1'After the final team talk, the ball is in play; the team look for that first safe pass in the final third.
7'The home side manage the ball with all the know-how, shifting the away side from side to side. The league table is starting to do its sums.
8'A set piece could unlock this one: corner to the home side.
9'A teammate is face to face with goal and finishes quickly before the gap closes. Adjustments are on the way.
10'The away side stretch the pitch and make the home side chase shadows.
11'Ramiro Bordón accelerates in the danger zone and the counter starts to take shape.
13'The home side manage the ball with real authority, shifting the away side from side to side.
20'León Brandi finds exactly the right channel and leaves Mati Artaza staring at goal. The small details could decide this.
21'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
24'🎯 Lolo Álvarez runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
24'...hits it with his left foot...
24'Lolo Álvarez unleashes a left-footer; the keeper flies across and can only watch it go by.
27'The home side put the game to sleep in the danger zone, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
28'🎯 Vicente Arce runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
28'...hits it with his left foot...
28'Scuffed shot from Vicente Arce; not pretty, but it still caused problems. The managers are already taking notes.
30'Mistake in the the away side build-up; the home side win it back and have space to hurt them.
32'Vicente Arce finds exactly the right channel and leaves Luis Balerdi staring at goal.
33'⚡ Emiliano Sayago wins it in his own half and breaks at speed...
33'...the counter is lethal, Emiliano Sayago runs the length of the pitch...
33'...slips in Pancho Pérez, who has arrived through the middle...
33'...Pancho Pérez finishes first time...
33'⚽ ⚽ THE PLACE ERUPTS! GOOOOAL! Pancho Pérez makes no mistake. 1-0.
35'The home side break at full speed; the away side were left wide open like a barn door.
37'Ramiro Bordón goes in hard down by the corner flag and the referee gives the foul. The fine details told.
37'🟨 Ramiro Bordón protests too much and picks up an avoidable yellow. Nobody wants to give anything away.
38'The ball is doing the rounds: the away side are in no rush, letting the attack simmer slowly.
39'The away side have the ball, but the home side close the spaces as best they can.
40'Coordinated pressing: one closes down, another blocks the lane and the third wins it.
42'The away side move it about sensibly, with Santi Ramos as the side's compass.
43'The away side put the game to sleep between the lines, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell.
44'🛡️ The defence clears the danger and keeps the ball.
46'The first half comes to an end; a hard-fought game, all fine details and narrow margins. The bench are living it like a final of their own.
50'The ball is doing the rounds: the home side are in no rush, letting the attack simmer slowly.
52'Lolo Álvarez arrives late and brings down a the opponent player; foul, no real argument.
53'Foul by the team to stop a counter that looked dangerous.
54'The the away side press bites from inside their own half; the home side start to lose their clarity.
55'The away side have the ball, but the home side close the spaces as best they can.
56'Elián Bravo collects between the centre-backs after a pass that split the pitch in two. There's noise all around the ground.
57'🎯 Giuliano Bonaventura runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
57'...hits it with his left foot...
57'Effort from a teammate from inside their own half; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
58'The ball moves safely between the the home side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third. The bench are living it like a final of their own.
60'Inswinging corner from the home side; the keeper comes and punches, and the danger is gone. Nobody wants to give anything away.
61'Effort from a teammate down by the corner flag; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
65'⚡ The opposition make a mess of playing out from the back...
65'...Elián Bravo pounces on the gift...
65'...and he's one-on-one with the keeper...
65'...places it at the far post...
65'⚽ ⚽ GOOOOOAL! GOAL, GOAL, GOAL! Elián Bravo smashes it home, skimming across the turf. 1-1.
67'Elián Bravo reads the intention and cuts out a move that could have hurt. The fine details told.
68'Milton Peñalva went in with too much enthusiasm and gets the whistle. This game calls for calm heads.
73'The home side move it about sensibly, with Ramiro Bordón as the side's compass.
74'🎯 Emiliano Sayago carries the ball forward...
74'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
74'Emiliano Sayago tries one from range, powerful, but lacking direction. The small details could decide this.
76'Interception by the home side in the final third; good pressure and even better reading of the game.
77'It's getting scrappy in midfield, with heavy challenges and few concessions. Nothing is settled yet.
80'The ball is doing the rounds: the home side are in no rush, letting the attack simmer slowly.
81'The ball moves safely between the the home side shirts; what's missing is a bit of pace in the final third.
82'A the opponent player is down after a heavy collision; play is stopped.
83'Elián Bravo jumps out to press and squeezes the pitch as if by remote control.
89'Effort from a teammate down by the corner flag; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats. There'll be plenty to analyse.
90'That's the end of the match; now it's down to the table, the dressing room and some self-reflection.