2011 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla Final

Primera División de México Apertura 2011 Liguilla Final
Event 2011 Apertura Liguilla
On aggregate
First leg
Date December 8, 2011 20:30 (UTC-6)
Venue Estadio Corona, Torreón, Coahuila
Man of the Match Damián Álvarez
Referee Paul Delgadillo
Attendance 30,000
Second leg
Date December 11, 2011 18:00 (UTC-6)
Venue Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás, Nuevo León
Man of the Match Danilinho
Referee Marco Antonio Rodríguez
Attendance 45,531
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The 2011 Apertura Liguilla Final is a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2011 Apertura champion.

After 17 matches on the regular season, and 2 two-legged rounds of Liguilla, Tigres UANL and Santos Laguna have reached the final.

This final was the third of Santos Laguna in 4 tournaments, the other two where in the Bicentenario 2010 losing against Toluca on a penalty shoot-out and the Apertura 2010 losing against Monterrey with the score of 5 - 3.

This final was the first of Tigres UANL since 2003, when they lost 3 - 2 on aggregate against Pachuca. Also Tigres UANL hadn´t won the league since the 1981-82 season when they became winners against Atlante on a penalty shoot-out.

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Final rules

Like other match-ups in the knockout round, the teams will play two games, one at each team's home stadium. As the highest seeded team determined at the beginning of the Liguilla, will have home-field advantage for the second leg.

However, the tiebreaking criteria used in previous rounds will not be the same in the final. If the teams remained tied after 90 minutes of play during the 2nd leg, extra time will be used, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.

Route to the final

Tigres UANL Round Santos Laguna
Opponent Result Regular Season Opponent Result
Cruz Azul 1 - 1 Match 1 Pachuca 4 - 1
Querétaro 0 - 0 Match 2 Atlante 3 - 0
Toluca 2 - 2 Match 3 Jaguares 2 - 3
Estudiantes Tecos 1 - 0 Match 4 Tijuana 1 - 3
América 2 - 2 Match 5 Pumas UNAM 1 - 1
San Luis 1 - 0 Match 6 Morelia 0 - 2
Atlas 1 - 0 Match 7 Monterrey 0 - 2
Pachuca 5 - 0 Match 8 Guadalajara 1 - 1
Atlante 0 - 1 Match 9 San Luis 1 - 0
Jaguares 1 - 1 Match 10 Puebla 2 - 1
Tijuana 1 - 1 Match 11 Cruz Azul 1 - 0
Pumas UNAM 4 - 1 Match 12 Querétaro 3 - 1
Morelia 0 - 2 Match 13 Toluca 3 - 2
Monterrey 0 - 0 Match 14 Estudiantes Tecos 2 - 5
Guadalajara 0 - 1 Match 15 América 1 - 1
Santos Laguna 2 - 1 Match 16 Tigres UANL 1 - 2
Puebla 1 - 0 Match 17 Atlas 3 - 0
Opponent Result Liguilla Opponent Result
Pachuca 1 - 0 Quarterfinals Jaguares 2 - 2
Pachuca 3 - 0 Quarterfinals Jaguares 2 - 1
Querétaro 0 - 0 Semifinals Morelia 1 - 2
Querétaro 1 - 0 Semifinals Morelia 3 - 2

Final

First leg

December 8, 2011
20:30
Santos Laguna 0 – 1 Tigres UANL Estadio Corona
Torreón, Coahuila
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Paul Delgadillo
Report  7' Álvarez
Santos Laguna
Tigres UANL
Santos Laguna
GK 1 Oswaldo Sánchez (c) 23'
DF 4 Jorge Iván Estrada 28' 45'
DF 18 Santiago Hoyos
DF 23 Felipe Baloy 81'
DF 14 César Ibáñez
MF 13 Christian Suárez 61'
MF 17 Rodolfo Salinas
MF 8 Juan Pablo Rodríguez  23'
MF 7 José María Cárdenas
FW 3 Carlos Darwin Quintero 45'
FW 24 Oribe Peralta
Substitutes
DF 5 Aarón Galindo
FW 9 Carlos Ochoa
MF 15 Jaime Toledo 61'
DF 20 Osmar Mares 45'
GK 25 Miguel Becerra
DF 28 Carlos Adrián Morales 45' 58'
FW 65 Alonso Escoboza
Manager
Benjamín Galindo
Tigres UANL
GK 1 Enrique Palos
DF 2 Israel Jiménez
DF 3 Juninho
DF 4 Hugo Ayala
DF 6 Jorge Torres Nilo
MF 15 Manuel Viniegra 88'
MF 30 Carlos Salcido
MF 10 Danilinho
MF 16 Lucas Lobos (c)
MF 11 Damián Álvarez
FW 9 Héctor Mancilla 72'
Substitutes
MF 18 Francisco Acuña
FW 19 Alan Pulido 72'
GK 21 Aarón Fernández
MF 22 Edgar Pacheco
DF 24 José Arturo Rivas
MF 28 Alberto Acosta
MF 29 Jesús Dueñas 88'
Manager
Ricardo Ferretti
Man of the Match
Damián Álvarez
Assistant referees
Salvador Rodríguez
Carlos González
Fourth official
Ricardo Arellano

Second leg

December 11, 2011
18:00
Tigres UANL 3 – 1 Santos Laguna Estadio Universitario
San Nicolás, Nuevo León
Attendance: 45,531
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez
Mancilla  52'
Danilinho  63'
Pulido  87'
Report  30' Peralta
Tigres UANL
Santos Laguna
Tigres UANL
GK 1 Enrique Palos
DF 2 Israel Jiménez  69'
DF 3 Juninho
DF 4 Hugo Ayala
DF 6 Jorge Torres Nilo 36' 88'
MF 15 Manuel Viniegra 88'
MF 30 Carlos Salcido
MF 10 Danilinho 63'
MF 16 Lucas Lobos (c) 38'
MF 11 Damián Álvarez
FW 9 Héctor Mancilla 56' 80'
Substitutes
MF 17 David Toledo 88'
FW 19 Alan Pulido 80'
GK 21 Aarón Fernández
MF 22 Edgar Pacheco
DF 24 José Arturo Rivas 88'
MF 28 Alberto Acosta
MF 29 Jesús Dueñas
Manager
Ricardo Ferretti
Santos Laguna
GK 1 Oswaldo Sánchez (c)  12'
DF 18 Santiago Hoyos
DF 20 Osmar Mares
DF 23 Felipe Baloy  69'
DF 28 Carlos Adrián Morales 66' 66'
DF 14 César Ibáñez
MF 13 Christian Suárez
MF 17 Rodolfo Salinas 19'
MF 7 José María Cárdenas 66'
FW 3 Carlos Darwin Quintero 16' 70'
FW 24 Oribe Peralta
Substitutes
DF 5 Aarón Galindo
FW 9 Carlos Ochoa
MF 10 Daniel Ludueña 66'
MF 15 Jaime Toledo
GK 25 Miguel Becerra 16'
DF 27 José Antonio Olvera
FW 37 Saúl Ramírez 66'
Manager
Benjamín Galindo
Man of the Match
Danilinho
Assistant referees
Alberto Morín
Juan Joel Rangel
Fourth official
Mauricio Morales
Apertura 2011 winners:
Tigres UANL
3rd Title