1'With the stadium roaring, the ball is in play; the team look for that first safe pass in behind the centre-back. The ball is starting to burn.
2'The opponent waste time, catch their breath and try to kill the momentum.
4'🎯 Francisco Salcedo carries the ball forward...
4'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
4'Francisco Salcedo unleashes a left-footer; the keeper flies across and can only watch it go by.
5'The away side can't get near the ball; the home side keep it from them patiently. The fine details told.
7'Cris Valdez accelerates from inside their own half and the counter starts to take shape.
10'Quick transition: Omar Vivaldi looks up and searches for the right pass.
14'The home side have the ball, but the away side close the spaces as best they can. You can feel the tension from early on.
15'⚡ Mirko Porras plays it short to Pipa Galindo...
15'...Pipa Galindo returns it first time...
15'...Mirko Porras completes the one-two and he's clean through...
15'...Pipa Galindo shoots...
15'⚽ ⚽ GOAL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! GOOOAL! Pipa Galindo roars with delight. 1-0.
17'The away side manage the ball with real authority, shifting the home side from side to side.
18'Coordinated pressing: one closes down, another blocks the lane and the third wins it.
21'⚡ Dangerous free kick, Pipa Galindo stands over the ball...
21'...the wall lines up, Pipa Galindo eyes up the goal...
21'...he floats it into the box, everyone goes up...
21'...Lisandro Riva appears between the centre-backs...
21'⚽ ⚽ THE PLACE ERUPTS! GOOOOAL! Lisandro Riva puts it away. 2-0.
23'Effort from a teammate in the inside channel; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
27'⚡ Pipa Galindo picks up the ball a long way from goal...
27'...nobody closes him down...
27'...shapes to shoot...
27'...and unleashes a THUNDERBOLT...
27'⚽ ⚽ GOAL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! GOOOAL! Pipa Galindo smashes it home. 3-0.
32'Possession belongs to the home side, although for now there's no real bite around the box.
33'🎯 Esteban Bianchi carries the ball forward...
33'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
33'Effort from a teammate in behind the centre-back; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. The bench are living it like a final of their own.
36'The away side move it about sensibly, with Cris Valdez as the side's compass.
37'🎯 Federico Cabrera carries the ball forward...
37'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
37'Effort from a teammate in the inside channel; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. The away side are in a much better position after that.
39'The team find their confidence and aren't rushing so much now.
40'The home side put the game to sleep down the right, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
42'Cris Valdez went in with too much enthusiasm and gets the whistle.
43'The tempo rises and falls, but the tension never goes away. That move gives us plenty to talk about.
44'The ball moves safely between the the home side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
46'With plenty to put right, a tight first half; nobody gave anything away and the game is still wide open.
53'Esteban Bianchi reads the intention and cuts out a move that could have hurt.
56'⚡ Lisandro Riva picks up the ball a long way from goal...
56'...nobody closes him down...
56'...shapes to shoot...
56'...and unleashes a THUNDERBOLT...
56'⚽ ⚽ IT'S IN! GOOOOOAL! Lisandro Riva smashes it home. 4-0.
57'Pass between the lines from Esteban Otamendi; there was a tiny gap and the vision was there to spot it.
58'...hits it with his left foot...
58'🎯 Cris Valdez runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
58'Effort from a teammate down the left; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. The next one could be decisive.
61'The away side have the ball, but the home side close the spaces as best they can.
64'The the home side press bites hugging the touchline; the away side start to lose their clarity.
65'The home side move it about sensibly, with Tato González as the side's compass.
68'A teammate is face to face with goal and finishes quickly before the gap closes. There'll be plenty to analyse.
69'The opposing defender loses a ball you simply cannot lose in that area. The bench are living it like a final of their own.
70'The keeper and the opposing defender get their wires crossed; that nearly became a collector's-item blooper.
76'It's end to end now; great for the neutral, heart-attack stuff for the managers.
77'Tato Ruiz slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open. You can feel the tension in every yard.
81'Santiago Barrera cuts the passing lane and starves the the away side attack of oxygen.
85'Francisco Salcedo arrives late and brings down a the opponent player; foul, no real argument.
86'The the away side press bites out wide; the home side start to lose their clarity.
90'With tiredness written all over them, full-time: the team and the opponent pull down the shutters after an intense afternoon.
4 - 0
Villa Alba club