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Apertura 2018 Liga MX final phase

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The Apertura 2018 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as Liguilla (mini league) was played from 28 November 2018 to 16 December 2018.[1] A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Apertura 2018 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League.

Apertura 2018 Liga MX final phase

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.
Cruz Azul13628thApertura 2017Champions
(Invierno 1997)		[2]
América23331stClausura 2018Champions
(4 times)		[3]
UNAM330 (+10)22ndChampions
(4 times)		[4]
Santos Laguna430 (+9)29thChampions
(6 times)		[5]
Monterrey530 (+6)21stChampions
(3 times)		[6]
UANL62923rdChampions
(4 times)		[7]
Toluca726 (+5)32ndChampions
(7 times)		[8]
Querétaro826 (–1)10th[note 1]Clausura 2015Runners-up
(Clausura 2015)		[9][10]

Format

  • Teams were re-seeded each round.
  • 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 2020 CONCACAF Champions League.

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Bracket

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
               
1Cruz Azul213
8Querétaro011
1Cruz Azul (s)011
5Monterrey101
4Santos Laguna000
5Monterrey123
1Cruz Azul000
2América022
2América235
7Toluca224
2América167
3UNAM112
3UNAM134
6UANL213


Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Querétaro1–3Cruz Azul0–21–1
Toluca4–5América2–22–3
UANL3–4UNAM2–11–3
Monterrey3–0Santos Laguna1–02–0

All times are UTC−5

First leg

Querétaro0–2Cruz Azul
Report
Attendance: 29,039
Referee: Diego Montaño Robles (Jalisco)
Toluca2–2América
Report
Attendance: 26,031
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Durango)
UANL2–1UNAM
Report
Attendance: 41,301
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo (Aguascalientes)

Second leg

Cruz Azul1–1Querétaro
Report
Attendance: 30,858
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez (Veracruz)

Cruz Azul won 3–1 on aggregate.

Santos Laguna0–2Monterrey
Report
Attendance: 25,900
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

Monterrey won 3–0 on aggregate.

UNAM won 4–3 on aggregate.

América3–2Toluca
Report
Attendance: 44,118

América won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Monterrey1–1 (s)Cruz Azul1–00–1
UNAM2–7América1–11–6

All times are UTC−5

First leg

Monterrey1–0Cruz Azul
Report
Attendance: 36,621

Second leg

Cruz Azul1–0Monterrey
Report
Attendance: 39,307

1–1 on aggregate and tied on away goals. Cruz Azul advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.

América6–1UNAM
Report
Attendance: 64,039
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)

América won 7–2 on aggregate.

Finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
América2–0Cruz Azul0–02–0

First leg

América0–0Cruz Azul
Report
Attendance: 59,244

Details

América[12][13]
Cruz Azul[12][13]
GK1 Agustín Marchesín
DF3 Jorge Sánchez
DF19 Emanuel Aguilera  90+7'
DF18 Bruno Valdez
DF22 Paul Aguilar (c)  90+3'
MF14 Joe Corona
MF5 Guido Rodríguez
MF20 Diego Lainez  70'
MF8 Mateus Uribe  58'
MF30 Renato Ibarra  42'
FW9 Roger Martínez  80'
Substitutions:
GK27 Óscar Jiménez
DF4 Edson Álvarez
DF12 Luis Reyes
MF10 Cecilio Domínguez  80'
MF11 Andrés Ibargüen  70'
FW21 Henry Martín
FW24 Oribe Peralta  58'
Manager:
Miguel Herrera
GK1 José de Jesús Corona (c)
DF16 Adrián Aldrete
DF5 Igor Lichnovsky
DF2 Pablo Aguilar
DF4 Julio César Domínguez
MF23 Iván Marcone  90+3'
MF8 Javier Salas
MF11 Elías Hernández  78'
MF25 Roberto Alvarado
MF17 Édgar Méndez  88'
FW9 Milton Caraglio  89'  18'
Substitutions:
GK12 Guillermo Allison
DF27 José Madueña
DF30 Jordan Silva
MF13 Ángel Mena
MF22 Rafael Baca  78'
FW7 Martín Cauteruccio  89'
FW18 Andrés Rentería
Manager:
Pedro Caixinha

Assistant referees:
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico City)
Alberto Morin Méndez (Chihuahua)
Fourth official:
Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)
Video assistant referee:[14]
Miguel Ángel Chacón (Guerrero)
Assistant video assistant referee:[15]
Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico City)

Statistics

Statistic[16]AméricaCruz Azul
Goals scored00
Total shots87
Shots on target21
Saves12
Ball possession52%48%
Corner kicks22
Fouls committed1514
Offsides13
Yellow cards33
Red cards00

Second leg

Cruz Azul0–2América
Report
Attendance: 71,240[17]

América won 2–0 on aggregate.

Details

Cruz Azul[18][19]
América[18][19]
GK1 José de Jesús Corona (c)
DF16 Adrián Aldrete  81'
DF5 Igor Lichnovsky
DF2 Pablo Aguilar
DF4 Julio César Domínguez
MF11 Elías Hernández
MF8 Javier Salas  58'
MF23 Iván Marcone
MF17 Édgar Méndez
FW7 Martín Cauteruccio  46'  16'
FW9 Milton Caraglio
Substitutions:
GK12 Guillermo Allison
DF15 Gerardo Flores  87'
DF27 José Madueña
MF13 Ángel Mena  81'
MF22 Rafael Baca
MF25 Roberto Alvarado  46'  82'
FW18 Andrés Rentería  58'
Manager:
Pedro Caixinha
GK1 Agustín Marchesín
DF3 Jorge Sánchez  45+1'
DF19 Emanuel Aguilera  40'
DF18 Bruno Valdez
DF22 Paul Aguilar
MF20 Diego Lainez  84'
MF4 Edson Álvarez
MF5 Guido Rodríguez
MF30 Renato Ibarra  70'
FW24 Oribe Peralta (c)  77'  64'
FW21 Henry Martín
Substitutions:
GK27 Óscar Jiménez
DF12 Luis Reyes
MF10 Cecilio Domínguez  70'
MF11 Andrés Ibargüen  84'  86'
MF14 Joe Corona  77'
FW17 Cristian Insaurralde
FW23 Antonio López
Manager:
Miguel Herrera

Assistant referees:
José Luis Camargo (Estado de México)
Marcos Quintero (Jalisco)
Fourth official:
Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)
Video assistant referee:
Ángel Monroy (Morelos)

Statistics

Statistic[20]Cruz AzulAmérica
Goals scored02
Total shots512
Shots on target09
Saves70
Ball possession55%45%
Corner kicks03
Fouls committed1121
Offsides10
Yellow cards24
Red cards10

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Assists

4 assists
2 assists
1 assist

Notes

References

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