1'With everyone fully switched on, a lively start: the team press high and the opponent try not to give it away.
3'Inswinging corner from the home side; the keeper comes and punches, and the danger is gone.
4'🎯 Roberto Bugliani carries the ball forward...
4'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
4'Roberto Bugliani unleashes a left-footer; the keeper flies across and can only watch it go by.
6'The away side were trying to thread it through, but Kevin Torres closed the door.
8'The home side manage the ball with real authority, shifting the away side from side to side.
11'David Suárez protests, but the foul was pretty clear.
12'🎯 Quique Botti runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
12'...hits it with his left foot...
12'Quique Botti unleashes a left-footer; the keeper flies across and can only watch it go by.
13'Diego Herrera arrives late and brings down a the opponent player; foul, no real argument. That move gives us plenty to talk about.
13'🟨 Diego Herrera protests too much and picks up an avoidable yellow. The small details could decide this.
19'The defender turns up exactly where it's burning hot and clears the danger.
20'Foul by the team to stop a counter that looked dangerous. You can see the work done on the training ground this week.
20'🟨 The referee shows a yellow and the team now have to tread carefully in that area. Nothing is settled yet.
21'The home side have the ball, but the away side close the spaces as best they can.
25'The away side win it back near the opposition box; a clear sign of the high press.
26'The away side have the ball, but the home side close the spaces as best they can.
27'Pablo Dybala darts in behind and Esteban Esposito plays the striker in with a superb ball.
28'A teammate harries the build-up, forces the long ball and gets everyone off their seats.
29'Marcelo Riccardi plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too. There's noise all around the ground.
31'The defender sticks out a lifesaving leg and stops a teammate going one-on-one.
32'Risky pass back; the keeper has a fire to put out.
33'Possession belongs to the home side, although for now there's no real bite around the box.
34'Nicolás Vallejos threads it through where not even air could get in; clear chance for the home side. There'll be plenty to analyse.
35'🎯 Diego Herrera runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
35'...hits it with his left foot...
35'Diego Herrera fires it across goal; the ball goes out kissing the post. The small details could decide this.
36'The away side manage the ball without giving it away, shifting the home side from side to side.
38'Coordinated pressing: one closes down, another blocks the lane and the third wins it. That was one of those moments that changes the pulse of a game.
42'Effort from a teammate right in front of the dugouts; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
46'With plenty to put right, a tight first half; nobody gave anything away and the game is still wide open.
50'Foul by the team to stop a counter that looked dangerous.
52'Marcelo Riccardi jumps out to press and squeezes the pitch as if by remote control. The ball is starting to burn.
54'The home side stretch the pitch and make the away side chase shadows.
55'Dangerous corner, plenty of shirt-pulling and the referee calls for calm. There'll be plenty to analyse.
56'Corner swung to the near post; the opponent clear it any way they can.
62'Effort from a teammate down the right; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
64'Juan Domínguez threads it through where not even air could get in; clear chance for the home side. This one could go either way.
65'The away side win it back near the opposition box; a clear sign of the high press.
67'The home side have the ball, but the away side close the spaces as best they can.
68'Esteban Esposito went in with too much enthusiasm and gets the whistle.
69'David Suárez arrives late and brings down a the opponent player; foul, no real argument.
70'Quick transition: Tomás Núñez looks up and searches for the right pass. The dressing room will have the final say.
73'The away side have the ball, but the home side close the spaces as best they can. Two passes, open space and a dagger to the heart.
75'The tempo rises and falls, but the tension never goes away.
76'Interception by the home side through the middle; good pressure and even better reading of the game.
79'Álvaro Zielinski jumps out to press and squeezes the pitch as if by remote control. Tactical awareness is counting for more and more.
80'The team need to settle down; they're playing more with nerves than ideas. This one could go either way.
83'A the opponent player is down after a heavy collision; play is stopped.
83'🟨 Yellow card for Lisandro Núñez; the referee draws the line.
84'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
85'The ball moves safely between the the home side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
86'The defender turns up exactly where it's burning hot and clears the danger.
88'The away side manage the ball without giving it away, shifting the home side from side to side. Now the ball will do the talking.
90'With no margin left at all, there's no time for any more: it's all over and these points matter.