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Royal Cherry Blossom
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) After 3 played minutes Blackburn United got a freekick which was hit by Blair Ashton. Philip Kendall took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bryan Dodd, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Seb Wheeler might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rowan Golding. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Seb Wheeler ran back to his position shaking his head. Rowan Golding took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Seb Wheeler, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Blackburn United's 赵震坚 got a free kick in the 15th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bryan Dodd in the 16th minute of play forced Blackburn United's goalkeeper Philip Kendall to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Seb Wheeler came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the Blackburn United fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Seb Wheeler couldn't finish the play. Reggie Couzens's late challenge caught a Blackburn United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Reggie Couzens helped the player get up and apologised. After 20 played minutes London Athletic got a freekick which was hit by Reggie Couzens. The audience was convinced that Seb Wheeler's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rowan Golding was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. 赵震坚 kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. In the 28th minute, Seb Wheeler made a precise shot to the right of Rowan Golding. London Athletic's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Seb Wheeler managed to get in a good position for a shot. Blackburn United's supporters rose to their feet, but Seb Wheeler was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rowan Golding breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Garry Hampshire hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. After having played for 35 minutes, Tristan Burns managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. London Athletic's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tristan Burns was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bryan Dodd stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Philip Kendall showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bryan Dodd, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. A collision led to Blackburn United getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Phillip Buckler hit a great ball. Bryan Dodd received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Philip Kendall tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 66th minute Bryan Dodd shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Philip Kendall saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rhys Childs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rowan Golding having to interfere. Rowan Golding was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Seb Wheeler showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 75 minute of play. Seb Wheeler received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Rowan Golding tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 85th play minutes Seb Wheeler shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Rowan Golding and just under the crossbar into goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Blackburn United's Seb Wheeler slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rowan Golding. That made the score 0-6 after 95 minutes of play. The Blackburn United supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Blackburn United would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.