1'With the stadium roaring, the ball is in play; the team look for that first safe pass in behind the centre-back. Tactical awareness is counting for more and more.
3'🎯 Gerónimo Mascherano carries the ball forward...
3'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
3'A teammate is face to face with goal and finishes quickly before the gap closes. Tactical awareness is counting for more and more.
4'The away side manage the ball with teeth gritted, shifting the home side from side to side.
8'Benjamín Mascherano accelerates down the left and the counter starts to take shape. The margin for error is tiny.
10'Daniel Marín thinks a step ahead and finds Esteban Caruso in the hot zone.
11'The defender commits a foul just as a teammate was starting to break clear.
11'🟨 Gerónimo Mascherano goes into the book; the next one could prove costly.
13'The away side press, force the error and the pitch tilts their way. The margin for error is tiny.
14'The crowd drive them on and the team respond with more intensity. You can feel the tension in every yard.
15'The keeper and the opposing defender get their wires crossed; that nearly became a collector's-item blooper.
17'Lisandro Reyes threads it through where not even air could get in; clear chance for the home side. Now the ball will do the talking.
18'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
20'The away side manage the ball with a bit of cheek, shifting the home side from side to side.
24'The opposing defender hesitates, the ball runs away and a teammate smells blood. You can feel the tension in every yard.
26'Mistake in the the home side build-up; the away side win it back and have space to hurt them.
30'Benjamín Mascherano sets it and lets fly; there was room and no hesitation at all.
32'Tactical foul from Leonardo Bastianelli; textbook stuff, although the referee is already keeping an eye on that one. The crowd get it straight away.
32'🟨 Fair booking: Leonardo Bastianelli was late and left a mark.
33'Lisandro Reyes finds exactly the right channel and leaves Gerónimo Mascherano staring at goal. Tactical awareness is counting for more and more.
34'Chino Bertolini goes in hard around the D and the referee gives the foul.
34'🟨 Yellow card for Chino Bertolini; the referee draws the line. The weather is playing its part.
35'The team end the move with an effort that demands attention.
38'Iván Garnacho went in with too much enthusiasm and gets the whistle.
38'🟥 🟥 STRAIGHT RED! Iván Garnacho is sent off for a reckless challenge. His side are down to ten.
46'With plenty to put right, half-time: the manager will need to press a few buttons to change the course of this one. Time to look forward now.
47'Interception by the away side around the D; good pressure and even better reading of the game.
49'The defender uses a bit too much body and the referee isn't buying the innocent look.
49'🟨 Lisandro Reyes earns a booking for stopping a promising move.
53'Toño Padín slips a delicious through ball to Camilo Zaffari, who is perfectly set.
55'The away side can't get near the ball; the home side keep it from them patiently. The ball is starting to burn.
57'Nahue Chamorro arrives late and brings down a the opponent player; foul, no real argument.
58'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
59'Chino Bertolini plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too.
64'Gerónimo Mascherano accelerates in behind the holding midfielder and the counter starts to take shape.
65'The home side move it about sensibly, with Leonardo Iturriaga as the side's compass.
67'Effort from a teammate down by the corner flag; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. The small details could decide this.
69'The home side can't get near the ball; the away side keep it from them patiently. The margin for error is tiny.
71'The away side have the ball, but the home side close the spaces as best they can.
72'⚡ Tomás Echeverría lifts his head in midfield...
72'...plays Camilo Zaffari in with a sublime pass...
72'...Camilo Zaffari takes a touch and bears down on the keeper...
72'...drives it across the keeper...
72'⚽ ⚽ THE PLACE ERUPTS! GOOOOAL! Camilo Zaffari roars with delight, right in the top bins. 0-1.
73'The defender sticks out a lifesaving leg and stops a teammate going one-on-one.
75'Nahue Chamorro slips a delicious through ball to Tomás Echeverría, who is perfectly set.
76'The home side press high and don't give the away side room to breathe. This one could go either way.
77'The home side move it about sensibly, with Sebastián Forni as the side's compass.
84'Sebastián Forni goes in hard on the edge of the box and the referee gives the foul. Adjustments are on the way.
84'🟨 Sebastián Forni earns a booking for stopping a promising move. You can feel the tension from early on.
89'Tomás Echeverría collects between the centre-backs after a pass that split the pitch in two.
90'After ninety intense minutes, 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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