Oh dear, oh dear. An inauspicious return to La Liga for the Blue and Whites as they got rather trounced by Atlético, four goals to nil! That puts Atlético top of the pile and Málaga C.F. rather firmly at the other end of things.
The big boys didn’t fare too well either, Barcelona going down 1-0 at newly promoted Numancia and Real Madrid lost 2-1 on their trip to Deportivo.
Valencia, losers in the Super Cup, were early winners against Mallorca with Villa, Mata and Vicente the scorers, the end result being 3-0.
Espanyol recorded their first opening day win for seven years with a 1-0 victory over Valladolid, Luis García the scorer.