Darren inspires ARFC's first victory in 2020 in 6-2 win

After going winless for the 4 matches in 2020, ARFC finally notched its first victory in 2020 after demolishing Southern Eagles FC 6-2 on 1 Mar 2020 at Meridien Sec Sch courtesy of inspiring performance from Darren and Wayne. 

ARFC was supported by Tiara and Dylan (Elvis’ kids) and Clara (Guoxiong’s princess).

Megan (Tjioe’s lovely girl) also made her successive ARFC Supporter outing.

Sebastian paid the price for his outburst last Sunday as he was rightly relegated to the substitutes’ bench.

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

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

ARFC was still in slumberland and was duly punished when their first shot from distance found the net.  0-1.

ARFC then woke up and started to seize control of the match with Tjioe and Ron leading the charge.

ARFC equalised in the 7^th min when Andrew’s superb long goal-kick was flicked on by Darren into the path of Alvin. Unsurprisingly, Alvin drilled past their GK for his 334^th ARFC goal. 1-1

Guoxiong and Chua then combined brilliantly down the right before passing to Wayne who had made a great diagonal run to the right flank.  Wayne “ole” their left-back and had the options of passing to both Sebastian and Ron who had charged in from midfield.  Wayne squared across and Sebastian heard Ron’s call and did not take the ball.  The ball rolled nicely to Ron who hit a beautiful side-foot curler all the way to the far post and over their diving GK.  2-1 and this was Ron’s 16^th ARFC goal.

Darren was unlucky when his well-placed shot to the bottom right corner from Wayne’s great pass was kept out by their full-length diving GK.

ARFC extended its lead after Darren’s quick long throw saw Wayne charging in while the opponents was appealing for off-side (they forgot throw-ins would never be off-side).  Wayne made his way goalwards and still had the time and skill to turn their covering inside out before shooting past their GK.  3-1 and this was Wayne’s 51^st ARFC goal.

Wayne then nearly turned provider after his silky run down the left flank saw him passing the ball to Sebastian who was standing at the top of the penalty box. Sebastian touched the ball up in the air but his volley was just 0.77 mm wide of the left post.

With mins to go befpre the break, Sebastian;s long ball was handled by their player,  Wayne stepped up and hit a David Beckham-like bender that gave their GK no chance at all.  The ball landed nicely at the top right corner for Wayne’s 52^nd ARFC goal. 4-1

Just 2 mins after the re-start, ARFC scored its 5^th goal of the match. From Alvin’s corner, Tjioe charged in like a raging bull ala John Terry (both of them do looked alike) and thumped a powerful header that nearly burst the net.  5-1 and this was Tjioe’s 67^th ARFC goal.

After scoring, Tjioe ran all the way to Megan and hoisted her up for 28 seconds and kissed hr 28 times on her forehead.

Tjioe’s goal also hit a landmark as this was ARFC’s 2300^th goal since its inception in Jun 1991.

ARFC continued to dominate and missed at least 4 golden chances.

First, Tjioe made his way into the box but his powerful shot hit the cross-bar.

Then, Wayne’s corner from the right hit the far post.

Next, Alvin somehow sent his shot to Row Z when left unmarked.

Lastly, Hee somehow contrived to miskick from 0.11 metres in front of the gaping goal after some good work from Alvin.

The opponents then pulled a goal back. 5-2

With virtually the last kick of the match, Darren’s quick throw-in from the left saw Alvin powering into the box before rifling the ball into the roof of the net. 6-2 and this was Alvin’s 335^th ARFC goal.

Voting Results:

Darren – 10

Tjioe – 8

Ron – 8

Alvin – 5

Wayne – 4

Elvis – 2

Wei Lit – 1

Eng Lai – 1