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Topics: EFL Championship, Blackburn Rovers, Chile
Ryan Sidle
Fans from Chile travelled all the way to Blackburn to see Ben Brereton Diaz, only to find out he was injured and then the game was called off any way!
Brereton Diaz has become an instant hero in Chile, after the South Americans found out he was eligible last year and called up to the national team soon after.
The striker was a revelation at last summer's Copa America, where he made his debut for the country where his mum is from, scoring against Bolivia, and adding the name Diaz during the tournament. He has since scored three more times for his country, all in World Cup qualifiers, and his club form has skyrocketed, bagging 20 goals in 27 games so far.
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However, last Wednesday, the Blackburn Rovers striker limped out of the 0-0 draw with West Brom, after twisting his ankle, and leaving him out for a period of time.
Clearly Chile fan Jhovan Kesternich wouldn't have known this ahead of time, as he travelled 7,414 miles from Santiago to Lancashire to watch Rovers face Millwall, only Brereton Diaz, the reason for his trip, wasn't going to be playing.
The player heard of the fans plight and sent him a message on Twitter, saying he hoped to see Kesternich at Ewood Park at least.
However, Jhovan didn't even get to see any football at Ewood Park on Saturday, as their game with Millwall ended up being called off due to adverse weather.
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Storm Eunice has swept through Britain this weekend and it left plenty of games called off, from Friday's Championship clash between Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest onwards.
Blackburn's game was the only game in the second tier called off on Saturday, but there were others in League One and League Two.
It's not the first time this season someone has travelled a long way to watch a game in Lancashire, only for weather conditions to have the match called off.
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A Tottenham Hotspur fan from America travelled 4,000 miles, over 31 hours, in order watch his team play Burnley and then found out the game was off after lots of snow fell in a short amount of time just before him off.