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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23601234" data-attributes="member: 158020">Mexico 1 Uruguay 4: Sublime Suarez  leads rout     It was a Luis Suarez masterclass as the Barcelona star scored twice and set  up another to inspire Uruguay's crushing 4-1 win over Mexico in Houston.   In an international friendly between the World Cup quarter-finalists and  last-16 participants, Uruguay came out on top thanks to all-time leading scorer  Suarez's first-half brace on Friday.    Suarez scored a free-kick and converted a 'panenka' penalty at NRG Stadium,  where Jose Gimenez's 22nd-minute opener was cancelled out by Mexico's Raul  Jimenez spot-kick within two minutes.     Gaston Pereiro sealed the rout for Uruguay – who were eliminated by eventual  champions France in the World Cup quarters – after Suarez turned provider in  sensational fashion 15 minutes into the second half, while Jimenez had a penalty  saved by Fernando Muslera during the closing stages.   There was no room for star trio Javier Hernandez, Andres Guardado or Hector  Herrera in the Mexico squad as caretaker boss Ricardo Ferretti – stepping in  following Juan Carlo Osorio's exit after the country's round-of-16 exit to  Brazil – opted for youth, with defender Jesus Angulo handed his debut.    Oscar Tabarez was not in the dugout for Uruguay as he mulls over his future,  with Fabian Coito – a member of the 71-year-old's backroom staff – and he  fielded a strong XI, which included Suarez, Diego Godin, Lucas Torreira, Rodrigo  Bentancur and Matias Vecino.   Mexico enjoyed a decent start to the match but they found themselves trailing  after some poor defending from a corner in the 22nd minute, Gimenez breaking the  deadlock with a bullet header from Jonathan Urretaviscaya's cross.Uruguay's lead  was short-lived, however, after Hirving Lozano drew a foul from Bentancur  following a driving run into the penalty area – Mexico forward Jimenez making no  mistake from the spot as he finished emphatically.   The shoot-out continued eight minutes later when Suarez – who scored twice in  Barcelona's rout of Huesca last time out – restored Uruguay's lead with a  free-kick, which found its way past Guillermo Ochoa at his near post.Uruguay  should have scored a third in the 36th minute but Inter's Vecino fired a shot  straight at Ochoa from point-blank rage but the Mexico goalkeeper was helpless  to stop Suarez.   Suarez struck again five minutes before half-time, converting a cheeky  penalty past Ochoa to take his international tally to 55 goals after the Uruguay  forward was fouled by debutant Angulo, and he added an assist to his display  when he picked out Pereiro with a terrific piece of skill.  Lozano almost pulled a goal back but his glancing header was somehow  pushed away by Muslera, who then dived low to stop Jimenez's penalty with 16  minutes remaining.</blockquote>

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