Friday, July 08, 2016

Wayne nets ARFC's 1900th goal in 4-0 win


ARFC was hit by the last-min withdrawal of Ismail who was down with work commitment. Thankfully, How Meng stepped up to the plate to take his place in goal.

ARFC also welcomed back Derrick who returned after his lengthy lay-off. He was rightly and proudly cheered by ARFC’s supporters.

ARFC started with this 4-4-2 line-up:

Jersey no.
Name
Position
5
Impeccable How Meng
Goalkeeper
16
Marauding Guoxiong
Right-back
31
Vintage Chua
Sweeper
15
Towering Toh (captain)
Stopper
6
Unbeatable Darren
Left-back
2
Unpredictable Blackburn
Right-mid
4
Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid
28
Hard-man Tjioe
Centre-mid
10
Sublime Khim
Left-mid
11
Speedy Hee
Striker
99
Powerful Alvin
Striker
Subs:
8
Talented Chun Haw

14
Combative Ron

17
Nippy Kenny

33
Talisman Derrick

66
Wonder Wayne

Absent:
3
Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

7
Influential Sebastian

9
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

18
Determined Huiming

19
Skillful Weilit

20
Composed Eng Lai

21
Rampaging Raymond

45
Commanding Ismail

77
Dependable Jinzhong

78
Steely Tze Ern


ARFC opened the scoring in the 11th min. Spotting Hee making a good run, Blackburn unpredictably back-heeled to Hee who expertly put the ball past their keeper for his 106th ARFC goal. 1-0

Within 111 seconds, Hee turned provider when he “lobang” their sweeper to the left by-line. Hee’s sweet cross gave Alvin the easiest of task to tap into the open net. 2-0 and this was Alvin’s 284th ARFC goal.

6 mins before half-time, Chun Haw lived up to his high billing when he executed a throuh ball ala Zidane for Wayne to place the ball past their keeper. 3-0 and this was Wayne’s 22nd ARFC goal.

With a comfortable 3-goal cushion, ARFC took its foot off the pedal and focusd on keeping possession and passing.

In the 66th min, ARFC earned a free-kick. To loud applause, Derrick took a quick free-kick from outside the box but his shot was parried by their keeper. The ball fell kindly and invitingly for Wayne who duly slot home his 23rd ARFC goal. 4-0 this was also ARFC’s 1900th goal in its illustrious history.

Wayne’s goal took him to level terms with former ARFC Legend David on 23 goals.

Despite conjuring more chances, ARFC could not add to its 4-goal tally.

Voting results:

Chua – 12
Hee – 8
Soon – 8
Wayne – 4
Darren – 2
Ron – 2
How Meng  - 1
Kenny – 1
Toh – 1
Guoxiong – 1
Tjioe – 1
Derrick – 1


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