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.

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,

Hansi Flick was in no mood to praise Barcelona after their 3-0 victory over Mallorca in LaLiga, accusing his side of playing at 50% after their hosts were reduced to nine men. Barca made a winning start to their title defence on Saturday, with Raphinha and Ferran Torres striking inside the first 23 minutes before Lamine Yamal added a late third.