Gundogan makes La Liga debut as Barcelona held
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Former Manchester City captain Ilkay Gundogan made his La Liga debut for Barcelona as the defending champions were held by Getafe in their opener.
The German, 32, joined the Spanish giants in the summer.
He appeared to have a golden chance to mark his debut with a goal inside the first couple of minutes, but he was flagged offside after firing straight at the goalkeeper.
Barcelona had Raphinha and manager Xavi sent off in a bad-tempered game.
Former Leeds forward Raphinha was dismissed before the break for elbowing Getafe's Gaston Alvarez.
He had earlier gone close to opening the scoring when he controlled a deep cross before his curled effort inside the box was kept out by Getafe goalkeeper David Soria.
Xavi, meanwhile, was dismissed late in the second half for arguing against a decision by the referee after Abde Ezzalzouli appeared to have been fouled.
Getafe were also reduced to 10 men soon after the break when Jaime Mata was shown a second yellow card for a foul.
Robert Lewandowski had a header cleared off the line in the second half, while Barcelona thought they might be awarded a late penalty after the referee went to check the monitor for potential fouls on Gavi and Ronald Araujo, but nothing was given.
Formation 4-5-1
13Soria22SuárezBooked at 82mins6de Sousa Coutinho Meneses Duarte23MitrovicBooked at 15minsSubstituted forPortugués Manzaneraat 45'minutesBooked at 90mins4Álvarez21Iglesias11AleñáBooked at 38minsSubstituted forLozanoat 65'minutesBooked at 84mins2DakonamBooked at 90mins20Maksimovic7MataBooked at 57mins14LatasaSubstituted forMayoralat 64'minutesSubstitutes1Cerantola Fuzato3Angileri9Portugués Manzanera17Lozano19Mayoral27Rivera28García35BenitoFormation 4-2-3-1
1ter Stegen4Araújo23Koundé15ChristensenSubstituted forEzzalzouliat 45'minutes28Balde18RomeuSubstituted forYamalat 76'minutes21F de Jong11RaphinhaBooked at 42mins8PedriSubstituted forAnsu Fatiat 79'minutes22GündoganSubstituted forGaviat 79'minutesBooked at 90mins9LewandowskiSubstitutes6Gavi7F Torres10Ansu Fati16Ezzalzouli20Roberto24García26Astralaga27Yamal30Casadó32LópezReferee:César Soto Grado
Attendance:13,410
Match ends, Getafe 0, Barcelona 0.
Second Half ends, Getafe 0, Barcelona 0.
Attempt missed. Anthony Lozano (Getafe) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Portu with a cross following a corner.
Portu (Getafe) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Getafe. Conceded by Gavi.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
VAR Decision: No Penalty Barcelona.
Gavi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
Hand ball by Gavi (Barcelona).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Djené Dakonam (Getafe).
Offside, Getafe. Domingos Duarte tries a through ball, but Djené Dakonam is caught offside.
Djené Dakonam (Getafe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Lamine Yamal (Barcelona).
Juan Iglesias (Getafe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona).
Djené Dakonam (Getafe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ansu Fati (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jules Koundé.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Damián Suárez.
Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
