Guoxiong hit ARFC's 2100th goal with long-range rocket in 3-3 draw

In a match where Guoxiong’s scored ARFC’s 2100^th goal in its illustrious history, ARFC let slip a 3-1 lead to draw 3-3 with a young, lean and fit team called Chubby Alonsos.

ARFC was supported by Raymond who turned up but did not want to play.

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

Jersey no.	Name	Position
33	Talisman Derrick	Goalkeeper
20	Composed Eng Lai	Right-back
3	Astute-reading sweeper Elvis (captain)	Sweeper
14	Combative Ron	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
17	Nippy Kenny	Striker
Subs:
9	ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
12	Remarkable Rashid
15	Towering Toh
19	Skillful Weilit
31	Vintage Chua
Absent:
5	Impeccable How Meng
7	Influential Sebastian
10	Sublime Khim
18	Determined Huiming
21	Rampaging Raymond
28	Hard-man Tjioe
45	Commanding Ismail
66	Wonder Wayne
77	Dependable Jinzhong
78	Steely Tze Ern
99	Powerful Alvin

In the 7^th min, Eng Lai played a long ball down the right which Kenny sprinted clear of their defence.  Hearing Hee’s call, Kenny pinged a delicious-looking ball to Hee’s feet.  With their GK to beat and with 2 defenders closing him down, Hee’s just missed the goal by 0.77 mm.

5 mins later, ARFC deservingly took the lead.  Eng Lai’s laser-sharp and sweet curler from a corner on the right saw Chun Haw rose better than Toh to thump a downward header to the left past their despairing GK.  1-0 and this was Chun Haw’s 73^rd ARFC goal.

However, the opponents then equalised about 10 mins later. 1-1 at half-time.

In the 2^nd half, Hee showed that he is back to his old self when he expertly stole the ball from the opponents and presented the ball on a platter for the on-rushing Guoxiong. After taking a superb first touch to kill the ball, Guoxiong unleashed a world-class unstoppable venom that hit the top corner, ala Paul Scholes, that left their GK rooted to his spot.  2-1 and this was Guoxiong’s 30^th ARFC goal.

Guoxiong’s goal was also ARFC’s 2100^th goal since it was formed in Jun 1991.

7 mins later, ARFC looked to have put the result to bed.  After winning a foul on the left about 37 metres away, Blackburn fooled everyone when his long and high diagonal free-kick sailed over everyone including their GK for his 159^th ARFC goal. 3-1

However, the fitter opponents then launched a fight-back to score 2 goals to make it 3-3.

With seconds to go, ARFC nearly snatched a winner but after a series of pin-ball action in and around their penalty box, ARFC just could not fire in a winner.

Voting results:

Guoxiong – 11

Soon – 11

Kenny – 10

Darren – 7

Ron – 2

Chun Haw – 2

Toh – 1

Derrick – 1