
apparently learnt his lesson and he was an 'angelito' throughout the match with
Bilbao. A tightly fought race for second place, with no less than fourteen
players separated by one card. Three sendings off this week, including Marcos
who was given two yellow cards in the first half to add to the two more he
picked up earlier in the season, and he joins our chasing group. Deportivo's
Fernando also got a second yellow near the end of his game (see our white stick
section), and Zaragoza's Gary Sundgren was dismissed with a direct red card
after apparently insulting referee Carmona Méndez. After the game
Sungren said that he may have called the referee a 'hijo de p***', but he
thought that was a normal thing to say in Spain. According to the referee's
report though, it was not an insult to the referee's mother that got him sent
off, but for suggesting a physical impossibility as to where the referee could
put the ball. But then maybe he thinks that assh*les are bigger in Spain too?
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