Former Manchester City captain Ilkay Gundogan made his La Liga debut for Barcelona as the defending champions were held 0-0 by Getafe in their opener.
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The German who is 32 years of age joined the Spanish giants in the summer.
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Astonishingly, 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.
However, 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.
Jude Bellingham scored on his competitive Real Madrid debut
England midfielder Bellingham scored on his Real Madrid debut as they kick –off their La Liga season with 2-0 victory at Athletic Bilbao.
The 20-year-old, who joined the Spanish giants for £88.5m from Borussia Dortmund this summer, got Real’s second when he volleyed in from close range.
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He is the first English player to score in a competitive game for Real since David Beckham in 2007.
Rodrygo had opened the scoring with a near-post finish at San Mames.
Real were runners-up in La Liga last season, finishing 10 points behind Barcelona.
“Bellingham is a fantastic kid, he displays quality, and personality, he is a hard worker. He is just fantastic,” manager Carlo Ancelotti told Movistar Plus. “He is very motivated to be here, he is a fantastic player and a very, very important signing.
“We were on fire and motivated, we had a very good collective commitment, attitude, won many challenges, worked together defensively, a clean sheet was positive… it was a complete game, a very high level first half and a second half of total control.”
