The two Mexico players banned for doping during the Confederations Cup last year will not be going to the World Cup Finals after their appeal for a reduction in their suspension was rejected by the Mexican Football Federation (FMF).

Mexican first division club Cruz Azul had appealed against the length of the one-year suspension imposed in July 2005 on defenders Salvador Carmona and Aaron Galindo, who both tested positive for a derivative of the banned steroid nandrolone while on tour with Mexico during the Confederations Cup in Germany.

“Cruz Azul asked us for a reduction of the punishment and we can't do that,” FMF president Alberto de la Torre said on Wednesday.

“The players took prohibited substances, quite simply they did not respect the rules,” he told reporters.

Galindo and Carmona were sent home early by Mexico during the Confederations Cup last summer when the doping test results became public.

Mexico have been drawn in Group D in the World Cup Finals with Portugal, Iran and Angola at the World Cup starting on June 9.

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