Monday Morning Papers in Spain

As.com

Melted: Madrid and Valencia emptied themselves at a Bernabéu under 38 degree celsius (100.4F). Mouriño: ¨We haven´t played well, but sufficiently well to win.¨  

Marca.com

¨A Vertigious Start: surprises, goal-fests, and head-splitting challenges in this vibrant first round¨: A deserved 1-1 draw for Valencia against a listless Madrid. ¨El Guaje.¨ Pepe spent the night in ICU with a concussion. David Villa returned, scored and dedicated it all tu his wife and his daughters with a special shirt: ¨Impossible without you!!!¨ At 5-1, the Barça of Tito also devastates. The blaugrana and La Roja recover the best of David Villa. The Atlético of Oliver dominates but Euro-Levante resists with order (1-1). At 3-5, Real Betis rings the bells at the Cathedral of San Mamés.

Sport.es

Triumphant Return (5-1)!: Barça returns to the league with a goal fest and Villa played his first official match after 8 months with the fifth goal and completing the festival of Puyol, Mess (2) and Pedro.

Mundo Deportivo

Leaders!!!:  Barça 5-1 over Real Sociedad. The dreamed of debut of Tito. Barça begin the reconquest of La Liga with a festival of play and goals. Villa reappeared, scored a goal and released the craziness at the Camp Nou. Messi continues to be insatiable, captured two goals and captained the blaugrana machine. More League: an initial stumble with polemics: they annulled a Soldado goal for being possibly offside.

Opinion:

Excuses, excuses, excuses: As.com blames Real Madrid´s draw on the weather Although training here in Los Ángeles was rather warm, it didn´t get to those levels here until the last week and a half. EMD jabs the knife in saying once again that Valencia get screwed at the Bernabeu due to refereeing decisions. What they don´t mention is that Valencia´s equalizer, the one that put Pepe in the hospital and made Iker Casillas groggy, came off a set-piece with dubious origins on a Cristiano Ronaldo foul. The Soldado goal may have been a correct call or not, but the errors equalize and a draw seems appropriate. It is early though. Real Madrid are not done dealing and Barcelona have not incorporated their new signing Alex Song.