Barcelona welcomes La Liga premiere at 1:30 am: New No. 10 + new goalkeeper debuts! Swordsman aims at 4 consecutive kills

At 1:30 am on August 17, in the first round of La Liga, Barcelona challenged Mallorca away. This is Barcelona's debut in La Liga in the new season, Yamal's No. 10 debut, Joan Garcia will also make his debut in Barcelona, Lewandowski is absent, and Ferran Torres will serve as the single arrow. Barcelona scored four consecutive kills of Mallorca and made a good start.

[Confrontation History]

The two teams have 75 matches, with Barcelona having the advantage of 46 wins, 12 draws and 17 losses, scoring 158 goals and conceding 84 goals. Last season, Barcelona defeated Mallorca 5-1 away and 1-0 at home. The last time Barcelona lost to Mallorca was in May 2009. Barcelona, which had already secured the La Liga championship, lost 1-2 away.

【Barcelona's new No. 10 Yamal debut】

This summer, Ansu Fati joined Monaco on loan. The 18-year-old Yamal changed the No. 19 jersey to No. 10, took over the mantle of Ronaldinho and Messi, and put on the sacred jersey. In the 2024-25 season, Yamal made 55 appearances in various competitions, contributing 18 goals and 25 assists, including 9 goals and 15 assists in 35 games in La Liga. As Barcelona's new No. 10, Yamal's debut is worth looking forward to.

[New goalkeeper is coming, Joan Garcia will guard the gate]

This summer window, Barcelona's biggest move was to introduce Joan Garcia 25 million euros. In the goalkeeper position, Barcelona has four players: Joan Garcia, Ter Stegen, Penia and Szczesni. Ter Stegen recovered from his injury after surgery, Penia was not in the plan, and Joan Garcia was the main candidate. In the match with Mallorca, Joan Garcia will make his debut in Barcelona's official match.

【13 wins in 16 games, Barcelona starts well with a sword aim at La Liga】

Barcelona was the La Liga champion last season, and Mallorca ranks 10th. Barcelona has lost in the last 18 matches. Barcelona officially pointed out that Barcelona is good at playing the first game of La Liga: in the past 16 years, Barcelona's debut record in the new season of La Liga is 13 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. The only loss was in the first round of the 2019-20 season, with Barcelona losing 0-1 away to Athletic Bilbao. In the first round of La Liga last season, Barcelona reversed Valencia 2-1.

【Lewandow's absence, Ferran is serving as single arrow】

Because of discomfort in the biceps femoris on the left thigh, Lewandow's injury is still recovering. "Daily Sports" revealed that Lewandowski is still training alone and Barcelona will not take the risk of letting Polish superstars appear. In the match with Mallorca, Ferran Torres will serve as center and Lewandowski will get a chance to rest and adjust. In other positions, Araujo replaced Inigo Martinez, who left the team, and partnered with KuBazi to serve as the center back.

【Expected starter】

Barcelona (4231): Joan Garcia/Conde, Araujo, Kubasi, Barde/Pedri, De Jong/Yamar, Fermin, Rafinia/Ferran Torres