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Hackney Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) 4 minutes into the match, Hackney's goal looked a bit too open when Arturo Guerra came free, but Ovidio Zaldaña reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Hackney's Rolando Hidalgo got a free kick in the 5th minute. The audience was convinced that Arturo Guerra's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ovidio Zaldaña was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Ulises Bran made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when David Gallegos sent off a good shot on target. Josue Guerrero's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ulises Bran read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 12th minute of play. After 13 played minutes F.C. Barcelona got a freekick which was hit by Saul Bermudez. Josue Guerrero did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Ulises Bran 16 minutes into the match. After 19 played minutes F.C. Barcelona got a freekick which was hit by Saul Bermudez. If Josue Guerrero had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ulises Bran didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from David Gallegos went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. A collision led to Hackney getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Rolando Hidalgo hit a great ball. Ovidio Zaldaña made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arturo Guerra in the 40th minute of play. Ovidio Zaldaña came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by F.C. Barcelona's Arturo Guerra. But to his dismay, Arturo Guerra quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. After having played for 49 minutes, Rolando Hidalgo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hackney's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rolando Hidalgo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

After 57 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Hackney! Milton Mejia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 66 minutes into the match, Arturo Guerra had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ovidio Zaldaña. Hackney's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arturo Guerra was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3. Ulises Bran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Gallegos in the 70th minute of the match. Milton Mejia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Ovidio Zaldaña tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind F.C. Barcelona's goalkeeper Ulises Bran, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ulises Bran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Josue Guerrero, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. With a little luck, Hackney's Ovidio Zaldaña got control of the ball when Arturo Guerra tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alvaro Rosales kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Ulises Bran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Gallegos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Josue Guerrero's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ulises Bran read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 87th minute of play. After 89 played minutes, F.C. Barcelona's Rudy Quijada shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ovidio Zaldaña came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in F.C. Barcelona reached it. In the 93rd minute F.C. Barcelona were awarded a corner. Waldir Escalante went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led F.C. Barcelona's Hector Madariaga to fire away a dangerous shot which Ovidio Zaldaña despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 94th minute, Milton Mejia got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The F.C. Barcelona players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Hackney from taking control. The game ends in a draw.