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With the new year approaching fast, both Cheltenham and Southend were looking to get three points to drag themselves away from the chasing pack in the play-off spots. The two sides lined up in formations that fitted together well, ensuring every man had an opposing player: the centre-backs went against the lone frontman, the full-backs against the wingers, the centre-midfielders against their opposite number and attacking midfielder Kane Ferdinand went against holding midfielder Marlon Pack. The match started with both teams exchanging long balls, which tended to suit Southend more. The two sides tried similar moves from the long balls: for Cheltenham, Jack Butland would hit it forward for Jimmy Spencer, who would move out closer to the left, to knock it down for Kaid Mohamed to pass it onto the onrushing Russell Penn, who would make diagonal runs from midfield behind the right back, while, for Southend, Liam Dickinson would drift wider and look to flick it on behind the defence for Ferdinand to run onto. This suited Southend as Dickinson was more of a target man than Spencer, who was more of a mobile lone striker, and Southend’s defenders would frequently beat him in the air. However, when [...]
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