Japan and Mexico played each other as part of the 2013 Confederations Cup in the Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a meaningless fixture for both teams, who played for pride after going out of the tournament in their previous match.

Attendance - 20,000
Referee - Brych

Line ups:-
Japan (Head Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni)-
01 Kawashima; 05 Nagatomo (14 Nakamura, 77'), 15 Konno, 16 Kurihara, 21 Sakai (06 Uchida, 58'); 04 Honda, 07 Endo, 10 Kagawa; 13 Hosogai, 09 Okazaki, 18 Maeda (22 Yoshida, 64')

Substitutions not used: 12 Nishikawa, 23 Gonda, 02 Inoha, 03 Sakai, 08 Kiyotake, 19 Inui, 20 Takahashi, 11 Havenaar

Mexico (Head Coach: Jose de la Torre)-
01 Ochoa; 04 Reyes, 15 Moreno, 20 Torres, 21 Mier; 06 Torrado, 17 Zavala, 18 Guardado (03 Salcido, 71'), 10 Giovani (07 Barrera, 77'), 14 Hernandez, 19 Jimenez (11 Aquino, 90')

Substitutions not used: 12 Corona, 23 Talavera, 02 Rodriguez, 13 Meza, 22 Flores, 05 Molina, 08 Reyna, 16 Herrera, 09 De Nigris

Goals:-
Mexico - Hernandez - 54'
Mexico - Hernandez - 66'
Japan - Okazaki - 86'