Witnessed
by Ismail’s cute wife, Shidah and even cuter son Aqeel, Derrick smashed Alvin’s
9-match consecutive scoring run when he netted a brace to score in his 10th
successive match in a 6-3 win over a very youthful, energetic and enthusiastic
After One FC.
As
Ismail’s Maserati was giving him problems and was very late for the match,
Haron showed why he was Singapore’s and Malaysia’s ideal and idol BIL by
steeping in as the keeper.
After
the match, Ismail was spotted getting the name-card of C & C’s CEO Wayne as
Ismail is believed to be keen to procure a Mercedes E700, a rare and new model
which C & C only produced 7 units.
ARFC
started with this line-up:
Keeper - ARFC Scoring Legend Haron (captain)
Right-back - Dependable
Jinzhong
Sweeper - Astute-reading
sweeper Elvis
Stopper - Towering
Toh
Left-back - Unbeatable
Darren
Left-mid - Speedy
Hee
Centre-mid - Combative
Ron
Centre-mid - Unpredictable
Blackburn
Right-mid - Talisman
Derrick
Striker - Nippy Kenny
Striker - Powerful
Alvin
Subs:
Dynamic
Soon
Steely Tze Ern
Wonder
Wayne (late)
Commanding
Ismail (very late)
Absent:
Influential
Sebastian
Marauding
Guoxiong
Sublime Khim
Impeccable
How Meng
Hard-man Tjioe
Booming
Boon
With
every ARFC warrior egging Derrick to break Alvin’s 9-match consecutive scoring
run, ARFC started
the game strongly and was rewarded with an early goal in the 7th min. Alvin
pounced on a defensive error to slot the ball into an empty net after his first
shot ricochet off a defender and back to his feet. Derrick was hoping for a
pass across the field but to no avail. 1-0 and this was Alvin’s 235th
ARFC goal.
In the 17th min, ARFC doubled its
lead. Off a corner by Blackburn,
the ball flew over everyone's head and reached the other end where Jinzhong ran
from deep to send a cross back into the box. Toh got to the ball first but as
his back was facing the goal, he flicked the ball to the far post which sits
nicely for Alvin, who was lurking unmarked, to prod home his 2nd goal of the
game. 2-0 and Alvin has now scored 236 goals for ARFC.
However, Derrick was observed looking
unhappy as he wished that he was the one at the spot instead of Alvin.
As the match progressed, Derrick became
more and more desperate, (even more desperate than an army boy on a night’s out
at St. James) and took several shots but all came to nought. It seemed that he
was simply trying too hard.
From a counter attack, the opponent pulled
a goal back 7mins from time to make the score 2-1.
During the half-time pep talk, Captain of
the day Haron lashed out as Derrick’s selfish and desperado attempts and as a
result, Derrick was taken off at half-time to do some self-reflection
ARFC started sluggishly after the re-start.
However, in the 67th min, a wonder
goal from Kenny rejuvenated the team. Seeing Kenny in the centre of the field, Ismail
shouted for him as he gave a mighty kick ala Peter Schmeichel. The ball went
slightly off target though towards the left of the field but Kenny did not give
up the chase and won the ball from the opposing defender who was trying to
shield the ball out, while everyone just looked and stare. With the ball at his
feet, Kenny dribbled inwards towards the keeper and cooly nutmeg the latter
even though there were 2 defenders hot on his heels. 3-1 and this was Kenny’s 41st
ARFC goal.
Rumours has it that Ismail had attended the
talk by Peter Schmeichel on Saturday and Peter has taught Ismail a trick or two
in the goal-kicking department.
Derrick then voiced his readiness to take
the field again as he substituted Alvin out. His grit and determination to
score finally paid off in the 77th min. From the right, after some exchange of
passes between Jinzhong, Tze Ern and Hee, Jinzhong underlined why he was ready
to replace Guoxiong at right-back when he finally sent a beautiful cross into
the centre of the box where Derrick manage to slip from his marker and
gleefully nod the ball into the net, beating the outstretch arms of the keeper.
With that goal, Derrick took out his red thongs and ran around the field 7
times as thousands of TKBs screamed his name, declared their love for him and
threw their brassieres at him!!!! 4-1 and this was Derrick’s 87th ARFC
goal.
With this goal, Derrick has finally erased
Alvin’s record as this was his 10th successive match where he
scored.
Surprisingly, Derrick did not sub himself
out after scoring in this game, like what he has been doing routinely for the
past few matches.
Sloppy defending gave the opponent a chance
back into the game. 4-2
With the new confidence, Derrick did
justice by staying in and game as he assisted in the next goal. From the right
again, off a throw-in into the box, Derrick shielded the ball from his marker and
hooked the ball into the centre when he heard Haron shouting for it. However,
the ball was slightly over hit to the far post. Soon then came from the blind
side and shouted that it was his, before slamming the ball into the net. 5-2
and this was Soon’s 59th ARFC goal, equaling Tjioe’s tally.
Soon’s tireless running despite running
31km in day earlier is truly admirable, unlike a certain influential ARFC
warrior who only ran 21km and yet still did not turn up for the match.
Opponent got another goal back. 5-3 and
seemed confident of scoring more.
Hee was injured shortly after this and a
melee nearly broke out. The opposing defender nearly broke Hee's leg with a
crunching tackle.
However, In the 87th min, Derrick put the
game to bed by pouncing on yet another header to the bottom corner of the goal,
off a Blackburn’s cross from the right. 6-3 and Derrick has now scored 88 ARFC
goals, just 4 short of Sebastian’s 92 goals.
Voting results:
Kenny – 10
Soon – 8
Ron – 7
Derrick – 4
Elvis – 2
Tze Ern – 2
Jinzhong – 2
Wayne – 2
Ismail – 2
Darren – 1
Alvin – 1
Blackburn – 1
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