Primera División de México Apertura 2008 Liguilla Final

Primera División de México Apertura 2008 Liguilla Final
Event	Primera División de México Apertura 2008 Liguilla
	On aggregate
First leg
Date	11 December 2008
Venue	Estadio Azul, Mexico City
Referee	Paúl Enrique Delgadillo (Mexico)
Attendance	33,000
Second leg
	(a.e.t.)
Date	14 December 2008
Venue	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
Referee	Roberto García (Mexico)
Attendance	27,000
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The Apertura 2008 Liguilla Final was a two-legged football match-up to determine the Apertura 2008 champions. The series was contested between Deportivo Toluca F.C. from Toluca, Mexico State, and C.D.S.C. Cruz Azul from Mexico City, both of whom were playing in their first final against each other.

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, Toluca was to have home-field advantage for the second leg. 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.

Final summary

First leg

The First Leg was played in front of a capacity crowd at Estadio Azul in Mexico City. Paulo da Silva opened up the scoreboard with a goal in the 14th minute followed by a superb free kick by Sergio Amaury Ponce at the 22nd minute. Cruz Azul could not find an answer in the 2nd half though they were playing better, Hernán Cristante of Toluca had a sensational game under the three posts. The final score left Toluca with a 2-goal advantage going into the next leg.

2008-12-11

20:00

Cruz Azul	0 – 2	Toluca
	(Report)	da Silva 14' Ponce 21'

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: Paúl Enrique Delgadillo (Mexico)

Cruz Azul

Toluca


CRUZ AZUL:
GK	25	Yosgart Gutiérrez
DF	8	Carlos Bonet
DF	14	Joaquín Beltrán
DF	13	Alejandro Castro		72'
DF	21	Jaime Lozano
MF	6	Gerardo Torrado (c)
MF	7	Cristian Riveros	12'
MF	23	Edgar Lugo		46'
MF	18	César Villaluz
FW	11	Miguel Sabah
FW	9	Pablo Zeballos		71'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Alfonso Blanco
DF	32	Emilio Hassan Viades		72'
DF	16	Rogelio Chávez
MF	5	Gabino Velasco
FW	29	Martín Galván
FW	19	Alejandro Vela		71'
FW	15	Nicolás Vigneri		46'
Manager:
Benjamín Galindo


TOLUCA:
GK	1	Hernán Cristante
DF	16	Sergio Amaury Ponce
DF	14	Edgar Dueñas
DF	3	Paulo Da Silva (c)
DF	6	Manuel De La Torre
MF	55	Israel López
MF	5	Martín Romagnoli
MF	75	Néstor Calderón		67'
MF	10	Zinha
FW	11	Carlos Esquivel
FW	9	Héctor Mancilla	60'	80'
Substitutes:
GK	12	César Lozano
DF	24	José Manuel Cruzalta
DF	4	Miguel Almazán
DF	29	Mario Méndez
MF	18	Carlos Adrián Morales
MF	21	Diego De La Torre		67'
FW	59	Raúl Nava		80'
Manager:
José Manuel De la Torre

Assistant referees:
Alberto Morín Méndez
Carlos Ayala Cuéllar
Fourth official:
José Alfredo Peñaloza Soto

Second leg

2008-12-14

12:00

Toluca	0 – 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

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico State

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)