Cruz Azul's Argentine defender #33 Gonzalo Piovi (C) fights for the ball with Puebla's midfielder #03 Alberto Herrera (L) and Venezuelan forward #09 Luifer Hernandez during the Liga MX Apertura football match between Cruz Azul and Puebla at Banorte stadium in Mexico City on July 21, 2026. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP via Getty Images)

Cruz Azul's forward #18 Luka Romero celebrates after scoring his team's first goal during the Liga MX Apertura football match between Cruz Azul and Puebla at Banorte stadium in Mexico City on July 21, 2026. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP via Getty Images)

Cruz Azul's forward #18 Luka Romero celebrates after scoring his team's first goal during the Liga MX Apertura football match between Cruz Azul and Puebla at Banorte stadium in Mexico City on July 21, 2026. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP via Getty Images)

Cruz Azul's forward #18 Luka Romero celebrates after scoring his team's first goal during the Liga MX Apertura football match between Cruz Azul and Puebla at Banorte stadium in Mexico City on July 21, 2026. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP via Getty Images)

Lizmar Mejias (C) and Raymond Gosling (R), residents of La Guaira state who were displaced by the June 24 earthquakes and are currently staying with relatives in Valencia, Carabobo state, attend the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana knockout round play-off football match between Venezuela's Universidad Central and Brazil's Santos, at the Misael Delgado stadium in Valencia, Venezuela, on July 21, 2026. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images)

Universidad Central's defender #24 Yohan Cumana (L) and Santos' defender #26 Joao Ananias fight for the ball during the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana knockout round play-off football match between Venezuela's Universidad Central and Brazil's Santos, at the Misael Delgado stadium in Valencia, Venezuela, on July 21, 2026. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images)

Santos' midfielder #25 Gabriel Menino and Universidad Central's Colombian forward #07 Edwin Mosquera fight for the ball during the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana knockout round play-off football match between Venezuela's Universidad Central and Brazil's Santos, at the Misael Delgado stadium in Valencia, Venezuela, on July 21, 2026. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images)

Puebla's defender #07 Fernando Monarrez (R) celebrates with teammate Uruguayan forward #11 Emiliano Gomez after scoring his team's first goal during the Liga MX Apertura football match between Cruz Azul and Puebla at Banorte stadium in Mexico City on July 21, 2026. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP via Getty Images)