Playing under 77,777 fans which included Elvis’ beau, Anna, ARFC crumbled in the second half to lose 4-2 after leading 2-1 at half-time.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: ARFC scoring legend Haron
Right-back: Hard-running Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Left-foot wizard Bernard
Right-mid: Hardworking Tong
Centre-mid: Hardman Tjioe
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Sublime Khim
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Striker: Speedy Hee
Subs: Unpredictable Blackburn
Dynamic Soon
ARFC wasted no time in trying to seize control of the match. Just mins into the match, Sebastian nearly opened the scoring but his left-foot curling shot came off the cross-bar. Unlucky!!
Our forward line was giving the opponents lots of headache but was unlucky to open the scoring. ARFC’s defence also did well in containing the opponents with several intelligent off-side play led by Elvis.
In the 17th min, the opponents opened the scoring. 0-1.
ARFC did not give up and took just 7 mins to level things up. Alvin’s ball into the box had Hee pressuring their defenders and in a moment of panic madness, their goalkeeper steered the ball into his own net. 1-1.
In the 27th min, ARFC took the lead after Tong cleverly intercepted a ball and played to Hee. Hee sold their defender a dummy and dashed straight into the box and duly thumped home his 54th ARFC goal. 2-1 now and the whole stadia was in ecstasy.
Sebastian then came off at half-time due to night shift and Haron gamely stayed in goal till 10 mins later as he has to break fast. Alvin went in goal.
ARFC then conceded 3 goals and lost 2-4 in the end.
Special thanks must be accorded to Haron for turning up despite being on fast. Wonderful footballer and person.
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