Overview
- Toluca beat Tigres on penalties 9-8 after a 2-2 aggregate, with captain Alexis Vega converting twice, including the title-clinching kick despite playing infiltrated due to injury.
- The win makes Toluca back-to-back league champions in the short-tournament era and lifts the club to 12 Liga MX titles, level with Guadalajara and trailing América’s 16.
- Coach Antonio “Turco” Mohamed called the season “glorious,” celebrated his fifth Liga MX crown and said he has a contract with Toluca through June and intends to honor it.
- Post-match footage widely shared online shows Tigres’ Juan Pablo Vigón allegedly striking Toluca’s Franco Romero during celebrations following the shootout.
- Separate videos show Mohamed confronting Televisa commentators David Faitelson and Mauricio Ymay, and local media reported a Toluca fan fell from a stadium railing with his condition not yet disclosed.