Setanta Sport Cup double preview
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Sligo Rovers make the cross-border trip to Shamrock Park to face Potadown, already boasting a 3-0 lead from the first leg at the Showgrounds. The “Bit O’ Red” are going into this game on the back of collecting all three points at Terryland Park last Friday.
Paul Cook has stated he will utilise his squad for the Setanta Cup once again. For the first leg, Cook made several changes to his line-up, giving 90 minutes Ciaran Kelly and Derek Foran amongst others.
The FAI Cup Final shootout hero said: “It is just another game for us. Whether it a first leg, second leg or whatever, we will go out and look to play to our best. A three-goal lead is irrelevant; we just have to approach it in a normal fashion.
“Brendan Clarke and I have a good thing going with a great run of clean sheets and we want to keep it up for as long as possible. We go to Portadown looking to continue it and make sure to avoid any slip-ups.”
Sligo will be without the services of Raffaele Cretaro however, who suffered a leg injury in training last Thursday. The Sligo native is expected to be out for up to two weeks.
Meanwhile, in the other clash in the Setanta Sports Cup sees Dundalk travel to Cliftonville. Dundalk find themselves going into this tough tie after beating UCD at Oriel Park last Friday. Ian Foster’s injury worries have been well publicised lately, with Eoghan Osbourne and Stephen Maher out.
Cliftonville boss Tommy Breslin said: We'll be telling the players to go out and show what they can do against Dundalk and I would call on our supporters to get behind them from the outset because they really can make a difference”
Paul Cook has stated he will utilise his squad for the Setanta Cup once again. For the first leg, Cook made several changes to his line-up, giving 90 minutes Ciaran Kelly and Derek Foran amongst others.
The FAI Cup Final shootout hero said: “It is just another game for us. Whether it a first leg, second leg or whatever, we will go out and look to play to our best. A three-goal lead is irrelevant; we just have to approach it in a normal fashion.
“Brendan Clarke and I have a good thing going with a great run of clean sheets and we want to keep it up for as long as possible. We go to Portadown looking to continue it and make sure to avoid any slip-ups.”
Sligo will be without the services of Raffaele Cretaro however, who suffered a leg injury in training last Thursday. The Sligo native is expected to be out for up to two weeks.
Meanwhile, in the other clash in the Setanta Sports Cup sees Dundalk travel to Cliftonville. Dundalk find themselves going into this tough tie after beating UCD at Oriel Park last Friday. Ian Foster’s injury worries have been well publicised lately, with Eoghan Osbourne and Stephen Maher out.
Cliftonville boss Tommy Breslin said: We'll be telling the players to go out and show what they can do against Dundalk and I would call on our supporters to get behind them from the outset because they really can make a difference”
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