Monterrey in control but Necaxa grab crucial away goal
Vincent Janssen scored the winner for Monterrey in its 2-1 victory over Necaxa in the first leg of the Liga MX 2019 Apertura semifinal.
2019 Schedule
All times ET
NECNEC0Agg. 1-27/126:30 PM
0MonterreyMON- MonterreyMON2FT1NECNEC
SANSAN1FTAgg. 3-61MonterreyMON- MonterreyMON5FT2SANSAN
- MonterreyMON2FT
0ALSALS 
TIJTIJ0FT4MonterreyMON- MonterreyMON6FT
0CDCCDC - MonterreyMON1FT
1VERVER 
PCHPCH2FT3MonterreyMON
UDGUDG1FT2MonterreyMON- MonterreyMON1FT
1GUADGUAD - CDCCDC1FT2MonterreyMON
QRTQRT2FT1MonterreyMON- MonterreyMON0FT
2UANLUANL 
CRACRA1FT1MonterreyMON- MonterreyMON3FT
2PUEPUE - MonterreyMON0FT2NECNEC
FCJFCJ1FT0MonterreyMON- MonterreyMON2FT
0UNAMUNAM - SANSAN2FT1MonterreyMON
- MonterreyMON2FT
0TOLTOL 
MORMOR0FT1MonterreyMON- MonterreyMON3FT
2LEOLEO - MonterreyMON2FT1UDGUDG
ASLASL1FT0MonterreyMON
AMEAME4FT2MonterreyMON
2019 Schedule
4-0-0, 1st in Mexican Copa MX
- AMEAME420/7FT
2MonterreyMON - ASLASL128/7FT0MonterreyMON
- MonterreyMON231/7FT1UDGUDG
- MonterreyMON33/8FT2LEOLEO
- MORMOR09/8FT1MonterreyMON
- MonterreyMON217/8FT0TOLTOL
- SANSAN223/8FT1MonterreyMON
- MonterreyMON229/8FT0UNAMUNAM
- FCJFCJ11/9FT0MonterreyMON
- MonterreyMON014/9FT2NECNEC
- MonterreyMON321/9FT2PUEPUE
- CRACRA125/9FT1MonterreyMON
- MonterreyMON028/9FT2UANLUANL
- QRTQRT26/10FT1MonterreyMON
- CDCCDC111/10FT2MonterreyMON
- MonterreyMON120/10FT1GUADGUAD
- UDGUDG123/10FT2MonterreyMON
- PCHPCH230/10FT3MonterreyMON
- MonterreyMON12/11FT1VERVER
- MonterreyMON65/11FT0CDCCDC
- TIJTIJ08/11FT4MonterreyMON
- MonterreyMON223/11FT0ALSALS
- MonterreyMON528/11FT2SANSAN
- SANSAN11/12FTAgg. 3-61MonterreyMON
- MonterreyMON24/12FT1NECNEC
- NECNEC07/12Agg. 1-2h:mm a z, US/Eastern0MonterreyMON
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2019-20 Copa Mex Standings
| TEAM | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monterrey | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +9 | 12 |
| Cafetaleros de Chiapas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 6 |
| U. de G. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |