Mexico has released a list of 24 players to play in a friendly against Nigeria on March 5, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
The El Tri Coach Miguel Herrera had earlier released a list of eight players based in Europe with Manchester United’s Javier Hernandez and Villarreal’s Giovani Dos Santos being among them.
In the present list, Herrera has added 16 players from the Mexican league with Leon and Club America producing four players each and Toluca two.
However, Mexico will be without striker Carlos Vela who has not indicated interest in returning to the national side.
The match will take place at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta as part of preparations for the 2014 World Cup.
Both countries have met at different times in friendly and competitive matches with the last game between them ending 2-2 in 2013.
Nigeria, however, will be without the services of striker Bright Dike who tore his Achilles tendon during the week while training with his Major League Soccer club side Toronto FC.
It is not yet known who his replacement will be.
While Nigeria is drawn in World Cup Group F alongside Argentina, Iran and Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mexico will play against hosts Brazil, Cameroon and Croatia in Group A.
The squad:
Goalkeepers: Jesús Corona – Cruz Azul, Moisés Muñoz – America, Guillermo Ochoa – Ajaccio
Defenders: Paul Aguilar – Latin, Enrique Pérez – Atlas, Juan Carlos Valenzuela – Latin, Hector Moreno – Espanyol Barcelona, Rafael Marquez – Leon, Diego Reyes – Porto, Francisco Javier Rodriguez – Latin, Miguel Ponce – Toluca, Layún Miguel – America
Midfielders: Andrés Guardado – Bayer Leverkusen, José Juan Vazquez – Leon, Hector Herrera – Porto, Juan Carlos Medina – America, Isaac Brizuela – Toluca, Javier Aquino – Villarreal, Carlos Peña – Leon, Luis Montes – Leon
Strikers: Giovani dos Santos – Villarreal, Alan Pulido – Tigers, Oribe Peralta – Santos, Javier Hernandez – Manchester United.
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