ARFC lost 2-3 in exciting friendly

In a friendly match during the super long weekend, ARFC suffered its 4^th defeat in 2013 after going down 2-3 to FC Genesis at the artificial pitch at Springfield SS.

ARFC was watched by Melissa and Booming Boon.

Special shout-out to both Wayne and Derrick for volunteering to be keeper for each half respectively.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Wonder Wayne

Right-back - Dependable Jinzhong

Sweeper - Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Stopper - Towering Toh

Left-back - Unbeatable Darren

Left-mid - Nippy Kenny  

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon

Centre-mid - Influential Sebastian

Right-mid - Talisman Derrick  

Striker - Speedy Hee

Striker - Powerful Alvin (captain)

 

Subs:

Combative Ron (late)

Skillful Weilit

Unpredictable Blackburn

Absent:

Marauding Guoxiong

Steely Tze Ern

Impeccable How Meng

Talented Chun Haw

Composed Jackson

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Resolute Jasper

Sublime Khim

Hard-man Tjioe

Booming Boon

ARFC was forewarned that the opponents would press at every opportunity and challenged for every ball since they are much younger and true enough, they did just that! However, ARFC’s experience told and was able to gain a strong foothold in the match.

ARFC took the lead under very fortuitous circumstances. Once again, Derrick’s dribbling proved a handful and he drew a foul back on the right side. Sebastian stepped up and his delivery saw their defender stretched out his arms to block the ball in the penalty area ala John Terry. Blackburn took the penalty and though his initial weak shot was saved by their keeper, the ball bounced up high and Blackburn reacted quickest to the rebound and stabbed the ball home for his 128^th ARFC goal. 1-0

Wayne then produced a full-length diving save to preserve ARFC’s slender lead.

On the stroke of the half-time, ARFC conceded from a quick counter-attack. 1-1

Just minutes after the restart, ARFC conceded another goal. 1-2

ARFC equalized with yet another penalty. From a loose ball in the box, Kenny showed quick thinking when he nipped ahead of their defender to the loose ball and when he was clumsily touched by the slower defender, Kenny went down. This time round, Sebastian took the penalty and sent their keeper the wrong way for his 86^th ARFC goal. 2-2.

ARFC then conceded a goal from a corner. 2-3

Weilit then wasted a golden opportunity when a cross from the right by Kenny found him totally alone in the box. However, Weilit’s attempted volley kicked thin air!

Sebastian’s free-kick on the left looked to have found the top left-hand corner until their keeper produced a flying save to tip the ball onto the cross-bar and the ball dropped kindly for the keeper to catch.

ARFC tried to find an equalizer but to no avail.

These are the voting results:

Soon – 16 pts;

Toh – 15 pts;

Kenny – 13 pts;

Darren – 12 pts;

Jinzhong – 7 pts;

Ron – 7 pts;

Derrick – 6 pts;

Sebastian – 5 pts;

Blackburn – 3 pts.

Congratulations to both Soon and Toh for winning $10 million and $5 million respectively.