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Blackburn Arena
Spectators: 8093 (Terracing: 6071, Seating: 1861, VIP seats: 161) London Athletic's Bryan Dodd started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Blackburn United's 赵震坚 got a good chance for a goal in the 2nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 5 played minutes London Athletic got a freekick which was hit by Billy Husband. Tristan Burns received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Philip Kendall tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 11 played minutes Blackburn United got a freekick which was hit by 赵震坚. London Athletic's Bryan Dodd got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Phillip Buckler charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Phillip Buckler the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 19th minute, Phillip Buckler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Billy Husband kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. 赵震坚 charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 赵震坚 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Philip Kendall didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tristan Burns went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Seb Wheeler did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Rowan Golding 46 minutes into the match. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Seb Wheeler made a kick off. Philip Kendall made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bryan Dodd in the 62nd minute of play. Seb Wheeler blasted a shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rowan Golding having to make a save. Alistair Duff might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Philip Kendall. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alistair Duff ran back to his position shaking his head. Blackburn United made a substitution. Sidney Sawyer replaced Lucero Popovich. Rowan Golding stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Seb Wheeler's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. Alistair Duff kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. 76 minutes into the match, Gabriel Penescu notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of London Athletic's Rowan Golding. Rowan Golding was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Reggie Couzens charged in rather forcefully in the 81st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Reggie Couzens the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Seb Wheeler recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, 赵震坚 managed to get in a good position for a shot. Blackburn United's supporters rose to their feet, but 赵震坚 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. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.