Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and David Villa scored as Barcelona opened its Spanish league campaign with a comfortable 3-0 win at Racing Santander on Sunday, while Real Madrid was held to a 0-0 draw by Mallorca in Jose Mourinho's first game as a Liga coach. After just four minutes at Santander's Sardinero Stadium, Messi gathered Iniesta's through pass and raced into the area before chipping goalkeeper Antonio Rodriguez. Iniesta also lobbed Rodriguez with a perfectly placed first-time shot in the 33rd, before Villa scored his first league goal for Barcelona, heading in unmarked from Daniel Alves's cross in the 63rd. “This team was already great and it has won everything, so what I wanted to do was settle in as soon as possible at the beginning,” said Villa, who moved from Valencia earlier this summer for a fee of ¤40 million ($51 million). The team also had a different look up front. After Zlatan Ibrahimovic's move to AC Milan was secured on Saturday, Villa joined Messi and Iniesta in attack. Also Sunday, Pablo Osvaldo scored twice as Espanyol beat Getafe 3-1, Real Sociedad beat Villarreal 1-0, Deportivo La Coruna drew 0-0 with Zaragoza and Osasuna was held 0-0 by Almeria. AC Milan opens with 4-0 win AC Milan opened Serie A with a bang Sunday, beating Lecce 4-0 and introducing freshly signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic to the San Siro crowd at halftime. Alexandre Pato scored twice, Thiago Silva also found the net in the first half and substitute Filippo Inzaghi added the 154th Serie A goal of his career in the 90th minute. With his transfer from Barcelona finalized Saturday, Ibrahimovic walked out on a red carpet at halftime and told the fans: “I came here to win. This year we're winning everything.” The former Inter Milan striker then returned to his seat next to Milan president and Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi and club vice president Adriano Galliani. Earlier, a revamped Juventus lost 1-0 to Bari, with Massimo Donati scoring a 43rd-minute winner. Napoli and Fiorentina drew 1-1 in a match that both sides ended with 10 men. Sampdoria bounced back from its Champions League playoff loss by beating Lazio 2-0 with goals from Antonio Cassano and Stefano Guberti. Also, it was: Chievo Verona 2, Catania 1; Palermo 0, Cagliari 0; and Parma 2, Brescia 0.
