CHICAGO – The Mexican National Team prepares for its third of four World Cup preparation matches. The team is already in Chicago, Illinois where they will take on Bosnia and Herzegovina at Solider Field; the home of the NFL's Chicago Bears.
The match is scheduled for Tuesday May 2nd at 5:30pm (pacific time).
Mexican manager Miguel "Piojo" Herrera will continue to look at different players and how they fit inside of his established 5-3-2 system. He is likely to send out players who have not played as much during the first two preparation matches against Israel and Ecuador.
Players like Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez, Toluca trio Miguel Ponce, Isaac Brizuela, and Alfredo Talavera are all likely starters for El Tri against Bosnia.
These players will all want to go out onto the pitch with everything they have and convince Herrera that they deserve a place in the starting lineup come June 13th. But as much as they want to go all out on the field the because of what is at stake, situations like the Luis Montes accident need to be avoided.
Moments after scoring the opening goal against Ecuador Luis Montes rashly slid into Ecuador's Segundo Castillo. The rash challenged caused knee ligament damage to Castillo as well as a double fracture for himself leaving both players out of the World Cup.
Coming into the squad to replace Montes will be Giovani Dos Santos' club teammate Javier Aquino. Aquino is scheduled to arrive in Chicago on Monday evening to meet up with the team. Due to the long distance travel it is unlikely Aquino will play against Bosnia, but could see some minutes in Boston when Mexico plays their fourth and final preparation match against Portugal.
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