Wasteful Cork City punished by clinical St Patrick's Athletic

Spurning chances when they fell was costly for City and the difference in finishing symbolised why the two semi-finalists reside at opposite ends of the table

FINAL-BOUND: Thijs Timmermans, left, and Jay McClelland of St Patrick's Athletic celebrate their second goal during the FAI Cup semi-final at Turner’s Cross. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Those little details – as coined by Giovanni Trapattoni – haunted Cork City on Sunday at Turner’s Cross on another day of regrets.

Spurning chances when they fell, either side of St Patrick’s Athletic hitting the front, was costly for City and the difference in finishing symbolised why the two semi-finalists reside at opposite ends of the table.