Barcelona has kicked off its La Liga title defense with a 3-0 victory against nine-man Mallorca MADRID -- Barcelona began the defense of its La Liga title with a comfortable 3-0 win at Mallorca, scoring early and taking advantage of two first-half red cards for the host on Saturday.

The The Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) in Spain have ruled that referee Munuera Montero should have stopped play prior to Barcelona netting their 2nd of the evening against Mallorca on

Barcelona opened their La Liga campaign with a 3-0 win against nine-man Mallorca as Marcus Rashford made his competitive debut.

In the 36th minute of the La Liga 2025-26 matchday 1 fixture at San Moix, Muriqi challenged for a loose ball towards Barcelona’s penalty box, catching Joan Garcia in the face with his left foot. The referee had initially shown a yellow card, but VAR called for a review, prompting the referee to upgrade the decision to a red card.

Barcelona began their defense of the La Liga title in winning fashion thanks to a 3-0 victory away to Real Mallorca at the Estadi Son Moix in their league opener on Saturday evening. Barça scored twice in a wild and eventful first half in which Mallorca were reduced to nine men,

Barcelona kick off their title-defending season with a visit to Mallorca in a La Liga clash on Saturday. Barca finished last season 28-4-6 and should already be bursting with confidence thanks to a 5-0 victory against Serie A club Como last weekend.

Barcelona kicked off the defence of their La Liga title with a 3-0 win at Real Mallorca, but manager Hansi Flick was not happy after the game.

Barcelona captain Marc-André ter Stegen has sent a message of support the way of his teammates.This comes after Hansi Flick’s troops got their 2025/26 La Liga campaign up and running in altogether