Playing on a desert-like
weather at St Wilfrids pitch, ARFC overcame the tough challenge of EAFC with an
inspiring performance from Chun Haw.
Just 7 mins
before the 11 am kick-off time, Wayne informed that he could not make it.
Thankfully, Toh and Soon turned up though Toh had a Father’s Day lunch at 1 pm
and Soon just finished his routine 20-km training run.
Before the
match, ARFC warriors all looked dead which was made worse by the fact that the
very young opponents were already warming up 30 mins before kick-off time.
Upon seeing
Soon’s arrival, the morale all ARFC warriors immediately shot up to the zinc roof
and all were suddenly energized.
ARFC started
with 10 warriors as all 3 substitutes were late.
Keeper - Commanding
Ismail
Right-back – Dependable
Jinzhong
Sweeper - Unpredictable
Blackburn
Stopper - Towering
Toh
Left-back -
Unbeatable Darren
Left mid - Speedy
Hee
Right mid - Marauding
Guoxiong
Centre-mid - Talented
Chun Haw
Centre-mid – Influential
Sebastian (captain)
Striker – Nippy
Kenny
Subs:
Dynamic Soon
(late)
Skilful Weilit
(late)
Gary (guest player - late)
Absent:
Steely Tze Ern
Powerful Alvin
Wonder Wayne
Astute-reading
sweeper Elvis
Hard-man Tjioe
Talisman
Derrick
Combative Ron
ARFC Scoring
Legend Haron
Impeccable How
Meng
Sublime Khim
ARFC fired the
first warning when Kenny was upended just outside the box. Sebastian’s curling
free-kick, unfortunately, clipped the left cross-bar.
Chun Haw was
next to experience the bad luck. After Sebastian was brought down, Kenny
stepped over the free-kick and Chun Haw’s powerful bender from distance bounced
off the right stanchion! Unlucky!
ARFC then took
the lead after Chun Haw was upended in the box. Blackburn stepped up to drill
the ball straight in for his 147th ARFC goal. 1-0
Kenny and Hee
then worked tirelessly to close down their defence and made space but to no
avail.
ARFC then
conceded an unlucky break-away goal. Ismail did well to block the first shot
but the opponent slotted into the empty net. 1-1
Kenny’s corner
was then flicked on by Toh which caused a mayhem near the 6-yard area. In the ensuing melee, Chun Haw was then
brought down but the referee failed to notice the foul.
7 mins into the
2nd half, ARFC regained the lead after launching a quick counter-attack.
From defending a corner, Sebastian passed to Gary on the left who in turn
played to Hee. Without breaking his stride, Hee sliced a high ball to Kenny who
had cleverly peeled away to the left flank and broke their off-side trap.
Seeing their keeper charging out, Kenny expertly lofted the ball over him from left
flank and the ball bounced and nestled nicely to the far post. 2-1 and this was Kenny’s 53rd ARFC
goal.
As the match wore on, almost
all ARFC warriors were fast tiring but the defence, on the back of yet another
impeccable display from Darren, held firm. Ismail then read the match very well with several vital interceptions.
Voting results:
Darren – 9
Chun Haw – 9
Kenny – 5
Soon – 4
Guoxiong – 3
Ismail – 3
Sebastian – 1
Jinzhong – 1
Hee – 1
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