One of the most controversial matches of the 2015 Gold Cup featured Mexico and Panama, with El Tri prevailing in the semi-final after a dubious penalty awarded by the referee. This Tuesday, Mexico will host Panama with the objective of ending Ricardo Ferretti's term as interim coach with a victory.
Ferretti took over the team's coaching duties to facilitate the Mexican Federation's job of choosing their manager for the World Cup Qualifiers, and given that Juan Carlos Osorio will be unveiled on Wednesday, the current Tigres boss will leave El Tri with the ticket to play the 2017 Confederations Cup.
Mexico will not have three of its key pieces for this game, after releasing Rafa Márquez, Andrés Guardado and Javier Hernández. The team's medical staff decided to let them go since they have been struggling with a series of injuries recently. No one will be called up to replace them, so, PSV's Héctor Moreno and Oribe Peralta will be the team's go-to guys when the game kicks off.
Following their penalty shootout victory over the USMNT in this summer's Gold Cup, Hernán Dario Gomez's side has not been able to win a single game prior to the start of the World Cup Qualifiers. For this game, the Colombian coach decided to call up most of the players that won the third place in the regional tournament, with Jaime Penedo and Roman Torres as the team leaders.
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