Palencia joined up with the squad (Allsport)
PALENCIA JOINS MEXICO SQUAD
By PA Sport Staff
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Juan Francisco Palencia was the 23rd and final
player to meet up with the Mexico squad for their final matches before the
World Cup finals.
Javier Aguierre's side travelled to New York for matches against Bolivia
on Thursday and AC Milan on Saturday.
But the Espanyol striker is fully focused on the World Cup opener against
Croatia in just over two weeks' time.
"Now we have to think about Croatia, the debut match," he said.
"Later it will be the time for Ecuador and Italy. You can't run if you haven't
walked: now we should think of nothing but Croatia."
Aguirre is yet to offically announce his final 23 but it is expected that the
players who travel to the United States will also go to Korea and Japan.
Mexico squad for friendly against USA (and probable World Cup squad):
Oscar Perez (Cruz Azul), Jorge Campos (UNAM), Oswaldo Sanchez (Guadalajara):
Manuel Vidrio (Pachuca), Francisco Gabriel de Anda (Pachuca), Melvin Brown
(Cruz Azul), Alberto Rodriguez (Pachuca), Rafael Marquez (Monaco), Salvador
Carmona (Toluca): Sigifredo Mercado (Atlas), Rafael Garcia (Toluca), Gerardo
Torrado (Sevilla, Spain), Ramon Morales (Guadalajara), Gabriel Caballero
(Pachuca), German Villa (America), Alberto Garcia Aspe (Puebla), Johan
Rodriguez (Santos Laguna) Braulio Luna (Necaxa): Jesus Arellano (Monterrey),
Francisco Palencia (Espanyol), Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Valladolid), Luis Hernandez
(America) Jared Borgetti (Santos Laguna).
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