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Liga MX Playoffs Opener Halted by Referee Due to Homophobic Chant

On Wednesday night, Liga MX's Apertura playoffs kicked off with a six-goal thriller between Morelia and Leon at Estadio Morelos, but the game was shadowed by anti-gay chants (a scene sadly too familiar in Mexican soccer) which forced the main official to briefly suspend the game.

The match was coming to a close when Jose Alfredo Penaloza halted action for five minutes, per Liga MX's regulations, after the announcer asked fans to stop. When the first part of protocol didn't work, Penaloza stepped in and ordered the players to leave the pitch and suspended the game for a brief period.