2021 President of Ireland's Cup
# 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. 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.

## 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. Sonni Nattestad was sent-off in the 59th minute following a challenge on Graham Burke. 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.

### Details

| 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 Pohls |
| 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 ||
