Opening day drama and early controversies in La Liga 😱 | OneFootball

This is going to get people talking in Madrid...

FC Barcelona kicked off their La Liga campaign this Saturday evening on Mallorca’s pitch. The Blaugranas won 3-0, thanks in particular to a brilliant performance from Lamine Yamal.

The Ballon d'Or contender scored Barça’s final goal. Raphinha opened the scoring at the very start of the match, and Ferran Torres doubled the lead in the 23rd minute. However, this goal is causing controversy...

The reason: Martin Valjent, Mallorca’s defender, was left on the ground, dazed, after taking the ball full in the face.

The play continued on Barcelona’s side, even though most of Mallorca’s players had stopped. Worse yet, the referee even put his whistle to his mouth... but didn’t blow it. Enough to confuse everyone. That’s when Ferran Torres found the back of the net... legally, since the referee hadn’t blown his whistle!

2-0 in the 23rd minute and the disaster didn’t stop there for Mallorca... who ended up with nine men against eleven after two red cards.

Manu Morlanes and Vedat Muriqi were both sent off within ten minutes. The latter received a red card for a dangerous challenge on Joan Garcia, Barça’s goalkeeper.

Football is back, that’s for sure.

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