Boos for Felix, cheers for Azpilicueta and Depay

Atletico Madrid wrapped up the opening round of the Spanish Liga season by jumping to the top of the table with a 3-1 home victory over promoted Granada.

On the night when the home crowd at Metropolitano booed the announcement of Joao Felix's name from the PA system, clearly denoting there's no way back for the Portuguese, they also got to see their team take a deserved win, embellished by a fantastic Memphis Depay strike.

Alvaro Morata gave the hosts the lead seven minutes into first-half injury time. Cesar Azpilicueta, on his Atletico debut, crossed, and Malaga centre-back Jesus Vallejo miss-timed his clearing header, nodding the ball straight to the unmarked Morata, who fired home.

Malaga levelled on 63 minutes after Yannick Carrasco lost the ball trying to dribble out of defence. Gonzalo Villar drilled a cross into the goalmouth where Samu Omorodion lifted a first-time shot into the roof of the net.

Carrasco atoned with a simple assist five minutes later, rolling a short pass square to Depay who lashed a shot home from 25 metres, delighting boss Diego Simeone.

"It's an awesome goal. I'm happy for him, because he has been working very hard and knows he has to make an effort to compete for a place."

Both teams went close, before Marcos Llorente picked up a loose ball in the box and wriggled past two defenders to end the match by poking a third goal home in the ninth minute of added time.

The only blot on Atletico's evening was an injury to captain Koke, who went off after six minutes.

Atletico were the only team to score more than two goals in the opening round. They moved above Real Madrid, Osasuna and Rayo Vallecano, who also won their openers by two goals, on goals scored.

In Monday's early match, Cadiz beat another promoted team, Alaves, 1-0 with a seventh-minute goal from midfielder Fede San Emeterio.

LA LIGA - MATCHDAY 1

Friday

Almeria - Rayo Vallecano 0-2 (0-2)

/Palazon 20 pen, Nteka 28 pen/

Sevilla - Valencia 1-2 (0-0)

/En Nesyri 69 - Diakhaby 60, Guerra 88/

Saturday

Real Sociedad - Girona 1-1 (1-0)

/Kubo 5 - Dovbyk 72/

Las Palmas - Mallorca 1-1 (1-0)

/Viera 29 pen - Raillo 70/

Athletic Club - Real Madrid 0-2 (0-2)

/Rodrygo 28, Bellingham 36/

Sunday

Celta Vigo - Osasuna 0-2 (0-1)

/Garcia 24, Gomez 74/

Villarreal - Betis 1-2 (0-1)

/Cuenca 61 - Perez 20, Jose 90+5/

Getafe - Barcelona 0-0

Monday

Cadiz - Alaves 1-0 (1-0)

/San Ementerio 7/

Atletico Madrid - Granada 3-1 (1-0)

/Morata 45+4, Depay 67, Llorente 90+8 - Samu 62/