by Miguel Mas Lilleman (Images: Michael Taylor)
Mickleover Reserves started their Central Midlands Alliance League campaign with a 2-1 home win against local rivals Mickleover Athletic.
Sports opened the scoring in the first half, when Morad Shweikh darted through the middle to chase a lovely through ball from Luis Mas Hall, beating Athletic’s offside trap that had been played from the start, to round the keeper and slot home 1-0.
The equaliser came almost on the stroke of half time, following three consecutive corners, leaving it 1-1 at the break.
But the winner then came midway through the second half, with a cool finish into the bottom right- hand corner from sub Mason Chadwick, after a nice interpassing move build up from Sports youngsters.
Athletic pushed hard for another equaliser, but two exceptional saves from keeper Josh Bull from one on one situations, made sure the three points stayed firmly in Sports grasp.
