ARFC started with this 4-4-2
line-up:
|
Jersey no.
|
Name
|
Position
|
|
33
|
Talisman Derrick
|
Goalkeeper
|
|
31
|
Vintage Chua
|
Right-back
|
|
14
|
Combative Ron
|
Sweeper
|
|
15
|
Towering Toh (captain)
|
Stopper
|
|
6
|
Unbeatable Darren
|
Left-back
|
|
16
|
Marauding Guoxiong
|
Right-mid
|
|
4
|
Dynamic Soon
|
Centre-mid
|
|
8
|
Talented Chun Haw
|
Centre-mid
|
|
2
|
Unpredictable Blackburn
|
Left-mid
|
|
11
|
Speedy Hee
|
Striker
|
|
99
|
Powerful Alvin
|
Striker
|
|
Subs:
|
|
|
|
7
|
Influential Sebastian
(late)
|
|
|
9
|
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
(late)
|
|
|
20
|
Composed Eng Lai
|
|
|
21
|
Rampaging Raymond
|
|
|
66
|
Wonder Wayne (late)
|
|
|
Absent:
|
||
|
3
|
Astute-reading sweeper
Elvis
|
|
|
5
|
Impeccable How Meng
|
|
|
10
|
Sublime Khim
|
|
|
17
|
Nippy Kenny
|
|
|
18
|
Determined Huiming
|
|
|
19
|
Skillful Weilit
|
|
|
28
|
Hard-man Tjioe
|
|
|
45
|
Commanding Ismail
|
|
|
77
|
Dependable Jinzhong
|
|
|
78
|
Steely Tze Ern
|
|
ARFC soon fell behind. 0-1
Toh then missed rom a free header
from Blackburn’s corner.
However, Toh soon made amends.
Chua sent Guoxiong galloping down the right flank and the latter’s Beckham-like
right-wing cross was met emphatically by Toh whose bullet header came in off
the cross-bar. 1-1 and this Was Toh’s 90th ARFC goal.
Straight from the kick-off, the
opponents sored to lead 2-1.
ARFC did not let its heads drop.
7 mins later, Guoxiong turned provider yet again when his cross from the right
saw their defender bizarrely pushed Alvin when there was no danger at all.
Alvin dusted himself off the ground to drill his spot-kick right through their
GK. 2-2 and this was Alvin’s 285th ARFC goal.
ARFC then took the lead for the
first time in the match. Wayne
received a low ball from Guoxiong and passed the ball out for the on-rushing
Chun Haw, who totally controlled the midfeld, to thump home a low diagonal
venomous shot for his 48th ARFC goal. 3-2
ARFC then saw a catalogue of
misses from Wayne, Haron, Blackburn and Hee. Chun Haw’s shot was also saved.
Derrick then came to ARFC’s
rescue when he twice produced world-class saves to fist their shots over the
bar.
Moments later, Derrick dived low
to turn their grounder out for a corner.
Soon’s shot was then aved before
Eng Lai, unmarked in the penalty area, headed wide from Blackburn’s corner.
In the 2nd half, ARFC
continued to press for goals. Haron then fully optimised his experience when he
chased a ball over the top. When he felt a slight push, Haron immediately went
to ground to earn a penalty. Haron picked himself up to send their GK the wrong
way for his 232nd ARFC goal.
4-2
Chua then passed to Blackburn who
brought the ball down expertly. Turning away, Blackburn rifled a world-class
rising shot that hit the top-left-hand corner, giving their GK no chance at
all. 5-2 and this was Blackburn’s 152nd ARFC goal.
Haron then had a legitimate goal
ruled out when he turned in a close-range shot. The ball had clearly crossed
the line but the referee did not award a goal. Unlucky!
Derrick then produced yet another
top-draw save when he dived low to save a one-on-one situation.
Raymond then had a goal correctly
ruled out. Sebastian’s corner was hit right to the most dangerous zone (between
the 6-yard box and penalty spot) and Raymond rose highest to nod home. However,
Soon was correctly ruled to have obstructed their GK. Unlucky!
Sebastian then hit another
similar hazrdous corner kick but Toh headed just slightly over.
Guoxiong then capped his finest
performance in an ARFC shirt when he gave a low slide-rule pass for Alvin to
latch on. Powering goalwards, Alvin simply placed the ball home for his 286th
ARFC goal. 6-2
Blackburn then floated in a great
ball from the left which saw their GK grasping thin air. Raymond then had the
easiest of task to roll the ball into the empty net for his 7th ARFC
goal. 7-2
Alvin then powered his way all
the way from left midfield area to the byeline before squaring to Wayne who
lifted the ball over the bar with just their GK to beat.
The opponent then scored after
Derrick saved their penalty but they touched the rebound home after Sebastian
was slow to react.
Voting results:
Derrick – 11
Guoxiong – 11
Chun Haw – 8
Ron – 5
Darren – 4
Soon – 2
Blackburn – 1
Toh – 1
Raymond – 1
Chua – 1
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