1'With both benches watching closely, the ball is in play; the team look for that first safe pass down the right. The weather is playing its part.
4'The home side have the ball, but the away side close the spaces as best they can. The managers are already taking notes.
5'The home side put the game to sleep in the final third, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
6'🎯 Loly Pavlovic carries the ball forward...
6'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
6'Loly Pavlovic fires it across goal; the ball goes out kissing the post. The crowd get it straight away.
7'The opponent get compact, check the clock and are happy to suffer in an organised way.
8'Ignacio Mendoza takes charge of midfield and brings a bit of order to the chaos. That move gives us plenty to talk about.
11'Dangerous corner, plenty of shirt-pulling and the referee calls for calm.
12'A teammate chases down the keeper, the crowd get right behind it and the away side are rushed.
14'It's end to end now; great for the neutral, heart-attack stuff for the managers. Time to look forward now.
17'The away side make life hard for themselves with a sloppy pass out wide.
19'Deft touch from Diogo Delgado: the defence appealed for offside, but play goes on.
20'A set piece could unlock this one: corner to the home side. Tactical awareness is counting for more and more.
21'The player goes over to the corner flag, places the ball and watches the movement in the box.
22'⚡ Antonio Guevara lifts his head in midfield...
22'...plays Gabriel Calegari in with a sublime pass...
22'...Gabriel Calegari takes a touch and bears down on the keeper...
22'...drives it across the keeper...
22'⚽ ⚽ GOAL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! GOOOAL! Up pops Gabriel Calegari to score, at the near post. 1-0.
23'Samuel Zanini darts in behind and Octavio Buffoli plays the striker in with a superb ball. Two passes, open space and a dagger to the heart.
25'Benjamín Balzaretti slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open.
28'Octavio Buffoli protests, but the foul was pretty clear.
28'🟨 Octavio Buffoli earns a booking for stopping a promising move. There's noise all around the ground.
29'Mateo Castro goes in hard down the left and the referee gives the foul.
29'🟨 Mateo Castro went in hard and pays for it with a booking. The dressing room will have the final say.
30'Eric Bauer unleashes a left-footer; the keeper flies across and can only watch it go by. You can see the work done on the training ground this week.
32'The opponent waste time, catch their breath and try to kill the momentum.
34'Octavio Buffoli takes charge of midfield and brings a bit of order to the chaos.
44'The away side carve the defence open with a surgical touch from Pichu Bianchi.
46'With the players heading for the dressing room, whistle and the break; the feeling is that the best is still to come.
47'The away side put the game to sleep on the edge of the box, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell. You can feel the tension in every yard.
48'The the home side press bites down the left; the away side start to lose their clarity.
54'Antonio Guevara arrives late and brings down a the opponent player; foul, no real argument.
54'🟨 Antonio Guevara goes into the book; the next one could prove costly. That move gives us plenty to talk about.
55'The away side manage the ball with real authority, shifting the home side from side to side. The second half promises a different story.
56'Valentín Aricò unleashes a left-footer; the keeper flies across and can only watch it go by.
59'Possession belongs to the away side, although for now there's no real bite around the box.
66'The the away side defence is split open by a poor decision.
68'The home side stretch the pitch and make the away side chase shadows.
69'It's getting scrappy in midfield, with heavy challenges and few concessions.
71'Loly Pavlovic unleashes a left-footer; the keeper flies across and can only watch it go by.
72'The away side put the game to sleep down by the corner flag, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell.
74'🎯 Octavio Buffoli runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
74'...hits it with his left foot...
74'Effort from a teammate down the right; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
75'Felipe Flores slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open. The second half promises a different story.
76'A the opponent player is down after a heavy collision; play is stopped.
78'Gabriel Calegari sets it and lets fly; there was room and no hesitation at all.
82'The home side make life hard for themselves with a sloppy pass down by the corner flag.
83'The away side manage the ball without giving it away, shifting the home side from side to side.
88'The ball moves safely between the the home side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
90'With tiredness written all over them, that's the end of the match; now it's down to the table, the dressing room and some self-reflection.