Propelled by Hee’s hat-trick, ARFC open its D2D Cup 1st round match with an emphatic 8-1 victory over FC Huat. The match was played at Pioneer SS in front of 77,777 fans including Anna and Cerine, Elvis’ and Jinzhong’s beau respectively.
Prior to the match, Hee gave a heart-felt “thank you” speech to ARFC warriors for the kind gesture over the medical fees for his nasty injury just above his left eye. His 7-min speech was so touching that it moved the 77,777 fans to tears.
Special credit to Hee too for turning up despite just having his stitches removed just 77 mins earlier.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Dependable Jinzhong
Right-back: Hard-running Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)
Right-mid: Talisman Derrick
Centre-mid: Hardman Tjioe
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Left-mid: Nippy Kenny
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Subs:
Combative Ron (late)
Speedy Hee
Straight off the kick-off, ARFC was in complete total of match proceedings and it looked like ARFC would score its 1st goal which duly arrived in the 7th min. Derrick, who had a great game on right flank, dribbled his way down the right flank. Looking up, he squared the ball across goal for Alvin to arrive unmarked and tap the ball into the empty net for his 111th ARFC goal. 1-0
ARFC doubled its lead just mins later. Tjioe chipped in a delicious ball to Soon who dashed down the left flank and fired in a shot. The ball took a wicked deflection that wrong-footed their keeper for Soon’s 24th ARFC goal. 2-0
Alvin then returned the compliments to Derrick 7 mins later. Using his world-renowned upper body strength, Alvin wriggled free down the left touch-line and squared to Hee. Hee’s shot was blocked by a defender on the line but the rebound went to Derrick who scored with a slight-miscued left-foot shot for his 22nd ARFC goal. 3-0
Hee nearly scored when he broke free and lifted the ball over their on-rushing keeper. Turning away to celebrate, Hee’s jaws dropped to the ground when their keeper incredibly made a speedy (no pun intended) recovery and somehow managed to claw the ball way to safety. Super unlucky but great work by their keeper.
Hee was not to be denied in the 37th min. Ron, who just came in for Kenny, played a superb defence-splitting ball and off goes Hee to fire in his 71st ARFC goal. 4-0
Hee got his 2nd goal in the match when he again latched on to Tjioe’s world-class through ball to side-foot the ball past their keeper for his 72nd ARFC goal. 5-0
During half-time, ARFC was told not to be complacent for fear of being ousted on goal difference.
ARFC got its 6th goal in the match when Toh received a ball from Blackburn about 17 metres outside the penalty box. Looking up, Toh showed Xabi Alonso-like execution when he lifted the ball with razor-sharp precision that just dipped in between the keeper and the cross-bar for his 36th ARFC goal. 6-0
ARFC then conceded a penalty. 6-1
ARFC upped its tempo and Hee finally scored his hat-trick and his 73rd ARFC goal when he received a through ball from Kenny down the left flank. Cutting inwards, Hee simply whacked the ball past their keeper into the top right-hand corner that gave their keeper no chance at all. In fact, the shot was so powerful and sharp that any keeper in the world would not be able to save. 7-1
Alvin and Tjioe then hit the post after some very good work again. Kenny also had a venomous shot saved by their keeper.
ARFC rounded up the score when Blackburn marked his captaincy by doing an almost replica of Toh’s goal. From 37 metres out, he simply ignored all calls for the ball by firing the ball over their keeper that had the crowd screaming goallllllllllllllllllllllllll all the way. 8-1 and it was Blackburn’s 86th ARFC goal.
This was a match where ARFC displayed great team-work, passing and movements. All warriors played very well and the Man-of-the-Match is jointly given to Soon and Ron.
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