"I have the opportunity to play on Wednesday" and "defend and sweat (the shirt Mexican) all I can," he said before his first practice

The younger brother Giovani dos Santos, Jonathan, who plays for Barcelona B Spanish, trained on Monday for the first time with the selection of Mexico to face in next Wednesday's friendly with Colombia in the U.S..

"I have the opportunity to play on Wednesday" and "defend and sweat (the Mexican shirt) everything I can, "Jonathan said before his first practice with the Tri in the High Performance Center is located in Mexico City.

Barcelona B midfielder is one of the 18-man squad by coach Javier Aguirre for the collation of preparation with Colombia to be played in Dallas.

In the listing does not contain any of the players who are active in soccer abroad including his brother Giovanni, who plays for Tottenham English.

"We want to get a result and we, that we are called here, will work to try to be in later (called)," said San Luis midfielder Braulio Luna.

Luna, 35, and Jonathan, 19, were two of the sensations in the list with a view to checking Aguirre with Colombia as part of their preparation for their World Cup qualifying.

"I'm enjoying the moment. Obviously after so long, trying to comprehend certain things, to seize the opportunity, to win on Wednesday and to unify criteria, because there is not much time to train, "added Moon.

Enrique Esqueda, another player that he is wearing the tricolor house, said Wednesday that the match is "good chance" to show the coach and continue to take into account.

The selection tricolor trained before traveling to Dallas this afternoon, in the state American in Texas, where on Wednesday against Colombia in a duel of preparedness for the knock-out matches with El Salvador and Trinidad and Tobago.

Mexico, second in the hexagonal of CONCACAF qualifying with 15 points, one below the United States (16), received on October 10 in El Salvador (8 points) and visit the 14th month in Trinidad and Tobago, and eliminated five.

Rounding out the positions Honduras (13), Costa Rica (12) and El Salvador (8).

The top three advance directly to the 2010 World Cup. The fourth phase will play a playoff with the fifth best in the World Cup qualifiers and the winner will travel to South African land.

Colombia is eighth in the World Cup qualifiers with 20 points and need to win their next two matches to Chile and Paraguay if wants to pursue opportunities to go to the 2010 World Cup.

Brazil (33) and Paraguay (30), and classified the World Cup lead the tie, followed closely by aspirants Chile (27), Ecuador (23), Argentina (22), Uruguay and Venezuela (21).

The first four World Cup and are ranked the fifth best played with the fourth fastest of the qualifiers in CONCACAF.