1'Opening seconds: the team keep it short, have a look and refuse to give anything away. It's being played with gritted teeth.
3'🎯 Martín Rojo runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
3'...hits it with his left foot...
3'Effort from a teammate hugging the touchline; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
6'There's a feeling that the next mistake could prove very costly.
7'The ball is doing the rounds: the away side are in no rush, letting the attack simmer slowly.
8'The the home side block sets up high; this is risky, but it's ambitious too.
9'The home side move it about sensibly, with Rubén Tosti as the side's compass.
11'Mistake in the the away side build-up; the home side win it back and have space to hurt them. Two passes, open space and a dagger to the heart.
12'Risky pass back; the keeper has a fire to put out.
15'🎯 Daniel Granado carries the ball forward...
15'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
15'Effort from a teammate down by the corner flag; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
18'Effort from a teammate down the right; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
21'Emiliano Ledesma plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too.
24'Damian Zumpano arrives late and brings down a the opponent player; foul, no real argument. This game calls for calm heads.
24'🟨 Yellow card for Damian Zumpano; the referee draws the line. Tactical awareness is counting for more and more.
26'Cacho Aranzadi wins it and releases it quickly; the away side race back to salvage what they can. The ball is starting to burn.
27'The opposing defender misjudges the bounce and leaves a highly dangerous ball alive.
28'The away side put the game to sleep on the edge of the box, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell. The league table is starting to do its sums.
29'The away side manage the ball street-football style, shifting the home side from side to side.
30'Samuel Salerno goes in hard in the final third and the referee gives the foul.
30'🟨 The referee shows a yellow and the team now have to tread carefully in that area.
31'Corner to the away side; the big men go up and the box starts to boil.
39'Yair Sampaoli threads it through where not even air could get in; clear chance for the away side.
41'The home side manage the ball straight out of the textbook, shifting the away side from side to side.
46'As the heart rates come down, whistle and the break; the feeling is that the best is still to come. The weather is playing its part.
49'Effort from a teammate in behind the centre-back; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. The result will give everyone plenty to chew on.
51'The defender reads the pass and makes a crucial interception.
54'Samuel Salerno threads it through where not even air could get in; clear chance for the home side. The ball is starting to burn.
56'The opposing defender misjudges the bounce and leaves a highly dangerous ball alive.
58'The away side can't get near the ball; the home side keep it from them patiently.
61'Possession belongs to the away side, although for now there's no real bite around the box.
62'The ball moves safely between the the away side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
63'⚡ The opposition make a mess of playing out from the back...
63'...Daniel Granado pounces on the gift...
63'...and he's one-on-one with the keeper...
63'...places it at the far post...
63'⚽ ⚽ IT'S IN! GOOOOOAL! Daniel Granado smashes it home. 0-1.
66'Emiliano Ledesma goes in hard out wide and the referee gives the foul.
66'🟨 Emiliano Ledesma went in hard and pays for it with a booking.
70'Enrique Delgado hits it from distance and the ball goes looking for the net.
71'The home side put the game to sleep on the edge of the box, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
73'The ball moves safely between the the home side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
76'The away side stretch the pitch and make the home side chase shadows.
77'Venomous through ball from Carlos Bianco; the home side were caught cold.
78'⚡ Hector Rosas picks up the ball a long way from goal...
78'...nobody closes him down...
78'...shapes to shoot...
78'...and unleashes a THUNDERBOLT...
78'⚽ ⚽ WHAT A GOAAAL! Hector Rosas smashes it home. 0-2.
80'🎯 Emiliano Ledesma carries the ball forward...
80'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
80'Emiliano Ledesma fires it across goal; the ball goes out kissing the post.
81'The away side put the game to sleep from inside their own half, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell.
82'Damian Zumpano wins it and releases it quickly; the away side race back to salvage what they can. You can feel the tension in every yard.
85'Jorge Valencia unleashes a left-footer; the keeper flies across and can only watch it go by.
87'Martín Rojo threads it through where not even air could get in; clear chance for the away side.
88'The the home side press bites in the danger zone; the away side start to lose their clarity.
90'After ninety intense minutes, the end of a story of nerves, fine details and plenty of physical football. There's still a game on here.