1'After the final team talk, a lively start: the team press high and the opponent try not to give it away.
2'The home side manage the ball with a bit of cheek, shifting the away side from side to side. Two passes, open space and a dagger to the heart.
3'🎯 Seba Paz carries the ball forward...
3'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
3'Seba Paz strikes it first time and leaves the opponent gasping for air.
7'The away side have the ball, but the home side close the spaces as best they can.
10'A gift at the back from the home side; these are the ones you pay dearly for later.
11'The ball moves safely between the the away side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third. The result will give everyone plenty to chew on.
12'The home side launch a textbook counter-attack, the kind the gaffer drills all week long. The fine details told.
14'The away side break at full speed; the home side were left wide open like a barn door.
15'The away side move it about sensibly, with Cacho Espinosa as the side's compass.
16'The ball moves safely between the the away side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
17'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
26'Interception by the away side down by the corner flag; good pressure and even better reading of the game. Time to look forward now.
27'The away side manage the ball straight out of the textbook, shifting the home side from side to side.
29'The the home side block sets up high; this is risky, but it's ambitious too.
31'The home side put the game to sleep down by the corner flag, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
34'The keeper and the opposing defender get their wires crossed; that nearly became a collector's-item blooper.
36'The home side put the game to sleep between the lines, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell. The next one could be decisive.
37'The defender turns up exactly where it's burning hot and clears the danger.
38'Possession belongs to the away side, although for now there's no real bite around the box.
39'Pass between the lines from Lauti Rosa; there was a tiny gap and the vision was there to spot it.
40'Dangerous corner, plenty of shirt-pulling and the referee calls for calm. There's a lot riding on this.
41'🎯 Yanis Mercado runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
41'...hits it with his left foot...
41'It fell perfectly for Yanis Mercado, who hit it with heart and boot.
42'The home side manage the ball with neat short passing, shifting the away side from side to side.
43'Interception by the away side down the right; good pressure and even better reading of the game.
45'Esteban Borgia accelerates between the lines and the counter starts to take shape. Now the ball will do the talking.
46'With plenty to put right, a tight first half; nobody gave anything away and the game is still wide open. The next one could be decisive.
47'Interception by the away side around the D; good pressure and even better reading of the game.
48'The team find their confidence and aren't rushing so much now. Now the ball will do the talking.
56'The team are growing into it on the ball and starting to tilt the pitch.
58'Possession belongs to the away side, although for now there's no real bite around the box.
66'Coordinated pressing: one closes down, another blocks the lane and the third wins it.
67'The away side can't get near the ball; the home side keep it from them patiently.
69'Yanis Mercado accelerates down the right and the counter starts to take shape. You can feel the tension in every yard.
70'The keeper and the opposing defender get their wires crossed; that nearly became a collector's-item blooper.
72'Yanis Mercado accelerates down the left and the counter starts to take shape. Time to look forward now.
74'Eduardo Triboldi plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too.
80'Sergio Bernasconi unleashes a left-footer; the keeper flies across and can only watch it go by. The half-time team talk could tip the balance.
83'The ball is doing the rounds: the home side are in no rush, letting the attack simmer slowly. Time to look forward now.
84'Cacho Espinosa wins it and releases it quickly; the home side race back to salvage what they can.
88'Walter Volpi plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too.
90'With tiredness written all over them, there's no time for any more: it's all over and these points matter.
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