VIRAL: La Liga's 2025-26 Season Kicks Off with Comedy Gold as Bizarre Goal Leaves Fans in Stitches

Rayo Vallecano traveled to face Girona in the opening match of the 2025–26 La Liga campaign. Less than 20 minutes into the contest, we witnessed the season's first major blunder, which led to the inaugural goal of this year's Spanish top division.

Girona attempted to build from the back while Rayo applied intense pressure in the attacking third. Finding himself with limited options, central defender David López played the ball back to keeper Paulo Gazzaniga, setting the stage for catastrophe.

Gazzaniga attempted a quick first-touch pass to an available teammate, but he completely mishit the ball, sending it nearly backward and directly into the path of Jorge de Frutos, who immediately capitalized by unleashing a shot. The goalkeeper had an opportunity to make amends by stopping the effort, but after diving to block the ball, his forward momentum carried both him and the ball across the goal line.

This was a disastrous error, but Gazzaniga's torturous day had only begun. Within 42 minutes, the Argentine shot-stopper committed a horrific mistake that resulted in the opening goal and allowed a second strike just two minutes afterward. He then completed his woeful display by losing possession once more in his penalty area, leading to a spot kick that became Rayo's third goal and earned him a red card.

Rayo Vallecano maintained their advantage throughout and secured a 3–1 victory in their season debut. However, it's Gazzaniga's errors that will dominate the discussion surrounding La Liga's opening fixture of the new campaign.

The events that unfolded at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi will certainly be the first of numerous disastrous incidents we'll observe throughout the 2025–26 La Liga season.