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Tue 05 May 2007Drogheda making all the right noisesOn Soccer:The winner of last night's Setanta Cup semi-final carried with it the additional prize of home advantage in Saturday week's cup final, but they will hardly regard that as a decisive factor after watching their opponents, Drogheda United, win the competition's other semi-final away from home last week.Paul Doolin's side not only showed a good deal of resilience to come through some difficult spells early on against Patrick's Athletic but outplayed their hosts in the closing stages and secured their place in the tournament final thanks to a fine Eamon Zayed finish after a good build up eight minutes from the end of extra time.