1'With the stadium roaring, we're under way: the team get us going from the centre spot and are already looking to stake their claim through the middle.
2'The defender sticks out a lifesaving leg and stops a teammate going one-on-one.
5'🎯 Nicolás Pérez carries the ball forward...
5'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
5'Effort from a teammate in the danger zone; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
7'The ball is doing the rounds: the home side are in no rush, letting the attack simmer slowly.
8'The player floats the corner beyond everyone and the defender arrives at the back post.
17'🎯 Claudio Lagos runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
17'...hits it with his left foot...
17'Claudio Lagos unleashes a left-footer; the keeper flies across and can only watch it go by.
18'The home side manage the ball with no messing about, shifting the away side from side to side. The weather is playing its part.
20'🎯 Pipa Silva runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
20'...hits it with his left foot...
20'Pipa Silva tries one from range, powerful, but lacking direction.
22'The home side stretch the pitch and make the away side chase shadows.
24'The ball is doing the rounds: the home side are in no rush, letting the attack simmer slowly.
28'Corner whipped to the penalty spot; the opposing defender wins it and clears long. The half-time team talk could tip the balance.
29'The the home side press bites in the danger zone; the away side start to lose their clarity.
30'The keeper and the opposing defender get their wires crossed; that nearly became a collector's-item blooper.
33'The away side have the ball, but the home side close the spaces as best they can. There's noise all around the ground.
34'A the opponent player is down after a heavy collision; play is stopped.
35'The the home side press bites down the right; the away side start to lose their clarity. You can feel the tension in every yard.
38'The the away side block sets up high; this is risky, but it's ambitious too.
39'The opponent waste time, catch their breath and try to kill the momentum.
40'The home side press, force the error and the pitch tilts their way.
41'The home side stretch the pitch and make the away side chase shadows.
44'Tactical foul from Emiliano Sosa; textbook stuff, although the referee is already keeping an eye on that one.
44'🟨 Yellow card for the defender; now it's a case of playing with a calculator.
46'With plenty to put right, a heated half-time: there was intensity, but a lack of precision in the final third.
47'Deadly counter from the home side: few touches, lots of space and a whiff of danger. The managers are already taking notes.
49'Lucas Ramos slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open.
52'The the away side press bites down the right; the home side start to lose their clarity.
56'Interception by the away side hugging the touchline; good pressure and even better reading of the game.
59'The ball is doing the rounds: the away side are in no rush, letting the attack simmer slowly. Two passes, open space and a dagger to the heart.
63'Gael Triboldi fires it across goal; the ball goes out kissing the post.
65'The home side put the game to sleep in behind the centre-back, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
68'The away side put the game to sleep in the danger zone, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell. Tactical awareness is counting for more and more.
70'The home side stretch the pitch and make the away side chase shadows.
71'Sebastián Aizpurúa collects between the centre-backs after a pass that split the pitch in two.
76'Pipa Silva darts in behind and Leonel Ramos plays the striker in with a superb ball.
77'The away side win it back near the opposition box; a clear sign of the high press.
78'The ball moves safely between the the away side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
79'The game hits a plateau: lots of battling, little clarity. The league table is starting to do its sums.
82'The home side manage the ball with an extra gear, shifting the away side from side to side. Time to look forward now.
84'🎯 Leonel Ramos runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
84'...hits it with his left foot...
84'Scuffed shot from Leonel Ramos; not pretty, but it still caused problems. The half-time team talk could tip the balance.
86'Gael Triboldi slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open.
88'The the home side press bites right in front of the dugouts; the away side start to lose their clarity. The result will give everyone plenty to chew on.
89'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, full-time: the team and the opponent pull down the shutters after an intense afternoon.
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