Alvin finally overtook Haron in 3-0 win

Playing against Chok Chai FC for the 2^nd time, ARFC once time triumphed 3-0 thanks to an inspired Man-of-the-Match performance from Tze Ern.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper             -           Hao Min

Right-back       -           Marauding Guoxiong

Sweeper           -           Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Stopper             -           Combative Ron

Left-back         -           Unbeatable Darren

Left-mid          -           Sublime Khim

Centre-mid       -           Steely Tze Ern

Centre-mid       -           Dynamic Soon

Right-mid         -           Speedy Hee

Striker              -           Powerful Alvin (captain)

Striker              -           Unpredictable Blackburn

Subs:

Talisman Derrick (late)

Weilit

Absent:

Towering Toh

Hard-man Tjioe

Influential Sebastian

Wonder Wayne

Dependable Jinzhong

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Mean-machine Hock

Talented Chun Haw

Long-throw specialist Norman

Precocious En Dian

Nippy Kenny

Jasper

The match was quite evenly matched and Chok Chai FC played some good football.

In the 9^th min, Alvin intercepted the ball from their right-back and burst down the left flank but his square ball across was not met by any ARFC warrior.

In the 20^th min, Derrick replaced Hee. Words has it that Derrick has managed to ink a 7-year franchiseship with ‘Lao Ban Tao Huay’ at a contract value of $7 million. Derrick will be giving unlimited supply to all ARFC warriors for the next 7 years.

Bouyed by his contract deal, Derrick immediately made an impact when he won a free-kick on the right. Blackburn stepped up and thumped the ball home for his 115^th ARFC goal. 1-0

In the 35^th min, Khim received the ball on the left and throdded in a world-class through ball which Soon came from deep, rounded their keeper and slotted the ball into the net for his 43^rd ARFC goal.  2-0.

In the 2^nd half, ARFC sat down and protect the 2-0 lead. The opponents then took the chance to come at us but ARFC’s famed defence stood tall. Particularly, Hao Min once again highlighted his immerse potential with a few world-class saves, especially one one-on-one save that had Gary Bailey, Neville Southall, Bruce Grobblearr, Peter Schmeichel and Pepe Reina purring in delight.

In the 65ht min, ARFC put the result to bed off a counter-attack. The ball broke loose and Alvin latched on and fired a stinging first-time shot that hit the back of the net for his 179^th ARFC goal. 3-0

With his goal, Alvin finally over-take Haron as ARFC’s leading scorer. Wonderful achievement!

Just mins before full-time, Derrick conjured a forward pass and Hee again showcased his world-renowned speed by reaching the ball ahead of their on-rushing keeper. Hee pushed the ball towards goal, collided with their keeper and saw the ball slowly rolled towards goal but unfortunately, the ball hit the upright!

Man-of-the-Match is obviously Tze Ern who covered every blade of the grass on the pitch.