1'With everyone fully switched on, opening seconds: the team keep it short, have a look and refuse to give anything away.
2'The away side launch a textbook counter-attack, the kind the gaffer drills all week long.
7'Deft touch from Ethan Varese: the defence appealed for offside, but play goes on.
8'🎯 Gianni Pizzi runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
8'...hits it with his left foot...
8'Gianni Pizzi tries one from range, powerful, but lacking direction.
9'Ian Brignoli slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open. You can feel the tension from early on.
11'⚡ Ian Liendo plays it short to Genaro Klein...
11'...Genaro Klein returns it first time...
11'...Ian Liendo completes the one-two and he's clean through...
11'...Genaro Klein shoots...
11'⚽ ⚽ GOOOOOOOAL! Genaro Klein makes no mistake. 0-1.
12'Mirko Bolzoni accelerates in the inside channel and the counter starts to take shape.
14'The away side put the game to sleep down the right, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell.
15'Bauti Arestizabal plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too.
17'Damian Nowicki goes in hard around the D and the referee gives the foul.
18'The home side put the game to sleep down the right, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell. The ball is starting to burn.
20'The ball is doing the rounds: the home side are in no rush, letting the attack simmer slowly.
21'The team end the move with an effort that demands attention.
26'The away side stretch the pitch and make the home side chase shadows.
27'Deft touch from Yago Gaitán: the defence appealed for offside, but play goes on.
28'⚡ The opposition make a mess of playing out from the back...
28'...Yago Gaitán pounces on the gift...
28'...and he's one-on-one with the keeper...
28'...places it at the far post...
28'⚽ ⚽ GOAL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! GOOOAL! Yago Gaitán makes no mistake. 0-2.
29'Venomous through ball from Gianni Pizzi; the away side were caught cold.
30'Tempers flaring a little: a heavy foul and several players come over to argue.
30'🟨 Ian Liendo earns a booking for stopping a promising move. The ball is starting to burn.
31'Gianni Pizzi fires it across goal; the ball goes out kissing the post.
32'The ball moves safely between the the away side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
33'The defender reads the pass and makes a crucial interception.
36'The team need to settle down; they're playing more with nerves than ideas.
40'Joaquín Marino threads it through where not even air could get in; clear chance for the away side.
41'Corner swung to the near post; the opponent clear it any way they can.
42'🎯 Kevin Arechavaleta runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
42'...hits it with his left foot...
42'Kevin Arechavaleta tries one from range, powerful, but lacking direction.
43'The away side press, force the error and the pitch tilts their way.
45'The away side manage the ball with no messing about, shifting the home side from side to side.
46'With the players heading for the dressing room, a heated half-time: there was intensity, but a lack of precision in the final third.
47'The home side have the ball, but the away side close the spaces as best they can. The margin for error is tiny.
50'The opponent hang on as best they can; every clearance is cheered like half a goal.
54'Mauricio Miguens arrives late and brings down a the opponent player; foul, no real argument.
62'The away side stretch the pitch and make the home side chase shadows.
63'The team are growing into it on the ball and starting to tilt the pitch.
67'The keeper and the opposing defender get their wires crossed; that nearly became a collector's-item blooper.
71'Fernando Cazón slips a delicious through ball to Toto Villa, who is perfectly set. Time to look forward now.
75'Foul by the team to stop a counter that looked dangerous.
76'The ball moves safely between the the away side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
79'The home side move it about sensibly, with Mauricio Miguens as the side's compass.
81'The away side put the game to sleep down the right, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell.
82'Ian Brignoli slips a delicious through ball to Genaro Klein, who is perfectly set.
83'🎯 Mirko Bolzoni runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
83'...hits it with his left foot...
83'Effort from a teammate through the middle; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. That move gives us plenty to talk about.
88'Gianni Pizzi unleashes a left-footer; the keeper flies across and can only watch it go by.
89'The ball is doing the rounds: the away side are in no rush, letting the attack simmer slowly.
90'Full-time: the team and the opponent pull down the shutters after an intense afternoon.
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