Once again, the refereeing was the axis that determined a result of the semifinals of the Liga MX and now the Chivas were the affected with a po lemic penalty in favor of the Nigerian Christian Ebere of the “Celestial Machine” to end tying 2-2 in the first-leg duel at the Banorte stadium.

A result that left a bad taste in the mouth for the rojiblancos and that has the final ticket in their hand, where what showed that the six absences in his holder table, like the five selected, Raúl “Tala” Rangel, Luis Romo, Brian Rodríguez, Roberto Alvarado and Armando González, as well as the injured Daniel Aguirre, did not make a dent in his ability to play from you to you to the cementeros and get a tie with a flavor of victory, notwithstanding the penalty that shouldn't be marked.

Cruz Azul in names seemed with greater strength, especially with the new version that the technical body headed by Joel Huiqui, has applied to them, with tactical movements like the presence of Jeremy Márquez at Jorge Rodarte's site, which presented a influenza case, but which allowed the cemeteries to have greater flexibility in their training.

The reality is that Chivas was a better team, with more speed, with greater inventiveness, where Richi Ledezma, Santiago Sandoval, Diego Campi llo and Ángel Sepúlveda were the best elements of the rojiblancos and who gave endless headaches to the cemeteries.

The result allows Chivas to play with the result, since the draw without goals gives them passage to the liguilla due to the crit erio of tiebreaker, for which next Saturday's match at the Jalisco stadium will still have important implications.

Cruz Azul started the duel with a greater offensive vocation, especially with José Paradela and Agustín Palavecino, but did not take advantage of their options and instead Chivas, with Ledezma on the right side, hit a ball on the crossbar.

That opened the way to Chivas' goal in a monumental failure by Colombian goalkeeper Kevin Mier in a shot without strength by Ricardo Marín who guarded goal of the “Celeste Machine” gave confidence and spit the ball so Santiago Sandoval took the gift to put 1-0 at minute 29.

That was a blow for the celestes who seemed ready to be sacrificed, but out of nowhere, Carlos Rodríguez for the right sector took tremendous shot almost without shooting angle, with so much effect that it left goalkeeper Óscar Whalley standing and who only saw how the ball from up got into his goal in the 36th minute.

Chivas came out with everything in the second half and at minute 49 they placed again count up on the scoreboard with a shot where Mig uel Gómez sent a center from the left that Sepúlveda finished between Willer Ditta and Gonzalo Piovi to beat Mier's goal.

Six minutes later, when Cruz Azul tried to react, a play came on the line of the large area in the right sector where the Nigerian Christian Ebere disputed the ball with Diego Campillo and where it seems that the Chivas defender steps on the African, but in the review it is noted how Ebere is the one who steps on the defense in what should have been the expulsion for the Nigerian.

Chivas leaves the ticket in hand thanks to the tiebreaker criterion and leaves the ball bouncing on the Cr court uz Azul to know if they can change the story or, on the contrary, give the pass to the tapatíos to the grand final.