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Poor air quality forces Liga MX to move playoff match between America and Leon

The Liga MX first-leg playoff match between Club America and Leon has been postponed and moved due to poor air quality in Mexico City.

America and Leon were originally planned to face off at the Azteca Stadium on Wednesday night, but the city's environmental commission announced the Extraordinary Atmospheric Environmental Contingency Plan due to the low quality of the air.

The commission advised residents to avoid outdoor activities and Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said she would consider cancelling school classes if the pollution, caused in part by forest fires in surrounding areas, got any worse.