The match is scheduled for Saturday May 31st at 1:00pm pacific time. It will be broadcast in the United States by ESPNews (in English) and Univision and Univision Deportes Network (in Spanish).
"El Tri" will have to show some improvements from their performance on Wednesday night in the Estadio Azteca where they picked up a 3-0 win over Israel. The score line does not tell the full story of how Mexico struggled to create dangerous goal scoring opportunities and had some set piece troubles against the Israelis.
Mexican National Team manager Miguel Herrera announced the starting lineup for Saturday afternoon following the team's practice session in Dallas on Friday. The midfield will be completely different from the one that was seen in the Azteca. Hector Herrera will be given the opportunity to play holding midfield, while Leon duo Carlos Peña and Luis Montes will play ahead of him.
In the attack Villarreal forward Giovani Dos Santos will get his first opportunity to play under Herrera as he partners up with Oribe Peralta in the attack. The defensive line is also changed from the match against Israel; only Paul Aguilar and Francisco Javier Rodriguez repeat. Andres Guardado, Rafael Marquez, and Hector Moreno will be replacing Miguel Layun, Carlos Salcido and Diego Reyes.
This It For Ochoa:
Also in the starting lineup; goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa. This is the game where he must impress Miguel Herrera in order to get that starting position in Brazil. "Piojo" Herrera mentioned that each of the three goalkeepers would receive one game in the friendly tour and that his final choice would start against Portugal in the final preparation match.
This will be Ochoa's third World Cup and he'll be looking to make this one the one where he finally plays.
Starting lineup and formation:
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