Despite
missing almost half of the first-team regulars, ARFC still have enough in the
tank to rout The Riders 6-0 in a totally one-sided match.
ARFC
was supported by Lingzhi, Ron’s capable and lovely wife.
Kudos
to Darren too for turning up to play one half despite having to attend to
pressing family matters.
ARFC
started with this line-up:
Keeper - Commanding
Ismail
Right-back - Dependable
Jinzhong
Sweeper - Combative
Ron
Stopper - Towering
Toh (captain)
Left-back - Unbeatable
Darren
Left-mid - Speedy
Hee
Centre-mid - Dynamic
Soon
Centre-mid - Marauding
Guoxiong
Right-mid - Weilit
Striker - Unpredictable
Blackburn
Striker - Powerful
Alvin
Subs:
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Impeccable
How Meng
Eng Lai (guest player)
Dominic (guest player)
Ah Chua (guest player)
Chun Haw (guest player)
Jasper (guest player)
Absent:
Astute-reading
sweeper Elvis
Talisman
Derrick
Nippy Kenny
Influential
Sebastian
Steely Tze Ern
Sublime Khim
Wonder
Wayne
Hard-man Tjioe
Immaculate Indra
Booming
Boon
Playing under a scorching heat
and buoyed by the large last-min turnout, ARFC got off a to a great start when
it opened the floodgates in the 17th min. Hee got the ball in the box and did a
body feint before twisting away from the onrushing defender who callously kicked
Hee's ankle from behind, leaving the referee with no choice but to award a
penalty to Apex. Blackburn brushed aside all aspiring penalty-takers by
casually stroked the ball home for his 140th ARFC goal. 1-0
Barely 2minutes later, ARFC doubled
its lead when Hee send a hopeful through ball in the middle of the field which
was miskicked by the defender, allowing Alvin to face the goalkeeper one on
one. Alvin shrugged off his profligacy in the previous matches by calmly
dribbled past the goalkeeper before rolling the ball into the empty net. 2-0
and this was Alvin’s 239th ARFC goal.
In the 27th min, ARFC put the
result to bed with Hee yet again playing a pivotal role. From a lovely through ball by Guoxiong
in the middle, Hee’s crisp volley was parried by their keeper. Hee followed up
and thumped his shot against an onrushing defender, ricochet off the bar and
drop 0.99cm away from the goal line. Soon, who was lurking nearby from the
blindside, had the simplest of job to tap the ball in for his 62nd ARFC
goal. 3-0.
Several substitutions were made
in allowing everyone some playing time.
In the 37th min, off a corner
taken by Blackburn, How Meng demonstrated that ARFC needed not always depend on
Toh for headers when he leaped like a salmon to power in a bullet header for
his 4th ARFC goal. 4-0
Just before half-time, ARFC had
a scare when an incident just outside its own box, saw Ron being clattered by
the opponent's defender as they challenged for a high ball. Leaving up to his
North Korean tank reputation, Ron escaped the incident unhurt while the
defender suffered a deep cut causing blood to gush out from his forehead
profusely.
ARFC good play continued in the
second half albeit was wasteful in its attack which could have contributed to a
bigger scoreline.
In the 59th min, Haron opened
his account from a beautiful link-up play between the midfielders. Chun Haw
tricked everyone when he delightfully dinked a through ball to the ever-running
Soon who was coming from the blind side and managed to get the ball in the
6-yard box. Soon looked up and unselfishly passed the ball to Haron who had the
easiest of task to tap the ball past the rooted keeper for his 214th
ARFC goal. 5-0.
How Meng got his second goal in
the 77th min. Hee, who was having a field day at the left wing, sent a superb
ball across the center of the goal. Haron could not reach there in time but
managed to win the ball back. Haron looked up before sending a low ball in the
middle. How Meng who was running in slightly miskicked his shot but it still
managed to trickle pass the keeper towards the right bottom corner of the post.
6-0 and this was How Meng’s 5th ARFC goal.
Voting results:
Soon – 7
Guoxiong – 5
Hee – 4
Alvin – 4
Haron – 3
How Meng – 3
Ron – 2
Jinzhong - 2
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