Guardianes 2020 Liga MX Final

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Guardianes 2020 Liga MX Final
Event Liga MX Guardianes 2020
First leg
DateDecember 10, 2020
Venue Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
Attendance0 [note 1]
Second leg
DateDecember 13, 2020
Venue Estadio León, León
Attendance0 [note 2]

The Guardianes 2020 Liga MX Final is set to be the two-legged final that will determine the winner of the Liga MX Guardianes 2020, the 103rd edition of the Liga MX final, the top-flight football league in Mexico.

Contents

The final will be contested in two-legged home-and-away format between León and UNAM. The first leg will be hosted by UNAM at Estadio Olímpico Universitario inside Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico City on December 10, 2020, while the second leg will be hosted by León at Estadio León in León on December 13, 2020. [2]

Both finalists qualified to the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League. [3]

Background

First time both clubs meet each other in a league final. [4]

Before reaching this final, Leon appeared in three finals since being promoted to Liga MX in 2012, two in which they were victorious (Apertura 2013, Clausura 2014). [5] The club last won the league title six years earlier when they defeated Pachuca to capture the Clausura 2014 title. [6]

This was UNAM's first final since the team lost the Apertura 2015 Final. [7] The team last won the league title 9 years earlier when they defeated Morelia to capture the Clausura 2011 title. [8]

Format

The final will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. [9]

Road to the finals

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

León Round UNAM
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Liguilla OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Puebla 3–21-2 (A)2-0 (H) Quarter-finals Pachuca 1-01-0 (A)0-0 (H)
Guadalajara 2-11-1 (A)1-0 (H) Semi-finals Cruz Azul 4-4 (s)0-4 (A)4-0 (H)

Matches

First leg

UNAM 1–1 León
Report
Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
Attendance: 0 [note 3]
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico City)
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UNAM
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León
GK20 Flag of Mexico.svg Julio González
DF3 Flag of Mexico.svg Alejandro Mayorga
DF23 Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Freire
DF5 Flag of Mexico.svg Johan Vásquez
DF2 Flag of Mexico.svg Alan Mozo
MF11 Flag of Paraguay.svg Juan Iturbe Sub off.svg 53'
MF17 Flag of Mexico.svg Leonel López Sub off.svg 78'
MF8 Flag of Mexico.svg Andrés Iniestra (c)Yellow card.svg 90+4'
MF22 Flag of Mexico.svg Juan Pablo Vigón
FW32 Flag of Paraguay.svg Carlos González Sub off.svg 86'Yellow card.svg 55'
FW9 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Ignacio Dinenno
Substitutes:
GK42 Flag of Mexico.svg Alex Cruz
DF4 Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Quintana
DF16 Flag of Mexico.svg Jerónimo Rodríguez Sub on.svg 86'
DF19 Flag of Mexico.svg Jesús Rivas
MF7 Flag of the United States.svg Sebastian Saucedo
MF13 Flag of Mexico.svg Gerardo Moreno
MF14 Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Gutiérrez Sub on.svg 53'
MF200 Flag of Mexico.svg Amaury García
MF212 Flag of Mexico.svg Erik Lira Sub on.svg 78'
FW29 Flag of Mexico.svg Bryan Mendoza
Manager:
Flag of Argentina.svg Andrés Lillini
GK30 Flag of Mexico.svg Rodolfo Cota
DF6 Flag of Colombia.svg William Tesillo
DF4 Flag of Colombia.svg Andrés Mosquera
DF21 Flag of Colombia.svg Jaine Barreiro Yellow card.svg 65' Yellow-red card.svg 81'
DF5 Flag of Mexico.svg Fernando Navarro Sub off.svg 90+3'
MF8 Flag of Mexico.svg José Iván Rodríguez Sub off.svg 68'
MF18 Flag of Peru.svg Pedro Aquino
MF16 Flag of Chile.svg Jean Meneses Sub off.svg 84'
MF10 Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Montes (c)
MF13 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ángel Mena
FW12 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Joel Campbell Sub off.svg 46'
Substitutes:
GK23 Flag of Mexico.svg Alfonso Blanco
DF3 Flag of Mexico.svg Gil Burón
DF24 Flag of Mexico.svg Osvaldo Rodríguez
DF35 Flag of Mexico.svg Juan Ignacio González Sub on.svg 84'
MF28 Flag of Mexico.svg David Ramírez Sub on.svg 68'
MF32 Flag of Mexico.svg Jesse Zamudio
MF14 Flag of Mexico.svg Jesús Godínez Sub on.svg 90+3'
MF15 Flag of Mexico.svg Iván Ochoa
FW19 Flag of Uruguay.svg Nicolás Sosa
FW20 Flag of Argentina.svg Emmanuel Gigliotti Sub on.svg 46'
Manager:
Flag of Mexico.svg Ignacio Ambríz
Estadio Olimpico Universitario inside Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico City, hosted the first leg. Estadio Pumas.jpg
Estadio Olímpico Universitario inside Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico City, hosted the first leg.

Assistant referees: [10]
Christian Espinosa Zavala (Mexico City)
Enríque Isaac Bustos (Guerrero)
Fourth official: [10]
Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City)
Video assistant referee: [10]
Arturo Cruz Hurtado (Mexico City)
Assistant video assistant referee: [10]
Carlos Ayala Cuéllar (Mexico City)

Second leg

Leon will host the second leg at the Estadio León.

León v UNAM

Notes

  1. Both 1st and 2nd leg will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. [1]
  2. Both 1st and 2nd leg will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. [1]
  3. Both 1st and 2nd leg will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. [1]

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