2010 Primera División de México Bicentenario Liguilla

The Liguilla (English: Mini League) of the Primera División de México 2010 Bicentenario was a final mini-tournament involving eight teams of the Primera División de México, in an elimination two-legs playoff.

Primera División de México 2010 Bicentenario Liguilla
Tournament details
CountryMexico
Teams8
Defending championsMonterrey
Final positions
ChampionsToluca
Runner-upSantos Laguna
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored43 (3.07 per match)

The first leg Final of the Liguilla was on Wednesday May 20, between Santos Laguna against Toluca.

Defending champions Monterrey, were not able to defend their past championship, as they were knocked out in the first round of the "Liguilla" by Pachuca

Teams

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As the 18 teams of the 2010 Bicentenario were divided in three groups of six teams, it was determined that the two top of each group advanced to the Liguilla, even though having had a low performance at the general table. Alongside those six teams, the two best teams at the general table of the remaining 12, regardless of their group, advanced to the Liguilla.

S Team Manager Captain Performance at the Apertura 2009
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts P Qualified as
1 Monterrey   Víctor Vucetich   Luis Ernesto Pérez 17 10 6 1 30 15 +15 36 1st First place Group 2
2 Guadalajara   José Luis Real   Luis Ernesto Michel 17 10 2 5 28 21 +7 32 2nd First place Group 1
3 Toluca   José de la Torre   Zinha 17 8 6 3 27 15 +12 30 3rd Runner-up Group 1
4 UNAM   Ricardo Ferretti   Sergio Bernal 17 7 7 3 20 10 +10 28 4th First place Group 3
5 Santos Laguna   Rubén Omar Romano   Oswaldo Sánchez 17 8 4 5 27 25 +2 28 5th Runner-up Group 3
6 América   Jesús Ramírez   Pável Pardo 17 7 4 6 29 20 +9 25 6th Runner-up Group 2
7 Morelia   Tomás Boy   Mauricio Romero 17 7 4 6 22 13 +9 25 7th2 Third place Group 21
8 Pachuca   Guillermo Rivarola   Miguel Calero 17 7 4 6 27 26 +1 25 8th Fourth place Group 21
1.^ Best ranked out of the two top of each group.
2.^ Although having been tied with points and goal difference with América, Morelia scored less goals throughout the season as opposed to América.
Locations of the 2010 Bicentenario Liguilla teams

Tie-breaking criteria

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The Liguilla has a particular tie-breaking criteria: In case of a tie in the aggregate score, the higher seeded team advance.

The exception for this tie-breaking criteria is the final, where the higher seeded team rule is not used. In this case, if the teams remained tied after 90 minutes of play during the second leg of the finals, extra time were used, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.

Bracket

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The Liguilla had those teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up was determined by aggregate score.

The teams were seeded one to eight in quarterfinals, and re-seeded one to four in semifinals, depending on their position at the general table of the season. Higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.

Also, the highest seeded can choose when, if Saturday or Sunday, they want to play the second leg. As the rules mentioned that one half of the matches must be on Wednesday/Saturday, and the other in Thursday/Sunday, the rest of the teams must suit on that choice.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
3 Toluca 2 2 4
6 América 2 0 2
3 Toluca 2 1 3
8 Pachuca 2 0 2
1 Monterrey 0 1 1
8 Pachuca 1 2 3
3 Toluca 2 0 2 (4)
5 Santos Laguna 2 0 2 (3)
4 UNAM 0 1 1
5 Santos Laguna 2 0 2
5 Santos Laguna 3 7 10
7 Morelia 3 1 4
2 Guadalajara 2 0 2
7 Morelia 4 1 5
1.^ Advanced by best position on the general table.

Quarter-finals

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The quarterfinals were played on May 1 or 2 (first leg) and May 8 or 9 (second leg).

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Monterrey (1)   1–3   (8) Pachuca 0–1 1–2
Guadalajara (2)   2–5   (7) Morelia 2–4 0–1
Toluca (3)   4–2   (6) América 2–2 2–0
UNAM (4)   1–2   (5) Santos Laguna 0–2 1–0

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6).

First leg

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Pachuca1 – 0Monterrey
Álvarez   29' (Report)
Referee: Jaime Herrera Garduño (Mexico)

Morelia4 – 2Guadalajara
Cabrera   23'
Rey   55'
Pereyra   63'
Borgetti   66'
(Report) Enríquez   39'
Bravo   45'
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno (Mexico)

Santos Laguna2 – 0UNAM
Jiménez   27'
Vuoso   47'
(Report)
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega Rojas (Mexico)

América2 – 2Toluca
Beausejour   5'
Layún   23'
(Report) Mancilla   2'
Dueñas   26'
Referee: Armando Archundia Téllez (Mexico)

Second leg

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Monterrey1 – 2Pachuca
Martínez   32' (Report) Brambila   47'
Montes   87'
Referee: Paul Enrique Delgadillo Haro (Mexico)

Guadalajara0 – 1Morelia
(Report) Hernández   57'
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso Flores (Mexico)

Toluca2 – 0América
Zinha   29'
Pérez   89'
(Report)
Referee: Francisco Chacón Gutiérrez (Mexico)

UNAM1 – 0Santos Laguna
Íñiguez   53' (Report)
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza Soto (Mexico)

Semi-finals

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The semifinals were played on May 12 (first leg) and May 15 (second leg).

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Toluca (1)   3–2   (4) Pachuca 2–2 1–0
Santos Laguna (2)   10–4   (3) Morelia 3–3 7–1

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6).

First leg

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Pachuca2 – 2Toluca
Manso   60'
Cvitanich   86'
(Report) Novaretti   47'
Mancilla   81'
Referee: Mauricio Rafael Morales Ovalle (Mexico)

Morelia3 – 3Santos Laguna
Peralta   7'
Hernández   64'
Rey   86' (pen.)
(Report) Borgetti   34'
Rodríguez   56' (pen.)
Estrada   65'
Referee: Francisco Chacón Gutiérrez (Mexico) [1]

Second leg

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Santos Laguna7 – 1Morelia
Arce   1'
Quintero   12'
Peralta   15', 51', 81'
Estrada   49'
Vuoso   83' (pen.)
(Report) Rey   5' (pen.)
Referee: Armando Archundia Téllez (Mexico)

Toluca1 – 0Pachuca
Ríos   41' (Report)
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno (Mexico)

Final

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The first and second legs of the final were played on May 20 (first leg) and May 23 (second leg).

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Toluca(1)   2(4)–2(3)   (2) Santos Laguna 2–2 0–0

Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6).

First leg

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Santos Laguna2 – 2Toluca
Quintero   14'
Vuoso   84'
(Report) Novaretti  22'
Zinha   67'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno (Mexico)

Second leg

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Toluca0 – 0Santos Laguna
(Report)
Penalties
Zinha  
Marín  
Mancilla  
Novaretti  
Romagnoli  
Dueñas  
4 – 3   Rodríguez
  Ludueña
  Lacerda
  Vuoso
  Morales
  Arce
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Armando Archundia Téllez (Mexico)

Goalscorers

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4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

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  1. ^ "Designaciones Arbitrales Para las Semifinales de Ida" (Press release) (in Spanish). Femexfut.com. 2008-11-30. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-12-01.