In the D2D Cup 1st round match against Quintero Utd, ARFC turned up the heat and annihilated its opponents by a huge score-line of 13-2 at the magnificent artificial pitch at Ping Yi SS.
This was a match that saw a couple of land-mark milestones for 2 warriors, namely Blackburn and Alvin.
For Blackburn, he became only the 3rd ARFC warrior (after Haron and Alvin) to notch up a century of goals when he netted his 99th and 100th ARFC goal in the match.
For Alvin, he scored 6 goals in the match to reach 150 ARFC goals and his 6-goal salvo also saw him equaled Robin’s record tally in a single match. However, Robin had done it twice before – on 05 July 1992 (14-2 win) and 10 Nov 1996 (8-1 victory).
Alvin’s feat also moved him further ahead in the hat-trick tally. Thus far, he has 14 hat-tricks (3 goals or more) with a total of 47 goals. Behind him is Haron with 11 hat-tricks (37 goals) and Robin with 10 hat-tricks (39 goals).
Prior to the match, Tjioe pulled out as he has to work as a Cosplay model (dressed up as Wayne ‘Shrek’ Rooney) at Suntec. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise as all warriors were able to play the full match.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper: Talented Chun Haw
Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong
Sweeper: Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper: Towering Toh
Left-back: Combative Ron
Right-mid: Talisman Derrick
Centre-mid: Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid: Influential Sebastian
Left-mid: Steely Tze Ern
Striker: Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)
Striker: Powerful Alvin
Absent:
Hard-man Tjioe
Wonder Wayne
Sublime Khim
Unbeatable Darren
Speedy Hee
Precocious En Dian
Nippy Kenny
Long-throw specialist Norman
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Dependable Jinzhong
To be fair to the opponents, they only started with 9 players (though they had 11 players subsequently) and also they were on fast. Despite the dire situation they were in, they still managed to keep ARFC at bay for the opening 17 mins. Of course, ARFC warriors were also too impatient in wanting to get the opening goal and were too hurried in passing.
The floodgates finally opened in the 17th min. Ron played a great ball to Tze Ern who galloped down the left flank. His cross was collected by Blackburn who showed incredible composure to trick their keeper and defender before calmly slotting home his 99th ARFC goal. 1-0.
2 mins later, Soon found Guoxiong who lived up to his nick-name by marauding down the flank ala Dani Alves. His cross reached Alvin who looked to have lost control but somehow, their keeper spilled the ball and Alvin gleefully tapped in his 145th ARFC goal. 2-0
ARFC doubled his tally just 3 mins later when he pressured their keeper into a hasty clearance which was blocked by Alvin in the penalty box. Alvin reacted in a flash and rolled in his 146th ARFC goal. 3-0.
By now, the opponents were totally deflated and ARFC soon scored its 4th goal in the match. Derrick found space down the right flank and squared to Blackburn who again showed great composure by rounding their keeper and coolly placing the ball home for his land-mark 100th ARFC goal. 4-0
Sebastian then followed up with the 5th goal when he exchanged wall-passes with Ron and broke the off-side trap. After checking that there were no covering defenders, Sebastian took his time (nearly 7 secondss) and easily dispatched the ball past their keeper for his 79th ARFC goal. 5-0
Derrick then received a piercing ball down the right flank from Sebastian and he then drew their keeper out before squaring to Alvin who easily side-footed the ball into the empty net for his 147th ARFC goal. 6-0
Derrick turned creator again when his right wing cross eluded everyone but there was Alvin who came dashing in and from almost the left touch-line, thumped in a outside right-foot past their hapless keeper for his 148th ARFC goal. 7-0
Tze Ern then found time to pass the ball to Soon who was about 37.77 metres away from the opponents’ goal. Without hesitation, Soon executed a delicious chip ala Xabi Alonso and the ball flew over their keeper for his 36th ARFC goal. 8-0
In the second half, the opponents were clearly determined to score some goals. As almost all the ARFC warriors were too complacent, ARFC conceded a goal after just 3 mins from the re-start. 8-1.
Derrick chalked up another assist when his pass found Alvin who duly converted for his 149th ARFC goal. 9-1
Sebastian’s laser-like corner was met emphatically by Toh who came charging in and thumped in a header ala Alan Shearer that would not give any keeper in the world any chance at all. The header was also powerful that it almost burst the net and even if it has burst the net, the ball could also go on to burst the fencing at the perimeter!
This was Toh’s 48th ARFC goal. 10-1
The opponents then scored another goal 10-2.
Tze Ern capped his impressive outing when he intercepted their keeper’s clearance at the left flank. Without missing a beat, Tze Ern chipped in a left-foot curler over their keeper for his 2nd ARFC goal. 11-2.
Interestingly, Tze Ern’s 1st ARFC goal on 28 Nov 2010 at Tampines SAFRA was also similar to this goal!
After clocking so many assists in this match, Derrick finally got onto the score-sheet. Soon released him with a through ball and Derrick unleashed a crisp rasping shot that beat the keeper easily for his 36th ARFC goal. 12-2
Alvin finally equaled Robin’s feat when Sebastian fed him a reverse pass and he sped away before dispatching the ball into the far bottom right corner for his 150th ARFC goal 13-2
Just before the final whistle, Guoxiong (who had replaced Tze Ern in goal as he had too much sex the night before and was tiring), got down real well to parry a near-goal out. Fantastic save ala Pepe Reina.
Man-of-the-Match is undoubtedly Derrick.
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