La Liga first round: the defending champion reaches the top, Real Madrid scores a point, Betis gives warmth, Atletico Madrid opens the goal and blacks out!

From August 16 to 20, the curtain of the new La Liga season of 2025-2026 kicked off. The 20 teams fought in pairs to compete for the final championship. Barcelona is looking forward to defending the title, and Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are looking forward to regaining lost ground. Is it the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or an uninvited guest? Let's wait and see! As a result, the defending champion reached the top, Real Madrid scored a point, Betis gave warmth, and Atletico Madrid opened the goal and blackened! The specific game situation is as follows:

Defensive champion Barcelona is visiting the Iberian Star Stadium in the first round of the new season, with the opponent being Mallorca, ranked 10th last season. As a result, just 7 minutes into the game, Yamal assisted Rafinia to break the deadlock, scoring the team's first goal in La Liga in the new season, 1-0 to take the lead! In the 23rd minute, Felan scored a goal to expand the score. In the 33rd minute, the home team Morrenes turned into two yellows and one red in 9 minutes and was sent off again. In the 39th minute, Muric was stained red and had to play 9 and 11. Unfortunately, the defending champion was unable to score the third goal for a long time, and it was not achieved until the injury time period in the second half. Substitute Garvey assisted Yamal to secure the victory. In the end, the defending champion Barcelona 3-0 nine-player Mallorca was welcomed to get off to a good start!

The finale of the first round, Real Madrid, whose dream of defending last season, faced Osasuna, who ranked 9th in the league last season, unfortunately missed the European game. As a result, the two sides fought 0-0 in the first half. In the 50th minute of the second half, Mbappe made a point and took the penalty and hit it himself. Braiston dyed red in the injury time period. In the end, Real Madrid defeated ten people Osasuna 1-0 at home, and also welcomed a good start!

Last season's second-place runner-up Elche returned to the La Liga after two seasons, and took the first round to face the sixth Real Betis of La Liga last season. As a result, in the 21st minute of the first half, Riquelme assisted Ruibar to score Betis' first goal in La Liga in the new season, 1-0! In the 81st minute of the second half, substitute Matis Neto assisted Varella to equalize the score. In the end, both sides ended with a 1-1 draw, both missed the start, but Elche got his first point back to La Liga!

The relegation team Espanyol, ranked 14th in the league last season, was only 2 points higher than the relegation zone. The opening match of the new season was at the RCDE Stadium to face the third-place Atletico Madrid last season. As a result, in the 37th minute of the first half, Alvarez scored the first goal of the team in La Liga in the new season, and took the lead in the away game 1-0! However, Simeone's team was unable to score the second goal for a long time, and the home team made a magical substitution. In the 73rd minute, Exposito assisted substitute Rubio to equalize the score. In the 84th minute, El Syrali assisted substitute Mira to complete the overtake. In the end, the home game reversed Atletico Madrid 2-1, welcomed a good start and sent the opponent to open the goal!

Other games: (formerly home team)

Girona 1-3 Vallecano

Villarreal 2-0 Real Oviedo (renewal)

Alaves 2-1 Levante (renewal)

Valencia 1-1 Real Sociedad

Celta 0-2 Getafe

Athletic Bilbao 3-2 Sevilla