FAI Cup Final: Three key battles as Shamrock Rovers face Cork City

The 2025 showpiece occasion sees the Premier Division champions take on the side that finished bottom. 

KEY BATTLE: Seani Maguire will need to get the better of Pico Lopes. Pic: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Seani Maguire v Pico Lopes

If Cork City are to have any chance of causing a major upset, then surely, they will need their talisman, their hero from the 2016 final, to be at his very best.