Playing its 2nd match in 3 days, ARFC succumbed to fatigue and crashed to a 1-4 defeat against a very good Redline at Tampines SAFRA in front of 77,777 fans which included Soon’s gorgeous wife and lovely daughter. This also marked ARFC’s first-ever loss on the magnificent artificial pitch.
ARFC welcomed back Bernard who has been missing from several matches as he is currently trying to take over Rafa Nadal’s No. I spot in the ATTP world ranking.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Weili (guest keeper from Rendezvous FC)
Right-back: Hard-running Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Uncompromising Edwin
Left-back: Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)
Right-mid: Hardworking Tong
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Sublime Khim
Striker: Speedy Hee
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Sub:
Intimidating Damian
Marauding Boon
Left-foot wizard Bernard
ARFC controlled proceedings from the word go and created so many chances that were spurned. However, it was a good sign that so many chances were created though not capitalized.
It was no surprise that ARFC took the lead in the 17th min. Sebastian passed to Guoxiong on the right and buoyed by his hat-trick on Sunday, Guoxiong chipped in a very precise cross to Alvin who broke their off-side trap. Their keeper tried to dash out but Alvin managed to nip the ball ahead and lifted it over their keeper’s head for his 93rd ARFC goal. 1-0.
In the 37th min, ARFC conceded a goal after their midfielder lobbed Weili from near the half-way line. 1-1 at half-time.
In the 2nd half, ARFC seemed to collapse due to fatigue and conceded 3 soft goals to go down 1-4 for its first-ever defeat at Tampines SAFRA.
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