PALMA DE MALLORCA.- In numerical superiority of eleven against nine since minute 39, the FC Barcelona He comfortably began his defense of the title in the Spanish League, with a 3-0 victory in the Mallorca field this Saturday on the first day.
Dominating from the beginning, the Catalans opened the scoring in the 7th minute thanks to the Brazilian Raphinhawhich finished off in the second stick assisted by Lamine Yamalbefore the attacker Ferran Torres He will expand the account in 24 in a controversial action, as a Mallorcan player was lying on the grass.
Yamal, imperial on his right side of the attack, put the cherry on the cake in the final discount (90+4), putting the left foot to sign the victory of the Catalans in Son Moix.
The broad triumph provisionally places Barcelona at the head of the classification due to a better goals, waiting for the first day to complete between Sunday and Tuesday.
The controversy did not miss
This Saturday’s game in Mallorca was marked by controversial arbitration decisions.
The local fan was especially angry on the two red cards in six minutes that two players from Mallorca, midfielder Manu Morlanes (33), who knocked down Yamal when he went straight to the arch, and the attacker Kosovar Vedat Muriqi (39) by a foot too high before the new goalkeeper of Barcelona, Joan García.
Raphinha could have been expelled for a strong entrance behind the discount of the first half (45+7), but the referee estimated that he was only deserving of a yellow.
Registered in the Barcelona group on Saturday, just a few hours from the game, the English striker Marcus Rashford, transferred with purchase option for Manchester United, made his official debut with his new colors, without decisive.
This Saturday two other games are played in LaLiga, Alavés-Levante and Valencia-Real Sociedad.
On Sunday three games will be played, including an Athletic-Sevilla attraction and the visit of Atlético de Madrid to the Espanyol field.
Real Madrid will not start until Tuesday, when he will receive Osasuna at Santiago Bernabéu.
