Chun Haw led ARFC to 5-3 victory

Playing in a rare kick-off time at 1 pm, ARFC edged past BeHappy FC 5-3 on the back of an inspiring performance from Chun Haw and Kenny.

ARFC was watched by Winnie, Melissa and Joy, partners of Chun Haw, Hee and Kenny respectively.  Wayne also arrived midway through the first half but did not play due to his injury.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Impeccable How Meng

Right-back - Resolute Jasper

Sweeper - Unpredictable Blackburn (captain)

Stopper - Towering Toh

Left-back - Sublime Khim

Left-mid - Nippy Kenny

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon

Centre-mid - Influential Sebastian

Right-mid - Talisman Derrick  

Striker - Speedy Hee

Striker - Powerful Alvin

 

Subs:

Talented Chun Haw

Combative Ron

Steely Tze Ern

Composed Jackson

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Jiawei (trialist)

Calvin (trialist)

Absent:

Skillful Weilit

Unbeatable Darren

Dependable Jinzhong

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Marauding Guoxiong

Wonder Wayne

Hard-man Tjioe

Booming Boon

ARFC easily dominated the early exchanges with Kenny particularly eye-catching with his penetrative runs down the left flank. Alvin and Hee also harassed their defence non-stop.

In the 7^th min, ARFC took the lead. Khim latched on to a loose ball from the left and executed a reverse inside pass to the central area just outside the penalty box. Sebastian came from deep and whipped in a half-volley that was parried by their diving keeper. Hee reacted quickest to the rebound and lifted the ball past their keeper for his 91^st ARFC goal. 1-0

Strangely enough, ARFC struggled after taking the lead and was really indebted to How Meng when he produced a top-draw finger-tip save to tip a long-range shot over the bar. Fantastic goal-keeping.

How Meng also displayed an assured pair of hands when he twice held on to their fierce free-kicks.

At the 20^th min mark, Haron and Tze Ern came in for Alvin and Hee, and Kenny moved upfront to partner Haron while Tze Ern took over the left-mid position.

Shortly after, Chun Haw and Jackson came in for Derrick and Jasper respectively, and then Ron replaced Sebastian at centre-mid.

ARFC doubled its lead when Soon pierced through their middle and laid the ball to Chun Haw who came sliding in with a shot that almost burst the net for his 21^st ARFC goal. 2-0

Chun Haw’s goal also moved him to 21 goals with Kenny, Jiong Jiong and Hock.

In the 2^nd half, trialists Jiawei and Calvin took the right-mid and right-back position respectively.

ARFC then conceded a penalty. 2-1

ARFC restored its 2-goal cushion almost immediately. Sebastian’s free-kick was floated nicely to the danger area near the edge of the 6-yard box and Toh got a nice glancing header. The ball hit the upright and fell kindly to Haron who simply rolled the ball into the empty net for his 193^rd ARFC goal. 3-1

ARFC then conceded a goal. 3-2

ARFC then conceded another goal. 3-3

At this juncture, Sebastian had to quickly replace the trialist Calvin at right–back with Jasper before more calamitous defending sets in.

Khim also returned at left-mid to stabilize things.

ARFC regained its lead after a superb flowing move that started from its own half. Khim played the ball from left to Tze Ern and then to Sebastian who passed to Chun Haw on the right. Chun Haw’s delicious cross from the right was picked up by Alvin. Alvin’s first touch was overly-heavy and the ball looked to be smothered by their keeper. Incredulously, their keeper somehow allowed the ball to squirm under his hands and the ball slowly rolled over the line. 4-3 and this was Alvin’s 208^th SARFC goal.

ARFC got lucky again after Kenny’s venomous right-wing cross was missed by their sweeper. Haron gleefully lapped up the ball and placed the ball into the exposed net for his 194^th ARFC goal. 5-3

These are the voting results:

Chun Haw – 32 pts;

Kenny – 19 pts;

Haron – 11 pts;

Khim & How Meng – 7 pts;

Tze Ern – 6 pts;

Derrick – 4 pts;

Sebastian – 2 pts;

Ron & Jackson – 1 pt.

Congratulations to Chun Haw & Kenny for winning $10 and $5 respectively.