Sligo Rovers meet St Patricks Athletic in the semi-final second leg of the Setanta Sports Cup on Monday night in Richmond Park. The Bit o Red are 2-0 up after the first leg in The Showgrounds and are aiming to reach the final for the first time. Manager Ian Baraclough has reported some niggles following the match with Cork City and they will be assessed again on Monday prior to the game. However, it is hoped the same squad for Fridays match with Cork will be available. John Russell could also return after a hamstring problem ruled him out of Fridays game. Seamus Conneely (groin), Raffaele Cretaro (calf) and Gavin Peers (knee) are definitely ruled out. Baraclough said: It was a fantastic all-round team performance in Cork. There were also some fine individual displays. Overall as far as our performance goes it was very pleasing and probably our best of the season so far. We are certainly going in the right direction. It was a bitter one to swallow, we should have been three or four up I felt and we were made to pay. Scoring will mean St Pats need four goals to go through so in terms of our approach, its something that would put us in a tremendous position. It would make it very difficult for Pats. We hadnt mentioned this semi-final until the aftermath of Cork game. It was put to the back of our minds and now comes the chance to reach the first final of the season. Weve got ourselves a decent lead from the first leg in a game we dominated and its all about finishing the job.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 16:41:34 +0000
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