1'After the final team talk, we're up and running, and it already has that big Saturday, full-house feel to it. The league table is starting to do its sums.
4'🎯 Franco Ruiz carries the ball forward...
4'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
4'Scuffed shot from Franco Ruiz; not pretty, but it still caused problems. The result will give everyone plenty to chew on.
9'Maximiliano Álvarez darts in behind and Maximiliano Martínez plays the striker in with a superb ball.
10'🎯 Pablo Gómez carries the ball forward...
10'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
10'Effort from a teammate through the middle; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
12'The home side can't get near the ball; the away side keep it from them patiently. This game calls for calm heads.
13'The defender sticks out a lifesaving leg and stops a teammate going one-on-one. There'll be plenty to analyse.
14'The home side manage the ball street-football style, shifting the away side from side to side.
16'Maximiliano Martínez hits it from distance and the ball goes looking for the net.
17'The away side put the game to sleep from inside their own half, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell.
18'The away side move it about sensibly, with Jonathan Buscaglia as the side's compass.
19'Effort from a teammate in the inside channel; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. Nobody wants to give anything away.
20'The home side manage the ball straight out of the textbook, shifting the away side from side to side.
25'Interception by the home side right in front of the dugouts; good pressure and even better reading of the game.
28'🎯 Franco Ruiz carries the ball forward...
28'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
28'Effort from a teammate in the final third; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. There's noise all around the ground.
33'Inswinging corner from the home side; the keeper comes and punches, and the danger is gone.
39'Foul by the team to stop a counter that looked dangerous.
39'🟨 Luis Medina earns a booking for stopping a promising move. Two passes, open space and a dagger to the heart.
40'⚡ Fede Díaz picks up the ball a long way from goal...
40'...nobody closes him down...
40'...shapes to shoot...
40'...and unleashes a THUNDERBOLT...
40'⚽ ⚽ WHAT A GOAAAL! Fede Díaz smashes it home, over the keeper, a delightful chip. 0-1.
42'The home side try to play out from the back, but the away side swarm all over them as a unit.
44'Jonathan Buscaglia plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too. The next one could be decisive.
46'After a hard-working first half, a heated half-time: there was intensity, but a lack of precision in the final third.
49'The tempo rises and falls, but the tension never goes away. This game calls for calm heads.
51'Effort from a teammate in the danger zone; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
52'The away side make life hard for themselves with a sloppy pass through the middle. The margin for error is tiny.
54'The away side stretch the pitch and make the home side chase shadows. The ball is starting to burn.
55'The away side put the game to sleep in the final third, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell.
56'Fede Díaz tries one from range, powerful, but lacking direction.
57'There's a feeling that the next mistake could prove very costly. There's still a game on here.
60'Pablo Gómez slips a delicious through ball to Franco Ruiz, who is perfectly set.
61'🎯 Hugo Esposito carries the ball forward...
61'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
61'Hugo Esposito unleashes a left-footer; the keeper flies across and can only watch it go by.
63'The away side manage the ball right on the edge, shifting the home side from side to side.
65'The home side are camped in the opposition half and force them to kick it out.
66'The home side put the game to sleep down the right, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
68'🎯 Franco Ruiz carries the ball forward...
68'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
68'Effort from a teammate through the middle; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. The fine details told.
70'Maximiliano Martínez accelerates in the danger zone and the counter starts to take shape.
71'Pablo Gómez plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too.
75'It fell perfectly for Coco Dybala, who hit it with heart and boot.
76'The away side can't get near the ball; the home side keep it from them patiently.
78'Risky pass back; the keeper has a fire to put out. That move gives us plenty to talk about.
79'The home side put the game to sleep in the final third, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
81'A the opponent player is down after a heavy collision; play is stopped. The dressing room will have the final say.
81'🟨 Edgardo Tamargo went in hard and pays for it with a booking.
84'Foul by the team to stop a counter that looked dangerous. Nobody wants to give anything away.
84'🟨 Maximiliano Martínez earns a booking for stopping a promising move. You can see the work done on the training ground this week.
86'Pass between the lines from Edgardo Tamargo; there was a tiny gap and the vision was there to spot it. The next one could be decisive.
87'The the home side press bites in behind the centre-back; the away side start to lose their clarity. That move gives us plenty to talk about.
90'That's the end of the match; now it's down to the table, the dressing room and some self-reflection.
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