Huracan v Instituto

We'd bought tickets for one of the 'popular' areas behind the goal, although the opposite end to the ultras. This meant either standing or sitting on the concrete steps, but we didn't mind.

The game started off without too much to write home about. Instutito had one cleared off the line but on the whole Huracan were probably slightly on top. This wasn't helped however by one of the Huracan midfielders receiving two yellow cards in the space of 7 minutes to be sent off for a pointless tackle in the middle of the pitch a minute before half time.

Just after the hour mark, formed Watford and Udinese man Ignacio Pussetto put Huracan 1-0 ahead. But oh no, after a 6 minute VAR check the goal was ruled out for offside.

We thought we were about to witness our second 0-0 draw in less than 24 hours, but within the first few minutes of injury time, a Huracan man was bundled over in the box. Nothing was given at first and a VAR check awaited. In the meantime there was a big brawl, a sending off for Instituto and a penalty awarded.

Almost 10 minutes after the initial foul, the penalty was finally converted by Pussetto to the delight of the home fans who climbed the fences in celebration.

We'd avoided another goalless draw and continued our unbeaten streak. We really liked the experience Huracan and both agreed they had potential to be our preferred Argentinian team (other than the red in their kid for Dan).Read more