Aguirre has been hampered by injuries (Allsport).

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Injuries have denied Mexico coach Javier Aguirre the chance to play his first team in Sunday's friendly against J-League side Tokyo Verdi.

Aguirre will be without at least four players for what will be Mexico's only 90-minute warm-up before the start of the World Cup.

Star striker Cuauhtemoc Blanco is missing due to a knee injury and will be replaced by either Jared Borgetti or Francisco Palencia.

Blanco is also in mourning following the death of his grandmother back in Mexico.

Goalkeeper Oscar Perez, defender Alberto Rodriguez and midfielder Rafael Garcia are also out of the match.

Perez is struggling with an injury to his left hand, meaning reserve goalkeeper Oswald Sanchez will be between the sticks against Tokyo Verdi.

Rodriguez is the only one of the four absentees who has been unable to train during the last few days because of his injured right ankle.

Aguirre hasn't yet announced who will take Rodriguez's place but Ramon Morales steps in for Garcia in the middle of the park.

Garcia is still recovering from the muscle injury he has had since last week's friendly against AC Milan. He should rejoin his team-mates for training on Monday.

"The idea is to use the game as a chance to acclimatise, get the players loose and to play a match - nothing special," Aguirre said of the friendly.

After Sunday's match, Mexico have arranged a training game against a local side on Tuesday before kicking off their World Cup campaign against Croatia on June 3.