Newcastle United defeated friendly opponents Rayo Vallecano 2-1 in front of a crowd of 34,956 at St James’ Park.
A Sean Longstaff cracker in the first half was backed up by Chris Wood’s second half penalty with Matt Targett’s own goal not enough to pave a way back into the game for the La Liga side.
Manager Eddie Howe named a strong side to face the Spanish outfit with Kieran Trippier and Nick Pope thrown straight back in at the deep end after the World Cup.
Newcastle old boy Florian Lejeune was afforded warm applause on 69 minutes as he came on as substitute two years after his departure.
Newcastle are in action on Tuesday in the Carabao Cup against Bournemouth.