Hinckley AFC suffered their first away defeat of the season, despite for long periods
looking like it might be another big score, but a second half 'no show' gave Cadbury
the initiative and they won the game with a goal in the last minutes.
Atletico started much the better of the two teams and had four great chances to
take the lead in the first half hour, but came up against keeper Kenny Sanders in
inspired form. First he made two excellent stops at the feet of Mark Bellingham when
he was through one on one, holding onto the ball both times. Third he got down low
to smother a Sean Williams effort when he came into the area from the right and fired
goalwards. Finally he was alert to a JJ Melligan long range chance, getting behind it
easily. AFC also had two free kicks in decent position, though both were wasted pretty
poorly. Cadbury had not been in the game much up to this point apart from the odd breakaway,
and it was from one of these they scored their opener. The Atletico defence failed to clear
properly despite a couple of attempts to do so and in a melee of players in the area, the
ball was blasted past Sam Arnold in the AFC goal. Hinckley responded immediately from the
kick off with Sean Williams running down the right, beating his man and moving inside
to cross to the far post to James Tindall-Bennett to sidefoot into the net. Giving a half
time score of 1-1.
If Atletico ran the first half, then Cadbury ran the second. Having gained confidence from
their goal, Cadbury pushed up on Hinckley second half and the AFC midfield began to sit
deeper and deeper. Hinckley's chances became rare as the forward players became more
isolated. Arnold made a couple of good saves to keep the scores level, but as Cadbury
kept the pressure on, you could feel them eventually getting the goal. This they did
with two minutes remaining when a break down the left saw a through ball to put their
forward one on one with Arnold, and he couldn't stop this chance, leaving Hinckley no
time to respond, the game ending with a Cadbury a 2-1 win.
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