1'With the stadium roaring, a lively start: the team press high and the opponent try not to give it away.
4'⚡ Quique Pereyra lifts his head in midfield...
4'...plays José Santi in with a sublime pass...
4'...José Santi takes a touch and bears down on the keeper...
4'...drives it across the keeper...
4'⚽ ⚽ THE PLACE ERUPTS! GOOOOAL! José Santi roars with delight. 1-0.
5'Pass between the lines from Chino Villa; there was a tiny gap and the vision was there to spot it.
7'Osvaldo Zambrano plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too.
8'David Baragiola nips in just before the ball reaches a teammate. It's being played with gritted teeth.
9'Nahuel Pawlak slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open.
11'A the opponent player is down after a heavy collision; play is stopped.
11'🟨 Yellow card for the defender; now it's a case of playing with a calculator.
12'The home side win it back near the opposition box; a clear sign of the high press. The away side have to respond now.
13'The away side can't get near the ball; the home side keep it from them patiently.
15'It fell perfectly for Matías Quiroga, who hit it with heart and boot.
19'The the home side press bites in the inside channel; the away side start to lose their clarity. The crowd get it straight away.
24'Tempers flaring a little: a heavy foul and several players come over to argue.
25'Vito Visini goes in hard down by the corner flag and the referee gives the foul.
26'Inswinging corner from the home side; the keeper comes and punches, and the danger is gone.
27'It fell perfectly for Quique Pereyra, who hit it with heart and boot. Nothing is settled yet.
28'The away side move it about sensibly, with Nahuel Pawlak as the side's compass.
29'The team are growing into it on the ball and starting to tilt the pitch.
30'Francisco Juárez slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open.
31'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
33'The away side can't get near the ball; the home side keep it from them patiently.
34'🎯 Yago Goldstein runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
34'...hits it with his left foot...
34'Yago Goldstein fires it across goal; the ball goes out kissing the post.
35'The away side manage the ball without giving it away, shifting the home side from side to side.
36'Interception by the home side down the left; good pressure and even better reading of the game. There'll be plenty to analyse.
37'The home side put the game to sleep down the right, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
38'The tempo rises and falls, but the tension never goes away.
43'The away side manage the ball straight out of the textbook, shifting the home side from side to side.
45'⚡ Walter Bernardini picks up the ball a long way from goal...
45'...nobody closes him down...
45'...shapes to shoot...
45'...and unleashes a THUNDERBOLT...
45'⚽ ⚽ GOOOOOAL! GOAL, GOAL, GOAL! Walter Bernardini makes no mistake. 1-1.
46'Half-time here; the scoreline doesn't tell the whole story. The weather is playing its part.
48'Misael Anzorena jumps out to press and squeezes the pitch as if by remote control.
49'It's getting scrappy in midfield, with heavy challenges and few concessions.
50'The away side press, force the error and the pitch tilts their way.
51'The away side make life hard for themselves with a sloppy pass on the edge of the box. The story is only just beginning.
52'The home side move it about sensibly, with Matías Quiroga as the side's compass.
53'The home side were trying to thread it through, but Nahuel Pawlak closed the door.
56'David Baragiola thinks a step ahead and finds Francisco Juárez in the hot zone.
59'The defender reads the pass and makes a crucial interception.
61'The away side stretch the pitch and make the home side chase shadows.
62'It's getting scrappy in midfield, with heavy challenges and few concessions.
69'The home side put the game to sleep down the left, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell. Time to look forward now.
70'The home side manage the ball with a bit of cheek, shifting the away side from side to side.
71'The defender commits a foul just as a teammate was starting to break clear. The bench are living it like a final of their own.
71'🟨 Gael Sotelo protests too much and picks up an avoidable yellow.
72'A teammate chases down the keeper, the crowd get right behind it and the home side are rushed.
74'Chino Villa slips a delicious through ball to Francisco Juárez, who is perfectly set.
75'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
76'The away side press, force the error and the pitch tilts their way.
77'The ball moves safely between the the away side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
78'Joaco Peralta threads it through where not even air could get in; clear chance for the away side. The half-time team talk could tip the balance.
80'The away side can't get near the ball; the home side keep it from them patiently.
81'Yago Goldstein finds exactly the right channel and leaves Matías Quiroga staring at goal.
84'Pass between the lines from David Baragiola; there was a tiny gap and the vision was there to spot it.
87'The home side stretch the pitch and make the away side chase shadows.
88'Effort from a teammate between the lines; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. The ball is starting to burn.
89'The ball is doing the rounds: the away side are in no rush, letting the attack simmer slowly.
90'That's the end of the match; now it's down to the table, the dressing room and some self-reflection.
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