Men's 2nds lose to March Town 3

Cambridge South's confidence from last week's victory was apparent from the start. Right away the team immediately got into the groove, with some good attacking play using the width of the pitch. Bossing the midfield through the Johnson/Hebbron/Pannu combination, the team was backed up by solid defending.

Sadly this early pressure didn't result in goals, and March were first to score as an unmarked centre forward slotted the ball into goal. CSHC 2nds responded quickly with the best move of the game as Andy Lewis found Samin Ishtiaq on the right with a defence splitting pass. Samin's pinpoint cross was swept home by striker Rob Barton for the equaliser.

South took the lead soon after half time, mainly due to man of the match Russell Johnson's mazy run to the byline. Russell pulled the ball back to the lurking John Greaves who, after some deft footwork, planted a firm reverse stick effort wide of the keeper.

The game continued evenly but South were unable to convert possession into goals, unlike March, who scored three times from well worked short corner routines.

A rather flattering scoreline for March belied one of South's best performances this season, in which many of their previous frailties - indecision, lack of width, panicky passing - were expunged.

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