Fasting Haron blast 4 past opponent in 6-0 win

Due to feedback that it would be insane to play at 11 am, ARFC played on a cool and breezy evening at the SIA Sports club at a 7 pm kick-off time.  The end result?  A resounding 6-0 win over Golden Eagles FC on the back of a 4-goal salvo act by Haron.

 

Derrick also gamely volunteered to be GK though he has yet to regain full fitness after his ops.

 

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Talisman Derrick

Right-back – Dependable Jinzhong
Sweeper - Astute-reading sweeper Elvis
Stopper - Towering Toh (captain)
Left-back - Unbeatable Darren
Left mid - Wonder Wayne
Right mid - Marauding Guoxiong
Centre-mid - Talented Chun Haw
Centre-mid – Combative Ron
Striker – Unpredictable Blackburn
Striker – Powerful Alvin
 
Subs:

Influential Sebastian

Skilful Weilit
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Impeccable How Meng

Absent:

Speedy Hee

Dynamic Soon
Nippy Kenny
Commanding Ismail
Steely Tze Ern
Hard-man Tjioe
Sublime Khim

ARFC did not take long to stamp its authority in the match.

In the 7^th min, Jinzhong met Blackburn’s corner from the left perfectly.  His downward header took a wicked deflection off their defender at the line and completely wrong-footed their GK. 1-0 and this is Jinzhong’s 5^th ARFC goal.

Wayne and Alvin then combined down the left that resulted in Wayne’s fierce shot being turned away by their impressive GK.

How Meng, Weilit, Sebastian and Haron then replaced Chun Haw, Toh, Wayne and Blackburn respectively.

Sebastian made an immediate impact when his powerful and precise right corner was powered home by Haron’s head for his 223^rd ARFC goal. 2-0

Sebastian then made a piercing grounder through ball ala Xavi Hernandez into the box for Guoxiong who could have taken a shot but he chose to be selfless by passing and the ball was eventually cleared.

Seconds from the end, Guoxiong made an overlapping run down the right flank ala Dani Alves. His inch-perfect cross to the far post was met firmly by Alvin but their GK somehow flung himself across goal and miraculously blocked out Alvin’s header!  Amazing world-class save.

In the 2^nd half, ARFC continued its relentless attacks. How Meng, Wayne and Alvin tore their left side apart and the ball was swept across goal. The lurking Haron connected sweetly with a crisp first-time shot but their GK again made another flying save to turn the ball away for a corner. Unbelievable save!

From the resulting corner, Blackburn hit the ball right into the danger zone and Haron swooped in to head the ball home for an uncanny resemblance to his first-half goal! 3-0 and this was his 224^th ARFC goal.  

Toh then came very close when his bullet header from yet another Blackburn corner was hacked off the line by their covering defender.

How Meng, Alvin and Wayne then worked their triangular magic again at the right side. Wayne weavered his way down the right touch-line and his low cross evaded their GK and defenders for a grateful Haron who glided in from the blind side to tuck the ball high into the net for his 225^th ARFC goal. 4-0 and this was Haron’s 12^th ARFC career hat-trick.

 
Sebastian then side-footed wide from Alvin’s cut-back from yet another piece of good work by Wayne at the right flank.

ARFC then conceded a penalty. However, their kicker was completely distracted by Derrick’s wobbly leg stunt ala Bruce Grobblearr and Juzy Dudek that he blazed the ball high and wide.

Sebastian then saw his chipped shot sailed agonizingly wide of the top corner by 7 mm.

ARFC was then given a penalty after their defender handled the ball in the box. Meant as a farewell gift before his ops the next morning, Sebastian graciously stepped aside for him.  However, Derrick sprinted all the way from his GK position and asked to be the taker. In the end, Wayne was fooled as Haron stepped up instead to place the ball past their GK for his 226^th ARFC goal. 5-0

Haron has now scored 12 hat-tricks for ARFC which netted 41 goals.

Toh rounded off a good night of football when he charged in like a raging bull, completely bullied all their players and thumped in a super powerful header from Blackburn’s corner. 6-0 and this was Toh’s 83^rd ARFC goal.

All in all, this was a match where ARFC played very well with its passing and movements. The attitude was also tip top as all put in their fair share of defending and attacking work.

The attendance was also very good.

 
Voting results:

Haron – 13

Wayne – 9

Alvin – 6

Toh – 5

Jinzhong – 3

Guoxiong – 3

Chun Haw – 2

Darren – 2

How Meng – 1

Elvis – 1