8' It's been an all-action start and both sides are approaching this with the physicality of a competitive fixture.
J. dos Santos
Goal
6' GOAL!!! Dos Santos gives Mexico the lead! A hopeful long ball forward is dealt with really poorly by Valdez, who heads the ball straight into the path of the onrushing midfielder, who lashes a right-footed volley home to open the scoring! It's 1-0 to Mexico!
3' A series of fouls punctuate the opening stages in a hectic start to the game.
1' We're off in California!
Paraguay XI (4-4-2): Antony Silva; Santiago Arzamendia, Gustavo Gomez, Bruno Valdez, Junior Alonso; Hector Villalba, Rodrigo Rojas, Matias Rojas, Alejandro Romero Gamarra; Carlos Gonzalez, Hernan Perez
Mexico XI (4-3-3): Raul Gaudino; Jorge Sanchez, Diego Reyes, Nestor Araujo, Miguel Layun; Jonathan dos Santos, Edson Alvarez, Erick Gutierrez; Diego Lainez, Javier Hernandez, Roberto Alvarado
Mexico come into this one off the back of a 3-1 win over Chile, who just drew 1-1 with the USA, while Paraguay look to hit back after a 1-0 loss to Peru.
Mexico have won their last five games in a row against Paraguay, and have won seven of their last eight. Prior to that, however, they failed to record a victory at any point between 1995 and 2003. Paraguay's only victory over Mexico outside that eight-year timeframe came in June 2007.
Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the international friendly between Mexico and Paraguay at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
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