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,