Despite playing only one half of the match,
Chun Haw combined powerfully with the ever-industrious Soon to help ARFC
demolished Santos FC 5-1 on 21 Apr 2019.
ARFC started with this 4-4-2 line-up:
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Jersey No.:
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Name
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Position
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xx
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Sunny (guest GK)
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Goalkeeper
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31
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Vintage Chua
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Right-back
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20
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Composed Eng Lai
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Sweeper
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xx
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Damien (guest player)
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Stopper
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6
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Unbeatable Darren
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Left-back
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16
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Marauding Guoxiong
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Right Mid
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4
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Dynamic Soon
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Centre Mid
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8
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Talented Chun Haw
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Centre Mid
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17
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Nippy Kenny
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Left Mid
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9
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ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
(Captain)
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Striker
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99
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Powerful Alvin
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Striker
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Substitutes:
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||
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3
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Astute-reading sweeper
Elvis
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66
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Wonder Wayne
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Missing
In Action:
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||
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2
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Unpredictable Blackburn
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|
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5
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Impeccable How Meng
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|
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7
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Influential Sebastian
(Captain)
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|
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10
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Sublime Khim
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|
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11
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Speedy Hee
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|
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12
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Remarkable Rashid
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|
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14
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Combative Ron
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|
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15
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Towering Toh
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|
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18
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Determined Huiming
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19
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Skillful Weilit
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21
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Rampaging Raymond
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28
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Hard-man Tjioe
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33
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Talisman Derrick
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45
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Commanding Ismail
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|
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77
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Dependable Jinzhong
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|
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78
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Steely Tze Ern
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Though the opponents were almost half the age
of the ARFC warriors, ARFC still started the match strongly with its experience
and good passing and movements.
ARFC fired the first warning shot when Haron
just headed 99 mm narrowly wide of the goal off a brilliant left-wing cross
from Alvin.
Making his first appearance since few matches
ago, Chun Haw picked up a misclearance from the opponents and flashed a vicious
shot at goal. Alas, his shot
missed the top corner by 8 mm with their GK stranded.
Chun Haw then made amends when the opponents’
hurried clearance landed at the feet of Chun Haw just outside the box. Despite 2 opponents closing down on
him, Chun Haw simply brushed them aside by dribbling past them before
dispatching the ball into the bottom corner of the goal. 1-0 and this was Chun
Haw’s 75th ARFC goal.
The opponents then equalised 7 mins later.
1-1
ARFC regained the lead 7 mins late after a
slick counter-attack move. Elvis
retrieved the ball ala Virgil van Dijk and passed to Guoxiong on the right. Guoxiong, who was totally dominant at
right mid, hit a quick ball to Chun Haw who was waiting outside the box. Playing a simply yet effective one-two
with Alvin, Chun Haw faced their GK and duly smashed the ball past him for his
76th ARFC goal. 2-1 which remained the score at half-time.
ARFC started the 2nd half with
only 1 sub as Chun Haw had to leave for work. Nevertheless, this did not affect ARFC as it kept up its
dominance.
Kenny then demonstrated his elegance, pace
and power when he bamboozled his way past 5 opponents down the left
bye-line. His outrageous cross
across goal was simply begging for someone to apply the finishing touch which
Wayne almost did but missed the ball by a mere 0.77 seconds.
Wayne redeemed himself 2 mins later. From a free-kick on the left, Wayne
bend a world-class curler ala David Beckham to the top corner. Despite getting a touch to the ball,
their GK could not keep out the wicked curler and succeeded in pushing the ball
into the net. 3-1 and this was Wayne’s
44th ARFC goal.
Wayne then grabbed his brace when he rose
highest, off Alvin’s wonderful corner kick delivery, to nod the bal past their
stunned GK. 4-1 and this was Wayne’s 45th ARFC goal.
Kenny then continued his recent bad luck of
near-misses when his cannonball shot from 40 metres smacked against the
bar. Unlucky!
Haron then put the icing on the cake with a
goal that bore uncanny resemblance to Torres’ goal against Man Utd in the 2009
season. Again, Elvis hit a Virgil van Dijk-looking long ball over the top right
into the heart of the opponents’ defence.
From nowhere, Haron ran from deep, outmuscled their defender similar to
how Torres did to Vidic, and snatched the ball away from him. Of course, before their defender could
bring down Haron (like how Vidic did to Torres), Haron duly lobbed the ball over
their GK with his left foot for his 266th ARFC goal. 5-1!
Voting results:
Soon – 8
Chun Haw – 8
Darren – 4
Chua – 4
Guoxiong – 3
Kenny – 3
