Levante stood no chance coming to the home of the defending champions, as Barcelona duly dispatched their Valencian opponents. And how.
It took the reigning champions only 3 minutes to open the scoring, with Alexis Sanchez continuing his sparkling preseason form by finishing off a brilliant team move.
Lionel Messi wasted no time in opening his own scoring account as he slammed in goal number two after a quick exchange with Pedro Rodriguez.
The Argentine was complicit in the netting of Barcelona’s third, as he won the ball back to start a move which ended in Dani Alves getting on the scoreboard.
Messi turned provider next, playing in Pedro Rodriguez with a barely believable pass which the striker wasted no time in slamming home.
A penalty gifted Barcelona a fifth, Messi the converter, and Xavi Hernandez got himself on the scoreboard as well just before half time.
In comparison to the first, the second half went far better for Levante, but they still couldn’t keep Barcelona from finding a seventh, Pedro Rodriguez tapping in from close range.
New signing Neymar came on midway through the second half for Alexis Sanchez, but could not find his debut goal.