Dublin 0-17 Donegal 3-14
Donegal had a one-point lead at Half Time.
Donegal lost full back Neil McGee to a black card
The “hype machine” surrounding Dublin was a factor in their SFC semi-final loss to Donegal
Donegal were masters at developing and executing the their game plan.
Dublin: S Cluxton, M Fitzsimons, R O'Carroll, P McMahon (0-01), J McCarthy, J Cooper, J McCaffrey, MD Macauley, C O'Sullivan, P Flynn (0-04), C Costello, D Connolly (0-05, 1f), A Brogan (0-02), E O'Gara, B Brogan (0-03, 1f)
Subs: N Devereux for McCaffrey, K McManamon for Costello, D Rock for O’Gara, P Andrews (0-02) for A Brogan, D Daly for Cooper, P Mannion for O’Sullivan
Donegal: P Durcan, E McGee, N McGee, P McGrath, A Thompson, K Lacey (0-01), F McGlynn (0-01), N Gallagher, O MacNiallais (0-01), R Kavanagh (0-01), L McLoone, R McHugh (2-02), David Walsh, M Murphy (0-03, 2f), C McFadden (1-03, 0-2f).
Subs: C Toye for Walsh, P McBrearty (0-02) for McLoone, Declan Walsh for N McGee (Black Card), M McElhinney for Kavanagh, D O’Connor for McFadden, M O’Reilly for MacNiallais
Referee: J McQuillan (Cavan).
