1'After the final team talk, we're under way: the team get us going from the centre spot and are already looking to stake their claim in the inside channel. The managers are already taking notes.
3'Hernán Braun jumps out to press and squeezes the pitch as if by remote control.
5'Ariel Tagliafico finds exactly the right channel and leaves Leonardo Álvarez staring at goal.
7'The home side make life hard for themselves with a sloppy pass right in front of the dugouts.
11'The home side press high and don't give the away side room to breathe.
13'Emanuel Toledo thinks a step ahead and finds Juan Rodrigo in the hot zone.
15'The home side can't get near the ball; the away side keep it from them patiently.
17'Foul by the team to stop a counter that looked dangerous. That move gives us plenty to talk about.
18'🎯 Samuel Vitale runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
18'...hits it with his left foot...
18'Samuel Vitale sets it and lets fly; there was room and no hesitation at all.
24'The away side manage the ball with good sense, shifting the home side from side to side.
25'The defender reads the pass and makes a crucial interception.
27'The opposing defender loses a ball you simply cannot lose in that area. Time to look forward now.
31'Negro Bergman plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too.
32'Inswinging corner from the home side; the keeper comes and punches, and the danger is gone.
34'Tactical foul from Damián Anasagasti; textbook stuff, although the referee is already keeping an eye on that one.
34'🟨 Damián Anasagasti protests too much and picks up an avoidable yellow.
36'Possession belongs to the away side, although for now there's no real bite around the box.
38'Mistake in the the home side build-up; the away side win it back and have space to hurt them.
44'Lauti Barrientos threads it through where not even air could get in; clear chance for the home side. You can feel the tension from early on.
46'As the heart rates come down, half-time: the manager will need to press a few buttons to change the course of this one. That move gives us plenty to talk about.
49'Chino Santoro slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open.
50'The away side launch a textbook counter-attack, the kind the gaffer drills all week long. This game calls for calm heads.
52'The opponent get compact, check the clock and are happy to suffer in an organised way.
54'The ball moves safely between the the away side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
55'Levi Pinto accelerates in the inside channel and the counter starts to take shape.
59'Negro Bergman arrives late and brings down a the opponent player; foul, no real argument. There'll be plenty to analyse.
59'🟨 Negro Bergman protests too much and picks up an avoidable yellow.
63'Juan Rodrigo cuts the passing lane and starves the the away side attack of oxygen.
64'The opposing defender misjudges the bounce and leaves a highly dangerous ball alive.
67'The home side put the game to sleep down the left, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
68'Jorge Jiménez arrives late and brings down a the opponent player; foul, no real argument.
70'Damián Anasagasti goes in hard in behind the centre-back and the referee gives the foul. This one could go either way.
72'The away side put the game to sleep down by the corner flag, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell. There's still a game on here.
73'Interception by the home side in the danger zone; good pressure and even better reading of the game.
77'Scuffed shot from Negro Bergman; not pretty, but it still caused problems.
87'It's getting scrappy in midfield, with heavy challenges and few concessions. The small details could decide this.
89'The the home side press bites right in front of the dugouts; the away side start to lose their clarity.
90'With no margin left at all, it's over: the result is written, but the analysis is only just beginning.
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