MADRID — The first game in La Liga is already one to forget for Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga.

His two embarrassing first-half mistakes — one leading to a goal and the other to a penalty and his ejection — helped Rayo Vallecano win in Girona 3-1 in Friday’s season-opener.

“The way I see it, they were mistakes by Girona, we all made the mistakes together,” Girona coach Miguel Ángel Sánchez said. “The mistakes were so bad that we can only see them as accidents.”

The first blunder came in the 18th minute when a defender passed the ball back to Gazzaniga and the Argentine goalie couldn’t properly control the ball, which slipped passed him and allowed Rayo forward Jorge de Frutos to find the open net.

Gazzaniga’s second mistake came in the 43rd, after Rayo added to the lead through Álva

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