The hosts are already up and running with a 2-0 win over New Zealand and will hope to build on that against the European Champions.
Speaking to reporters upon arrival in Sochi on Monday, Coach Osorio made references to the managerial rotations by saying, "We're thinking of giving opportunities to others to once again put out a very fresh and very competitive team".
Spanish authorities accuse Ronaldo of evading 14.7 million euros ($16.5m) in tax and he has been summoned to appear in court next month in Madrid. Specifically, FIFA hates the "Puto" chant, so much so that the Confederations Cup was selected as a pilot tournament for the new three-step program aimed towards eliminating homophobic and offensive chants.
Portugal failed to get a second on promising efforts from Ronaldo and Andre Silva against mostly harmless Russians who had their best chance in stoppage time from Georgy Dzhikya's header.
"He was hospitalised and we think he broke his leg", said Portugal coach Fernando Santos.
The Russians, who beat New Zealand 2-0 in their opening fixture, belatedly launched their push and might have been level just after the hour when Alexander Samedov's teasing cross was only fractionally too high for Smolov in the middle.
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Only a superb one-handed reflex save from Akinfeev, who made his 100th worldwide appearance, stopped Andre Silva's bullet header just after the break.
New Zealand's skipper Chris Wood opened the scoring with a stunning goal in the 42nd minute of the match.
Mexico ended the day as Group A leaders with four points, ahead of Portugal on goal average.
"We took them to the very limit", Hudson said, "and at times they couldn't handle that".
Mexico brought on Hector Herrera after the interval and piled on the pressure early in the second half, Giovani firing over from a glorious chance after a move that had seen Javier Aquino impressively denied by Stefan Marinovic's sharp save. "It's true that the camera shows some things I said but (New Zealand's) assistant coach is responsible for what happened".
And Peralta hit the victor in the 72nd minute when Aquino pulled the ball back for the 33-year-old to find the net.
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