GIRONA, Spain (Interstat) — Girona and Elche opened their La Liga seasons with a 1-1 draw Saturday at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi. Álvaro Rodríguez put Elche ahead in the 39th minute, but Arnau Martínez equalized for Girona in the 48th minute. Martínez, a defender, scored the lone goal for the home side. Rodríguez, a substitute, found the net for the visitors. Buba Sangaré, David Affengruber, Marc Aguado, Thomas Lemar, Germán Valera, Claudio Echeverri, Bryan Gil and Vitor Reis each contributed an assist. The match featured eight yellow cards: Sangaré in the seventh minute, Bryan Gil in first-half stoppage time, Affengruber in the 47th, Vitor Reis in the 60th, Echeverri in the 83rd, and three more in the 85th minute to Lemar, Valera and Aguado. Both teams now hold a 0-0-1 record in league play and across all competitions. The result marked a scrappy, evenly contested start to the campaign for two sides seeking their first win.