ARFC posted easy 4-0 victory

In its 3rd tournament match played at the Bukit Timah pitch II in front of 77,777 fans, most of which are house-wives doing their shopping at Giant, ARFC finally showed its championship mettle with a easy 4-0 victory over Ventz FC.


ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper: Dependable Jinzhong
Right-back: Hard-running Guoxiong
Sweeper: Uncompromising Edwin
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)
Right-mid: Mean-machine Hock
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Left-mid: Sublime Khim
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Striker: ARFC scoring legend Haron

Subs:

Reliable David;
Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Versatile Kiat;
Left-foot wizard Bernard
Speedy Hee;

David made an interesting observation when prior to Hee’s late arrival, ARFC’s 4 subs are all capable and experienced defenders!!

ARFC wasted no time in seizing domination but their keeper came up with several world-class saves, including a late tip-over from Blackburn’s thunderous shot that was headed for the top corner.

With such clear domination, it was no surprise when ARFC opened the scoring in the 17th min. After some superb exchange of passes between Haron and Soon, Hock powered in and thumped a left-foot shot that their keeper could not see and simply picked the ball out of his net. This was Hock’s 1st goal in ARFC’s new jerseys and his 15th ARFC goal. 1-0.

ARFC kept up its relentless pressure and was soon rewarded with a 2nd goal. Sublime Khim was the scorer for his 35th ARFC goal. 2-0. The predominantly house-wives went crazy and repeatedly chanted Khim’s name for 7 full minutes.

In the 2nd half, Hee again showed the world his renowned speed when he scored the 3rd goal. He headed the ball upwards into the box and before anyone can react, Hee followed up with another header to beat their keeper for his 58th ARFC goal. With this goal, Hee was credited with an assist and a goal – something not even Robbie Keane, Pele and Maradona could do!!! 3-0

In the 67th min, David picked up the ball at right-back, advanced 7 metres, looked up and chipped in a delicious ball over the top for Alvin to run through. Their keeper charged out but kicked thin air, giving Alvin the simplest tap-in for his 73rd ARFC goal. With this goal, Alvin overtook Blackburn and officially became ARFC’s 2nd highest goal-scorer in its history!!!!

For this fear, Alvin has David to thank and Alvin has promised David 77 free taxi-rides for David, Dora and Marco EACH!!!!!

This was a match where every ARFC warrior played their hearts out and all did extremely well. I really can’t see who is the Man-of-Match, but Hock, Soon, Haron, Guoxiong and Toh really stood out.