Thursday, June 13 in Oita (7:30 am ET) Group G: MEXICO (2-0-0, 6 pts. 3-1 goal difference) vs. ITALY (1-0-1, 3 pts., 3-2 goal difference) (TV: Live, ESPN, Univision 7:30 am ET; Tape, Telefutura 12:30 pm ET/PT, ESPN 3 pm, ESPN Classic, June 15, 1 am ET) Mexico controls its own destiny. A win or tie puts the Tri through to the round of 16. A loss could create a three-way tie for first place. Italy must beat Mexico or otherwise do no worse than Croatia does against Ecuador in terms of result or margin. ROSTERS: Mexico
1 PEREZ Oscar, 2 GABRIEL DE ANDA Francisco, 3 GARCIA Rafael, 4 MARQUEZ Rafael, 5 VIDRIO Manuel, 6 TORRADO Gerardo, 7 MORALES Ramon, 8 GARCIA ASPE Alberto, 9 BORGETTI Jared, 10 BLANCO Cuauhtemoc, 11 LUNA Braulio, 12 SANCHEZ Oswaldo, 13 MERCADO Sigifredo, 14 VILLA German, 15 HERNANDEZ Luis, 16 CARMONA Salvador, 17 PALENCIA Francisco, 18 RODRIGUEZ Joahan, 19 CABALLERO Gabriel, 20 BROWN Melvin, 21 ARELLANO Jesus, 22 RODRIGUEZ Alberto, 23 CAMPOS Jorge. Italy
1 BUFFON Gianluigi, 2 PANUCCI Christian, 3 MALDINI Paolo, 4 COCO Francesco, 5 CANNAVARO Fabio, 6 ZANETTI Cristiano, 7 DEL PIERO Alessandro, 8 GATTUSO Gennaro, 9 INZAGHI Filippo, 10 TOTTI Francesco, 11 DONI Cristiano, 12 ABBIATI Christian, 13 NESTA Alessandro, 14 DI BIAGIO Luigi, 15 IULIANO Mark, 16 DI LIVIO Angelo, 17 TOMMASI Damiano, 18 DELVECCHIO Marco, 19 ZAMBROTTA Gianluca, 20 MONTELLA Vincenzo, 21 VIERI Christian, 22 TOLDO Francesco, 23 MATERAZZI Marco. REFEREE: Carlos Simon (Brazil). YELLOW CARDS: Mexico — Torrado; Italy — Cannavaro, Vieri.