TEAMS: Eto'o, Assou-Ekotto and Song start for Cameroon, Hernandez left out of Mexico XI
CAMEROON have named ex-Chelsea man Samuel Eto'o, Tottenham's Benoit Assou-Ekotto and former Arsenal midfielder Alex Song, while Manchester Untied's Javier Hernandez is left on the Mexico bench.
Eto'o leads the attack for Cameroon for their first game of Group A.
QPR loanee Benoit Assou-Ekotto joins him at left-back, with Barcelona and former Gunner Song staring in midfield.
However, Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez has been named as a substitute, with former Tottenham winger Giovani Dos Santos named in the starting XI.
Mexico: Ochoa; Rodriguez, Marquez, Aguilar, Layun; Herrera, Vázquez, Dos Santos, Moreno, Guardado, Peralta
Subs: Corona, Talavera, Salcido, Reyes, Ponce, Fabian, Brizuela, Aquino, Pena, Jimenez, Pulido, Hernandez
Cameroon: Itandje, Assou-Ekotto, Nkoulou, Djeugoue, Song, Moukandjo, Eto'o, Choupo Moting, Chedjou, Mbia, Enoh
Subs: Feudjou, N'Djock, Nounkeu, Bedimo, Nyom, Matip, Salli, Makoun, N'Guemo, Aboubakar, Olinga, Webo