ARFC suffered first defeat in 2014

No thanks to a disastrous 5-min lapse of concentration which saw 3 goals being shipped, ARFC fell to its first defeat in 2014 after losing 2-4 to Chester City.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Ismail (guest keeper – Haron’s BIL)

Right-back - Indra (guest player)

Sweeper - Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Stopper - Towering Toh

Left-back - Unpredictable Blackburn

Left-mid - Skillful Weilit

Centre-mid - Marauding Guoxiong   

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon  

Right-mid - Talisman Derrick 

Striker - Powerful Alvin

Striker - ARFC Scoring Legend Haron (captain)

 

Subs:

Nippy Kenny (needed time to warm-up)

Unbeatable Darren (late)

Resolute Jasper (late)

Absent:

Wonder Wayne

Influential Sebastian

Speedy Hee

Dependable Jinzhong

Impeccable How Meng

Combative Ron

Steely Tze Ern  

Composed Jackson

Precocious Chun Haw

Hard-man Tjioe

Sublime Khim

Booming Boon

Jiawei

ARFC fired the first salvo in the 3^rd min when Alvin found his way down the left flank via his usual trade-make run. He cut the ball back and fizzed in a low ball. Soon showed great anticipation when he dashed in from deep to dispatch the ball nicely into the net. 1-0 and this was Soon’s 54^th ARFC goal.

The opponents then equalized. 1-1

5 mins into the second half, Derrick continued to justify his ‘Most Improved Player of 2013’ when he sliced the ball through for Kenny who broke their off-side trap easily. Unfortunately, Kenny’s fierce left-foot shot cannoned off their left post and rebounded to the opponents. With a swift counter-attack, the opponents scored! 1-2

3 mins later, the opponents scored again. 1-3

2 mins later, the opponents put the result to bed by scoring their 4^th goal. 1-4

No one in the packed stadium could believe what was unfolding before their eyes. All ARFC warriors were also stunned by this sudden melt-down.

To ARFC’s credit, all warriors quickly regrouped and managed to pull a goal back in the 70^th min.  Derrick exchanged wall-passes with Kenny and duly scored his 75^th ARFC goal. 2-4

Man-of-the-Match is given to Weilit who displayed marked improvement in running and taking on opponents.