Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored late in an impressive debut for Barcelona on Monday with a diving header to round out a 3-0 victory over Sporting Gijon. "He just arrived, he needed to find his rhythm, know his teammates," Barcelona defender Dani Alves said. "But we always knew the goals would come because of his quality."
Barcelona paid 66 million ($95 million) and sent leading striker Samuel Eto'o to Inter Milan in order to secure Ibrahimovic. Bojan Krkic and Seydou Keita also scored from headers at the Camp Nou, where the Catalan club opened its season without star forward Lionel Messi, who had traveled to Argentina to prepare for Saturday's crucial World Cup qualifier against Brazil.