1'With the stadium roaring, the ball is in play; the team look for that first safe pass on the edge of the box. The ball is starting to burn.
3'Diego Mascherano unleashes a left-footer; the keeper flies across and can only watch it go by. The ball is starting to burn.
6'The home side press, force the error and the pitch tilts their way.
10'Corner swung to the near post; the opponent clear it any way they can.
11'The home side prepare a training-ground routine from the corner. The small details could decide this.
12'The the away side press bites down the right; the home side start to lose their clarity.
17'Nilo Arrarte threads it through where not even air could get in; clear chance for the home side.
18'Rocco Vincenzi tries one from range, powerful, but lacking direction.
20'Jeremías Weinberg takes charge of midfield and brings a bit of order to the chaos.
23'The home side can't get near the ball; the away side keep it from them patiently. Adjustments are on the way.
25'The home side manage the ball with real authority, shifting the away side from side to side. That move gives us plenty to talk about.
26'The team find their confidence and aren't rushing so much now.
27'Darío Hoyos collects between the centre-backs after a pass that split the pitch in two.
28'Walter Mazur jumps out to press and squeezes the pitch as if by remote control. The dressing room will have the final say.
31'Cris Aguero goes in hard around the D and the referee gives the foul.
33'The home side put the game to sleep from inside their own half, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
36'Dangerous corner, plenty of shirt-pulling and the referee calls for calm.
37'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
38'The away side move it about sensibly, with Diego Mascherano as the side's compass.
41'Noé Bartoli goes in hard in the final third and the referee gives the foul. The story is only just beginning.
42'The home side manage the ball without giving it away, shifting the away side from side to side. The margin for error is tiny.
43'The away side launch a textbook counter-attack, the kind the gaffer drills all week long.
44'The home side can't get near the ball; the away side keep it from them patiently. Nothing is settled yet.
46'With plenty to put right, whistle and the break; the feeling is that the best is still to come. The second half promises a different story.
48'🎯 Javier Grabowski runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
48'...hits it with his left foot...
48'Effort from a teammate out wide; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
56'The home side were trying to thread it through, but Noé Bartoli closed the door.
57'The tempo rises and falls, but the tension never goes away. Tactical awareness is counting for more and more.
58'Possession belongs to the away side, although for now there's no real bite around the box.
61'🎯 Gael Bauer carries the ball forward...
61'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
61'Gael Bauer tries one from range, powerful, but lacking direction. The crowd get it straight away.
63'Julián Marini plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too.
64'Víctor Schwartzman cuts the passing lane and starves the the home side attack of oxygen. The weather is playing its part.
74'Walter Mazur darts in behind and Gabi Baldini plays the striker in with a superb ball.
75'⚡ Máximo Martínez plays it short to Javier Grabowski...
75'...Javier Grabowski returns it first time...
75'...Máximo Martínez completes the one-two and he's clean through...
75'...Javier Grabowski shoots...
75'⚽ ⚽ SHOUT IT OUT! GOOOOAL! Javier Grabowski pokes it into the net, under the keeper's body. 0-1.
76'Javier Grabowski accelerates through the middle and the counter starts to take shape.
78'The away side move it about sensibly, with Walter Mazur as the side's compass. Nobody wants to give anything away.
84'Máximo Martínez reads the intention and cuts out a move that could have hurt.
86'The opposing defender misjudges the bounce and leaves a highly dangerous ball alive.
88'Máximo Martínez plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too. The margin for error is tiny.
89'The away side were caught out of shape and the home side want to make them pay with interest.
90'Final whistle: the ninety-minute drama is over.
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