1'With everyone fully switched on, the ball is in play; the team look for that first safe pass on the edge of the box.
3'🎯 Simón Arestizabal runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
3'...hits it with his left foot...
3'Simón Arestizabal sets it and lets fly; there was room and no hesitation at all.
5'The away side put the game to sleep out wide, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell.
7'🎯 Sebastián Bizcarra carries the ball forward...
7'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
7'Effort from a teammate through the middle; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. Time to look forward now.
12'The away side put the game to sleep right in front of the dugouts, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell.
17'The home side put the game to sleep down the right, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell. The home side are in a much better position after that.
22'The away side manage the ball street-football style, shifting the home side from side to side.
27'Dangerous corner, plenty of shirt-pulling and the referee calls for calm.
28'Pichi Brancato fires it across goal; the ball goes out kissing the post. You can see the work done on the training ground this week.
29'The opposing defender loses a ball you simply cannot lose in that area.
31'The away side put the game to sleep around the D, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell. The crowd get it straight away.
32'The away side put the game to sleep out wide, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell.
33'Effort from a teammate around the D; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. There's a lot riding on this.
34'Possession belongs to the home side, although for now there's no real bite around the box. The fine details told.
40'The home side put the game to sleep in behind the holding midfielder, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
46'After a hard-working first half, whistle and the break; the feeling is that the best is still to come. Nothing is settled yet.
48'Joaco Bisi plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too.
50'⚡ Aaron Colombo picks up the ball a long way from goal...
50'...nobody closes him down...
50'...shapes to shoot...
50'...and unleashes a THUNDERBOLT...
50'⚽ ⚽ THE PLACE ERUPTS! GOOOOAL! Aaron Colombo makes no mistake, dinking it over the keeper. 1-0.
51'The home side break at full speed; the away side were left wide open like a barn door. The second half promises a different story.
55'Carlos Neumann sets it and lets fly; there was room and no hesitation at all.
57'Eric Aretini thinks a step ahead and finds Toño Koch in the hot zone.
58'Inswinging corner from the away side; the keeper comes and punches, and the danger is gone.
59'⚡ Sebastián Bizcarra lifts his head in midfield...
59'...plays Pichi Brancato in with a sublime pass...
59'...Pichi Brancato takes a touch and bears down on the keeper...
59'...drives it across the keeper...
59'⚽ ⚽ GOOOOOOOAL! Pichi Brancato makes no mistake, low, along the ground. 1-1.
61'Pass between the lines from Joaco Bisi; there was a tiny gap and the vision was there to spot it.
62'Inswinging corner from the home side; the keeper comes and punches, and the danger is gone.
63'🎯 Iñaki Liendo runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
63'...hits it with his left foot...
63'Effort from a teammate down by the corner flag; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
65'Pichi Brancato thinks a step ahead and finds Rafael De Angelis in the hot zone. The dressing room will have the final say.
66'⚡ Sebastián Bizcarra lifts his head in midfield...
66'...plays Eric Aretini in with a sublime pass...
66'...Eric Aretini takes a touch and bears down on the keeper...
66'...drives it across the keeper...
66'⚽ ⚽ GOOOOOAL! GOAL, GOAL, GOAL! Eric Aretini smashes it home, low, along the ground. 1-2.
68'The away side make life hard for themselves with a sloppy pass in the inside channel.
70'Mistake in the the home side build-up; the away side win it back and have space to hurt them.
73'The away side put the game to sleep in the danger zone, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell.
74'Eric Aretini slips a delicious through ball to Tato Castellanos, who is perfectly set.
75'Iñaki Liendo jumps out to press and squeezes the pitch as if by remote control.
76'The opposing defender loses a ball you simply cannot lose in that area.
78'Deft touch from Damian Valenzuela: the defence appealed for offside, but play goes on. The weather is playing its part.
79'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
80'Simón Arestizabal slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open.
82'⚡ Simón Arestizabal surges down the wing dangerously...
82'...Simón Arestizabal reaches the byline and shapes to cross...
82'...whips the cross into the box...
82'...Axel Berriozabal beats the defender in the air...
82'⚽ ⚽ WHAT A GOAAAL! Axel Berriozabal pokes it into the net. 2-2.
89'⚡ Carlos Neumann lifts his head in midfield...
89'...plays Simón Arestizabal in with a sublime pass...
89'...Simón Arestizabal takes a touch and bears down on the keeper...
89'...drives it across the keeper...
89'⚽ ⚽ SHOUT IT OUT! GOOOOAL! Simón Arestizabal makes no mistake. 3-2.
90'With no margin left at all, it's over: the result is written, but the analysis is only just beginning. The weather is playing its part.
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