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00:00Half-past nine, we're ready to go and we are underway in Córdoba.
00:04Tajeres against São Paulo in this year's Comerol Libertadores.
00:08In the opening week of the group phase,
00:11the Brazilians getting us underway.
00:14They're white with black and red going left to right.
00:17Tajeres in their traditional blue and white stripes
00:21attacking the goal to our left.
00:23And their first touches of the ball
00:27as it goes back to goalkeeper and captain Guido Herrera.
00:30Tajeres without a win in seven and Guido Herrera taking a risk.
00:44A bit under pressure there by Jonathan Caleri.
00:47He was winning the Sudamericana a couple of years ago
00:49with Liga de Quito, a league and Sudamericana double
00:52which prompted São Paulo to come calling.
00:55Here's Caleri. Caleri tried to, in those four meetings,
00:59that have all taken place in that period of time
01:04where Tajeres have grown into ascendancy.
01:07Caleri knocks it past Herrera, the keeper,
01:10and is drawn then wide.
01:19A couple of years now with Tajeres.
01:23And straight into the action.
01:29Pirates in reaction from Veronese.
01:48And, well, you can see why.
01:54Indeed, that's from the attention.
01:59In the swinging corner, into the 6-yard box, punched away by Rafael.
02:03And as far as Portillo, the shot comes in
02:06to a crowd of players bobbling along the surface.
02:09Rafael down behind the ball.
02:11PIRATES IN REACTION
02:27Really the game of Noel Bustos
02:30to be playing as a target man, centre-forward.
02:36Federico Girotti would be better suited in that lone role.
02:39Instead, Sao Paulo have to come forward.
02:40It's a dangerous ball in.
02:41Caleri's there, gets there ahead of Guido Herrera.
02:45And the Argentinian, back in his home country,
02:50gives Sao Paulo the lead.
03:01A teasing ball in behind.
03:04Fusion along the Tajeres' back line.
03:06PIRATES IN REACTION
03:09And Jonathan Caleri
03:12was on to it.
03:15In a flash.
03:18Beats Guido Herrera to the ball.
03:22And fires into the back of the net.
03:29The former Boca man continues his outstanding record
03:32in this competition, his 18th goal.
03:36In the Libertadores, in just 25 appearances.
03:42And it's a beautiful ball in,
03:43but I think Oscar may have been in an offside position.
03:47It's Pereira, I think, who finds him.
03:54And it is indeed offside.
03:55The goal will not stand.
03:57It will remain nil-nil.
04:00Jonathan Caleri sees his celebrations cut short.
04:07WHISTLE BLOWS
04:08Olimpe Gonzalez would agree.
04:11Blows the whistle for half-time.
04:13And here in quarterback, it ends.
04:15Tajeres, nil.
04:16Sao Paulo, nil.
04:18The first half of very little significant action, in truth.
04:23The one disallowed goal.
04:25WHISTLE BLOWS
04:27Sao Paulo having the ball in the net,
04:28celebrating the lead through Jonathan Caleri,
04:31only to see an offside rule it out correctly.
04:36Other than that,
04:38neither goalkeeper really worked.
04:43Then helps it on again. Here's Oscar.
04:45Oscar up against two, has to head towards the corner,
04:48digs out the cross.
04:50It's not cleared away.
04:51On the edge of the area, shooting chance, perhaps.
04:53Suarez takes deflection.
04:55Be able to find a cross either, but does.
04:58There's the first mistake.
05:00There's the second.
05:01Stand-off said Vic Suarez, and I think it took a little touch.
05:04WHISTLE BLOWS
05:08Now it will be swung in and out.
05:09Swing out. Arboleda's underneath it.
05:11It's cleared off the line.
05:15Guido Herrera.
05:16Sao Paulo, as we take a look back at Arboleda's header,
05:19very nearly gives him the lead.
05:21Girotti, I think it was, back there.
05:25Guido Herrera may argue that he would have made the save anyway,
05:27but Girotti well-placed to make an excellent clearance.
05:32We'll get a better view from here.
05:34Or maybe it was Herrera's.
05:36Chance for him to cross.
05:37Charged down by Juan Bortizia.
05:39WHISTLE BLOWS
05:48Bortizia's had the wind knocked out of him by that cross.
05:58Di Pietri.
06:00Wants the ball back to Reynoso.
06:03Wants to shoot.
06:04Brings the ball back quickly.
06:05Rivero shoots!
06:21Reynoso brought down by Arboleda.
06:24And Arboleda may go with the book for that.
06:26He does.
06:27Percel-Occard.
06:45He wants to cross on the left.
06:47Very nearly reaches Di Pietri.
06:50Shooting from distance!
06:52And that wasn't far away.
06:55WHISTLE BLOWS
06:58Better still from Tajeres.
07:00Look how many more players there are joining the attack.
07:03Benavidez lining one up on his weaker left foot.
07:10Wasn't too far away at all.
07:16WHISTLE BLOWS
07:18WHISTLE BLOWS
07:23Cedric Suarez.
07:25Spaced across.
07:26Bortizia's there.
07:27And he cleared to the edge of the area.
07:28Alisson with the shot!
07:29And Alisson with the goal!
07:32Sao Paulo...
07:34find their way through
07:36and break the deadlock here in quarterback.
07:45WHISTLE BLOWS
07:47The ball worked down the right.
07:50Suarez with time to pick his cross.
07:52The clearance from Bortizia.
07:55A weak one.
07:58And Alisson, just outside the area,
08:00has the time, the space to take a touch.
08:02Get the shot off.
08:05And bend it past Guido Herrera,
08:07who gets fingers on it,
08:10but can't prevent it from finding that bottom corner.
08:17WHISTLE BLOWS
08:20Luis Silveldia enjoyed that one.
08:22Sao Paulo up and...
08:24WHISTLE BLOWS
08:30WHISTLE BLOWS
08:33Luis Silveldia is ready
08:35and another couple of changes
08:37with his team now in front.
08:39They're getting ready to come in.
08:41As Federico Girotti goes down
08:43and wins a free kick forward to Genes.
08:46It's challenged by Alisson.
08:57Whipped into the six-yard box off the crossbar.
08:59WHISTLE BLOWS
09:01To Genes with a whisker.
09:03WHISTLE BLOWS
09:09Risk from Benavidez.
09:12And that was even more risky from Fernandez.
09:14WHISTLE BLOWS
09:19Yellow card for the youngster.
09:21Amazing, his foot.
09:23WHISTLE BLOWS
09:26Fortunate there wasn't too much contact there on Luciano.
09:29Had there been, it would have been played.
09:31Benavidez looking for that switch.
09:33There's a lot of space on that far side.
09:35It's a good ball by Benavidez.
09:38WHISTLE BLOWS
09:40Still with Genes.
09:42Ball across the six-yard box.
09:44WHISTLE BLOWS
09:50It will again be the left foot of Reynoso
09:52that delivers again towards the near post.
09:55Rafael punches towards the edge of the area.
09:57He'll go back to Bebelo-Reynoso.
10:00Reynoso.
10:02Another ball in towards the back post.
10:04Begging for a touch.
10:06WHISTLE BLOWS
10:12Does get caught by Rafael, but...
10:14I think it's a somewhat hopeful attempt at trying to find...
10:19He's going to come in for Cedric Suarez.
10:22Taking his time to the anger of Juan Portillo.
10:32WHISTLE BLOWS
10:35Free kick in.
10:36Tarragona very nearly underneath it.
10:38Scramble on the edge of the six-yard box.
10:41Tarragona still battling away.
10:43Still Tarragona.
10:44Tarragona shoots!
10:46Oh!
10:50Well, it would have been scrappy.
10:54But Teixeiras would not have cared at all.
10:57Tarragona does well battling away
11:00to have the space for the shot.
11:04And if that had been on target, I don't think...
11:06Reynoso with the deep delivery.
11:08Headed down and it will come to nothing.
11:10WHISTLE BLOWS
11:12And that will bring an end to the game.
11:14It ends here.
11:15Teixeiras nil, São Paulo one.
11:17The Brazilians off to a winning start
11:20thanks to Alisson's 76th-minute goal.
11:27In a game of few chances.