Draw enough to give Santos Laguna Mexican league title

Football Soccer - Mexican First Division Final Second Leg - Toluca v Santos Laguna - Nemesio Diez stadium, Toluca, Mexico May 20, 2018. Players of Santos Laguna celebrate after winning the Mexican First Division Final. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Santos Laguna took their sixth Mexican league title on Sunday when a 1-1 draw at Toluca was enough to give them a 3-2 aggregate win after a tense two-legged Clausura final.

Argentine Julio Cesar Furch put Santos ahead after nine minutes but his countryman Gabriel Hauche brought things level for the home side in the 82nd minute.

Toluca laid siege on the Santos goal, even after Oscar Velazquez was sent off with seven minutes remaining, but they could not get the goal that would have forced the match into extra-time.

Football Soccer - Mexican First Division Final Second Leg - Toluca v Santos Laguna - Nemesio Diez stadium, Toluca, Mexico May 20, 2018. Julio Cesar Furch of Santos Laguna celebrates his goal. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

The title is one of two issued each year in Mexico, where the season is split in half - the Apertura and Clausura. It followed similar titles for the club from Torreon in 1996, 2001, 2008, 2012 and 2015.

(Reporting by Carlos Pacheco. Writing by Andrew Downie, editing by Nick Mulvenney)

Football Soccer - Mexican First Division Final Second Leg - Toluca v Santos Laguna - Nemesio Diez stadium, Toluca, Mexico May 20, 2018. Players of Santos Laguna celebrate after winning the Mexican First Division Final. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Football Soccer - Mexican First Division Final Second Leg - Toluca v Santos Laguna - Nemesio Diez stadium, Toluca, Mexico May 20, 2018. Carlos Izquierdoz of Santos Laguna holds up the trophy after winning the Mexican First Division Final. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido