Yamal and Raphinha Fire Barcelona at the opening victory of La Liga to Mallorca | Football news

Lamine Yamal and Raphinha both find the net in the 3-0 victory of the Liga from Barcelona to Majorca, who had two players sent.

Barcelona began the defense of its La Liga title with A 3-0 comfortable victory in MallorcaStanding early and taking advantage of two red boxes in the first half for hosts.

Raphinha and Lamine Yamal, who led Barcelona’s prolific attack last season, only need seven minutes to impress again on Saturday. Yamal’s Curling Cross found Raphinha by the distant post, and Brazil forward was headed at close range.

The fire of Ferran Torres from outside the 23 region was a goal that sparked complaints from Mallorca because one of his players was on the ground after being struck by the ball in the head in the accumulation.

Some major players stopped playing after the decline in their teammate, but the referee allowed the game to continue. Mallorca immediately complained after Ferran scored.

The host made a man down 10 minutes later when Manu Morlanes was sent for a second yellow card for mistreating Yamal at the run. His first yellow was to protest against Barcelona’s second goal.

The second red card of the 39th came from the striker of Majorca Vedat Muriqi hitting the head of the goalkeeper of Barcelona, Joan García, with his left foot while looking for a high ball. The referee changed the yellow card to red after a video review.

Yamal made 3-0 in the second half of a stop by hitting the upper corner.

Barcelona, who won the league last season after scoring 102 goals, was without veteran striker Robert Lewandowski due to an injury. The newly signed striker Marcus Rashford went as a substitute in the 69th.

The new Barcelona goalkeeper, García, did not have much to work during his beginnings in Barcelona after being signed during the offseason during a transfer of City Rival Espanyol.

Regular starting goalkeeper Marc-André Ter Stegen came out after undergoing lower back surgery, and García started in front of Wojciech Szczesny and Iñaki Peña, who replaced Ter Stegen last season.

Later on Saturday, Valence welcomed Real Sociedad and promoted that Levante visited the Alaves.

Friday, Rayo Vallecano won in Girona 3-1 and Villarreal defeated promoted Oviedo 2-0.

Atletico Madrid is in Espanyol on Sunday, while Real Madrid welcomes Osasuna Tuesday.