1'After the final team talk, the ball is in play; the team look for that first safe pass down the right.
3'A teammate is face to face with goal and finishes quickly before the gap closes. The league table is starting to do its sums.
10'Leonardo Friedman plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too. The crowd get it straight away.
11'Marcos Tamburini darts in behind and Ignacio Aguirre plays the striker in with a superb ball.
12'The away side pile bodies into the box; this smells dangerous. The league table is starting to do its sums.
13'A teammate harries the build-up, forces the long ball and gets everyone off their seats. The story is only just beginning.
17'The home side carve the defence open with a surgical touch from Andrés Lautaro. Two passes, open space and a dagger to the heart.
22'Coordinated pressing: one closes down, another blocks the lane and the third wins it.
23'The ball moves safely between the the home side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
24'The home side carve the defence open with a surgical touch from Jeremías Nogués.
26'The away side move it about sensibly, with Mauro Miranda as the side's compass.
30'Loly Vassalli plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too.
31'🎯 Loly Vassalli carries the ball forward...
31'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
31'Effort from a teammate through the middle; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. The fans have already drawn their conclusions.
32'The team are growing into it on the ball and starting to tilt the pitch. There's a lot riding on this.
37'The team are growing into it on the ball and starting to tilt the pitch.
38'A the opponent player is down after a heavy collision; play is stopped. You can feel the tension from early on.
38'🟨 Yellow card for Mauro Miranda; the referee draws the line. Now the ball will do the talking.
41'The home side have the ball, but the away side close the spaces as best they can. This game calls for calm heads.
42'The home side manage the ball straight out of the textbook, shifting the away side from side to side. The result will give everyone plenty to chew on.
43'Enrique Puebla strikes it first time and leaves the opponent gasping for air.
44'The opposing defender hesitates, the ball runs away and a teammate smells blood. That move gives us plenty to talk about.
46'After a hard-working first half, whistle and the break; the feeling is that the best is still to come.
48'A teammate harries the build-up, forces the long ball and gets everyone off their seats.
49'The away side manage the ball right on the edge, shifting the home side from side to side.
50'Enrique Puebla accelerates around the D and the counter starts to take shape.
52'The team are growing into it on the ball and starting to tilt the pitch.
54'Ricardo Heredia reads the intention and cuts out a move that could have hurt.
59'The defender uses a bit too much body and the referee isn't buying the innocent look.
62'A teammate darts in behind and the defence is left trailing in the slipstream. The home side are in a much better position after that.
65'The home side manage the ball straight out of the textbook, shifting the away side from side to side. The next one could be decisive.
72'Leonardo Friedman takes charge of midfield and brings a bit of order to the chaos. The fine details told.
73'It's end to end now; great for the neutral, heart-attack stuff for the managers.
75'The the home side block sets up high; this is risky, but it's ambitious too.
76'The home side manage the ball with an extra gear, shifting the away side from side to side.
79'Loly Vassalli protests, but the foul was pretty clear.
79'🟨 Fair booking: Loly Vassalli was late and left a mark.
80'🎯 Santiago Cabrera runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
80'...hits it with his left foot...
80'Effort from a teammate in the danger zone; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
82'The ball moves safely between the the away side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third. The league table is starting to do its sums.
85'The the home side block sets up high; this is risky, but it's ambitious too.
86'The ball moves safely between the the home side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
87'A the opponent player is down after a heavy collision; play is stopped.
87'🟨🟥 Second yellow for Loly Vassalli! The referee shows red and sends him for an early bath.
88'Axel Bazán reads the intention and cuts out a move that could have hurt.
89'Emiliano Torres goes in hard hugging the touchline and the referee gives the foul.
89'🟨 Emiliano Torres went in hard and pays for it with a booking.
90'With no margin left at all, the end of a story of nerves, fine details and plenty of physical football. The opponent have to respond now.
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