Ismail matched Izwan Mahbud's miraculous display in 3-1 win over Japanese team

Playing under a torturing hot sun, ARFC overcame a very good Japanese team, Mogura FC, courtesy of a very disciplined performance.  

ARFC was supported by Lingzhi, Ron’s wife.  

ARFC also welcomed back Derrick who is slowly working his way back to peak condition after his recent knee surgery.  

Special kudos to Soon who came to play despite just completed a 111-km, not 11.1 km and certainly not 1.11 km, run earlier. Fantastic commitment and superb fitness!! 

ARFC also recalled Huiming, pioneer ARFC warrior, to help out. 

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper – Commanding Ismail

Right-back – Determined Huiming

Sweeper – Composed Eng Lai

Stopper - Impeccable How Meng

Left-back - Unbeatable Darren

Left mid – Unpredictable Blackburn

Right mid – Rampaging Raymond

Centre-mid - Influential Sebastian (captain)

Centre-mid – Combative Ron

Striker – Speedy Hee

Striker – Powerful Alvin

Subs:

Talisman Derrick

Sublime Khim

Dynamic Soon

Vintage Chua

Kenny (guest player from SHHK)

Weng Tuck (guest player) 

Absent:

Talented Chun Haw

Marauding Guoxiong

Steely Tze Ern

Towering Toh

Nippy Kenny

Dependable Jinzhong

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Skilful Weilit

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Hard-man Tjioe

Wonder Wayne  

ARFC conceded a goal within 177 seconds. 0-1 

ARFC then equalized after How Meng threaded a through ball to Alvin who broke their off-side trap and was in the right side of the 6-yard box area.  Alvin then squared across goal and Khim fooled their GK with some clever footwork before calmly side-footed home his 51^st ARFC goal. 1-1

Ismail then came to ARFC’s rescue when he produced a top-draw one-handed save to flick a fierce shot over the bar.  Superb! 

Raymond was then put through by Alvin and raced down on their GK. However, Raymond’s rustiness showed when he over-played the ball and their GK saved his shot but conceded a corner.   

Raymond nevertheless made amends immediately. His beautifully-floated corner was only half-cleared by their defence to the lurking Khim who was just outside the box.  With a clean first touch, Khim killed the ball and thumped in a shot that sailed past a sea of players to hit the net. 2-1 and this was Khim’s 52^nd ARFC goal. 

In the 2^nd half, the opponents exerted huge pressure on ARFC but stout defending led by Ron and Huiming kept them at bay.  

Ismail then showed his mettle when he produced 3 successive world-class saves with stunning reflexes and power.  Simply brilliant!

ARFC then sealed the win after Chua’s clearance looped over their defence. Raymond chased the ball and lofted the ball over their GK who was came off the line. 3-1 and this was Raymond’s 4^th ARFC goal. 

Ismail then again produced another out-of-this-world double-handed save to deny the opponents. 

Voting results: 

Ismail – 9

Khim – 9

Darren – 6

How Meng – 4

Ron – 4

Hee – 1

Soon's 70th ARFC goal in 2-1 win

On 30 Aug 2015 at 3 pm at Mayflower SS, ARFC defeated a very “dirty” COURTS team 2-1.
 

Soon scored ARFC’s first goal after some hard work by Kenny. After being chased down by Kenny, their GK panicked and cleared the ball only as far as Soon who was 27 metres away. With a great first touch that brought the ball down, Soon unleashed his prowess from all his recent charity record-breaking skipping act by curling the ball to the top corner just below the crossbar, beyond their GK”s desperate flailing out-stretched hands. 1-0 and this was Soon’s 70^th ARFC goal.
 

With this goal, Soon overtook ARFC’s previous scoring great Robin to move into 8^th position in ARFC’s all-time leading scorers list.
 

The opponents then equalized. 1-1
 

ARFC regained the lead with Kenny again at the centre of things.  Kenny’s magical through pass down the heart of their defence was matched by an equal magical run from Haron.  With a quick feint, Haron eluded their GK who was totally memesrised and wrong-footed by Haron’s move. Facing the net alone, Haron still took his time as he was thinking why no one closed down on him. At the prompting of Blackburn who shouted “keep it simple”, Haron then slotted home his 227^th ARFC goal. 2-1

Voting results:

 

Darren – 11

Soon – 7

Kenny – 7

Tze Ern – 6

Haron – 4

Ron – 4

Toh – 2

Elvis – 1