Raymond - 16
Haron - 13
Darren - 11
Soon - 9
Sebastian - 7
Alvin - 5
Derrick - 4
Jeffrey - 4
Blackburn - 3
Tjioe - 3
Tong - 3
Toh - 3
Hee - 2
Tze Ern - 2
Ron - 2
Khim - 1
Daniel Fonseca - 1
Note: Guest player Weng Tuck scored 1 goal for ARFC Veterans too
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Hee and Soon led the way in ARFC Veterans' 7-4 win
Playing its 25th Veterans match
against Pioneer Ayer Rajah at Mayflower SS, ARFC Veterans totally destroyed the
opponents 7-4 after a high-energy relentless pressing and finishing by the
Veterans.
ARFC Veterans was watched Tiara/Dylan (Elvis’
children).
ARFC Veterans started with this 4-5-1 line-up:
GK – Haron
RB – Huiming
Sweeper – Elvis
Stopper – Toh
LB – Tong
RM – Raymond
CM – Sebastian (Captain)
CM – Soon
CM – Rashid
LM – Tze Ern
SC – Hee
Subs:
Chua (late)
Darren (late)
ARFC Veterans started brightly and Raymond
almost scored within 20 seconds when he intercepted a pass from their sweeper
to left-back, powered inwards but dragged his shot wide.
2 mins later, Raymond again surged in but his
finishing was wayward.
ARFC Veterans continued to squander a couple
of chances and was duly punished when the opponents scored with his first
attack of the match. 0-1
ARFC Veterans did not panic at all but every
Veterans upped their energy level.
ARFC Veterans equalised soon after. Sebastian hit a long ball down the left
for Tze Ern to chase down the left flank.
Looking up, Tze Ern sent a high hanging ball to the far post where Soon
swooped in from the blind side to leap and nod the ball home. 1-1 and this was Soon’s 90th
ARFC goal.
2 mins later, Tze Ern again latched on to
Rashid’s perfect lobbed ball down the left flank. While at the left by-line and everyone was expecting Tze Ern
to cross the ball, Tze Ern had other ideas when he hooked the ball expertly over
their GK who was trying to dash out.
The ball bounced once before landing nicely into the net. 2-1 and this was Tze Ern’s 17th
ARFC goal.
7 mins later, ARFC Veterans scored its 3rd
goal of the match after some very good work from Soon. After robbing their defender down the
right side, Soon drew their GK out, eluded him before squaring the ball to Hee
who had the simplest of tasks to roll the ball into the empty net. 3-1 and this was Hee’s 116th
ARFC goal.
The opponents then pulled a goal back. 3-2
Chua and Darren then replaced Toh and Tong respectively,
with Huiming moving to stopper while Tze Ern dropped to left back to
accommodate Darren at left mid.
During half-time, Soon had wanted to go for
his spa appointment but was persuaded to stay on.
Soon’s decision soon reaped dividends just 77
seconds from the re-start. Not for
the first time in the match, Rashid pinged a long diagonal ball to the right
flank for Raymond to break in from deep.
Raymond reached the ball, took a touch inwards and though their GK
dashed out to try to block the ball, Raymond managed to nip the ball away and
passed to Soon who had ran into the box.
Naturally, Soon side-footed the ball high into the net for his 91st
ARFC goal. 4-2
In the 57th min, ARFC Veterans was
again indebted to Raymond who again wriggled his way down the right flank, went
past their GK before passing to Hee who was right in front of the empty
net. Just as Hee was about to pull
the trigger, he was shoved to the ground from behind, giving the referee no
choice but to point to the spot.
At this juncture, Sebastian immediately
turned and asked Chua to take the penalty but Chua rejected and ran away
towards our goal. Soon was then
asked to take the penalty to complete his hat-trick but he also rejected.
Sebastian then stepped up and the outcome was
the same as all his previous penalty kicks – drilled low and hard to the bottom
left hand corner. 5-2 and this was
Sebastian’s 116th ARFC goal.
Sebastian then asked to be replaced as this
was his 2nd match in 3 days, after having played almost the full
match on Friday evening for another team.
Raymond was then put through on goal by Hee
but despite facing their GK one-on-one, Raymond’s meek placed shot was blocked
by their GK’s outstretched left leg.
However, Raymond atoned his miss just 7 mins
later. Hee won the ball in
midfield and passed to Raymond. This time round, Raymond was sharp as he simply
sliced the ball past their GK for his 22nd ARFC goal. 6-2.
ARFC Veterans then scored the goal of the
match with very good passing and movement. Receiving the ball from Soon, Rashid
held up the ball and after hearing Darren’s call and seeing his overlapping run
from left-back, Rashid nonchalantly hit a well-weighted ball down the left
flank. Darren then crossed in
which saw Hee killing the ball brilliantly with a good take-down. Hee then laid the ball to Raymond who
then swivelled and drilled home a grounder past their despairing GK. 7-2 and this was Raymond’s 23rd
ARFC goal.
With this goal, Raymond is now on level terms with David, another ARFC legend, on 23 goals.
With this goal, Raymond is now on level terms with David, another ARFC legend, on 23 goals.
The opponents then pulled a goal back. 7-3.
With mins to go, the referee made a kelong
decision when he unfairly penalised Elvis for a foul in the box which was
totally a wrong call. They scored
from the penalty to narrow the score to 7-4.
With this win, ARFC Veterans has now won 10 matches out of 10 matches played in 2019.
With this win, ARFC Veterans has now won 10 matches out of 10 matches played in 2019.
This was a match where every Veterans played
extremely well. The pressing was
really superb and the opponents hardly had a chance to breathe at all.
Haron – Gamely volunteered to be GK and came
up with several crucial interceptions from their striker.
Huiming – Usual dependable player. Strangely enough, turned down the
chance to come on in the 2nd half as he said that he enjoyed
watching our fantastic performance from outside.
Elvis – Franco Baresi-like performance. Enough said!
Toh – Solid rock-like display with a few
blocks off their best player.
Tong – Started as left-back and played as
centre mid in 2nd half.
Did not let the team down at all.
Good utility player!
Chua – Wasted a golden chance when he
overlapped all the way to receive a through ball but chose to pass
instead. His speed and stamina
were unheard of for someone his age.
Tze Ern – Played a great match with an assist
and superb goal!
Darren – Once again, Andrew Robertson-like
display!
Raymond – A real monster at right mid. Lost count of the number of runs down
the right during the match.
Rashid – Classy player with many classy balls
down both flanks.
Soon – I think I run out of superlatives to
describe him already. Opponents
just simply could not cope with his harassing.
Sebastian – Cleverly clean up loose space and
control rhythm of play. Penalty
king.
Hee – This must be one of his best matches
thus far. As the only striker for
this match, Hee led the line very very well. His closing down of their
defenders, both by player and space, was really top-class today. Very intelligent movement.
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Derrick ends 5-month goal-drought in 3-1 victory
In a
fiercely-contested match, ARFC came from behind to fend off the tough challenge
of Musang King 3-1.
ARFC started with this 4-4-2 line-up:
|
Jersey No.:
|
Name
|
Position
|
|
1
|
Flying Fremont
|
Goalkeeper
|
|
16
|
Marauding Guoxiong
|
Right-back
|
|
14
|
Combative Ron
|
Sweeper
|
|
15
|
Towering Toh (captain)
|
Stopper
|
|
31
|
Vintage Chua
|
Left-back
|
|
33
|
Talisman Derrick
|
Right Mid
|
|
4
|
Dynamic Soon
|
Centre Mid
|
|
28
|
Hard-man Tjioe
|
Centre Mid
|
|
12
|
Remarkable Rashid
|
Left Mid
|
|
66
|
Wonder Wayne
|
Striker
|
|
99
|
Powerful Alvin
|
Striker
|
|
Substitutes:
|
||
|
3
|
Astute-reading sweeper
Elvis
|
|
|
6
|
Unbeatable Darren
|
|
|
8
|
Talented Chun Haw
|
|
|
11
|
Speedy Hee
|
|
|
13
|
Energetic Kerwin
|
|
|
19
|
Skillful Weilit
|
|
|
Missing
In Action:
|
||
|
2
|
Unpredictable Blackburn
|
|
|
5
|
Impeccable How Meng
|
|
|
7
|
Influential Sebastian
|
|
|
9
|
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
|
|
|
10
|
Sublime Khim
|
|
|
17
|
Nippy Kenny
|
|
|
18
|
Determined Huiming
|
|
|
20
|
Composed Eng Lai
|
|
|
21
|
Rampaging Raymond
|
|
|
45
|
Commanding Ismail
|
|
|
77
|
Dependable Jinzhong
|
|
|
78
|
Steely Tze Ern
|
|
|
xx
|
Precocious Javier
|
|
Both teams were evenly-matched and hence it
was no surprise that the first half ended goal-less.
Within 7 mins of the re-start, Chun Haw and
the opponent were sent off after a scuffle.
ARFC then conceded a penalty. 0-1.
Kerwin then continued to live up to his
potential to fulfill the tall order of filling in Darren’s shoes as the
first-choice left-back when he forayed up front and demonstrated some fancy
footwork. Before he could pull the
trigger, Kerwin was brought down in the box.
Alvin duly despatched the spot-kick to the
bottom left corner for his 322nd ARFC goal. 1-1.
Guoxiong then continued his dominant display
as right mid when he sent in a precise cross to Wayne whose diving header was
just 66 mm over the bar.
Rashid then hit a high diagonal cross-field
ball, ala Xabi Alonso, to Guoxiong on the right. Guoxiong wriggled his way down the right flank, ala Dirk
Kuyt, before squaring the ball across goal for Derrick to side-foot the ball
beyond the reach of their GK. 2-1
and this was Derrick’s 111th ARFC goal.
Derrick’s goal also ended his 5-month
goal-drought as his last goal was on 12 May 2019.
ARFC killed off the match in the 77th
min. Utilising all his power, Alvin brought the ball from left to centre and to
right inside the penalty box. Soon
was the biggest beneficiary when he fired the ball home from Alvin’s lay-off.
3-1 and this was Soon’s 89th ARFC goal.
Saturday, October 19, 2019
ARFC top-ten scorers (as at 19 Oct 2019)
- Alvin - 321 goals
- Haron - 270
- Blackburn - 164
- Hee - 115
- Sebastian - 115
- Derrick - 110
- Toh - 100
- Soon - 88
- Chun Haw - 85
- Kenny - 84
Soon inspired ARFC with 88th ARFC goal in 6-2 win
Powered by
Soon’s inspirational drive from midfield, ARFC comprehensively dismissed the
challenge of Dark Horse 6-2.
ARFC started with this 4-4-2 line-up:
|
Jersey No.:
|
Name
|
Position
|
|
1
|
Flying Fremont
|
Goalkeeper
|
|
20
|
Composed Eng Lai
|
Right-back
|
|
3
|
Astute-reading sweeper
Elvis
|
Sweeper
|
|
15
|
Towering Toh (captain)
|
Stopper
|
|
6
|
Unbeatable Darren
|
Left-back
|
|
16
|
Marauding Guoxiong
|
Right Mid
|
|
4
|
Dynamic Soon
|
Centre Mid
|
|
8
|
Talented Chun Haw
|
Centre Mid
|
|
19
|
Skillful Weilit
|
Left Mid
|
|
11
|
Speedy Hee
|
Striker
|
|
99
|
Powerful Alvin
|
Striker
|
|
Substitutes:
|
||
|
13
|
Energetic Kerwin
|
|
|
31
|
Vintage Chua
|
|
|
xx
|
Precocious Javier
|
|
|
Missing
In Action:
|
||
|
2
|
Unpredictable Blackburn
|
|
|
5
|
Impeccable How Meng
|
|
|
7
|
Influential Sebastian
|
|
|
9
|
ARFC Scoring Legend Haron
|
|
|
10
|
Sublime Khim
|
|
|
12
|
Remarkable Rashid
|
|
|
14
|
Combative Ron
|
|
|
17
|
Nippy Kenny
|
|
|
18
|
Determined Huiming
|
|
|
21
|
Rampaging Raymond
|
|
|
28
|
Hard-man Tjioe
|
|
|
33
|
Talisman Derrick
|
|
|
45
|
Commanding Ismail
|
|
|
66
|
Wonder Wayne
|
|
|
77
|
Dependable Jinzhong
|
|
|
78
|
Steely Tze Ern
|
|
Virtually straight from the kick-off, ARFC
took the lead when Chun Haw spread the ball out right to Guoxiong. Killing the ball with a great first
touch, Guoxiong laid the ball perfectly into the path of on-rushing Soon who
lobbed a world-class ball, ala Matthew Le Tissier over the their GK who was
slightly off his line. 1-0 and
this was Soon’s 87th ARFC goal.
In the 15th min, ARFC doubled its
lead with yet another brilliant combination from Chun Haw and Guoxiong. Hearing
Guoxiong’s call for the ball down the right flank, Chun Haw pinged a diagonal
ball, ala Xabi Alonso, for Guoxiong who sent in a sumptuous ball, ala Andrei
Kanchelskis, into the box. Though
Hee just failed to connect with the ball by 11 mm, Alvin managed to trap the
ball before calmly despatching into the bottom right corner. 2-0 and this was Alvin’s 320th
ARFC goal.
7 mins later, ARFC put the result to bed with
its 3rd goal in the match.
From Darren’s potent throw-in, Toh did very well by cushioning the ball
before showing his vision by passing to the path of Soon. Taking up the invitation, Soon raced
ahead of their defender before placing the ball nicely into the bottom right
corner for his 88th ARFC goal. 3-0.
The opponents then pulled 2 goals back, with
their second goal particularly dubious. 3-2
ARFC was furious now.
After a goal-mouth melee, Chun Haw reacted fastest
to a loose ball by rifling the ball home for his 85th ARFC goal. 4-2
which remained the half-time score.
With this goal, Chun Haw has moved ahead of
Kenny who was stuck at 84 ARFC goals.
7 mins into the 2nd half, ARFC
regained its 3-goal lead. Chun Haw
started the move by releasing Kerwin down the right flank. Kerwin burst clear and squared the ball
in for Alvin to duly tap the ball into the empty net. 5-2 and this was Alvin’s 321st
ARFC goal.
15 mins later, ARFC scored its 6th
goal in the match. Weilit robbed their defender of the ball before rolling the
ball into the path of Javier who had the simplest of tasks to notch his 11th
ARFC goal. 6-2.
With this goal, Javier has moved on level
terms with ex-ARFC legends Hwee and Damian at 11 ARFC goals.
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