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International Friendly: Mexico v Panama

First-half goals from Real Madrid loanee Javier Hernandez and defender Oswaldo Alanis saw Mexico to a 2-0 win over CONCACAF rivals Honduras in Tuxtla Gutierrez on Thursday.

Mexico - 16th in the FIFA rankings - are unbeaten since the World Cup in Brazil, after playing out a goalless draw against Chile and edging Bolivia 1-0 last month.

"I really liked the personality of the team have to see how young people are behaving with the team," coach Miguel Herrera told reporters after their win over the Hondurans.

"The team had possession of the ball and the fans behaved great. We're happy."

"We will make changes for the next game and we will try to keep the base [of the side]," the 46-year-old said.

Next up are Panama - another CONCACAF member - who finished third at this year's Copa Centroamericana.

Only five players called up by Panama coach Hernan Dario Gomez play in their homeland - Erick Davis (Sporting San Miguelito), Ricardo Buitrago (Plaza Amador), Miguel Camargo (Chorrillo), Darwin Pinzon (Sporting San Miguelito) and Alfredo Stephens (Chorrillo).

The remainder of the squad is dominated by players plying their trade outside of Honduras.

Blas Perez (Dallas), one goal shy of equalling Honduras' all-time goalscoring record, and Gabriel Gomez (Herediano) - the country's most-capped player - running around in MLS and the Costa Rican Primera Division respectively.