La Liga Recap: Barca Stunned; Griezmann & Ronaldo Score As Real & Atletico Win

open the season with their first defeat. Alaves, who were playing in the third division as recently as 2013, took the lead in the 39th minute when Kiko slipped away from Denis Suarez on the sideline and played in a cross for Deyverson to fire home ahead of Javier Mascherano. Barcelona were level within the first minute of the second half as Jeremy Mathieu headed home from a corner, and Messi came on at the hour mark in pursuit of a winner. But within four minutes, Mascherano gifted Alaves the lead again with a mis-hit in the box, Ibai Gomez pouncing on the error to score. Barcelo... more »