Saturday, February 17, 2018

ARFC crumbled after captain Toh's early departure in 0-7



Suffering a meltdown in the 2nd half, ARFC succumbed to a 0-7 defeat against Mogura FC.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Jersey no.
Name
Position
xx
Thomas (guest keeper)
Goalkeeper
18
Determined Huiming
Right-back
20
Composed Eng Lai
Sweeper
15
Towering Toh (captain)
Stopper
31
Vintage Chua
Left-back
16
Marauding Guoxiong
Right-mid
4
Dynamic Soon
Centre-mid
8
Talented Chun Haw
Centre-mid
19
Skillful Weilit
Left-mid
2
Unpredictable Blackburn
Striker
9
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
Striker
Subs:
7
Influential Sebastian

14
Combative Ron

33
Talisman Derrick

Absent:
3
Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

5
Impeccable How Meng

6
Unbeatable Darren

10
Sublime Khim

11
Speedy Hee

17
Nippy Kenny

21
Rampaging Raymond

28
Hard-man Tjioe

45
Commanding Ismail

66
Wonder Wayne

77
Dependable Jinzhong

78
Steely Tze Ern

99
Powerful Alvin


ARFC was able to match the much younger and fitter Mogura FC in the first half but rued the absence of faster and fitter players like Kenny, Darren, Tze Ern, Raymond and Alvin. 

Despite so, ARFC put up a determined performance with the defenders standing out.  Guest GK Thomas also kept ARFC in the match with several assured catches and saves.

However, Thomas then spilled a free-kick and their forward followed up to slot home their 1st goal. 0-1

ARFC also lost a pillar in defence after Toh limped off with a groin injury.  After-match medical examinations revealed that he simply had too much sex on Saturday night.

ARFC could have equalized after Derrick teed up nicely for Sebastian outside the box.  However, Sebastian placed the ball just 77mm over the bar. Unlucky.

Chun Haw also impressed with several penetrating runs and shots but could not find the target.


In the 2nd half, ARFC simply crumbled, no thanks in large part to the unforgiving heat.  In the last 15 mins or so, most of the ARFC warriors simply could not run anymore and conceded 6 more goals to lose 0-7.

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