ARFC chalked up 10th victory in 2019 in hard-earned 3-2 win

For only the first time in its illustrious history since ARFC was formed in Jun 1991, ARFC had to call up 5 guest players to make up 11 players for a match against the OVA Under-40 team on 28 Jul 2019 at Victoria School.

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

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

In the 6^th min, our midfielders pressed the opponents into losing the ball. Guan then received a great defence-splitting pass from Soon and scored his debut goal for ARFC. 1-0

The opponents equalised 4 mins later.  1-1

In the 16^th min, ARFC’s high-press up the pitch yielded dividends again when Leon reacted quickest to a loose ball and thumped home his debut ARFC goal. 2-1

In the 26^th min, ARFC’s gen-gen pressing reaped handsome rewards again when Leon and Dasmond played ping-pong with each other before the latter shot home. 3-1

In the 2^nd half, ARFC deployed soak-and-strike tactics due to no subs available whereas the opponents changed almost its entire line-up.

10 mins before the end, the opponents a goal back. 3-2

ARFC then held on for a hard-earned victory.

Wayne's brace not enough to prevent 2-3 loss

Playing against a much-younger and fitter Dortmund Juniors team, ARFC put up a defiant display before going down 2-3 on 21 Jul 2019 at Punggol SS.

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

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

ARFC soon fell ahead after the opponents benefitted from a poor referee call when he missed a clear offside.  0-1.

Kerwin then punted a long and accurate drop-kick behind their defence which Wayne took a great first touch before poking the ball past their bewildered GK. 1-1 and this was Wayne’s 46^th ARFC goal.

The opponents then regained the lead when it profited from yet another lousy call from the referee who missed an obvious offside again. 1-2

Weilit then continued his recent good form when he embarked on a mazy dribbling down the left and easily glided past their right-back.  In the latter’s desperation, he clumsily hacked down Weilit for a penalty.  Wayne brushed aside others to take the spot-kick which he duly despatched past their GK for his 47^th ARFC goal.

2-2 and this goal was also the 50^th goal scored by the ARFC open team in 2019.

With 7 seconds to go before half-time, the opponents scored a free-kick.

ARFC tried to find its 3^rd equaliser in the 2^nd half but to no avail despite several chances created.