Chun Haw's brace could not stem ARFC's consecutive losses

In a friendly match played under very good weather, ARFC slumped to its consecutive defeats with a surprise 2-3 loss to Team 78.

ARFC’s flow and rhythm was severely disrupted by the very late arrivals of Chun Haw, Jackson, Weilit and Jasper.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Impeccable How Meng

Right-back - Dependable Jinzhong

Sweeper - Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Stopper - Towering Toh

Left-back - Unbeatable Darren

Left-mid - Unpredictable Blackburn

Centre-mid - Combative Ron  

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon  

Right-mid - Talisman Derrick (captain)

Striker - Powerful Alvin

Striker - Speedy Hee

  

Subs:

Influential Sebastian

Wonder Wayne   

Nippy Kenny

Steely Tze Ern  

Resolute Jasper

Composed Jackson

Skillful Weilit

Talented Chun Haw

Absent:

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Marauding Guoxiong  

Hard-man Tjioe

Sublime Khim

Booming Boon

Jiawei

ARFC struggled in the opening exchanges and could not fashion any decent chances.

ARFC then conceded a goal. 0-1

In the 2^nd half, ARFC played much better.

First, Tze Ern struck the cross-bar from 37.77 metres. Superb!

Toh then narrowly headed wide from Sebastian’s corner on the right.

ARFC then found its equalizer. From yet another Darren’s potent throw-ins, Chun Haw leaped and powered a header goal-wards. Their keeper got his hands to it but could not prevent the ball from slipping from his grasp and trickled over the line. Their keeper desperately tried to claw the ball back but luckily the other wise lousy referee managed to spot it. 1-1 and this was Chun Haw’s 26^th ARFC goal.

ARFC then allowed the opponents to score another 2 goals to trail 1-3.

Chun Haw then grabbed his brace after Wayne’s volley caused mayhem in the box. Chun Haw swopped and propelled the ball into the net for his 27^th ARFC goal. 2-3

Despite relentless and sustained pressure, ARFC could not find an equalizer or winning goal.