Fernando Torres added to his legend on Spain National Team by winning his 100th cap in friendly clash with Saudi Arabia on Friday night (5-0). The Chelsea striker has become just the sixth player and the most younger in Spain’s history to achieve the feat after making his debut as a 19-year-old against Portugal in September 2003.

Since making his bow, the 28-year-old has enjoyed an impressive goalscoring record for his country, grabbing 31 goals in his century of appearances.

After winning FA Cup and Champions League titles with Chelsea in a high-profile season, Torres scored three goals as Spain went on to lift the European Championship crown over the summer. He also got the Golden Boot Trophy.

Spain continued their build-up to their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 5-0 hammering of Saudi Arabia in Pontevedra. Pedro, Santi Cazorla and Xavi had already put the world champions in a commanding position by short after half time. Villa stroked home a penalty 27 minutes from time and it was Pedro who completed the rout 10 minutes later as he raced onto David Silva's pass to chip in his second goal of the evening.

It was an extremely comfortable evening for Del Bosque's men against a Saudi side that looked out of their depth from the beginning.

Torres was first to threaten as he sped onto a neat pass in behind the Saudi defence, but a long first touch saw the ball run through to Waleed Abdullah.

Cazorla and Pedro made the breakthrough when the two combined for the opening goal on 23 minutes. Pedro cut inside two soft challenges on the left and, when his fierce right-footed effort was beaten away by Abdullah, Cazorla was on hand to sweep home his fourth goal in his last six appearances for Spain.

Benat then came within inches of his first international goal as his shot came back off the post after being fed by the busy Pedro, but the world and European champions were nearly stunned seconds later when Naser Al-Shahrani flicked a header inches wide of Victor Valdes' right post.

Normal service was resumed, though, when Pedro received a Torres’ heel pass and timed his run perfectly to meet a Cazorla through-ball and finished beautifully with a lob over the helpless Abdullah.

Cazorla then hit the bar and Torres fired just over as the hosts threatened to run riot before the break. However, Del Bosque refused to take it easy on the visitors after the interval as Sergio Ramos and Xavi replaced Gerard Pique and Cesc Fabregas, and it was Xavi who made it three with virtually his first touch as he curled a brilliant free-kick into the top corner on 47 minutes.

Villa was next to be introduced, making his much-anticipated return to international football, and he was given the perfect opportunity to mark it with a goal when Monreal was brought down inside the area by Sultan Al-Bishi.

The Barcelona striker sent Abdullah the wrong way from 12 yards and the Saudi keeper was beaten again before the end as Pedro rounded off his fine display with another dinked finish from Silva's through-ball.


- Match stats:

España: Valdés (Iker Casillas 72’); Juanfran, Albiol, Piqué (Xavi 46’), Monreal; Busquets (Iniesta 60’), Beñat, Cazorla (Silva 60’); Cesc Fábregas (Ramos 46’), Pedro y Torres (Villa 53’).

Saudi Arabia: Waleed; Sultan Albeshi, Hawsawi-C (Albischi, m.80), Kamil, Mansour (Yasir Alsharani, m.85); Taiseer (Abdul Alruwaili, m.57), Ahmed, Saud Kariri, Abdulrahim (Hamad Alhamad, m.63); Abdulaziz (Motaz Almosa, m.70), Nassir (Mohammed, m.76).

Bookings: Mansour 53’,

Goals:

1-0 (22’) Cazorla.
2-0 (26’) Pedro.
3-0 (46’) Xavi.
4-0 (62’) Villa.
5-0 (72’) Pedro.