South Africa named one striker Friday for the opening game of the World Cup against a Mexico team which had three attackers.
The lone forward was Katlego Mphela, who scored the winner in South Africa's final warmup victory over Denmark to take the team's unbeaten run to 12 games. He was in front of a five-man midfield.
Playing at its 14th World Cup, Mexico had Carlos Vela, Guillermo Franco and Giovani Dos Santos in attack in a 4-3-3 formation.
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South Africa: Itumeleng Khune, Siboniso Gaxa, Bongani Khumalo, Aaron Mokoena, Lucas Thwala, Teko Modise, Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Kagisho Dikgacoi, Siphiwe Tshabalala, Steven Pienaar, Katlego Mphela.
Mexico: Oscar Perez, Francisco Rodriguez, Carlos Salcido, Rafael Marquez, Ricardo Osorio, Gerardo Torrado, Guillermo Franco, Carlos Vela, Paul Aguilar, Efrain Juarez, Giovani Dos Santos.
