2021 President of Ireland's Cup

The 2021 President's Cup was the seventh President's Cup contested for. The match was played on 12 March between the champions of the 2020 League of Ireland Premier Division and 2020 FAI Cup, Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk.^[1][2] The match finished 1–1 after 90 minutes and was decided by a penalty shootout which Dundalk won 4–3 with Albanian goalkeeper Alessio Abibi saving Roberto Lopes penalty to win the game for Dundalk on his competitive debut.^[3][4][5]

2021 President of Ireland's Cup

Event	President's Cup
Shamrock Rovers Dundalk 1 1
Dundalk won 4–3 on penalties
Date	12 March 2021
Venue	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
Referee	Damien McGrath
Attendance	0
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Match

Summary

Sonni Nattestad opened the scoring for Dundalk in the 42nd minute with a downward header after a corner from the left. Five minutes later it was 1-1 when Liam Scales controlled a ball into the penalty area with his right foot, then his left to create space before shooting low to the right corner of the net with his left foot.^[6] Sonni Nattestad was sent-off in the 59th minute following a challenge on Graham Burke.^[7] The game went to penalties with Dundalk goalkeeper Alessio Abibi diving to his left to save the decisive penalty from Roberto Lopes to win the game 4–3.^[8]

Details

Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Dundalk
Danny Mandroiu  22' Liam Scales 47' Chris McCann  59' Joey O'Brien  60'	Report	Raivis Jurkovskis  26' Daniel Cleary  32' Sonni Nattestad 42' Sonni Nattestad  59' Chris Shields  60'
Penalties
Dylan Watts Aaron Greene Joey O'Brien Rory Gaffney Graham Burke Roberto Lopes	3–4	Patrick Hoban Greg Sloggett Daniel Cleary Chris Shields Andy Boyle Darragh Leahy

12 March 2021

19:45 GMT

Tallaght Stadium

Attendance: 0

Referee: Damien McGrath

Shamrock Rovers

Dundalk

GK 1 Alan Mannus DF 2 Sean Gannon DF 28 Joey O'Brien  60' DF 4 Roberto Lopes DF 3 Seán Hoare DF 15 Liam Scales 47' MF 10 Graham Burke MF 8 Ronan Finn (c)  76' MF 26 Chris McCann  59' MF 14 Danny Mandroiu  22'  65' FW 20 Rory Gaffney Substitutes: GK 25 Leon Pöhls DF 21 Adam Wells DF 32 Cole Omorehiomwan DF 24 Max Murphy MF 7 Dylan Watts  76' MF 16 Gary O'Neill FW 9 Aaron Greene  65' FW 19 Dean Williams Manager: Stephen Bradley  60'

GK 1 Alessio Abibi DF 13 Raivis Jurkovskis DF 21 Daniel Cleary  32' DF 6 Sonni Nattestad 42'  59' DF 4 Andy Boyle DF 15 Darragh Leahy MF 11 Patrick McEleney  65' MF 5 Chris Shields (c)  60' MF 8 Sam Stanton MF 20 Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe  82' FW 29 David McMillan  50' Substitutes: GK 14 Peter Cherrie DF 23 Cameron Dummigan  82' DF 24 Mayowa Animashun MF 10 Greg Sloggett  65' MF 25 Val Adedokun MF 28 Ryan O'Kane MF 90 Jesús Pérez FW 9 Patrick Hoban  50' Manager: Shane Keegan

See also

• 2021 League of Ireland Premier Division
• 2021 FAI Cup
• 2021 Dundalk F.C. season

References

1. "President's Cup final set for Tallaght on 12 March". RTE Sport. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
2. "Shamrock Rovers and St Pat's set for Dublin derby to kick off 2021 LOI season". The 42. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
3. "Ten-man Dundalk hold their penalty nerve to taste President's Cup joy". The Irish Independent. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
4. "First blood to Dundalk as they win President's Cup on penalties". The Irish Times. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
5. "President's Cup Final Report: Shamrock Rovers 1 - 1 Dundalk (Dundalk win 4-3 on penalties)". extratime.com. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
6. "President's Cup: Ten-man Dundalk deny Shamrock Rovers yet more silverware". Irish Examiner. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
7. "10-man Dundalk hold nerve to see off Rovers on penalties and win President's Cup". The 42. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
8. "Watch: Ten-man Dundalk take President's Cup after shoot-out". RTE Sport. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.