Brotherly love will be put aside on Saturday afternoon when Inglewood United hosts Stirling Lions in the ninth round of the National Premier Leagues. For one of the few times in his career, Inglewood playmaker David Micevski will be on the opposing team to sibling Daniel, who spearheads Stirling’s attack.
David, 29, admits he has mixed feelings about facing off with Daniel, 30. “People that know my brother and I will know we are very close,” he explained. “We grew up from a young age playing football together so playing on opposite sides this weekend will feel odd.”
“We have always been very competitive and this weekend will be no different. Even though we are brothers and best mates, once that whistle blows we’ll both be doing all we can to help our team get a positive result … the only thing on my mind will be securing those three points for Inglewood.”
Micevski, an Australian youth international, joined Inglewood from Stirling in March but the goalscoring midfielder hasn’t started life at the club as he’d hoped. “I tore my calf in my first start and was then out for six weeks,” he said. He marked his return to action by scoring the sides opening goal in a 2-1 win at Armadale.
“I managed to do only a couple of training sessions before the game so I was happy to get some game time, and to get on the score sheet was a bonus. I’m still a few weeks away from being back to full fitness. Michael Garcia has been very understanding in helping me slowly build towards that.”
Micevski will be hoping to get a full 90 minutes under his belt this weekend against a Stirling side that has won its last four games. “They’ve scored the most goals in the league to date so their strength is definitely going forward, with players like Daniel and (ex-Inglewood striker) Teeboy Kamara able to punish you,” he said.
“If we want to come away with a win we will have to defend well as a team and make the most of our chances when they come. We’ve shown that when we play to our potential we can match it with the top teams, and this is the kind of game we have to win if we’re to start pushing up the table.”
