06 June,2011 07:52 AM IST | | Agencies
Villarreal striker Santi Cazorla scored two first-half goals and reigning World Cup champion Spain routed the United States 4-0 on Saturday in an international football friendly.
Cazorla found the back of the net in the 28th and 41st minutes, each time while unmarked at the top of the penalty area and scoring off deadly centering passes from Manchester City playmaker David Silva.
Alvaro Negredo blasted one past US goalkeeper Tim Howard in the 32nd minute.
Fernando Torres banked in a shot off the goalpost to his right from the heart of the penalty area in the 73rd minute to give Spain a 4-0 lead.u00a0
Elsewhere, a friendly between Brazil and Netherlands ended in a goalless draw in Goiania.
