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
CountryMexico
Teams8
Defending championsMonterrey
ChampionsToluca
Runners-upSantos Laguna
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

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
1Monterrey Víctor Vucetich Luis Ernesto Pérez1710613015+15361stFirst place Group 2
2Guadalajara José Luis Real Luis Ernesto Michel1710252821+7322ndFirst place Group 1
3Toluca José de la Torre Zinha178632715+12303rdRunner-up Group 1
4UNAM Ricardo Ferretti Sergio Bernal177732010+10284thFirst place Group 3
5Santos Laguna Rubén Omar Romano Oswaldo Sánchez178452725+2285thRunner-up Group 3
6América Jesús Ramírez Pável Pardo177462920+9256thRunner-up Group 2
7Morelia Tomás Boy Mauricio Romero177462213+9257th2Third place Group 21
8Pachuca Guillermo Rivarola Miguel Calero177462726+1258thFourth 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

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

The Liguilla hade 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.

Main article: Primera División de México Bicentenario 2010 Liguilla
  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

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

Team 1 Agg. 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
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
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

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

Team 1 Agg. 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
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
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
Main article: Primera División de México 2010 Bicentenario Liguilla Final

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

Team 1 Agg. 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
Santos Laguna2 – 2Toluca
Quintero  14'
Vuoso  84'		 (Report) Novaretti 22'
Zinha  67'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno (Mexico)

Second leg
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
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References
  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.
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