1'After the final team talk, we're under way: the team get us going from the centre spot and are already looking to stake their claim around the D.
3'🎯 Gastón Aizpurua carries the ball forward...
3'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
3'Gastón Aizpurua sets it and lets fly; there was room and no hesitation at all.
6'Sandro Saéz reads the intention and cuts out a move that could have hurt. There's noise all around the ground.
10'The crowd drive them on and the team respond with more intensity.
16'⚡ The opposition make a mess of playing out from the back...
16'...Franco Sotelo pounces on the gift...
16'...and he's one-on-one with the keeper...
16'...places it at the far post...
16'⚽ ⚽ GOAL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! GOOOAL! Franco Sotelo makes no mistake. 0-1.
18'The away side manage the ball straight out of the textbook, shifting the home side from side to side. Nobody wants to give anything away.
19'Gastón Aizpurua accelerates in behind the holding midfielder and the counter starts to take shape.
23'Horacio Karam threads it through where not even air could get in; clear chance for the away side.
24'🎯 Thiago Bruno carries the ball forward...
24'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
24'The effort from Thiago Bruno goes high; good intentions, the execution's up for debate. The next one could be decisive.
25'Adrián Gauto takes charge of midfield and brings a bit of order to the chaos. The away side have to respond now.
27'The defender reads the pass and makes a crucial interception. This game calls for calm heads.
30'The home side manage the ball with good sense, shifting the away side from side to side.
31'The team are growing into it on the ball and starting to tilt the pitch.
32'Pipa Peñaloza plays it back and starts again; sometimes going backwards is attacking too.
33'A the opponent player is down after a heavy collision; play is stopped.
33'🟨 Fair booking: Horacio Karam was late and left a mark. Nobody wants to give anything away.
34'Effort from a teammate in behind the holding midfielder; it whistled past and left everyone with the shout stuck in their throats.
35'The away side manage the ball with real authority, shifting the home side from side to side.
39'The home side carve the defence open with a surgical touch from Rolando Iriarte. The bench are living it like a final of their own.
40'🎯 Alexis Martínez runs at goal and shapes to shoot...
40'...hits it with his left foot...
40'Alexis Martínez fires it across goal; the ball goes out kissing the post.
46'Whistle and the break; the feeling is that the best is still to come.
47'Pipa Peñaloza cuts the passing lane and starves the the away side attack of oxygen.
48'Bauti Cantero goes in hard down the right and the referee gives the foul.
48'🟨 Fair booking: Bauti Cantero was late and left a mark.
49'The home side manage the ball street-football style, shifting the away side from side to side. The ball is starting to burn.
52'The away side put the game to sleep down the left, trying to tempt the home side out of their shell. There's a lot riding on this.
53'The away side were caught out of shape and the home side want to make them pay with interest.
54'The home side put the game to sleep through the middle, trying to tempt the away side out of their shell.
55'A teammate darts in behind and the defence is left trailing in the slipstream.
57'The ball is doing the rounds: the away side are in no rush, letting the attack simmer slowly. This one could go either way.
61'⚡ Dangerous free kick, Santi Olivares stands over the ball...
61'...the wall lines up, Santi Olivares eyes up the goal...
61'...he floats it into the box, everyone goes up...
61'...Dante Calabrese appears between the centre-backs...
61'⚽ ⚽ GOOOOOAL! GOAL, GOAL, GOAL! Dante Calabrese makes no mistake. 1-1.
63'The home side press high and don't give the away side room to breathe. The managers are already taking notes.
68'⚡ Alexis Martínez wins it in his own half and breaks at speed...
68'...the counter is lethal, Alexis Martínez runs the length of the pitch...
68'...slips in Santi Olivares, who has arrived through the middle...
68'...Santi Olivares finishes first time...
68'⚽ ⚽ IT'S IN! GOOOOOAL! Up pops Santi Olivares to score. 2-1.
69'The defender sticks out a lifesaving leg and stops a teammate going one-on-one.
70'Omar Medero goes in hard hugging the touchline and the referee gives the foul.
70'🟨 Yellow card for Omar Medero; the referee draws the line.
72'The home side manage the ball street-football style, shifting the away side from side to side.
73'⚡ Alexis Martínez wins the ball in midfield...
73'...sets off and leaves an opponent in his wake...
73'...steadies himself at the edge of the box...
73'...hits it with everything he has...
73'⚽ ⚽ THE PLACE ERUPTS! GOOOOAL! Up pops Alexis Martínez to score, at the near post. 3-1.
75'A the opponent player is down after a heavy collision; play is stopped.
75'🟨 Dante Calabrese protests too much and picks up an avoidable yellow.
76'The home side can't get near the ball; the away side keep it from them patiently.
79'Jeremías Echeverría goes in hard down the left and the referee gives the foul.
79'🟨 Jeremías Echeverría protests too much and picks up an avoidable yellow.
81'The the away side block sets up high; this is risky, but it's ambitious too.
84'🎯 Horacio Karam carries the ball forward...
84'...shapes to shoot from outside the box...
84'The effort from Horacio Karam goes high; good intentions, the execution's up for debate.
87'Franco Sotelo reads the intention and cuts out a move that could have hurt. This game calls for calm heads.
88'The defender uses a bit too much body and the referee isn't buying the innocent look.
90'With the last ball kicked, final whistle: the ninety-minute drama is over.
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