The Mexican National Team begins its activity in this World Cup year in a friendly against the Canaleros and here we tell you the details.
The Mexico National Team starts its commitments for 2026 with a friendly against its similar team Panamawhich will be the first of two preparation matches in a window that is not considered a FIFA date.
This duel will serve Javier Aguirre to be able to see selected ones from the Liga MXdue to the absence of the Europeans, since it is not an official friendly date, their clubs are not obliged to give them up.
The Mexican National Team will travel to Rommel Fernández with the intention of seeking a victory. The pupils of ‘Vasco’ have played six games without knowing the victory with four draws and two defeats, the last victory was in the final of the Gold Cup ante USA.
In the last five matches between these nations, Mexico has won all of them and in the historical record it is also the Aztecs who dominate the results with 20 wins for the Mexican National Teamtwo victories for Panamaand two ties.
The Canalera team wants to take advantage of every opportunity to get ready for its second World Cup in its history and facing one of its biggest Concacaf rivals will be one of the most difficult challenges for Thomas Christiansen’s team.
⏰Date, time of the Panama vs Mexico match
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Date: Thursday, January 22
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Schedule: 7:00 p.m. CDMX | 8:00 p.m. ET Colombia, Peru, Ecuador | 10:00 p.m. Argentina, Chile and Uruguay
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Location: Rommel Fernández Stadium
Check the Mexico match schedule for 2026
⚽ Possible alignments Panama vs Mexico
Panama: Eddy; Roberts; Eric Davis, Javier Rivera, José Córdoba, Jorge Gutiérrez; Ricardo Phillips, abddul Knight, José Murillo; Kadir Barría, Kahiser Lenis and Abdiel stream.
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Mexico: Raul Rangel, Jesús Gallardo, Israel Reyes, Ramón Juárez, Jorge Sánchez, Luis Romo, Marcel Ruiz, Gilberto Mora, Roberto Alvarado, Armando Gonzalez and Diego Lainez.