Overview
- Irapuato advanced to the Liga de Expansión MX final after a 1-1 semifinal tie, moving on due to superior regular-season position over Atlético Morelia.
- The club has now been knocked out in back-to-back semifinals without losing the series, which Higuera cites as proof that performance must be sustained from preseason through liguilla.
- Higuera publicly thanked players, fans and staff, saying the team has regained prominence with its supporters despite falling short of the final.
- The president said the organization is removing “dead weight,” cleaning out bad practices and enforcing zero tolerance for actions that harm the sport on or off the field.
- Morelia finished the tie with injuries to Alonso Flores and Tony Figueroa and after the definitive separations of Walter Ortega, Damián Torres and Santiago Ramírez, with reasons not officially disclosed, as Higuera prepares a strong working group for the next campaign.