Wei Lit’s wonder goal in 4-4 stalmate

Courtesy of a brilliant flowing team goal from Wei Lit, ARFC came from behind 3 times to draw 4-4 against the younger and fitter Dortmund Juniors.   

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

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

ARFC found itself 0-2 down within 9 mins.

ARFC found a lifeline back into the match when Derrick won yet another penalty for ARFC with his trickery dribble that forced their defender to hack him down.  Haron was the biggest beneficiary when he confidently stroked home the spot-kick for his    ARFC goal. 1-2

6 mins later, Darren showed why he is regarded as ARFC’s Andrew Robertson when he latched on to a pass from defence, ran all the way upfield before letting fly a left-foot belter that emphatically beat their GK.  2-2 and this was Darren’s 26^th ARFC goal.

The opponents then scored just before half-time to lead 3-2.

In the 2^nd half, ARFC was determined to put things right, particularly Ron who was fired up as Lingzhi appeared to support him from behind.

14 mins after the restart, Ron met Eng Lai’s beautifully-floated corner kick with a thumping header ala Virgil van Dijk for his 17^th ARFC goal.  World-class!

With his goal, Ron is now on level terms with Tze Ern at 17 ARFC goals.

7 mins later, the opponents won a penalty and Fremont did brilliantly to save the spot-kick.  However, ARFC could not clear the rebound and the opponents scored. 3-4 now.

ARFC summoned all its remaining energy and launched attacks and attacked in its bid to get an equaliser.  Off a flowing team move, ARFC equalised.

From defence, Chua passed to Kerwin who crossed into the centre.  Derrick rose highest and flicked the ball to Darren on the left.  Darren held up the ball well and waited for Wei Lit to make a run from deep.  Darren then paid the ball nicely and Wei Lit needed no second invitation when he hit an out-of-this-world volley ala Steven Gerrard from the edge of the box to leave their GK stunned like vegetable.  4-4 and this was Wei Lit’s 17^th ARFC goal, making him on same goals as Ron and Tze Ern.

Kerwin then nearly snatched a winner but his Ronald Koeman-like free-kick struck the bottom left post and rebounded out. Unlucky!