[VIDEO] A crowd of 38,152 at Giants Stadium watched Spanish giant Barcelona thump the New York Red Bulls, 6-2, in a friendly on Wednesday. Barcelona was up 3-0 within the first 24 minutes.
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2008 European Champion Xavi scored the first on a diving header in the 17th minute and set up Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o‘s first goal half a minute later.
Mexican Rafael Marquez scored made it 3-0 with a glancing header off an Andres Iniesta service.
When Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes failed to catch Dave van den Bergh‘s cross, Seth Stammler slammed home for the Red Bulls to make it 3-1 at the 30-minute mark.
Eto’o scored his second just before halftime.
Recently signed Venezuelan Jorge Rojas scored his first goal for New York in the 60th minute, before Jeffren Suarez and Pedro scored Barca’s fifth and sixth.
On Sunday in Chicago, Barcelona beat Mexico’s Chivas Guadalajara, 5-2.