Colombia face Mexico in the first match of Jose Pekerman’s reign as Colombian national coach Wednesday.
Kicking off at 8pm in Miami’s Sunlife Stadium, Florida’s Colombian and Mexican ex-pat communities will be vying to make their teams feel at home.
The two teams last met in a friendly in September 2010, with home team Mexico coming away 1-0 victors.
History is also on the side of the Mexicans, who have won 12 of the 27 games between the two teams, while Colombia have won just 6.
But this statistic belies the pattern of the last decade, during which time Colombia have won four of their six games and Mexcio have won just once.
The match will see one of the world’s most expensive goalscorers Radamel Falcao, of Atletico Madrid, feature against Manchester United’s up-and-coming hit man Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez. Whichever one has a better game may well determine the outcome of the match.
Colombia squad list
Goalkeepers
- David Ospina (Niza/FRA)
- Luis Martínez (Once Caldas/COL)
Defenders
- Mario Alberto Yepes (Milán/ITA)
- Pablo Armero (Udinese/ITA)
- Camilo Zúñiga (Nápoli/ITA)
- Luis Amaranto Perea (Atlético de Madrid/SPA)
- Cristian Zapata (Villareal/SPA)
- Bernardo Espinosa (Racing de Santander/SPA)
- Aquivaldo Mosquera (América/MEX)
Midfielders
- Carlos Sánchez (Valenciennes/FRA)
- Abel Aguilar (Hércules/SPA)
- James Rodríguez (FC Porto/POR)
- Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Lecce /ITA)
- Elkin Soto (Mainz 05/GER)
- Giovanni Moreno (Racing de Avellaneda/ARG)
- Aldo Leao Ramírez (Morelia/MEX)
- Gustavo Bolívar (Deportes Tolima/COL)
Forwards
- Radamel Falcao García (Atlético de Madrid/SPA)
- Jackson Martínez (Jaguares/MEX)
- Teófilo Gutiérrez (Racing de Avellaneda/ARG)
- Dayro Moreno (Once Caldas/COL)
- Dorlan Pabón (Atlético Nacional/COL)
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Mexico squad list
Goalkeepers
- Guillermo Ochoa (AC Ajaccio/FRA)
- Jesús Corona (Cruz Azul/MEX)
Defenders
- Rafa Márquez (New York Red Bulls/USA)
- Héctor Moreno (RCD Espanyol de Barcelona/SPA)
- Francisco Javier Rodríguez (Club VfB Stuttgart/GER)
- Enrique Pérez (Morelia/MEX), Efraín Juárez (Celtic/ESC)
- Hugo Ayala (Tigres/MEX)
- Carlos Salcido (Tigres/MEX)
Midfielders
- Andrés Guardado (Deportivo La Coruña/SPA)
- Jonathan Dos Santos (FC Barcelona/SPA)
- Pablo Barrera (Real Zaragoza/SPA)
- Jorge Torres Nilo (Tigres/MEX)
- Jesús Zavala (Monterrey/MEX)
- Gerardo Lugo (Morelia/MEX)
- Damián Álvarez (Tigres/MEX)
Forwards
- Javier “Chicharito” Hernández (Manchester United/ENG)
- Giovani dos Santos (Tottenham Hotspur FC/ENG)
- Oribe Peralta (Santos/MEX)
- Miguel Sabah (Morelia/MEX)
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