ARFC's 3rd consecutive win in Classiq League

Dear ARFC warriors:

ARFC chalked up its third successive victory in as many matches in the Classiq League with a comprehensive 2-0 victory over KG Utd watched by the ever-loyal and faithful 77,777 fans at ITE Stadia.

Prior to the match, ARFC received devastating news that “2001-ARFC Most-Improved Player” David (father of Marco Mak) withdrew from the match due to family commitments. However, the blow was cushioned by the presence of Huiming (aka Duck), who just returned from a one-week intensive training in Tianjing, China. ARFC, however, continued to miss the physical presence of Tjioe who apparently had impressed the staff at DC Utd (Freddy Adu’s club) so much that he was offered an additional one month’s stint.

ARFC started the match with Jinzhong in goal. The defence was marshalled by astute-reading Elvis, towering Toh, with work-horse Tong and Bernard flanking the defence. In the midfield, Sebastiano partnered Kiat Gulam at the centre, with the sublime Khim and youthful Guoxiong taking the flanks. ARFC scoring legend Haron and speedy Hee formed the deadly partnership unfront. For the first time in about 27 matches, ARFC actually had 4 subs waiting - powerful Alvin, unpredictable Blackburn, Keng and Huiming (aka Duck)

In the beginning, ARFC was clearly troubled by their speedy and trickery left-winger who ran rings round Tong. The experienced Tong was, however, well-covered by Elvis and Sebastiano. Things took a toll when Guoxiong tired out and was replaced by Huiming who switched to right-back to counter the speed of their left-winger. Tong took up the right-mid position.

In the 17th min, ARFC earned a corner which was taken by Tong. Tong flighted in the corner and who else but Towering Toh to thump in yet another header. The fans went delirious and started performing 7 “ARFC-waves” around the stadia. 1-0!!

Things got better in the 27th. A superb long ball down the right from Khim to Tong resulted in the latter delivering yet another perfect cross for Alvin, who had replaced Speedy Hee 7 minutes earlier, to head in ARFC’s second goal. 2-0!!! The fans really went wild and started performing another 7 “Mexican waves” with chants of “Tong, Tong, Tong!!” continuously for 7 minutes.

& mins later, Khim nearly scored ARFC;’s 3rd goal with a tremendous shot which rocketed off the cross-bar. Hard luck!! L

In the second half, ARFC stamped its authority on the game but Alvin missed 2 chances for his hat-trick. 10 minutes into the 2nd half, however, scoring legend Haron had to depart the field due to work and with unpredictable Blackburn using his crazy antics again, ARFC was put under intense pressure by the opponents.

Of course, the experienced ARFC warriors held on for a 2-0 win in the end.


My personal Man-of-the-Match is Huiming (aka Duck), with Bernard and Tong coming in a close second.