2010 Primera División de México Bicentenario Liguilla

Main article: 2009–10 Primera División de México season#Torneo Bicentenario
Primera División de México 2010 Bicentenario Liguilla
Country Mexico
Teams 8
Champions Toluca
Runner-up Santos Laguna
Matches played 14
Goals scored 43 (3.07 per match)
← 2009 Apertura 2010 Apertura →

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 a elimination two-legs playoff.

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

Contents

Teams

See also: Group standings of the 2010 Bicentenario

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

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

May 1, 2010
17:00
 Pachuca 1 – 0 Monterrey Estadio Hidalgo
Pachuca, Hidalgo
Referee: Jaime Herrera Garduño (Mexico)
Álvarez  29' (Report)
May 1, 2010
19:00
 Morelia 4 – 2 Guadalajara Estadio Morelos
Morelia, Michoacán
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno (Mexico)
Cabrera  23'
Rey  55'
Pereyra  63'
Borgetti  66'		 (Report) Enríquez  39'
Bravo  45'
May 2, 2010
19:00
 Santos Laguna 2 – 0 UNAM Estadio Corona
Torreón, Coahuila
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega Rojas (Mexico)
Jiménez  27'
Vuoso  47'		 (Report)
May 2, 2010
21:00
 América 2 – 2 Toluca Estadio Azteca
Coyoacán, Mexico City
Referee: Armando Archundia Téllez (Mexico)
Beausejour  5'
Layún  23'		 (Report) Mancilla  2'
Dueñas  26'

Second leg

May 8, 2010
18:00
 Monterrey 1 – 2 Pachuca Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Nuevo León
Referee: Paul Enrique Delgadillo Haro (Mexico)
Martínez  32' (Report) Brambila  47'
Montes  87'
May 8, 2010
20:00
 Guadalajara 0 – 1 Morelia Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso Flores (Mexico)
(Report) Hernández  57'
May 9, 2010
12:00
 Toluca 2 – 0 América Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca, State of Mexico
Referee: Francisco Chacón Gutiérrez (Mexico)
Zinha  29'
Pérez  89'		 (Report)
May 9, 2010
17:00
 UNAM 1 – 0 Santos Laguna Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Coyoacán, Mexico City
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza Soto (Mexico)
Íñiguez  53' (Report)

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

May 12, 2010
19:00
 Pachuca 2 – 2 Toluca Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca, Hidalgo
Referee: Mauricio Rafael Morales Ovalle (Mexico)
Manso  60'
Cvitanich  86'		 (Report) Novaretti  47'
Mancilla  81'
May 12, 2010
21:00
 Morelia 3 – 3 Santos Laguna Estadio Morelos
Morelia, Michoacán
Referee: Francisco Chacón Gutiérrez (Mexico) [1]
Peralta  7'
Hernández  64'
Rey  86' (pen.)		 (Report) Borgetti  34'
Rodríguez  56' (pen.)
Estrada  65'

Second leg

May 15, 2010
18:00
 Santos Laguna 7 – 1 Morelia Estadio Corona
Torreón, Coahuila
Referee: Armando Archundia Téllez (Mexico)
Arce  1'
Quintero  12'
Peralta  15', 51', 81'
Estrada  49'
Vuoso  83' (pen.)		 (Report) Rey  5' (pen.)
May 15, 2010
20:00
 Toluca 1 – 0 Pachuca Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca, State of Mexico
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno (Mexico)
Ríos  41' (Report)

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

May 20, 2010
20:00
 Santos Laguna 2 – 2 Toluca Estadio Corona
Torreón, Coahuila
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno (Mexico)
Quintero  14'
Vuoso  84'		 (Report) Novaretti 22'
Zinha  67'

Second leg

May 23, 2010
12:00
 Toluca 0 – 0 Santos Laguna Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca, State of Mexico
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Armando Archundia Téllez (Mexico)
(Report)
  Penalties  
Zinha
Marín
Mancilla
Novaretti
Romagnoli
Dueñas		 4 – 3 Rodríguez
Ludueña
Lacerda
Vuoso
Morales
Arce

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ "Designaciones Arbitrales Para las Semifinales de Ida" (in Spanish) (Press release). Femexfut.com. 2008-11-30. http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/aspx/WEB_DetalleNoticia.aspx?pnIDNtca=23377. Retrieved 2009-12-01. 
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