SPAIN
Pedri and Ferran Torres scored late in the second half to earn Barcelona their first La Liga win of the season with a 2-0 victory over Cadiz, whose inspired goalkeeper Conan Ledesma had made a string of superb saves on Sunday night.
Ledesma showed great reflexes to stop two early strikes from 16-year-old forward Lamine Yamal, who was making his first start for Barcelona in place of suspended Raphinha.
The teenager became the youngest player to make a La Liga start in the 21st century, beating the previous record set by Fabrice Olinga in September 2012 with Malaga.
Cadiz's goalkeeper later made an incredible one-handed save from a point-blank strike from Jules Kounde and blocked a Robert Lewandowski header right before the break.
The visitors were dangerous on the counter-attack and wasted two good chances with Roger Marti, but Barca came back on top of the second-half.
Barca finally managed to break the deadlock in the 83rd minute, Ilkay Gundogan found Pedri ghosting through off the defensive line with a perfect pass through and the midfielder steered past the onrushing Ledesma with a gentle touch.
Substitute Torres took advantage of a counter-attack to secure Barca the points as he raced onto a Robert Lewandowski header and scored with a tidy finish.
Barcelona had been held to a goalless draw by Getafe in their opening match of the season last weekend.
Atletico Madrid had to settle for a disappointing 0-0 at Real Betis in their second game of the season.
The hosts dominated the first half before Atletico piled on the pressure after the break but were frustrated by Betis' disciplined defence.
Both Betis and Atletico have four points, level with Barca and Girona, who beat Getafe 3-0 with goals from Yangel Herrera and Cristhian Stuani (2). They all trail leaders Real Madrid and Valencia by two points.
FRANCE
Japanese attacker Takumi Minamino scored the opening two goals as Monaco won 3-0 at home against Racing Strasbourg on Sunday to keep up a 100% start to the new Ligue 1 campaign and take top spot in the early season standings.
Stade Brest are the only other side with a maximum six points after the second round of matches.
Minamino, who joined Monaco from Liverpool last year, won possession and fired home from well outside the Strasbourg box for the opening goal in the 20th minute and then headed home a curling cross from Caio Henrique for the second 16 minutes later.
Skipper Wissam Ben Yedder added the third goal in the second half to wrap up a comfortable win.
Brest followed last weekend's come-from-behind 3-2 home win over Racing Lens with an away victory at promoted Le Havre. Central defender Lilian Brassier notched the winner in a 2-1 triumph as he headed home a 56th-minute corner.
Lille moved onto four points with a 2-0 home win over Nantes, with Jonathan David snapping up a rebound to break the deadlock after the hour mark and Adam Ounas adding a stoppage-time second with a curling left-footed shot that went in off the upright.
Lille had defender Alexsandro Ribeiro sent off 12 minutes from time but Nantes failed to capitalise on the man advantage and lost for a second successive week.
Stade de Reims won their first points with a 2-0 home success over Clermont Foot, with Marshall Munetsi scoring in the 17th minute and Mohamed Daramy netting his first goal for his new club late in the game after arriving from Ajax Amsterdam earlier this month.
Lens, who were runners-up last season, got their first home game of the season off to the perfect start as fullback Deiver Machado fired home through a crowd of players after three minutes against Stade Rennais, but the game ended in a 1-1 draw despite a multitude of chances for the hosts.
Rennes equalised with a second-half penalty converted by Benjamin Bourigeaud against his former club.
Nice went ahead at Lorient through Evann Guessand in the 64th minute but their lead lasted less than a quarter-hour as Sirine Doucoure equalised. Both sides have now drawn their opening two games of the season.
ITALY
Juventus secured a comfortable 3-0 win at Udinese in their first game of the Serie A season.
Massimiliano Allegri's side put down a marker at the start of the campaign as they began their bid for a 37th league crown with an impressive win, scoring through Federico Chiesa, Dusan Vlahovic and Adrien Rabiot in the first half.
Juventus made a blistering start at Stadio Friuli, racing into the lead in the second minute after Vlahovic intercepted a stray pass and set up Chiesa, who drilled home a low shot from the edge of the penalty area.
Vlahovic made it 2-0 with an ice-cool penalty and Rabiot added the third with a bullet header before the break.
Late goals from Pontus Almqvist and Federico Di Francesco gave Lecce a 2-1 comeback victory over last season's runners-up Lazio
Lazio captain Ciro Immobile marked his eighth season at the club by netting the opener in the 26th minute, as he met Luis Alberto's cross with a sliding finish to dink the ball over the onrushing Lecce goalkeeper.
Despite having a large share of the possession, Lecce struggled to break down Lazio for much of the match, with Maurizio Sarri's team remaining disciplined and compact in defence.
However, with Lazio looking on course for a hard-fought win, Lecce turned the match on its head in the blink of an eye late in the second half.
Almqvist's sensational half-volley put Lecce level in the 85th minute before Di Francesco took advantage of confusion in Lazio's area as he pounced on a loose ball and fired home the winner in the 87th minute to raucous cheers at the Stadio Via del mare.
Earlier on Sunday, Salernitana and AS Roma played out a 2-2 draw as both Antonio Candreva and Andrea Belotti bagged braces and Atalanta won 2-0 at Sassuolo thanks to debutant Charles De Ketelaere and Nadir Zortea.
GERMANY
Kevin Behrens scored a hat-trick to guide Union Berlin to a 4-1 Bundesliga season-opening win over Mainz 05, who had two penalties saved.
The hosts needed only 52 seconds to open their account with Behrens' glancing header from a smooth Jerome Roussillon cross becoming Union's quickest ever Bundesliga goal.
The Berliners, playing in the Champions League group stage this season after their stunning fourth-place finish, doubled their lead when the 32-year-old Behrens was left with too much space in the box and scored with a towering header from Aissa Laidouni's cross.
Mainz came out fighting after the break and earned a 63rd- minute penalty but striker Ludovic Ajorque's weak effort was easily saved by Frederik Ronnow.
The keeper, however, was beaten a minute later by Anthony Caci's thunderous volley into the top corner that injected new life into Mainz. Their joy was shortlived, however, with Behrens completing his hat-trick with another powerful header.
Frenchman Ajorque hit the crossbar before Union earned a second spot-kick in the 87th minute for handball. Ajorque stepped up again, only to see Ronnow block his second spot-kick as well and Union wrapped up the three points with a stoppage-time goal from Milos Pantovic.
Earlier, Paris Saint-Germain target Randal Kolo Muani scored the only goal of the game as Eintract Frankfurt beat Darmstadt 98 1-0.
