Primera División de México Apertura 2008 Liguilla

The Primera División de México Apertura 2008 Liguilla (Spanish for "little league") will have the teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up will be determined by aggregate score. the higher seeded team will advance if the aggregate is a tie. The exception for tie-breaking procedure is the finals, where the higher seeded team rule will not be used. If the teams remained tied after 90 minutes of play during the 2nd leg of the finals, extra time will be used, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary. The teams will be seeded 1 to 8 (depending on their position at the end of the regular season). Higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.

Main article: Primera División de México Apertura 2008

Kickoffs are given in local time.

Bracket
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
1 San Luis 1 1 2  
8 Santos Laguna 3 2 5  
  8 Santos Laguna 0 1 1  
  2 Toluca 0 2 2  
2 Toluca 0 2 2
7 U.A.G. 0 0 0  
  2 Toluca (p) 2 0 2 (7)
  5 Cruz Azul 0 2 2 (6)
4 U.N.A.M. 0 1 1  
5 Cruz Azul 0 3 3  
  5 Cruz Azul 3 1 4
  3 Atlante F.C. 1 1 2  
3 Atlante F.C. 1 1 2
6 U.A.N.L. 1 1 2  

Quarter-finals

The quarterfinals are scheduled to be played on November 22, 23, 29, and November 30.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
San Luis 2–5 Santos Laguna 1–2 1–3
UNAM 1–3 Cruz Azul 1–3 0–0
Atlante 2–2 UANL 1–1 1–1
Toluca 2–0 UAG 2–0 0–0

First leg
Cruz Azul0 – 0UNAM
(Report)
Referee: José Gabriel Gómez (Mexico)
UANL1 – 1Atlante
Sánchez  7' (Report) Rey  73'
Referee: Francisco Chacón Mexico)
UAG0 – 0Toluca
(Report)
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico)
Santos Laguna3 – 1San Luis
Mascorro  16' (o.g.)
Ludueña  33'
Vuoso  78'		 (Report) Piríz  44'
Referee: Manuel Ernesto Glower (Mexico)

Second leg
San Luis1 – 2Santos Laguna
Patiño  16' (Report) Blanco  82' (pen.)
Ludueña  86'
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

Santos Laguna won 5–2 on aggregate.

Atlante1 – 1UANL
Pereyra  45' (Report) Muñoz  73' (o.g.)
Referee: Paúl Enrique Delgadillo (Mexico)

Atlante won 2–2 on aggregate.

Toluca2 – 0UAG
Mancilla  59'
Nava  84'		 (Report)
Referee: Roberto García (México)

Toluca won 2–0 on aggregate

UNAM1 – 3Cruz Azul
Palencia  4' (Report) Torrado  6'
Sabah  58'
Villaluz  67'
Referee: Armando Benito Archundia (México)

Cruz Azul won 3-1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The semifinals are scheduled to be played on December 3, 4, 6, and 7.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Toluca 2 – 1 Santos Laguna 2 – 1 0 – 0
Atlante F.C. 2 – 4 Cruz Azul 1 – 1 1 – 3

First leg
Cruz Azul3 – 1Atlante F.C.
Sabah  9' (pen.)
Lugo  22'
Lozano  80'		 (Report) Rey  31'
Referee: Francisco Chacón (Mexico)
Santos Laguna0 – 0Toluca
(Report)
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico)

Second leg
Atlante F.C.1 – 1Cruz Azul
Maldonado  8' (Report) Villaluz  4'
Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico)

Cruz Azul won 4–2 on aggregate.

Toluca2 – 1Santos Laguna
Dueñas  27'
Mancilla  41'		 (Report) Castillo  26'
Referee: Paúl Enrique Delgadillo (Mexico)

Toluca won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: Primera División de México Apertura 2008 Liguilla Final

The first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on December 11 and 14, respectively.

First leg
Cruz Azul0 – 2Toluca
(Report) da Silva  14'
Ponce  21'
Referee: Paúl Enrique Delgadillo (Mexico)

Second leg
Toluca0 – 2 (a.e.t.)Cruz Azul
(Report) Vela  49'
Domínguez  77'
Penalties
López
Zinha
D. De la Torre
Esquivel
Mancilla
Dueñas
Almazán 		7 – 6 Lozano
Sabah
Torrado
Beltrán
Zeballos
Lugo
Vela
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

References
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