1'With both benches watching closely, and we're off: the team come out with intent, the opponent sit deep and organised, and the story begins to unfold.
2'The opponent get compact, check the clock and are happy to suffer in an organised way. The half-time team talk could tip the balance.
4'Interception by the away side from inside their own half; good pressure and even better reading of the game.
5'The away side manage the ball with no messing about, shifting the home side from side to side. The result will give everyone plenty to chew on.
7'The home side launch a textbook counter-attack, the kind the gaffer drills all week long.
8'The home side stretch the pitch and make the away side chase shadows.
10'Scuffed shot from Iván Bianchi; not pretty, but it still caused problems.
12'The home side can't get near the ball; the away side keep it from them patiently. The crowd get it straight away.
15'🎯 Valentín Berasategui carries the ball forward...
15'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
15'The effort from Valentín Berasategui goes high; good intentions, the execution's up for debate.
16'The game hits a plateau: lots of battling, little clarity.
17'The home side manage the ball without giving it away, shifting the away side from side to side.
18'Manuel Balducci reads the intention and cuts out a move that could have hurt.
21'The away side make life hard for themselves with a sloppy pass in the inside channel.
22'The team find their confidence and aren't rushing so much now.
23'The home side manage the ball without giving it away, shifting the away side from side to side.
25'Nazareno De Rossi nips in just before the ball reaches a teammate. There'll be plenty to analyse.
26'Valentín Ríos goes in hard in the final third and the referee gives the foul.
27'The away side stretch the pitch and make the home side chase shadows.
30'The defender sticks out a lifesaving leg and stops a teammate going one-on-one. The second half promises a different story.
32'The home side manage the ball with neat short passing, shifting the away side from side to side.
33'The opponent get compact, check the clock and are happy to suffer in an organised way.
34'The home side manage the ball street-football style, shifting the away side from side to side.
35'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
38'The the home side press bites in the final third; the away side start to lose their clarity.
39'Mariano Zorzi slows things down, puts a foot on the ball and waits for a path to open.
40'The home side manage the ball with an extra gear, shifting the away side from side to side.
41'The the away side press bites right in front of the dugouts; the home side start to lose their clarity.
42'The away side manage the ball straight out of the textbook, shifting the home side from side to side.
43'Alberto Piris reads the intention and cuts out a move that could have hurt.
46'After a hard-working first half, whistle and the break; the feeling is that the best is still to come.
48'Mistake in the the away side build-up; the home side win it back and have space to hurt them.
51'The opponent waste time, catch their breath and try to kill the momentum. It's being played with gritted teeth.
55'The the away side block sets up high; this is risky, but it's ambitious too.
56'The ball moves safely between the the away side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
58'Valentín Ríos goes in hard in the inside channel and the referee gives the foul. That was one of those moments that changes the pulse of a game.
58'🟨 Yellow card for Valentín Ríos; the referee draws the line.
59'Lauti Córdoba thinks a step ahead and finds Manuel Balducci in the hot zone. It's being played with gritted teeth.
62'Giuliano Tabares collects between the centre-backs after a pass that split the pitch in two.
63'The away side press high and don't give the home side room to breathe.
64'The away side make life hard for themselves with a sloppy pass around the D. The league table is starting to do its sums.
65'The home side manage the ball without breaking sweat, shifting the away side from side to side.
66'Pichi Salim threads it through where not even air could get in; clear chance for the home side.
69'The away side manage the ball without giving it away, shifting the home side from side to side.
70'Beto Gómez darts in behind and Javier Savini plays the striker in with a superb ball.
71'⚡ Dangerous free kick, Javier Savini stands over the ball...
71'...the wall lines up, Javier Savini eyes up the goal...
71'...he floats it into the box, everyone goes up...
71'...Manuel Balducci appears between the centre-backs...
71'⚽ ⚽ IT'S IN! GOOOOOAL! Manuel Balducci makes no mistake, right in the top bins. 0-1.
72'Turco Wozniak plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too.
73'Effort from a teammate on the edge of the box; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. The fine details told.
75'Nazareno De Rossi thinks a step ahead and finds Manuel Balducci in the hot zone.
76'The the home side press bites around the D; the away side start to lose their clarity. Now the ball will do the talking.
82'The home side move it about sensibly, with Ivo Marchetti as the side's compass. The ball is starting to burn.
85'Mistake in the the away side build-up; the home side win it back and have space to hurt them.
86'The the home side defence is split open by a poor decision.
88'The away side put the game to sleep in behind the centre-back, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell.
90'With no margin left at all, the end of a story of nerves, fine details and plenty of physical football.
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