ARFC in rare defeat

In a match severely shortened by the thunderstorm and inexperienced referee, ARFC dominated but contrived to lose 0-2 against ANZA.

Initially, ARFC did not have enough warriors and had to call up 4 guest players.  Thankfully, Darren, Kenny and Derrick made last-min appearances.

Special credit to Soon too as he turned up to play despite just running the Stanchart full marathon in the morning. Superb athlete and dedication!

The same, however, could not be said of Sebastian who only ran half marathon and then down for whole day.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Kenneth (Ismail’s friend)

Right-back - Impeccable How Meng

Sweeper - Combative Ron

Stopper - Towering Toh (captain)

Left-back - Unbeatable Darren 

Left-mid - Speedy Hee   

Centre-mid - Chun Haw (guest player)

Centre-mid - Dynamic Soon

Right-mid - Talisman Derrick

Striker - Unpredictable Blackburn

Striker - Wonder Wayne  

Subs:

Skilful Weilit

Commanding Ismail (late and appeared in 2nd half)

Nippy Kenny (late)

2 guest players

Absent:

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron  

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Sublime Khim

Powerful Alvin

Steely Tze Ern

Dependable Jinzhong

Influential Sebastian

Marauding Guoxiong 

Hard-man Tjioe

ARFC gifted 2 soft goals. 0-2

In the 2^nd half, ARFC launched waves after waves of attacks but was let down by either poor finishing or saves by their keeper.

The 0-2 defeat also marked the first time since 10 Aug 2014 that ARFC had failed to score in a match.  Incidentally, ARFC also lost by the same scoreline (to Esperenza).

The defeat was also ARFC’s 8^th defeat (out of 44 matches) in 2014.

Voting results:

Ron – 10

How Meng – 9

Darren – 7

Soon – 6

Derrick – 4