1'With the stadium roaring, and we're off: the team come out with intent, the opponent sit deep and organised, and the story begins to unfold.
3'Tomi Torrisi protests, but the foul was pretty clear.
3'🟨 Tomi Torrisi protests too much and picks up an avoidable yellow.
4'🎯 Lisandro Toninelli runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
4'...hits it with his left foot...
4'Scuffed shot from Lisandro Toninelli; not pretty, but it still caused problems. There's noise all around the ground.
8'A gift at the back from the home side; these are the ones you pay dearly for later. This game calls for calm heads.
11'The home side launch a textbook counter-attack, the kind the gaffer drills all week long.
12'The home side put the game to sleep out wide, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
13'The home side manage the ball without giving it away, shifting the away side from side to side.
14'The home side prepare a training-ground routine from the corner.
15'The the away side press bites out wide; the home side start to lose their clarity. Nobody wants to give anything away.
17'Possession belongs to the home side, although for now there's no real bite around the box. Nothing is settled yet.
19'The the away side block sets up high; this is risky, but it's ambitious too.
20'The away side manage the ball with all the know-how, shifting the home side from side to side.
22'A teammate harries the build-up, forces the long ball and gets everyone off their seats. The bench are living it like a final of their own.
24'The team need to settle down; they're playing more with nerves than ideas. It's being played with gritted teeth.
25'The opposing defender misjudges the bounce and leaves a highly dangerous ball alive. There's noise all around the ground.
26'The home side manage the ball with teeth gritted, shifting the away side from side to side.
28'Gerardo Hartmann takes charge of midfield and brings a bit of order to the chaos.
29'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
30'The home side press, force the error and the pitch tilts their way. There's a lot riding on this.
32'Yanis Zacarías accelerates down the right and the counter starts to take shape.
35'Tomi Cáceres collects between the centre-backs after a pass that split the pitch in two.
36'Scuffed shot from Tomi Torrisi; not pretty, but it still caused problems. Tactical awareness is counting for more and more.
37'The away side press, force the error and the pitch tilts their way.
39'Emanuel Parra takes charge of midfield and brings a bit of order to the chaos.
40'The away side were trying to thread it through, but Vito Ferreira closed the door. There's noise all around the ground.
41'Possession belongs to the home side, although for now there's no real bite around the box.
46'Half-time: the manager will need to press a few buttons to change the course of this one.
48'🎯 Román Cisneros runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
48'...hits it with his left foot...
48'Effort from a teammate in the final third; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. The small details could decide this.
49'Risky pass back; the keeper has a fire to put out.
51'Gianni Valdés takes charge of midfield and brings a bit of order to the chaos.
54'The team are growing into it on the ball and starting to tilt the pitch. The managers are already taking notes.
55'Interception by the home side down the right; good pressure and even better reading of the game. Now the ball will do the talking.
56'The home side manage the ball with a bit of cheek, shifting the away side from side to side.
57'The home side move it about sensibly, with Lisandro Toninelli as the side's compass. The ball is starting to burn.
58'The home side try to play out from the back, but the away side swarm all over them as a unit.
59'The ball moves safely between the the away side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
61'The the home side press bites between the lines; the away side start to lose their clarity.
62'The home side move it about sensibly, with Rocco Bengoetxea as the side's compass.
65'The away side make life hard for themselves with a sloppy pass right in front of the dugouts.
67'Ulises Cerda slips a delicious through ball to Gerardo Hartmann, who is perfectly set.
68'A teammate chases down the keeper, the crowd get right behind it and the home side are rushed. The weather is playing its part.
71'Pass between the lines from Loly Kozlowski; there was a tiny gap and the vision was there to spot it.
72'Effort from a teammate in behind the holding midfielder; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. The result will give everyone plenty to chew on.
75'Quick transition: Lisandro Toninelli looks up and searches for the right pass.
80'Hector Coria thinks a step ahead and finds Loly Kozlowski in the hot zone.
81'⚡ Loly Kozlowski lifts his head in midfield...
81'...plays Diogo Arana in with a sublime pass...
81'...Diogo Arana takes a touch and bears down on the keeper...
81'...drives it across the keeper...
81'⚽ ⚽ WHAT A GOAAAL! Diogo Arana pokes it into the net. 1-0.
85'The defender turns up exactly where it's burning hot and clears the danger. The half-time team talk could tip the balance.
90'There's no time for any more: it's all over and these points matter. The dressing room will have the final say.
1 - 0
Indep. Villa Riachuelo