Goals from Will Patching and Michael Duffy handed Derry a 2-0 win.
DERRY CITY lifted the President’s Cup with an impressive victory over league champions Shamrock Rovers to lay down an early marker in the League of Ireland curtain-raiser.
Rovers won the league by 13 points last term and while a ball has yet to be kicked in the Premier Division, early indications would suggest Derry are capable of considerably closing that rather flattering margin. The opening goal arrived on 23 minutes when Doherty found Duffy on the left wing and the winger did brilliantly to pick out Patching 10 yards from goal who smashed the ball into the back of the net.
Moments later Richie Towell found himself in a promising position on the edge of the Derry penalty area but his effort on the volley went narrowly over the crossbar. It was Derry who threatened first, however, four minutes into the second half and Patching’s curling strike from the edge of the box struck the underside of the crossbar and bounced out. Duffy followed up sharply but sent his strike into the side netting otherwise the match would’ve been surely out of sight for the league champions.Nations Analysis Get Murray Kinsella’s exclusive analysis of Ireland’s Six Nations campaign this springRyan Byrne / INPHO President Michael D.
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