Overview
- - The Liga MX semifinal return legs, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, follow Thursday’s tense openers that ended 2-2 for Cruz Azul vs. Chivas and 1-0 to Pachuca over Pumas.
- - Chivas will host Cruz Azul at Estadio Jalisco because Estadio Akron was handed to FIFA this week for World Cup preparations, and league officials denied a short extension.
- - The Mexican federation named César Arturo Ramos to referee Chivas–Cruz Azul and Daniel Quintero Huitrón for Pumas–Pachuca, and Chivas forward Ángel Sepúlveda said he expects a clean match after a disputed penalty in the first leg.
- - Madrid regional chief Isabel Díaz Ayuso told lawmakers “Mexico did not exist until the Spanish arrived” and hinted that Aguascalientes and the Platino Awards financed her Mexico trip, drawing new scrutiny of the visit and its historical claims.
- - Two former Sinaloa officials are now in U.S. custody after surrendering, with Gerardo Mérida Sánchez crossing at Nogales before pleading not guilty and seeking to cooperate, according to Mexico’s security cabinet and court reports.