Soon edged closer to 50 ARFC goals in 2-0 win

In a friendly match before Singapore 48^th National Day, ARFC had no trouble in brushing aside the OVA 2-0 at their home-ground.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Talisman Derrick

Right-back - Impeccable How Meng

Sweeper - Astute-reading sweeper Elvis (captain)

Stopper - Talented Chun Haw

Left-back - Unpredictable Blackburn

Left-mid - Nippy Kenny  

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon

Centre-mid - Steely Tze Ern

Right-mid - Marauding Guoxiong

Striker - Speedy Hee

Striker - Powerful Alvin

 

Subs:

Combative Ron (late)

Skillful Weilit

Absent:

Influential Sebastian

Composed Jackson

Unbeatable Darren

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Resolute Jasper

Towering Toh

Dependable Jinzhong

Wonder Wayne

Sublime Khim

Hard-man Tjioe

Booming Boon

ARFC welcomed back Hee from his birthday celebration trip at Bali. With such high spirits, Hee immediately made a HARD impact in the 9^th min.  He ran the ball from the left to the right penalty area and back-heeled ala Dwight Yorke to Soon. Soon quickly moved in and did another back-heel to Alvin.  Like Stan Collymore, Alvin took a great first-touch and thrashed the ball into the net for his 207^th ARFC goal. 1-0

In the 19^th min, ARFC’s corner was only half-cleared to the middle of the field. Soon picked up the loose ball, brought the ball inwards and hit a rising shot ala Robbie Fowler. His fierce shot hit the cross-bar but fortune favoured the brave when the rebound hit their keeper’s head and went into the net. 2-0 and this was Soon’s 49^th ARFC goal, one goal shy of getting an award.

In the 25^th min, Weilit replaced Hee and quickly made his presence felt. Weilit dribbled all the way from left midfield area to the left touch-line, all the time shielding the ball expertly away fro his marker. Weilit then squared a stiff grounder across goal but no one was there for the tap-in.

In the 29^th min, their keeper threw a clearance straight at Alvin who was outside the box. Alvin tried to lob their keeper ala Alonso but the ball was just 0.99 inch wide.

In the 59^th min, off an ARFC clearance, Alvin’s flick header saw Kenny racing away from their defence. Faced with their keeper, Kenny let go a great shot but their keeper produced an even greater save. Unlucky!

In the 79^th min, Chun Haw showed all why he was so highly-regarded by all when he went on a mazy dribble and easily glided past 4 opponents. Chun Haw then released  great through ball to Derrick whose shot just sailed 0.77 inch over the bar. Perhaps Derrick was a bit rusty from the long lay-off but it was certainly great to see him back as a player.

In the voting results, Soon once again clinched the MOM award with 23 points with Elvis second on 19 points, earning each $10m and $5m respectively.

These are the overall results:

Soon – 23 pts;

Elvis – 19 pts;

Chun Haw – 9 pts;

How Meng – 7 pts;

Derrick – 6 pts;

Alvin – 4 pts;

Ron – 3 pts;

Tze Ern – 3 pts;

Guoxiong – 2 pts;

Kenny – 1 pt;

Weilit – 1 pt.