Clausura 2019 Liga MX final phase explained

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The Clausura 2019 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as Liguilla (mini league) was played from 8 May 2019 to 26 May 2019.[1] A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Clausura 2019 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League.

Qualified teams

The following 8 teams qualified for the championship stage.

In the following table, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the short tournament era starting from Invierno 1996 (not counting those in the long tournament era from 1943–44 to 1995–96).

TeamSeedPointsAppearanceLast appearancePrevious bestRef.
León14110thApertura 2017Champions
[2]
UANL23724thApertura 2018Champions
[3]
Monterrey330 (+14)22ndChampions
[4]
Cruz Azul430 (+9)28thChampions
[5]
América529 (+9)32ndChampions
[6]
Necaxa629 (+8)16thApertura 2016Champions
[7]
Pachuca728 (+6)21stChampions
[8]
Tijuana828 (+5)7thClausura 2018Champions
[9]

Format

[10]

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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First leg

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Second leg

2–2 on aggregate and tied on away goals. UANL advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.

----León won 5–2 on aggregate.

----América won 3–2 on aggregate.

----1–1 on aggregate. Monterrey advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.

Semi-finals

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First leg

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Second leg

1–1 on aggregate. UANL advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.

----1–1 on aggregate. León advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.

Finals

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First leg

Details

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GK 1 Nahuel Guzmán
DF 6 Jorge Torres Nilo
DF 21
DF 4 Hugo Ayala
DF 28 Luis Rodríguez
MF 19 Guido Pizarro (c)
MF 5
MF 20
MF 9
MF 26
FW 10 André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutions:
GK 22 Lalo Fernández
DF 14 Juan José Sánchez
DF 15 Francisco Venegas
MF 36 Eduardo Tercero
MF 8
MF 25
FW 13
Manager:
Ricardo Ferretti
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GK 30
DF 6
DF 23
DF 4 Andrés Mosquera
DF 5
MF 16
MF 10 Luis Montes (c)
MF 12 Iván Rodríguez
MF 13 Ángel Mena
FW 33 Vinicio Angulo
FW 8
Substitutions:
GK 25 William Yarbrough
DF 22 Miguel Herrera
DF 32 Dilan Zúñiga
MF 11
MF 15 Iván Ochoa
MF 19 Jorge Díaz
FW 27 Juan José Calero
Manager:
Ignacio Ambríz
Assistant referees


Alberto Morin Méndez (Chihuahua)
Enríque Isaac Bustos (Guerrero)
Fourth official


Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)
Video assistant referee


Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico City)

Statistics

Statistic[11] UANLLeón
scope=rowGoals scored10
scope=rowTotal shots209
scope=rowShots on target64
scope=rowSaves45
scope=rowBall possession54%46%
scope=rowCorner kicks93
scope=rowFouls committed1613
scope=rowOffsides10
scope=rowYellow cards33
scope=rowRed cards00

Second leg

UANL won 1–0 on aggregate.

Details

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GK 30
DF 6 William Tesillo
DF 23
DF 4
DF 5
MF 12
MF 10 Luis Montes (c)
MF 11 Yairo Moreno
MF 14
MF 13
FW 8
Substitutions:
GK 25 William Yarbrough
DF 22 Miguel Herrera
MF 15 Iván Ochoa
MF 16
MF 19 Jorge Díaz
FW 27 Juan José Calero
FW 33
Manager:
Ignacio Ambríz
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GK 1
DF 6 Jorge Torres Nilo
DF 21
DF 4 Hugo Ayala
DF 28 Luis Rodríguez
MF 19 Guido Pizarro (c)
MF 5
MF 20
MF 9
MF 26
FW 10 André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutions:
GK 30 Miguel Ortega
DF 3
MF 29
MF 36 Eduardo Tercero
MF 8
MF 25 Jürgen Damm
FW 13
Manager:
Ricardo Ferretti
Assistant referees


Miguel Ángel Hernández (Puebla)
Christian Kiabek Espinosa (Mexico City)
Fourth official


Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)
Video assistant referee


León Vicente Barajas (Mexico City)

Statistics

Statistic[12] LeónUANL
scope=rowGoals scored00
scope=rowTotal shots149
scope=rowShots on target53
scope=rowSaves35
scope=rowBall possession57%43%
scope=rowCorner kicks81
scope=rowFouls committed1315
scope=rowOffsides20
scope=rowYellow cards24
scope=rowRed cards10

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Assists

2 assists
1 assist

Notes and References

  1. Web site: El Clausura 2019 inicia el 4 de enero y no habrá jornadas dobles. Claro.com. 10 December 2018. 2018-12-10.
  2. Web site: León History. 5 May 2019. 5 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Tigres UANL History. 5 May 2019. 5 May 2019.
  4. Web site: Monterrey History. 5 May 2019. 5 May 2019.
  5. Web site: Cruz Azul History. 5 May 2019. 5 May 2019.
  6. Web site: América History. 5 May 2019. 5 May 2019.
  7. Web site: Necaxa History. 5 May 2019. 5 May 2019.
  8. Web site: Pachuca History. 5 May 2019. 5 May 2019.
  9. Web site: Tijuana History. 5 May 2019. 5 May 2019.
  10. Web site: Reglamento de Competencia 2018–19 . ligamx.net. 5 May 2019.
  11. Web site: UANL vs León stats – ESPNFC . . 23 May 2019.
  12. Web site: León vs UANL stats – ESPNFC . . 26 May 2019.