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Osorio putting priority on native Mexican players, not naturalized players

The El Tri coach will continue to call mostly on players born and developed in Mexico rather than naturalized South Americans.

Juan Carlos Osorio left for Europe this weekend, where he'll be meeting with his national team players based there, but before leaving he took time to address rumors he's set to call-up Aviles Hurtado.

While the Colombian coach said he's familiar with Hurtado, having coached him at Atletico Nacional, the coach said he's not planning to call in his countryman after the Tijuana attacker goes through the Mexican naturalization process.

"I know Aviles very well.