ARFC let down by Sebastian in 1-1 draw

In its 4^th league match against TRSunday at the poor Greendale Sec Sch pitch, ARFC dominated the match but could only draw 1-1.

ARFC started the match aggressively and created a host of chances.

First, Soon had a shot cleared off the line but from the resulting corner from Alvin, Ron dashed in and planted a firm downward header that ricocheted off their defender and into the net.  1-0 and this was Ron’s 4^th ARFC goal.

Next up, Guoxiong had 2 chances in quick succession but was twice thwarted by their keeper who parried both shots away. In mitigation, the poor pitch contributed a great deal to both missed chances as Guoxiong could not get a clean connection after the ball bounced awkwardly for him and off his shin.

In the 2^nd half, both Sebastian and Tze Ern turned up after their grueling match at 3 pm earlier.  

However, both contributed differently to ARFC. While Tze Ern filled in admirably at centre mid and left-mid later, Sebastian was rightfully dismissed about less than 10 mins after his entry after his swinging left hand caught the opponent squarely in the face.  With his stupid act, ARFC had to cope with 10 warriors.

Nevertheless, ARFC continued to press forward and Hee was particularly impressive with his forays down the left flank.

From Alvin’s corner, Toh connected but his header flew just wide of the left post.

From Alvin’s floated cross into the box, Tjioe ghosted in from the blind aside and looked to have scored with a header but their defender headed the ball away at the 11^th hour.

From another Alvin’s corner, Toh pressured their keeper who spilled the ball which dropped at Toh’s feet. Toh let fly but the ball was again cleared off the line.

Man-of-the-Match is clearly Tjioe with his battling display though ARFC’s defence held firm throughout.

The warriors present were:

Talisman Derrick

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Towering Toh

Combative Ron

Unbeatable Darren

Unpredictable Blackburn

Dynamic Soon

Hard-man Tjioe

Speedy Hee

Marauding Guoxiong

Powerful Alvin

Influential Sebastian

Steely Tze Ern

Jasper

Weili

Absent:

Sublime Khim

Talented Chun Haw

Mean-machine Hock

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Dependable Jinzhong

Wonder Wayne

Long-throw specialist Norman

Precocious En Dian

Nippy Kenny