Referee Jorge Gasso (Mexico) Start date 2009 | Weather Rainy | |
Referee Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico) Event 2009 Primera División de México Apertura Liguilla Venues Estadio Tecnológico, Estadio Azul, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Benito Juárez, Mexico City, Mexico City | ||
The Apertura 2009 Liguilla Final is a two-legged football match-up to determine the Apertura 2009 champion.
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After 17 matches on regular season, and 2 two-legged rounds of Liguilla, Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul and Monterrey !Monterrey have reached the final.
Final rules
Like other match-ups in the knockout round, the teams will play two games, one at each team's home stadium. As the highest seeded team determined at the beginning of the Liguilla, Cruz Azul !Cruz Azul was to have home-field advantage for the second leg.
However, the tiebreaking criteria used in previous rounds will not be the same in the final. If the teams remained tied after 90 minutes of play during the 2nd leg, extra time will be used, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.
First leg
Marcos Quintero Huitrón
Second leg
Alberto Morín Méndez
References
Primera División de México Apertura 2009 Liguilla Final Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA