Chun Haw inspired ARFC's victory

Playing its 3^rd league match, Chun Haw produced an inspiring performance to lead ARFC to a 2-0 victory over Team BBG.

ARFC continued to miss a slew of first time regulars but thankfully, Khim (best ARFC player) and Haron (best ARFC scorer) turned up at the 11^th hour.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper        -        Dependable Jinzhong

Right-back  -        Marauding Guoxiong

Sweeper      -        Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Stopper      -        Combative Ron

Left-back    -        Unpredictable Blackburn

Left-mid      -        Speedy Hee

Centre-mid  -        Sublime Khim

Centre-mid  -        Dynamic Soon

Right-mid   -        Talisman Derrick

Striker        -        Powerful Alvin (captain)

Striker        -        ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Sub:

Talented Chun Haw

Jasper

Alex

Weili

Absent:

Influential Sebastian

Unbeatable Darren

Towering Toh

Steely Tze Ern

Hard-man Tjioe

Wonder Wayne

Long-throw specialist Norman

Mean-machine Hock

Precocious En Dian

Nippy Kenny

Both teams cancelled each other out in the first half and chances were at a premium.  Of course, the bouncy uneven pitch did not help matters as controlling and passing of the ball was extremely difficult.

In the 25^th min mark, Chun Haw replaced the tiring Hee with Khim switching over to left mid.

Mins later, Khim showed the world why he is regarded as ARFC’s best player of all time when he mesmerized 2 opposing players and floated in a delightful cross that eluded their sweeper. Haron swopped in like an eagle but under immerse pressure from their left back, Haron just sent the ball about 0.77 cm wide of the goal. Unlucky!

The half ended 0-0.

In the 2^nd half, ARFC unleashed the remaining young prodigies, Alex, Jasper and Jackson with Ron moving to centre mid to add much-needed steel and bite.

Ron then dominated the centre mid area.

ARFC finally made the break-through in the 60^th min. Chun Haw produced a world-class through ball to Alvin who, in a trade-mark move, sprinted clear of their defence and with his outside right foot shot into the bottom corner for his 175^th ARFC goal. 1-0 and Alvin’s goal pulled him ever so close to Haron’s all-time record of 177 goals.

Chun Haw then capped off his inspired display with his 6^th ARFC goal. From a throw-in, ARFC’s twin-terrors, Haron and Alvin combined brilliantly to pressure their defender which saw Alvin winning the ball. Alvin then returned the compliment by sending Chun Haw through on goal. Chun Haw did not disappoint as he burst clear and produced a stinging shot that found the bottom of the net. 2-0 and Chun Haw’s 6 goals pulled him level with Tze Ern.

Chun Haw is the Man-of-the-Match with his incisive running and passing, but Ron came close too with his dominating display at the heart of defence and centre mid.