 For its next stop at semifinals, it faced Barcelona in a curious match that faced two Mexicans with the same name, Rafael Márquez Álvarez of Barcelona and Rafael Márquez Lugo of Atlante, and two teams with the same jerseys' colors – FIFA eventually ruled out Barcelona to play with the blue-and-red stripes over Atlante, even though the tournament's seeding placed Atlante as local.Atlante began winning the match at the 4th minute; nevertheless, the final score was a 3–1 defeat.For the third place match, Atlante faced Pohang Steelers in a tough match which eventually finished in a 1–1 draw; this forced the game to be defined with a penalty shootout stage, and by missing two of their 4 shots, Atlante was 4th place at the tournament.