Mexico 5 vs 1 Serbia summary: score, stats and highlights | International friendly

Luis Chavez was one of the nine players to come off the bench in this final tune up and he capped the match with this blistering shot that tore through the back of the net from the Nemesio Diez. It was the perfect end to a perfect night for a team who should be heading into the World Cup cohosted on their home soil with plenty of confidence. 

Serbia scored not one, but two goals on themselves from Toluca. While the 5-1 scoreline maybe doesn't do the Serbs a whole lot of justice it's hard to say that Mexico didn't deserve to win that handily. They were the better team and created chances from the very start until the very end. 

The starting XI stayed on the pitch for the first few minutes of the second half, and they were able to bid the home crowd adios, with this goal that was brilliantly worked. Lovely build up, a fantastic shot from Quinones and a strikers goal from Jimenez on the rebound. This was the last play of many of the starters night as they went to the bench to rest their legs for the opening game against South Africa next week. 

Right before the end of the first half, disaster struck for Serbia. Bukinac played a ball back to the keeper, and with all the saves that Stankovic made in the first half, it was this ball back from the defender that gave him the most trouble and gave the home side the lead heading into the break. 

Vasquez made amends for his mistake at the back with a goal off the corner kick to equalize in the 34th minute. Mexico were the much better team in the first half hour, but it took a cross from Gutierrez on to the head of the defender to finally beat the Serbian keeper. 

Despite Mexico looking like the more dangerous team, it was Serbia that put the first goal on the board at the Estadio Nemesio Diez. Petar Stanic was the recipient of a fortunate bounce off a clearance from Vasquez and found himself 1 v 1 with the keeper. He tucked it past Rangel and Serbia some how found themselves in the lead after their first shot on target. 

El Tri ended their pre-World Cup tour in fantastic fashion on Thursday night from Toluca. They put five goals past Serbia before setting their sights on the first game of the tournament against South Africa next week. 

Mexico came out and imposed themselves early on with their attacking trip of Quinones, Jimenez and Gutierrez. Gutierrez got one of the first real chances of the night but couldn't steer it goalward. That was a common theme for Mexico in the first half. Good build up but not much to show. 

IT'S ALL OVER!!!

What a way to end the night and what a way to end the final tune up. 5-1 for Mexico in a night full of plenty of fireworks. 

Advic had his ankle rolled up on and he stays down to get some medical attention. He's got a yellow card, an own goal and now a bit of a knock to wrap up a tough day. 

Chavez was left alone at the top of the area, and he loads up and rockets a shot that goes just high of the target. Maybe a touch from the keeper was needed but the ref didn't see it. 

The songs and chants are ringing around here at the Nemesio Diez. This has been a fantastic send off to the World Cup. 

Chavez with a ball to the back post on the left side, but Pineda couldn't reach that ball that came a little bit too high. 

Mexico have attacked well all night long. They will want to keep this scoreline at 4-1 or at least keep Serbia off the board while they continue to threaten in the attacking third. 

Clash of heads between Martinez and Milikic. That looked a little scarier than it was with both guys back up on their feet. 

Vega off the crossbar with a rocket from outside of the area. He toe poked that and created all kinds of problems for the keeper Stankovic. 

Only Rangel and Sanchez remain on the pitch from the XI after Chavez Garvia, Martinez, Pineda and Romo come into the match. 

The local hero Alexis Vega isn´t going to get credit for this goal. Instead it's Advic who is credited with the own goal. The second of the night for Serbia. 

Jimenez gets the goal, but this was a great build up by Mexico. Quinones ripped it off the post and Raul was there for the rebound. 

Gallardo swings a ball in from the left side and that was just about dealt with by the defender Stankovic who deflected it goal ward but high of the cross bar. 

We are at the cooling break with 22 minutes left in this match. 

Avoic booked with a studs up challenge that Alvarez has to shake off after getting booked just moments ago. 

Serbia need to find a little bit of a spark after going down 3-1. The Cape Verde loss hurt earlier in week, and this is getting uglier as the night goes on. 

Alvarez gets booked after a dangerous tackle in the middle of the park. The captain slipped but that didn't save him seeing a yellow card. 

The substitutes just getting settled into this match. There is a different fell to this game now that Mexico has a two goal lead. 

Mora into the match as well. The teenager is hearing his named chanted around the Nemesio Diez here in Toluca. 

Some substitutions coming in for Mexico after the goal. Five to be specific. Alvarez, Vega, Martinez, Chavez and Reyes on for Lira, Quinones, Jimenez, Fidalgo and Gutierrez

Lucic on the left side and he makes a couple nice moves before playing a low ball into the area, but that was deflected up and chested back to Rangel calmly

Alvarado on the right side of the area, and his ball into the mix is cut out. 

Quinones fouls a Serbia defender trying to run onto a ball at the top of the 18. Not as much fluid play from Mexico in the attacking third after the break. 

Bukinac into the area on the left side and he winds up and rockets a shot just wide of the target. Early scare for Rangel, who hasn't had much to do other than pick the ball out of the back of his net early in the game. 

Serbia absorbed the first attack from Mexico, but it's been Serbia on the front foot for the first five minutes of the second half. Stulic, Stanic, and Randjelovic are in to the match for Serbia, and that has just changed the dynamic a bit. 

No subs made for Mexico and coach Aguirre after the break. Though we might have seen a few, but the XI stay out there. 

Quinones finds Jimenez in behind the defense and he turns on a shot on the left side of the area but left it wide of the target. 

THE SECOND HALF IS UNDERWAY FROM TOLUCA!!!

One of the strangest own goals you'll ever see. Bukinac played it back for Stankovic who was just caught flat footed and after coming up with so many saves the final play of his first half gives Mexico the lead. 

The equalizer came from a corner kick. A perfectly place ball from Gutierrez was snapped home with a Vasquez header to level Mexico with Serbia. 

Quinones and Gallardo created the most danger from the left side. Gallardo mostly with his balls into the box while Quinones used his magic to test the keeper on multiple occasions in the first 45. 

Peter Stanic scored the opening goal on Serbia's first shot of the night. He was on the right side of a bad deflection by Vasquez and slotted it past the keeper in a 1 v 1 situation. 

There was no debating who the more dangerous team was in the first half. Mexico came out and looked to attack from the start with their trident of Gutierrez, Jimenez and Quinones. Gutierrez was put in behind the defense but couldn't find the target. 

IT'S HALFTIME HERE FROM TOLUCA. WHAT A WAY TO GO INTO HALF AFTER THE OWN GOAL FROM SERBIA. 

Mexico played better and might deserve to be up, but the own goal was a gift from the Serbians who took the lead early on. 

Alvarado sent a hopeful ball into the area, and Jimenez, with his back to the goal, stuck a leg out and was able to put it on frame but it was saved again by Stankovic. 

Four minutes of stoppage time here from Toluca. 

Jimenez with a ball from inside the 18 to the back post but that fell for no one. Quinones ended up receiving the ball at the top of the area, and he laced a shot that was just inches high of the cross bar. 

Fidalgo shown a yellow card after giving away a careless pass and stopped the counter with a pull of the shirt. 

Gallardo with another sensational ball into the area and it was just out in front of Jimenez who couldn't get a touch on that ball with his outstretched leg. 

Prepare for some substitutes to be introduced at the halftime break. Aguirre has probably seen enough from his first XI tonight as he looks to keep some fresh legs for next week. 

Stanic stays down after a challenge from Quinones. He'll be alright, but he just has to take that shot to the back bone off in the middle of the pitch. 

Mexico certainly deserved a goal after constantly bombarding the net of Serbia. Serbia has one shot and one goal, while Mexico even things up after their fourth or fifth good chance of the half. 

Gallardo in space down the left side and he played it to a wide open Jimenez towards the spot, and he just whiffed on the one time shot. Another chance that was not finished off. Corner kick to come. 

Gallardo plays a ball into the area, and Gutierrez got a touch in the area but it was a stray touch and Serbia clear their lines once again. 

Corner kick found the head of Montes who couldn't keep his effort down and that chance goes begging as well. 

Quinones runs onto to a ball towards the touchline, but it's knocked out of play for a corner kick. 

Let's see how the Mexican team come out of the break knowing they have played the better of the two teams but see themselves down by 1 almost a half hour in. 

We are at the cooling break in this first half. 

Fidalgo down the left side and he did brilliantly to get past a defender and play a dangerous ball into the six. The ball popped up where Gutierrez laid it off for Quinones who vollied his shot over the cross bar. 

Quinones with a fantastic bit of dribbling in the middle of the park and he slipped it through to Jimenez who put a shot on target, but Stankovic got down to ground quickly and made another big save. 

You can certainly say that was out of the run of play. It's been all Mexico through the first 20 minutes, but a lucky bounce falls right for Serbia, and it's the home side trailing by a goal. 

Serbia coach Paunovic just saw a ball roll to him and he shielded off Gallardo from the ball trying to get his guys to take a quick throw in and a little bust up ensued, but very little. 

Dragojevic shown a yellow card after pulling Gutierrez back after the attacker made a move around him in the midfield and was ready to run at defenders. 

Serbia just starting to crank up the pressure, putting Mexico under a little bit of discomfort in their defensive third. This is a team coming off a 3-0 loss to Cape Verde. They need to show a little bit of pride, and putting in the effort defensively is a good start. 

Corner kick goes flying over the mass of bodies in the box and goes rolling out for a throw in. 

Lucic with a rare push up the pitch and he draws a corner kick after a ball into the area was deflected out. 

Non stop attack from Mexico who may be unlucky not to have a goal already. 

Gutierrez gets played in behind the defense on the right side of the box, and his shot it just wide of the target and hits the outside of the netting. 

Serbia not out of dangers as Quinones has a cross placed right on his head in the mix, and Stankovic made another outstandign save. 

Alvarado on the right side, and he drew a defender before laying it of for Gutierrez whose shot was saved by Stankovic. 

Quinones on the left side, and he takes a peek up before serving up a cross that was gathered by the keeper Stankovic. 

Alvarado takes the corner but that cross is nodded up and out of danger. 

Lira looking for Jimenez into the area, and that pass was perfectly weighted but poked out for a corner by Serbia. 

Mexico get into the final third for the first time, but Gutierrez had his cross cut out before that ball could enter the area. 

I´m not sure Serbia has strung two passes together yet. It's been Mexico knocking it around the back just trying to set the tone in this match early on. 

With six clean sheets in their last seven, it's going to be Mexico are going to pick and choose their pushes up the park. They want to see a bit more attacking play tonight, and the three man trident up front should get their chances. 

Mexico going with a 4-3-3, with Alvarado, Jimenez and Quinones up top. Lira, Gidalgo and Gutierrez in the middle with Sanchez, Montes, Vasquez and Gallardo in the back for El Tri. Rangel is in goal looking to keep yet another clean sheet. 

WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM THE ESTADIO NEMESIO DIEZ!!!!

Serbia XI

Here is coach Veljko Paunovic's XI for Serbia upon his return to Mexico. The Serb used to coach in Mexico with Guadalajara and Tigres UANL. 

Mexico XI

Here is coach Aguirre's final starting XI before embarking on the World Cup. Just how similar will his XI look against South Africa in a weeks time?

El Tri's World Cup squad

Javier Aguirre has been around the block once or twice. The former Atletico de Madrid manager is in his third sting with the national side, and this time he is looking to take this team to new heights. This is his squad that he is taking to the World Cup. 

Goalkeepers: Carlos Acevedo (Santos Laguna), Guillermo Ochoa (AEL Limassol), Raúl Rangel (Chivas)

Defenders: Jesús Gallardo (Toluca), Israel Reyes (América), César Montes (Lokomotiv Moscow), Jorge Sánchez (PAOK), Johan Vásquez (Genoa), Mateo Chávez (AZ Alkmaar)

Midfielders: Gilberto Mora (Tijuana), Edson Álvarez (Fenerbahçe), Orbelín Pineda (AEK Athens), Luis Romo (Chivas), Brian Gutiérrez (Chivas), Obed Vargas (Atlético Madrid), César Huerta (Anderlecht), Luis Chávez (Dinamo Moscow), Erik Lira (Cruz Azul), Álvaro Fidalgo (Real Betis), Roberto Alvarado (Chivas)

Forwards: Armando González (Chivas), Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), Julián Quiñones (Al Qadsiah), Santiago Gimenez (AC Milan), Guillermo Martínez (Pumas), Alexis Vega (Toluca)

Star watch: Mexico

Mexico is a different story. Coach Aguirre did say that he is looking to start an XI that is similar to the one he will put out against South Africa in a week's time. Jesus Gallardo is a Toluca living legend and is likely to get some minutes while Julian Quinoles, Roberto Alvarado and Santiago Gimenez are likely to get minutes in this final warm up before kicking off the World Cup next Thursday. 

Star watch: Serbia

With stars like Dušan Vlahović, Sergej Milinković-Savić, Nikola Milenković, Mile Svilar and Filip Kostić absent from the squad, they will depend on young players like Luka Jovic, Lazar Samardzic and Sasa Lukic to lead the way in a game that there is really nothing to play for other than pride. 

We are live from Toluca 

Hello everyone and welcome to Estadio Nemesio Diez where Toluca just won the Concacaf Champions Cup and now a couple of those champions will suit up with the El Tri during the World Cup. Mexico are looking to take advantage of some home cooking with all of their matches set to be played on home soil. For many in Mexico the important games have already started as they study just how ready their side is for the biggest stage. Defensively this team has been fantastic, lets see if they can get things going on the attacking end. 

Mexico vs. Serbia live  

It's Mexico’s final tune up before kicking off the World Cup on their home soil in just a week’s time. Before they meet South Africa on the pitch from the Estadio Banorte, they will take on a Serbia side that will be forced to watch the World Cup from home. We get one last look at El Tri before they kick off the festivities, and AS English will be with you all night long providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis of tonight’s game from Toluca.