2010 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla

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2010 Primera División de México
Country Mexico
Teams 8
Champions Monterrey
Runner-up Santos Laguna
Matches played 14
Goals scored 40 (2.86 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Humberto Suazo (5 goals)
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The Liguilla (English: Mini League) of the 2010 Primera División de México Apertura was a final knockout tournament involving eight teams of the Primera División de México. The tournament began on November 17, 2010 and concluded on December 5, 2010 with Monterrey beating Santos Laguna 5 – 3 on aggregate over two legs.[1]

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Teams

The 18 teams that participated in the 2010 Apertura were divided into three groups of six teams. The top two in each group qualify automatically. The two best teams in the general table not already qualified, regardless of group, qualify as well.

S Team Manager Captain Performance at the Apertura 2010
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts P Qualified as
1 Cruz Azul Enrique Meza Gerardo Torrado 17 12 3 2 33 13 +20 39 1st First place Group 3
2 Monterrey Víctor Vucetich Luis Ernesto Pérez 17 9 5 3 29 20 +9 32 2nd First place Group 1
3 Santos Laguna Rubén Omar Romano Oswaldo Sánchez 17 9 3 5 29 19 +11 30 3rd Runner-up Group 1
4 América Manuel Lapuente Pável Pardo 17 7 6 4 22 16 +6 27 4th First place Group 2
5 San Luis Ignacio Ambríz Ignacio Torres 17 8 2 7 21 19 +2 26 5th Runner-up Group 2
6 Jaguares Jose Guadalupe Cruz Christian Valdéz 17 6 7 4 21 14 +7 25 6th Runner-up Group 3
7 Pachuca Pablo Marini Miguel Calero 17 7 4 6 27 28 −1 25 7th Third place Group 2
8 UNAM Guillermo Vázquez Sergio Bernal 17 7 4 6 23 24 −1 25 8th Third place Group 3

Bracket

The eight qualified teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score.

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

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
1  Cruz Azul 2 0 2  
8  UNAM 1 2 3  
  2  Monterrey 0 2 2  
  8  UNAM 0 0 0  
2  Monterrey 1 3 4
7  Pachuca 1 3 4  
  2  Monterrey 2 3 5
  3  Santos Laguna 3 0 3
3  Santos Laguna 1 1 2  
6  Jaguares 1 0 1  
  3  Santos Laguna 2 3 5
  4  América 1 3 4  
4  América 0 4 4
5  San Luis 0 1 1  

Quarter-finals

The first legs of the quarterfinals were played on November 17 and 18. The second legs were played on November 20 and 21.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Cruz Azul (1) 2–3 (8) UNAM 2–1 0–2
Monterrey (2) 4–4 (7) Pachuca 1–1 3–3
Santos Laguna (3) 2–1 (6) Jaguares 1–1 1–0
América (4) 4–1 (5) San Luis 0–0 4–1

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

First leg

November 17, 2010
19:00
 San Luis 0 – 0 América Estadio Alfonso Lastras
San Luis Potosí
Referee: Jaime Herrera Garduño (Mexico)
Report
November 17, 2010
21:00
 UNAM 1 – 2 Cruz Azul Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Mexico City
Referee: Mauricio Morales Ovalle (Mexico)
López  19' Report Cervantes  32'
Giménez  73'
November 18, 2010
18:00
 Pachuca 1 – 1 Monterrey Estadio Hidalgo
Pachuca
Referee: Paul Enrique Delgadillo Haro (Mexico)
Arizala  67' Report Basanta  56'
November 18, 2010
20:00
 Jaguares 1 – 1 Santos Laguna Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna
Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso Flores (Mexico)
Ochoa  33' Report Arce  22'

Second leg

November 20, 2010
17:00
 Cruz Azul 0 – 2 UNAM Estadio Azul
Mexico City
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
Report Bravo  1'
Cacho  73' (pen.)
November 20, 2010
19:00
 América 4 – 1 San Luis Estadio Azteca
Mexico City
Referee: Francisco Chacón Gutiérrez (Mexico)
Sánchez  15'
Matellán  24' (o.g.)
Esqueda  45'
Vuoso  81'		 Report de la Torre  53'
November 21, 2010
16:00
 Monterrey 3 – 3 Pachuca Estadio Tecnológico
Monterrey
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Suazo  19'
de Nigris  36'
Cardozo  56'		 Report Arizala  15', 84', 89'
November 21, 2010
18:00
 Santos Laguna 1 – 0 Jaguares Estadio Corona
Torreón
Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico)
Rodriguez  90+5' (pen.) Report

Semi-finals

The first legs of the semifinals were played on November 25. The second legs were played on November 28.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Monterrey (2) 2–0 (8) UNAM 0–0 2–0
Santos Laguna (3) 5–4 (4) América 2–1 3–3

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

First leg

November 25, 2010
19:00
 América 1 – 2 Santos Laguna Estadio Azteca
Mexico City
Referee: Jaime Herrera Garduño (Mexico)
Reyna  19' Report Quintero  9'
Benítez  89'
November 25, 2010
21:00
 UNAM 0 – 0 Monterrey Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Mexico City
Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico)
Report

Second leg

November 28, 2010
18:00
 Santos Laguna 3 – 3 América Estadio Corona
Torreón
Referee: Francisco Chacón Gutiérrez (Mexico)
Quintero  2', 61'
Benítez  75'		 Report Sánchez  60'
Vuoso  66'
Esqueda  86'
November 28, 2010
20:00
 Monterrey 2 – 0 UNAM Estadio Tecnológico
Monterrey
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
Suazo  88'
Cardozo  89'		 Report

Final

The first leg of the final was played on December 2. The second leg was played on December 5.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Monterrey (2) 5–3 (3) Santos Laguna 2–3 3–0

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

First leg

December 2, 2010
20:00
 Santos Laguna 3 – 2 Monterrey Estadio Corona
Torreón
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
Estrada  23'
Quintero  41'
Davino  85' (o.g.)		 Report Suazo  37'
Cardozo  54'

Second leg

December 5, 2010
18:00
 Monterrey 3 – 0 Santos Laguna Estadio Tecnológico
Monterrey
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Suazo  28', 85'
Basanta  72'		 Report

References

  1. ^ "Magical Monterrey on top again". FIFA.com. 2010-12-05. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1347538.html. Retrieved 2010-12-07.