1'With the stadium roaring, we're under way: the team get us going from the centre spot and are already looking to stake their claim down the right. Tactical awareness is counting for more and more.
2'The home side manage the ball straight out of the textbook, shifting the away side from side to side. It's being played with gritted teeth.
4'The team are growing into it on the ball and starting to tilt the pitch. You can feel the tension from early on.
8'The home side manage the ball with a bit of cheek, shifting the away side from side to side.
11'The defender commits a foul just as a teammate was starting to break clear.
11'🟨 Emiliano Delgado goes into the book; the next one could prove costly.
12'The the away side press bites from inside their own half; the home side start to lose their clarity.
14'The home side can't get near the ball; the away side keep it from them patiently.
15'Pass between the lines from Emiliano Delgado; there was a tiny gap and the vision was there to spot it.
16'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
19'Felipe Pratto cuts the passing lane and starves the the home side attack of oxygen.
22'Elías Bonelli goes in hard between the lines and the referee gives the foul. The margin for error is tiny.
22'🟨 Yellow card for the defender; now it's a case of playing with a calculator.
25'🎯 Rafael Brignoli runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
25'...hits it with his left foot...
25'Scuffed shot from Rafael Brignoli; not pretty, but it still caused problems. The weather is playing its part.
28'José Núñez hits it from distance and the ball goes looking for the net. The fine details told.
33'Joaquín Berriozabal plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too.
37'The away side put the game to sleep in the inside channel, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell.
38'Polaco Lujan darts in behind and Ulises Saéz plays the striker in with a superb ball.
39'Coordinated pressing: one closes down, another blocks the lane and the third wins it.
43'The away side have the ball, but the home side close the spaces as best they can. The bench are living it like a final of their own.
44'Joaquín Berriozabal jumps out to press and squeezes the pitch as if by remote control.
46'As the heart rates come down, the players head for the dressing room with their heads full of instructions.
51'Ronaldo Montenegro slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open. Tactical awareness is counting for more and more.
52'A the opponent player is down after a heavy collision; play is stopped.
53'Tempers flaring a little: a heavy foul and several players come over to argue.
54'Foul by the team to stop a counter that looked dangerous.
54'🟥 🟥 STRAIGHT RED! Elías Bonelli is sent off for a reckless challenge. His side are down to ten.
55'Effort from a teammate down the left; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
57'Yago Bandiera darts in behind and Rafael Rumi plays the striker in with a superb ball.
58'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
60'The away side manage the ball with no messing about, shifting the home side from side to side.
61'🎯 Lolo Ovejero carries the ball forward...
61'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
61'The away side end the move with an effort that demands attention.
62'Tactical foul from Rafael Brignoli; textbook stuff, although the referee is already keeping an eye on that one. Adjustments are on the way.
62'🟥 🟥 STRAIGHT RED! Rafael Brignoli is sent off for a reckless challenge. His side are down to ten.
64'The tempo rises and falls, but the tension never goes away.
66'The home side put the game to sleep in behind the centre-back, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
67'The away side win it back near the opposition box; a clear sign of the high press.
69'The ball moves safely between the the away side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third. The half-time team talk could tip the balance.
70'Emiliano Delgado fires it across goal; the ball goes out kissing the post.
71'Chino Biscardi slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open.
72'Venomous through ball from Pablo Corona; the away side were caught cold. Nothing is settled yet.
73'🎯 Hector Serpa carries the ball forward...
73'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
73'A teammate is face to face with goal and finishes quickly before the gap closes.
74'The away side make life hard for themselves with a sloppy pass down the left.
78'The away side stretch the pitch and make the home side chase shadows.
79'The away side manage the ball straight out of the textbook, shifting the home side from side to side. The dressing room will have the final say.
80'🎯 Felipe Pratto runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
80'...hits it with his left foot...
80'The effort from Felipe Pratto goes high; good intentions, the execution's up for debate. There's noise all around the ground.
86'⚡ Joaquín Berriozabal surges down the wing dangerously...
86'...Joaquín Berriozabal reaches the byline and shapes to cross...
86'...whips the cross into the box...
86'...Ulises Boem beats the defender in the air...
86'⚽ ⚽ THE PLACE ERUPTS! GOOOOAL! Ulises Boem wheels away in celebration. 1-0.
89'A teammate darts in behind and the defence is left trailing in the slipstream.
90'With no margin left at all, full-time in a heated atmosphere; the players shake hands and the coaching staff are already thinking about what's next.