1'Opening seconds: the team keep it short, have a look and refuse to give anything away.
4'Hector Tassi strikes it first time and leaves the opponent gasping for air.
6'Ciro Velasco slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open.
7'🎯 Salvador Méndez carries the ball forward...
7'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
7'Effort from a teammate from inside their own half; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. There's a lot riding on this.
10'Tactical foul from Tobías Aresti; textbook stuff, although the referee is already keeping an eye on that one.
10'🟨 Tobías Aresti earns a booking for stopping a promising move. Now the ball will do the talking.
11'⚡ Valentín Katz picks up the ball a long way from goal...
11'...nobody closes him down...
11'...shapes to shoot...
11'...and unleashes a THUNDERBOLT...
11'⚽ ⚽ THE PLACE ERUPTS! GOOOOAL! Valentín Katz roars with delight, right in the top bins. 1-0.
13'Yanis Zacarías plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too. The ball is starting to burn.
14'A teammate is face to face with goal and finishes quickly before the gap closes.
15'The home side make life hard for themselves with a sloppy pass around the D.
17'A gift at the back from the away side; these are the ones you pay dearly for later. The half-time team talk could tip the balance.
19'The ball moves safely between the the home side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
20'The team end the move with an effort that demands attention. The fans have already drawn their conclusions.
21'The keeper and the opposing defender get their wires crossed; that nearly became a collector's-item blooper. This game calls for calm heads.
27'The ball moves safely between the the away side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
30'Adrián Azpiroz threads it through where not even air could get in; clear chance for the away side.
35'⚡ Ronaldo Pirelli lifts his head in midfield...
35'...plays Tadeo Bernardini in with a sublime pass...
35'...Tadeo Bernardini takes a touch and bears down on the keeper...
35'...drives it across the keeper...
35'⚽ ⚽ SHOUT IT OUT! GOOOOAL! Up pops Tadeo Bernardini to score, low, along the ground. 2-0.
37'🎯 Ciro Velasco runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
37'...hits it with his left foot...
37'Scuffed shot from Ciro Velasco; not pretty, but it still caused problems.
39'The away side can't get near the ball; the home side keep it from them patiently. The home side are in a much better position after that.
43'Edu Yáñez accelerates down by the corner flag and the counter starts to take shape.
46'Half-time: the manager will need to press a few buttons to change the course of this one.
47'Tadeo Bernardini reads the intention and cuts out a move that could have hurt.
48'Tano Weber slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open.
49'Tadeo Bernardini darts in behind and Edu Yáñez plays the striker in with a superb ball. The league table is starting to do its sums.
50'Valentín Katz fires it across goal; the ball goes out kissing the post.
51'Possession belongs to the away side, although for now there's no real bite around the box.
53'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
54'The home side move it about sensibly, with Máximo Calabretta as the side's compass.
58'The away side manage the ball without giving it away, shifting the home side from side to side.
60'Deft touch from Tomi Cáceres: the defence appealed for offside, but play goes on.
61'The home side win it back near the opposition box; a clear sign of the high press. The fine details told.
62'The ball is doing the rounds: the home side are in no rush, letting the attack simmer slowly. The fine details told.
63'The home side put the game to sleep in the inside channel, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
64'Tomi Cáceres goes in hard down the right and the referee gives the foul. That was one of those moments that changes the pulse of a game.
65'The effort from Toño Calegari goes high; good intentions, the execution's up for debate. You can feel the tension from early on.
67'A the opponent player is down after a heavy collision; play is stopped.
67'🟨 Tano Weber earns a booking for stopping a promising move.
69'Deadly counter from the home side: few touches, lots of space and a whiff of danger.
70'Tempers flaring a little: a heavy foul and several players come over to argue.
70'🟨 Yellow card for Gianni Valdés; the referee draws the line.
73'The player goes over to the corner flag, places the ball and watches the movement in the box.
74'⚡ Toño Calegari plays it short to Ronaldo Pirelli...
74'...Ronaldo Pirelli returns it first time...
74'...Toño Calegari completes the one-two and he's clean through...
74'...Ronaldo Pirelli shoots...
74'⚽ ⚽ THE PLACE ERUPTS! GOOOOAL! Up pops Ronaldo Pirelli to score, at the near post. 3-0.
76'🎯 Tomi Torrisi runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
76'...hits it with his left foot...
76'A teammate is face to face with goal and finishes quickly before the gap closes.
79'Ciro Velasco jumps out to press and squeezes the pitch as if by remote control.
82'The opposing defender loses a ball you simply cannot lose in that area. Tactical awareness is counting for more and more.
83'The opposing defender misjudges the bounce and leaves a highly dangerous ball alive.
84'The home side press, force the error and the pitch tilts their way.
89'The home side put the game to sleep in the danger zone, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell. The weather is playing its part.
90'With the last ball kicked, full-time: the team and the opponent pull down the shutters after an intense afternoon.
3 - 0
Indep. Villa Riachuelo