Mallorca, Raphinha and Barcelona
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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 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
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World Soccer Talk on MSNRaphinha joins Ronaldinho in impressive Barcelona feat Neymar never accomplished
Barcelona began the 2025–26 La Liga season with a win, and Raphinha matched a Ronaldinho milestone that not even Neymar managed to reach.
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 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.