Expert recap and game analysis of the Barcelona vs. Mallorca Spanish Laliga game from August 16, 2025 on ESPN.

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

Barcelona began the 2025–26 La Liga season with a win, and Raphinha matched a Ronaldinho milestone that not even Neymar managed to reach. This Saturday, Barcelona kicked off the 2025–26 La Liga season with a dominant 3–0 win over Mallorca.

Ferran Torres then made it two in the first half, but it wasn't without controversy as Mallorca captain Antonio Raíllo went down with an apparent head injury and everyone thought

As Morey received the ball close to the touchline, Raphinha lunged into a wild tackle on him that left the Mallorca defender writhing around on the floor in agony. The Barcelona forward was shown a yellow card for the challenge and it's left fans outraged on social media, with some claiming the tackle was a potential 'career-ender'.

Barcelona star Raphinha has on Saturday joined one of the club’s greatest-ever players in the Blaugrana history books.This comes owing to his exploits early in Barcelona’s season opener.Hansi

Barcelona didn't need to work especially hard for all three points to begin the defence of their La Liga title, after two Mallorca players were sent off in the first half.

As seemingly happens every year, Barcelona are struggling to register their offseason acquisitions for the season

It's been a nightmare start to the La Liga season for Mallorca as they trail against Barcelona in their opening game. Having already gone two goals down in the opening 30 minutes following goals from Raphinha and Ferran Torres, the hosts were then reduced to nine men in the space of a rather chaotic six minutes.