# Guardianes 2020 Liga MX championship stage

The Torneo Guardianes 2020 (stylized as Guard1anes) Liga MX final phase was played between 21 November 2020 to 13 December 2020. A total of 12 teams competed in the final phase to decide the champions of the Guardianes 2020 Liga MX season. For the first time since the Clausura 2008 season, an additional qualifying round, the reclassification or repechaje, was employed, expanding the number of playoff spots from eight to 12.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, all matches of the final phase, except for the first leg of the quarter-final between Guadalajara and América, were played behind closed doors.
Both finalists qualified to the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League.

## Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the championship stage.
In the following tables, 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).
Qualified directly to quarter-finals (4 teams) :
| Seed | Team | Points (GD) | Date of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best |
| 1 | León | 40 | 2 October 2020 | 12th | Apertura 2019 | Champions (2 times) |
| 2 | UNAM | 32 (+12) | 17 October 2020 | 23rd | Apertura 2018 | Champions (4 times) |
| 3 | América | 32 (+9) | 17 October 2020 | 34th | Apertura 2019 | Champions (5 times) |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 29 (+7) | 16 October 2020 | 29th | Clausura 2019 | Champions (Invierno 1997) |
Qualified to Reclassification round (8 teams) :
| Seed | Team | Points (GD) | Date of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best |
| 5 | Monterrey | 29 (+5) | 24 October 2020 | 24th | Apertura 2019 | Champions (4 times) |
| 6 | UANL | 28 | 17 October 2020 | 26th | Apertura 2019 | Champions (5 times) |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 26 | 25 October 2020 | 26th | Clausura 2017 | Champions (3 times) |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 25 (+4, 24 GF) | 25 October 2020 | 31st | Apertura 2019 | Champions (6 times) |
| 9 | Pachuca | 25 (+4, 18 GF) | 25 October 2020 | 22nd | Clausura 2019 | Champions (6 times) |
| 10 | Necaxa | 24 | 30 October 2020 | 18th | Apertura 2019 | Champions (Invierno 1998) |
| 11 | Toluca | 21 | 6 November 2020 | 33rd | Apertura 2018 | Champions (7 times) |
| 12 | Puebla | 20 | 6 November 2020 | 8th | Apertura 2015 | Semifinals (3 times) |

## Format
### Reclassification

* All games were played in a single-leg hosted by the higher seed
* If a game ended in a draw, it proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out.

### Liguilla

* Teams were re-seeded each round.
* The winners of the Reclassification matches were seeded based on their ranking in the classification table.
* Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced.
* Away goals rule was applied in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, but not the final.
* In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, if the two teams were tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advanced.
* In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, the match went to extra time and, if necessary, a shoot-out.
* Both finalists qualified to the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League.

## Reclassification
### Summary

Matches took place on 21–22 November 2020.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Monterrey | 2–2 (2–4 p) | Puebla |
| UANL | 2–1 | Toluca |
| Guadalajara | 1–0 | Necaxa |
| Santos Laguna | 0–3 | Pachuca |

### Matches
## Seeding

The following was the final seeding for the final phase. The winners of the Reclassification matches were seeded based on their position in the classification table.
| Seed | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | León | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 40 |
| 2 | UNAM | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 32 |
| 3 | América | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 32 |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 29 |
| 5 | UANL | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 28 |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 26 |
| 7 | Pachuca | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 25 |
| 8 | Puebla | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 20 |

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | León | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Puebla | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Puebla | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | León | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Guadalajara | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 3 | América | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Guadalajara | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | León | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | UNAM | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | UNAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | UNAM | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Pachuca | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Pachuca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | UNAM (s) | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Cruz Azul | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | Cruz Azul | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | | | |
| 5 | UANL | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Quarter-finals
### Summary

The first legs were played on 25–26 November, and the second legs were played on 28–29 November.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Puebla | 2–3 | León | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Pachuca | 0–1 | UNAM | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Guadalajara | 3–1 | América | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| UANL | 2–3 | Cruz Azul | 1–3 | 1–0 |

### Second leg

León won 3–2 on aggregate.
Guadalajara won 3–1 on aggregate.
UNAM won 1–0 on aggregate.
Cruz Azul won 3–2 on aggregate.

## Semi-finals
### Summary

The first legs were played on 2–3 December, and the second legs were played on 5–6 December.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Guadalajara | 1–2 | León | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Cruz Azul | 4–4 (s) | UNAM | 4–0 | 0–4 |

### Second leg

León won 2–1 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate and tied on away goals. UNAM advanced due to being the higher seed in the classification table.

## Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| UNAM | 1–3 | León | 1–1 | 0–2 |

### First leg
#### Details

| UNAM | León |
| GK | 20 | Julio González |
| DF | 3 | Alejandro Mayorga |
| DF | 23 | Nicolás Freire |
| DF | 5 | Johan Vásquez |
| DF | 2 | Alan Mozo |
| MF | 11 | Juan Iturbe | | 53' |
| MF | 17 | Leonel López | | 78' |
| MF | 8 | Andrés Iniestra (c) | 90+4' |
| MF | 22 | Juan Pablo Vigón |
| FW | 32 | Carlos González | 55' | 86' |
| FW | 9 | Juan Ignacio Dinenno |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 42 | Alex Cruz |
| DF | 4 | Luis Quintana |
| DF | 16 | Jerónimo Rodríguez | | 86' |
| DF | 19 | Jesús Rivas |
| MF | 7 | Sebastian Saucedo |
| MF | 13 | Gerardo Moreno |
| MF | 14 | Carlos Gutiérrez | | 53' |
| MF | 200 | Amaury García |
| MF | 212 | Erik Lira | | 78' |
| FW | 29 | Bryan Mendoza |
| Manager: ||
| Andrés Lillini ||
| GK | 30 | Rodolfo Cota |
| DF | 6 | William Tesillo |
| DF | 4 | Andrés Mosquera |
| DF | 21 | Jaine Barreiro | 65' 81' |
| DF | 5 | Fernando Navarro | | 90+3' |
| MF | 8 | José Iván Rodríguez | | 68' |
| MF | 18 | Pedro Aquino |
| MF | 16 | Jean Meneses | | 84' |
| MF | 10 | Luis Montes (c) |
| MF | 13 | Ángel Mena |
| FW | 12 | Joel Campbell | | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 23 | Alfonso Blanco |
| DF | 3 | Gil Burón |
| DF | 24 | Osvaldo Rodríguez |
| DF | 35 | Juan Ignacio González | | 84' |
| MF | 28 | David Ramírez | | 68' |
| MF | 32 | Jesse Zamudio |
| MF | 14 | Jesús Godínez | | 90+3' |
| MF | 15 | Iván Ochoa |
| FW | 19 | Nicolás Sosa |
| FW | 20 | Emmanuel Gigliotti | | 46' |
| Manager: ||
| Ignacio Ambríz ||
* Assistant referees:
* Christian Espinosa Zavala (Mexico City)
* Enríque Isaac Bustos (Guerrero)
* Fourth official:
* Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)
* Video assistant referee:
* Arturo Cruz Hurtado (Mexico City)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Carlos Ayala Cuéllar (Mexico City)

#### Statistics

| Statistic | UNAM | León |
| Goals scored | 1 | 1 |
| Total shots | 14 | 9 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 2 |
| Saves | 1 | 3 |
| Ball possession | 47% | 53% |
| Corner kicks | 3 | 2 |
| Fouls committed | 19 | 11 |
| Offsides | 1 | 3 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 1 |

### Second leg

León won 3–1 on aggregate.

#### Details

| León | UNAM |
| GK | 30 | Rodolfo Cota |
| DF | 6 | William Tesillo |
| DF | 4 | Andrés Mosquera | 61' |
| DF | 35 | Ignacio González (c) |
| DF | 5 | Fernando Navarro | | 87' |
| MF | 16 | Jean Meneses | | 80' |
| MF | 18 | Pedro Aquino |
| MF | 28 | David Ramírez |
| MF | 10 | Luis Montes |
| MF | 13 | Ángel Mena | | 15' |
| FW | 20 | Emmanuel Gigliotti | | 87' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 1 | Guillermo Pozos |
| DF | 3 | Gil Burón |
| DF | 24 | Osvaldo Rodríguez |
| MF | 8 | Iván Rodríguez |
| MF | 11 | Yairo Moreno | | 80' |
| MF | 32 | Jesse Zamudio |
| FW | 12 | Joel Campbell | 75' | 15' 80' |
| FW | 14 | Jesús Godínez | | 87' |
| FW | 15 | Iván Ochoa | | 80' |
| FW | 19 | Nicolás Sosa | | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Ignacio Ambríz ||
| GK | 1 | Alfredo Talavera |
| DF | 3 | Alejandro Mayorga |
| DF | 23 | Nicolás Freire | 45+4' |
| DF | 5 | Johan Vásquez | | 59' |
| DF | 2 | Alan Mozo | 29' |
| MF | 17 | Leonel López | | 70' |
| MF | 8 | Andrés Iniestra (c) |
| MF | 22 | Juan Pablo Vigón |
| MF | 14 | Carlos Gutiérrez | | 39' |
| FW | 32 | Carlos González |
| FW | 9 | Juan Ignacio Dinenno |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 20 | Julio González |
| DF | 4 | Luis Quintana |
| DF | 16 | Jerónimo Rodríguez |
| MF | 7 | Sebastian Saucedo |
| MF | 10 | Favio Álvarez | 62' | 59' |
| MF | 12 | Facundo Waller |
| MF | 13 | Gerardo Moreno |
| MF | 200 | Amaury García |
| FW | 212 | Erik Lira | | 70' |
| FW | 11 | Juan Iturbe | | 39' |
| Manager: ||
| Andrés Lillini ||
* Assistant referees:
* Michel Alejandro Morales (Mexico City)
* Karen Janet Díaz (Aguascalientes)
* Fourth official:
* Diego Montaño Robles (Jalisco)
* Video assistant referee:
* Erick Yair Miranda (Guanajuato)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Fabrice Paul Plancon-Jallet

#### Statistics

| Statistic | León | UNAM |
| Goals scored | 2 | 0 |
| Total shots | 9 | 9 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 4 |
| Saves | 4 | 2 |
| Ball possession | 41% | 59% |
| Corner kicks | 1 | 6 |
| Fouls committed | 14 | 18 |
| Offsides | 2 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 41 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 2.28 goals per match.
3 goals
* Cristian Calderón (Guadalajara)
* Luis Romo (Cruz Azul)
2 goals
* Juan Ignacio Dinenno (UNAM)
* Emmanuel Gigliotti (León)
* André-Pierre Gignac (UANL)
* Carlos González (UNAM)
* Ángel Mena (León)
1 goal
* Roberto Alvarado (Cruz Azul)
* Favio Álvarez (UNAM)
* Jesús Angulo (Guadalajara)
* Rafael Baca (Cruz Azul)
* Joel Campbell (León)
* Roberto de la Rosa (Pachuca)
* Juan Escobar (Cruz Azul)
* Omar Fernández (Puebla)
* Víctor Guzmán (Pachuca)
* Vincent Janssen (Monterrey)
* José Juan Macías (Guadalajara)
* Henry Martín (América)
* Osvaldo Martínez (Puebla)
* Yairo Moreno (León)
* Óscar Murillo (Pachuca)
* Fernando Navarro (León)
* Santiago Ormeño (Puebla)
* Guido Pizarro (UANL)
* Luis Quiñones (UANL)
* Jonathan Rodríguez (Cruz Azul)
* Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey)
* Juan Pablo Vigón (UNAM)
1 own goal
* Hugo Ayala (against Toluca)
* Andrés Mosquera (against Puebla)
* Maximiliano Perg (against León)

### Assists
#### 2 assists

* Roberto Alvarado (Cruz Azul)
* Javier Aquino (UANL)
* Orbelín Pineda (Cruz Azul)

#### 1 assist

* Érick Aguirre (Pachuca)
* Uriel Antuna (Guadalajara)
* Joel Campbell (León)
* Víctor Dávila (Pachuca)
* Alonso Escoboza (América)
* Santiago Giménez (Cruz Azul)
* Pablo González (Puebla)
* Carlos Gutiérrez (UNAM)
* Luis Montes (León)
* Alan Mozo (UNAM)
* Fernando Navarro (León)
* Oribe Peralta (Guadalajara)
* David Ramírez (León)
* Luis Romo (Cruz Azul)
* Juan Pablo Vigón (UNAM)