1'With both benches watching closely, opening seconds: the team keep it short, have a look and refuse to give anything away.
2'Enrique Casal accelerates out wide and the counter starts to take shape.
6'The player floats the corner beyond everyone and the defender arrives at the back post.
7'Effort from a teammate down the right; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
8'Possession belongs to the home side, although for now there's no real bite around the box.
9'The home side put the game to sleep out wide, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
10'Corner whipped to the penalty spot; the opposing defender wins it and clears long.
11'It fell perfectly for Seba Ferreyra, who hit it with heart and boot. You can see the work done on the training ground this week.
12'Sergio Visentin takes charge of midfield and brings a bit of order to the chaos.
14'The the home side block sets up high; this is risky, but it's ambitious too.
15'A the opponent player is down after a heavy collision; play is stopped.
17'The ball is doing the rounds: the home side are in no rush, letting the attack simmer slowly.
19'A teammate harries the build-up, forces the long ball and gets everyone off their seats.
20'Loly Tronci slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open.
21'The away side manage the ball with real vision, shifting the home side from side to side. You can feel the tension from early on.
22'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
25'Hugo Segre goes in hard hugging the touchline and the referee gives the foul.
26'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
35'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
39'A the opponent player is down after a heavy collision; play is stopped.
39'🟥 🟥 STRAIGHT RED! Gastón Zacchei is sent off for a reckless challenge. His side are down to ten.
40'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
41'Risky pass back; the keeper has a fire to put out.
44'Theo Boccaccio slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open.
45'The ball moves safely between the the home side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
46'End of the first half: the team and the opponent head in with plenty to fix.
47'Gianluca Vives slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open.
48'Benicio Valenzano goes in hard through the middle and the referee gives the foul. You can feel the tension in every yard.
48'🟥 🟥 STRAIGHT RED! Benicio Valenzano is sent off for a reckless challenge. His side are down to ten.
49'The the away side press bites in the final third; the home side start to lose their clarity.
50'Hugo Segre plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too. It's being played with gritted teeth.
55'Rubén Zilli strikes it first time and leaves the opponent gasping for air.
56'The home side manage the ball right on the edge, shifting the away side from side to side. The league table is starting to do its sums.
57'The ball is doing the rounds: the home side are in no rush, letting the attack simmer slowly.
60'The away side put the game to sleep on the edge of the box, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell.
61'Possession belongs to the away side, although for now there's no real bite around the box.
62'🎯 Loly Tronci carries the ball forward...
62'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
62'Scuffed shot from Loly Tronci; not pretty, but it still caused problems.
65'The home side were trying to thread it through, but Rubén Zilli closed the door. You can see the work done on the training ground this week.
69'A teammate chases down the keeper, the crowd get right behind it and the away side are rushed. There's noise all around the ground.
74'⚡ Gianluca Vives wins it in his own half and breaks at speed...
74'...the counter is lethal, Gianluca Vives runs the length of the pitch...
74'...slips in Hernán Bastianelli, who has arrived through the middle...
74'...Hernán Bastianelli finishes first time...
74'⚽ ⚽ GOOOOOAL! GOAL, GOAL, GOAL! Hernán Bastianelli pokes it into the net. 1-0.
76'⚡ Sergio Visentin lifts his head in midfield...
76'...plays Enrique Casal in with a sublime pass...
76'...Enrique Casal takes a touch and bears down on the keeper...
76'...drives it across the keeper...
76'⚽ ⚽ GOAL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! GOOOAL! Enrique Casal smashes it home, into the top corner, unstoppable for the keeper. 1-1.
78'The home side manage the ball with an extra gear, shifting the away side from side to side.
81'The opposing defender loses a ball you simply cannot lose in that area. There's still a game on here.
84'A set piece could unlock this one: corner to the home side.
85'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
87'The away side put the game to sleep in the inside channel, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell. That was one of those moments that changes the pulse of a game.
88'🎯 Enrique Casal runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
88'...hits it with his left foot...
88'Enrique Casal strikes it first time and leaves the opponent gasping for air. You can feel the tension from early on.
90'With the last ball kicked, the end of a story of nerves, fine details and plenty of physical football.
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