ARFC in 3-1 friendly victory

ARFC beat an opponent 3-1 in a friendly on 27 May 2012.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper: Haomin (guest keeper – Home Utd U-16 keeper)

Right-back: Marauding Guoxiong  

Sweeper: Unpredictable Blackburn

Stopper: Towering Toh

Left-back: Wonder Wayne

Right-mid: Long-throw specialist Norman

Centre-mid: Sublime Khim

Centre-mid: Hard-man Tjioe

Left-mid: Talisman Derrick

Striker: Powerful Alvin

Striker: Speedy Hee

Subs:

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Combative Ron

Unbeatable Darren

Influential Sebastian

Steely Tze Ern

Alex, Jasper and Weili (all guest players)

Absent:

Dependable Jinzhong

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Talented Chun Haw

Dynamic Soon

Precocious En Dian

Nippy Kenny

Just by looking at the ARFC bench, it is enough to send shivers down the opponents’ spine.

ARFC dominated throughout and Alvin nearly opened the scoring but his clever rising shot rocked the cross-bar.

Hee was next to come close when his brilliant lifting shot was bettered only by a brilliant save from their keeper who somehow managed to tip the ball over.

Hee was not to be denied later. Put through by Khim’s world-class through ball ala Xavi Hernandez, Hee placed his low shot into the bottom left corner for his 83^rd ARFC goal.   1-1

Hee’s goal also moved him ahead of Sebastian (82 goals) and he is now the 4^th-top goal-scorer in ARFC;s history, behind Haron, Alvin and Blackburn.

ARFC then conceded an equalizer after Haomin spilled an innocuous ball ala Robert Green against the US in World Cup 2010.

ARFC regained the lead when Derrick received the ball inside the box and made a sharp turn. Before he can shoot, however, he was clumsily brought down. Blackburn stepped up and hit an assured hard ball to send their keeper the wrong way for his 112^th ARFC goal. 2-1.

In the 2^nd half, ARFC had so many chances but could not extend its lead. Hee then won a penalty after using his world-class speed which their defender only saw in a flash and chopped Hee down. Derrick also hit a low diagonal shot to send their keeper the wrong way for his 55^th ARFC goal. 3-1

Derrick’s goal moved him on level terms with Toh at 55 goals.

The match was disrupted by the frequent ARFC substitutions due to many warriors present.