10 minutes in, disaster struck for Tijuana. Jefferson Cuero made a run down the right, and crossed the ball at a hard angle across the goal mouth. Miguel Sansores was on the other side, and hit a tight angle shot that hit off of Gibran Lajud and in to give Morelia the early lead.
In the 35th minute, Morelia’s Raul Ruidiaz was making a run into the box and tried to stop suddenly and sustained a knee injury. He walked gingerly off of the pitch and was subbed out for Rodolfo Vilchis. Ruidiaz was shown on the sideline having his knee wrapped in ice.