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Blackburn Park
Spectators: 6782 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Guillermo Alfaro made the kick off which started today's match. Waldir Lima's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alexander Parada read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 3rd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Blackburn City's zone, Giovani Escobar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eraldo Ramirez came out of the goal and Giovani Escobar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Eraldo Ramirez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giovani Escobar in the 8th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Giovani Escobar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Burgess Hill City's supporters rose to their feet, but Giovani Escobar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eraldo Ramirez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd rose to their feet as Blackburn City's Guillermo Alfaro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Alexander Parada. That made the score 1-0 after 16 minutes of play. After a rather tough play, Blackburn City's Edgar Gallardo got a free kick in the 20th minute. Giovani Escobar's late challenge caught a Blackburn City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Giovani Escobar helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Burgess Hill City getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Giovani Escobar hit a great ball. After 25 minutes, Roberto Renderos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Burgess Hill City and the Blackburn City players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 24th minute of the game. One of Burgess Hill City:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Blackburn City:s goal. In the 29th minute, Alberto Ochoa made a precise shot to the right of Alexander Parada. Burgess Hill City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Waldir Lima sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alexander Parada made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgar Zaldaña in the 47th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Burgess Hill City's Alexander Parada played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guillermo Alfaro in the 53rd minute of play. Alexander Parada made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guillermo Alfaro in the 55th minute of play. In the 60th minute, Juan Zelaya fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. When Juan Zelaya came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Burgess Hill City 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 Juan Zelaya couldn't finish the play. Alexander Parada showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Ochoa, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. In the 63rd minute, Alberto Ochoa 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. Alexander Parada showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guillermo Alfaro, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. After a rather tough play, Burgess Hill City's Jhonnatan Batres got a free kick in the 70th minute. Edgar Zaldaña charged in rather forcefully in the 74th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edgar Zaldaña the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 77th minute, Guillermo Alfaro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alexander Parada was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. After a rather tough play, Blackburn City's Guillermo Alfaro got a free kick in the 80th minute. Eraldo Ramirez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juan Zelaya, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. 84 minutes into the match, Blackburn City's goalkeeper Eraldo Ramirez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Giovani Escobar. Giovani Escobar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eraldo Ramirez having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Blackburn City's Arnoldo Castro got a free kick in the 87th minute. Guillermo Alfaro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Blackburn City's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.