ARFC in stunning come-from-behind 5-2 victory with Toh's commanding display

In a friendly on 27 Jan 2019, ARFC staged a stunning comeback after trailing2 goals at half-time to emerge 5-2 victors against the young and fit LOL FC.

Wayne fired the first salvo when he let fly 3 shots but to no avail.

Sebastian then lasted a golden chance after being teed up by Soon when he placed his shot just 0.77 mm over the bar.

ARFC also had 5 corners but we did not capitalise.

The opponents then scored 2 goals to lead 2-0 at half-time.

In the 2^nd half, ARFC unleashed its 4 young guns, Sufi and the 3 brothers (Larry, Lucas and Lewis), which brought devastating results.

Within 77 seconds of the re-start, Sufi powered down the right flank, went past their left-back easily and whipped in a low cross which was handled by their covering defender.  Alvin stepped up and drilled the spot-kick diagonal high across their GK for his 311^th ARFC goal. 1-2.

177 seconds later, ARFC grabbed the equaliser. Again, Sufi cut in from the right and sliced their left-back like a knife through the butter.  He passed across goal and Larry then lifted the ball out and over their GK’s hands before blasting the ball into the net. 2-2 and this was Larry’s 3^rd ARFC goal.

At this juncture, the opponents looked bewildered but things got worse for them 7 mins later.  A series of intricate passing and movement involving Rashid, Lewis and Larry saw Lewis threading a perfectly-weighed through ball to Lucas.  Putting a nice touch, Lucas cut into the centre before firing home for his 5^th ARFC goal. 3-2 now.

At this point, the opponents were totally stunned and all their passes either went astray or went straight to ARFC’s players.

The opponents’ misery was to be worsened 7 mins later. From a short corner, Sufi passed inwards which saw Lewis taking a nice touch before drilling home his debut goal for ARFC. 4-2.

However, Kiat, who was called up due to unavailability of several ARFC warriors, conceded a penalty.  Thankfully, guest GK Sunny guessed the correct way when he dived low and full-length to his left to keep out the penalty.

Kiat then redeemed himself when he hacked off the ball from the goal line after their corner was headed powerfully towards ARFC’s goal.

ARFC then compounded the opponents’ misery with the 5^th goal of the match. Lucas went on a solo run from midfield all the way into their box and duly thumped home a fierce shot that gave their GK no chance at all. 5-2 and this was Lucas’ 6^th ARFC goal.

Guoxiong then kept the scoeline down when he also cleared off the line in the dying minutes of the match.

[Note:  Thousand apologies – I lost all the voting results by you guys.]