| Djalminha, what have you done? The man is a
complete genius, makes another great goal and then gets himself sent off
against one of the mildest mannered referees in the league. First of all he
protests in rather unpleasant terms to the referee for awarding a free kick
against his team. And then when Losantos Omar is getting out the yellow card to
book him for that, he insults the referee's mother (at least according to the
official referee's report). Off he goes, Deportivo down to ten and Rayo
equalise shortly afterwards. This was the fifth time that Djalma has been sent
off in four seasons in Spain, and if he has not yet joined one of the big money
clubs it is because of his temperament. The Brazilian was one of five who
received red cards this weekend, including two from Las Palmas as Paqui and
then Schurrer got their marching orders for second bookable offences near the
end of their match with Villarreal. Mallorca's Fernando Niño can expect
a two match ban as not only was he sent off, but he reached the five card
barrier with his first yellow of the night, and Málaga's Martín
Rivas, given a rare chance to prove himself, blew it completely getting himself
sent off with two yellows against Valladolid. Hierro and Cocu will miss their
next matches as they received their fifth yellow cards of the season, and
according to some reports so too do César Sampaio and De Quintana.
(11.12.00) |
