Eng Lai and Chua starred in 3-2 win

With no guest player at all to bolster numbers, ARFC won 3-2 against GGFC under Qatar-like weather.

It was also great to see that for the first time in 7777 matches, ARFC did not call up any guest player.  Superb!

Special mention to Jinzhong for agreeing to play GK despite having no gloves to don.

Thankfully, Wayne sacrificed his playing time by agreeing to be the GK.

Special mention to Khim too for bringing down much-needed 100-plus drinks for the team!

ARFC was also supported by Lingzhi (Ron’s beau), Clara (Guoxiong’s princess), Dylan and Tiara (Elvis’ precious) 

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

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

In the 7^th min, Guoxiong, who has been very impressive in recent matches, pressured the opponents, ala Klopp’s style, into losing possession.  Guoxiong then rolled the ball into the path of Blackburn who quickly turned over to Darren who was waiting in the box.  With a quick step-over ala Zidane which left their defdner with tangled legs, Darren casually tapped the ball to the bottom left corner for his 14^th ARFC goal. 1-0

In the 17^th min, Kenny’s searing pace, ala Kylian Mbeppe was too much for their defender to handle and was cruelly hacked down.  Alvin stepped up and thrashed the ball past their GK for his 305^th ARFC goal. 2-0

Strangely enough, ARFC then conceded 2 goals. 2-2 at half-time.

17 mins into the second half, Alvin released Kenny who was yeling for the ball on the left.  Before receiving the ball, the eagle-eyed Kenny already saw that their GK was off the line.  Upon receiving the ball, Kenny immediately sent a sublime chip to the top corner which totally stunned their GK and all watching players and spectators. 2-0 and this was Kenny’s 81^st ARFC goal.

Despite the grueling weather and just 2 substitutes, ARFC held on for a thoroughly-deserving 3-2 victory.