Chun Haw leads the way to 5-2 win over Generation Y

Powered by yet another inspirational performance from Chun Haw, ARFC continued its winning ways in the league after brushing aside Generation Y 5-2.

As usual, ARFC was supported by its die-hard and hardcore supporter Lingzhi, Ron’s wife.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Jersey no.	Name	Position
33	Talisman Derrick	Goalkeeper
31	Vintage Chua	Right-back
3	Astute-reading sweeper Elvis	Sweeper
14	Combative Ron	Stopper
6	Unbeatable Darren (captain)	Left-back
5	Impeccable How Meng	Right-mid
4	Dynamic Soon	Centre-mid
8	Talented Chun Haw	Centre-mid
11	Speedy Hee	Left-mid
2	Unpredictable Blackburn	Striker
66	Wonder Wayne	Striker
Subs:
9	ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
15	Towering Toh
20	Composed Eng Lai
77	Dependable Jinzhong
xx	Lucas (guest player)
xx	Larry (guest player)
xx	Rashid (guest player)
Absent:
7	Influential Sebastian
10	Sublime Khim
16	Marauding Guoxiong
17	Nippy Kenny
18	Determined Huiming
19	Skillful Weilit
21	Rampaging Raymond
28	Hard-man Tjioe
45	Commanding Ismail
78	Steely Tze Ern
99	Powerful Alvin

ARFC’s relentless pressing of opponents reaped dividends in the 7^th min.  From outside the box, Chun Haw’s beautifully struck free-kick was headed for the top corner but their GK stuck out his arms to palm the ball away for a corner.

From the resultant corner, a series of passes saw the ball falling to Blackburn.  Living up to his unpredictable nature of play, Blackburn killed the ball with a brilliant first touch before unleashing a powerful cross-shot that caught everyone by surprise. Their GK could only watch in horror as the ball almost burst the net after it landed at the top corner.  1-0 and this was Blackburn’s 153^rd ARFC goals.

ARFC extended its lead 2 mins later.  Still yet to recover from Blackburn’s wonder goal, the opponents was hit by a superb counter-attack move from ARFC.  Wayne got the ball from the centre line and passed to his right where Blackburn was lurking.  Blackburn sprayed a ball to Chun Haw on the left wing.  Looking up and spotting Wayne making a run into the box, Chun Haw nonchalantly hit the ball to Wayne with a pin-point pass.  With just their GK to beat, Wayne made up for his poor finishing the previous week when he slotted the ball home nicely to the far corner.  2-0 and this was Wayne’s 27^th ARFC goal.

ARFC then nearly conceded a goal after a comical mix-up between Derrick and Darren.  The ball richocheted off Darren’s knee and wrong-footed Derrick who ha charged out.  The ball was headed towards goal and the opponents had shouted for ‘goal’ when Derrick made a leopard-like recovery to boot the ball away to safety.  Thankfully, the goalline technology was not used for this as the ball seemed to have already crossed the line.

ARFC then scored its 3^rd goal of the match.  Off yet another beautiful move between Blackburn, Wayne and Chun Haw, Chun Haw found himself galloping into the box and easily dispatched the ball past their GK for his 59^th ARFC goal. 3-0

Chun Haw then put the result to bed with another peach of a goal.  From outside the box, he bent a world-class curler for his 60^th ARFC goal. 4-0

The opponents then pulled a goal back. Though Derrick saved their first penalty, the referee ordered a re-take which they converted. 4-1

In the 2^nd half, Chun Haw quickly restored ARFC’s 4-goal margin when he turned creator this time.  From the left, Chun Haw floated a delicious ball into the box where How Meng and Larry were lurking.  Showing how much he has improved from his stint with a S-League club, How Meng trapped the ball with his thighs before moving in menacingly towards goal and slammed the ball past their GK.  5-1 and this was How Meng’s 11^th ARFC goal, putting him on level terms with ex-ARFC legends Damian and Hwee, as well as with Ron on 11 goals.

The opponents then pulled a consolation goal near the end. 5-2.

Voting results:

Chun Haw – 12

Soon – 9

Derrick – 7

Ron – 6

Wayne – 3

Blackburn – 3

Toh – 2

Darren – 1

Chua – 1

How Meng – 1