In a totally one-sided match, ARFC demolished a young Green
Hornets 12-1. The land-slide victory produced 2 hat-trick heroes in Alvin and
Kenny.
The match was witnessed by Anna and Tiara, girlfriends of Elvis.
ARFC started with this line-up:
Keeper - Commanding Ismail
Right-back - Unbeatable Darren
Sweeper - Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper - Towering Toh
Left-back - Wonder Wayne
Left-mid - Unpredictable Blackburn
Centre-mid - Influential Sebastian (captain)
Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon
Right-mid - Nippy Kenny
Striker - ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Striker - Powerful Alvin
Subs:
Dependable Jinzhong
Talisman Derrick
Absent:
Combative Ron
Speedy Hee
Marauding Guoxiong
Steely Tze Ern
Sublime Khim
Impeccable How Meng
Hard-man Tjioe
Booming Boon
ARFC signaled its intent when
it took just 77 seconds to open the scoring. Sebastian side-footed a low ball
down the right flank ala Xabi Alonso for Kenny to run in from deep. Kenny’s
cross was blocked by their defender who fell after blocking. Before he could
react, Alvin dashed in and simply thumped the ball in. 1-0 and this was Alvin’s
232nd ARFC goal.
77 seconds later, ARFC doubled
its lead. Darren’s missile-like throw-in was touched by Blackburn who could not
get a clean connection. However, the ball bounced off the foot of their
unfortunate defender for an own goal. 2-0 and this was the 33rd own
goal conceded to ARFC.
Kenny then got on the scoring
act when he picked up a loose ball and hit a thunderous shot that gave their
keeper no chance at all. 3-0 and this was Kenny’s 38th ARFC goal.
Sensing an avalanche of goals,
Sebastian quickly replaced Haron with Derrick, giving the latter a chance to
equal Alvin’s record of scoring in 9 consecutive matches.
That moment arrived soon.
Sebastian pinged a high long ball over their defence that saw Derrick racing
clear to face their keeper alone. Derrick then tried to round the keeper but
was brought down instead. Naturally, Derrick brushed off all other
penalty-takers to send their keeper the wrong way for his 86th ARFC
goal. 4-0
With this goal, Derrick has
now equaled Alvin’s record.
Kenny then produced a similar
goal scored by Gareth Bale in the Copa La Ray final against Barcelona this
season. Racing from left, Kenny simply kept on running down the left flank and
cut inwards when reaching the penalty box. With no opponents matching his
speed, Kenny had all the time in the world to dispatch the ball to the far post
for his 39th ARFC goal. 5-0
Haron then came on for Alvin.
Darren sent in a ball down the right for Derrick who then fizzed a ball into
the box. Kenny took a touch but the ball went away from him. When everyone was
expecting the ball to roll out for a goal-kick, Haron popped up from nowhere to
prod the ball over the line for his 208th ARFC goal. 6-0.
In the 2nd half,
ARFC continue to show no mercy. Within 77 seconds, Haron notched his second of
the match. Alvin showed immerse power and strength to dribble down the left
touch-line. Alvin then passed to Haron who was standing at the top of the 6-yard
box. Displaying McManaman-like skills, Haron slalomed his way past 3 defenders
and then coolly placed the ball home for his 209th ARFC goal. 7-0.
Derrick then passed to Alvin
who again whacked the ball past their exposed keeper for his 233rd
ARFC goal. 8-0.
Kenny then grabbed his
hat-trick. Sebastian again chipped the ball right over their defence and
sensing their hesitancy, Kenny nicked the ball away from him and drove the ball
into the net. 9-0 and this was Kenny’s 40th ARFC goal.
This was also Kenny’s 2nd
hat-trick for ARFC which netted 7 goals.
ARFC then conceded a goal.
9-1
Sebastian then pressed their
sweeper into giving the ball away. Sebastian then passed to Alvin who dribbled
upfield. Alvin then returned the ball to Sebastian who continued his run. Faking a shot with his right foot,
Sebastian switched the ball to his left foot and placed a diagonal ball across
their keeper for his 91st ARFC goal. 10-1.
Alvin then also chalked up a
hat-trick. From Kenny’s pass, Alvin really just powered in a cannon for his 234th
ARFC goal. 11-1
This was Alvin’s 22nd
ARFC hat-tricks which resulted in 73 goals.
ARFC was not done scoring.
Sebastian exchanged an one-two pass with Blackburn and before their defenders
could close in, toe-poked the ball past the despairing dive of their keeper.
12-1 and this was Sebastian’s 92nd ARFC goal.
Voting results:
Kenny – 9
Alvin – 8
Elvis – 4
Darren – 4
Sebastian – 2
Soon – 2
Jinzhong – 2
Ismail – 2
Toh – 2
Blackburn – 1
Haron – 1
Derrick – 1
Wayne – 1
(Note: This is the first time that all playing warriors
received at least 1 vote in the same match.)
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