2010 Primera División de México Bicentenario Liguilla explained

Primera División de México
Yearr:	2010 Bicentenario *Liguilla*
Country:	Mexico
Num Teams:	8
Defending Champions:	Monterrey
Champions:	Toluca
Runner-Up:	Santos Laguna
Matches:	14
Goals:	43
Prevseason:	2009 Apertura
Nextseason:	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 an 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

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.

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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	7th	Third place Group 2
8	Pachuca	Guillermo Rivarola	Miguel Calero	17	7	4	6	27	26	+1	25	8th	Fourth place Group 2

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.

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 had 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.

See main article: Primera División de México Bicentenario 2010 Liguilla.

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).

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

First leg

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Second leg

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Semi-finals

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

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

First leg

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Second leg

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Final

See 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).

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

Second leg

Goalscorers

4 goals

Oribe Peralta (Santos Laguna)

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal