MEXICO, GUATEMALA 2-, 3

With two goals from midfielder Marvin Avila, the selection of football beat Guatemala 3-2 to Mexico in friendly match in preparation for the tournament and the qualifying rounds of CONCACAF for the World Cup in South Africa-2010, which ended with only nine players on each team. Guatemalas triumph broke a string of 10 years without knowing chapín teams victory over Mexico, in the 25 matches between the two teams has the advantage of 13 wins, eight draws and four defeats.

Guatemala, who opened the scoring early in the six minutes through the front Rigoberto Gomez to finish with the right within the small area a center of Avila, dominated until minute 25 when Mexico began to take control of the ball and to arrive with danger the framework advocated by Paulo Cesar Motta. In addition, the defense helped him with chapín despejes ill and poor markings that generated the 31 minutes auction perfect with the right of the young Carlos Vela to put the score on the scoreboard. The goal out of the Guatemala team that saw one minute later, at 32, in another judgment of defense Yony Flores allowed the midfielder Cesar Villaluz control the ball inside the area with the largest and beat Motta left to give Mexico the advantage partial 2-1.

Both teams went to rest with the mood when heated and returned to the field gave a recital of shares for anti tarnish the show with five expulsions, the four players and the coach of Guatemala, the Colombian Hernan Dario "Italians" Gomez. The American referee Ricardo Salazar began his display of red cards to 52 minutes when Villaluz expelled by Mexico and Guatemala by Carlos Ruiz, who was left without the possibility of becoming the top scorer in the history of his country selection . Then came the 62 minute expulsion of Gonzalo Pineda by Mexico, who felt the absence to allow Avila became a figure of Guatemala and the star of the match to achieve the goals, the equalizer and the historic victory. He was also expelled "Italians" Gomez protested that dramatically unemployed and the referee for allowing the entry of Pineda, who first brought him the yellow card.

The Mexican coach Hugo Sanchez, completed the six approved without changes that could get the draw and saw for the fourth consecutive team "Tricolor" was unable to get the victory, despite that from the minute 83 with the expulsion of Guatemala Leonel Noriega also left with nine players.

Giovani Dos Santos, it had its best ever performance and was replaced at the end of the first half. At least not both wore and avoiding the embarrassment of the second half.

Mexico: Guillermo Ochoa; Omar Esparza (Omar Arellano, mi.82), Jonny Magallón (Julio Dominguez, mi.46), Carlos Salcido, Hector Moreno (Edgar Castillo, mi.77); Patricio Araujo (Jorge Hernandez, mi.88 ), Gonzalo Pineda, Cesar Villaluz, Andres Guardado; Giovani Dos Santos (Paul Barrera, mi.46) and Carlos Vela (Efrain Velarde, mi.46).

Guatemala: Paulo Cesar Motta; Nestor Martinez, Yony Flores, Pablo Melgar, Gustavo Cabrera; Marvin Avila, Carlos Quinones (Mario Rodriguez, mi.38), Leonel Noriega, Claudio Alvizuris; Rigoberto Gomez and Carlos Ruiz.

Goals: 0-1, mi.6: Rigoberto Gomez. 1-1, mi.31: Carlos Vela. 2-1, mi.32: Cesar Villaluz. 2-2, mi.65: Marvin Avila. 2-3, mi.74: Marvin Avila.

Referee: Ricardo Salazar of the United States who drew a yellow card Gustavo Cabrera (mi.25), Carlos Quinones (mi.33), Carlos Ruiz (mi.42), Mario Rodriguez (mi.49) and Leonel Noriega (mi.60 ); rojas, Carlos Ruiz (mi.52) and Leonel Noriega (mi.83) of Guatemala. For Mexico were reprimanded with yellow Jonny Magallón (mi.22) and Paul Barrera mi.93), while the red cards were for Cesar Villaluz (mi.52) and Gonzalo Pineda (mi.62).

Incidents: Match friendly game at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, who introduced a playground in a poor state, had been used for college football, and with an attendance of 42,350 spectators who supported equally to both selections teams.