In a match played under “no-haze” but hot weather, ARFC overcome Loop Revil 2-0 in front of the returning 77,777 fanatical fans.
Just hours prior to kick-off, ARFC received a crushing news when fast-improving Bernard pulled off due to some last-minute personal commitment. As a result, ARFC only has 11 players to start.
Hardworking Tong volunteered to be GK and he was shielded by astute-reading Elvis, Towering Toh, fit-again Blackburn and determined Huiming at left and right back respectively. Kiat Gulam and Sebastiano were at the centre, with sublime Khim and quick-silver Derrick at left and right flank respectively. Up front, speedy Hee and powerful Alvin led the line in the absence of ARFC scoring legend Haron.
ARFC quickly seized control of proceedings but the opponent put up a determined fight. Just 7 mins into the game, a diagonal long ball from unpredictable Blackburn found the feet of quick-silver Derrick who in turn angled a through ball for Speedy Hee. Naturally, Speedy Hee lived up to his name and thumped the ball into the net for a 1-0 lead.
In the 17th min, ARFC won a free-kick on the right. Spotting their keeper way off his line, Sebastiano delivered a free-kick that bounced off the cross-bar. Unlucky!!
Just minutes before the end of half-time, Speedy Hee received a hefty kick and was carried off to be replaced by ARFC scoring legend Haron who arrived just minutes earlier. The referee soon blew his whistle for the half-time.
In the second half, ARFC continued its assault on the opponent’s goal. However, ARFC was left down by some way-ward finishing and very very surprisingly and to the shock of the 77,777 fans, sublime Khim was one of the culprits.
Luckily, Jinzhong arrived after his work and replaced Tong at goal with hard-working Tong partnering Sebastiano, who was clearly tiring by now, at midfield to lend some bite.
Sublime Khim, however, soon made up for his prolifacy by creating yet another goal in the 67th min. Getting the ball near the centre, he delivered a measured ball right up into the path of powerful Alvin who simply toe-poked the ball into the net. His goal sparked wild celebrations from an unnamed babe from China who nearly took off her Liverpool jersey. However, the security staff at ITE Stadia had already learnt its lessons as last week an unnamed female fan also threw her bra and panties at Sebastiano, and quickly stopped the unnamed babe from doing so.
When the referee blew the final whistle, the 77,777 fans applauded ARFC warriors for clinching a efficient win.
Nevertheless, ARFC owed its victory not only to the 2 scorers, but astute-reading Elvis, Towering Toh, Blackburn, determined Huiming and Kiat Gulam for stopping some sporadic attacks by the opponent. Astute-reading Elvis and Towering Toh especially had a superb game. Quick-silver Derrick also had a superb game. Jinzhong also made 2 crucial interventions after coming on.
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