Champions Barcelona ease to opening win at Mallorca

BARCELONA :Barcelona cruised to a 3-0 win at nine-man Mallorca in their opening LaLiga game of the season on Saturday as England forward Marcus Rashford made his debut off the bench.

Raphinha headed home after seven minutes and Ferran Torres doubled the lead in the 23rd minute to put the Spanish champions in command.

Mallorca's Manu Morlanes was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Lamine Yamal and Vedat Muriqi was also sent off before halftime.

Rashford, on loan from Manchester United, was sent on in the 69th minute for his debut, becoming the first Englishman to play a first-team game for Barcelona since former England striker Gary Lineker in 1989.

Yamal powered home Barcelona's third goal in stoppage time.