Fernando Quirarte extended the club's winless run to four in Mexico's Apertura championship. Fernando Quirarte Fernando Quirarte Gutiérrez (born May 17, 1956 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican former football player and manager. He played as a central defender for the club Chivas from 1973 to 1987 and the Mexico national football team, earning 45 caps and scoring 5 goals, including two in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Later he was the coach of Santos Laguna, Atlas, and Jaguares. On October 4, 2011, Mexican club Chivas of Guadalajara had demoted coach Jose Luis Real and replaced him with Fernando Quirarte. The change
Tigres UANL Tigres won their second consecutive Interliga and became the first Mexican team to qualify to two consecutive Copa Libertadores de América. In this edition, Tigres faced the Universidad Católica from Chile, the Corinthians, from Brazil, and Deportivo Cali, of Colombia. This was a tougher group stage than they had had the previous year, and was one of the toughest in the tournament. However, Tigres qualified for the next round, but only by goal-difference advantage, and after a last minute goal by Carlos Ramírez. Because of its intensity, this group staged produced a lot of memorable games, particularly against Universidad Católica