# 2010 Primera División de México Bicentenario Liguilla

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.
| S | Team | Manager | Captain | Performance at the Apertura 2009 | Performance at the Apertura 2009 | Performance at the Apertura 2009 | Performance at the Apertura 2009 | Performance at the Apertura 2009 | Performance at the Apertura 2009 | Performance at the Apertura 2009 | Performance at the Apertura 2009 | Performance at the Apertura 2009 | Performance at the Apertura 2009 |
| S | Team | Manager | Captain | 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 | 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.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Toluca | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | América | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | América | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Toluca | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Pachuca | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 1 | Monterrey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Pachuca | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 8 | Pachuca | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 (3) |
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | Santos Laguna | 3 | 7 | 10 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Morelia | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | Morelia | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| 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.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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).

### Second leg
## Semi-finals

The semifinals were played on May 12 (first leg) and May 15 (second leg).
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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).

### Second leg
## Final

The first and second legs of the final were played on May 20 (first leg) and May 23 (second leg).
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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).

### Second leg
## Goalscorers
### 4 goals

* Oribe Peralta (Santos Laguna)

### 3 goals

* Luis Gabriel Rey (Morelia)
* Vicente Matías Vuoso (Santos Laguna)

### 2 goals

* Diego Novaretti (Toluca)
* Héctor Mancilla (Toluca)
* Carlos Quintero (Santos Laguna)
* Elías Hernández (Morelia)
* Jorge Iván Estrada (Santos Laguna)
* Zinha (Toluca)
* Jared Borgetti (Morelia

### 1 goal

* Édgar Dueñas (Toluca)
* Fernando Arce (Santos Laguna)
* Marvin Cabrera (Morelia)
* Luis Montes (Pachuca)
* Manuel Pérez (Toluca)
* Walter Jiménez (Santos Laguna)
* Damián Álvarez (Pachuca)
* Damián Manso (Pachuca)
* Jean Beausejour (América)
* Juan Pablo Rodríguez (Santos Laguna)
* Osvaldo Martínez (Monterrey)
* Jorge Enríquez (Guadalajara)
* Omar Bravo (Guadalajara)
* Gabriel Pereyra (Morelia)
* Ismael Íñiguez (UNAM)
* Darío Cvitanich (Pachuca)
* Miguel Layún (América)
* Antonio Ríos (Toluca)
* Edy Germán Brambila (Pachuca)