ARFC chalked up 2nd win in Classiq League

Dear ARFC warriors:

ARFC chalked up its second victory in as many matches with a hard-fought 4-1 victory over Serangoon Uncle FC, a team which is obviously not an uncle team, in front of a capacity crowd of 77,777 at AMK Stadia. This showed that the ever-loyal ARFC supporters did not forsake ARFC despite its narrow victory last week.

Before the game, ARFC was rocked by the news that Speedy Hee had to withdraw from the game due to work commitment at the airport. Sources, however, revealed that Speedy Hee was in fact having a nice romantic meal with an unknown female (believed to be a slimming ad model) there.

Nonetheless, ARFC was bolstered by the return of Guoxiong, Keng, WO Neo and Kiat Gulam who all missed last week's game.

ARFC started the match with the same eleven as last week's game. Due to the heat and some poor co-ordination, ARFC struggled to break down the opponent and the first-half ended 0-0 once again.

In the second-half, a string of substitutions resulted in ARFC playing better and better. In the 57th min, a superb corner kick delivery from Sebastiano saw Towering Toh powered in a header for the lead. 1-0!! This was Toh's 15th goal for ARFC.

7 minutes later, ARFC went 2-0 up. Off a quick throw-in by Sebstiano, ARFC scoring legend Haron (who else??) thumped in a volley that gave their keeper no chance at all and almost burst the net. This was Haron's 90th goal for ARFC.

Another 7 minutes later, ARFC extended their lead when Sebastino delivered a long ball down the right flank to Haron who then flicked the ball to sensational Khim. Khim side-stepped a defender and expertly shot past their keeper. 3-0!! This was Khim's 16th goal for ARFC.

In the 77th min, their left-back clumsily brought down Sebastiano in the box. Up stepped WO Neo but he put the penalty 7-metres wide of the goal-post.

ARFC then conceded a soft-goal after poor judgement by Jinzhong, who was otherwise having a commanding game. 1-3.

In the dying minutes, Blackburn finally showed what he is capable of with a great ball to Alvin. Alvin easily beat the right-back and faced the keeper, whom he beat with a placed shot. Kiat Gulam, however, stole the credit with a 7-metres slide to have the last touch of the ball into the net and thereby scoring his 21st goal for ARFC. 4-1!!!

Ratings:
Jinzhong - 8
David - 7.7
Elvis - 8.7
Toh - 9
Bernard - 8
Tong - 8
Sebastino - 8.77
Alvin - 7
Khim - 8.77
Blackburn - 7.7
Haron - 8.7
Guoxiong - 8.7
WO Neo - 8
Kiat Gulam - 8.7
Keng - 7.7

Thanks and views welcome....