And breathe…
While conditions are awful in Croke Park making it difficult for both sets of players, we have been treated to an enthralling first half.
Two own goals are the difference between the teams as Colm Boyle and Kevin McLoughlin both nestled the ball in the back of their own net.
James McCarthy received a black card for an off the ball challenge on Mayo’s Diarmuid O’Connor but it was Michael Dara MacAuley who was lucky not receive a black card also for what looked like a trip on Lee Keegan.
The curse is real in Mayo…
Two own goals. Even as an outright atheist and ultra skeptical empiricist I'm starting believe in this priest's curse against Mayo.
— Chris McCann (@canntoya) September 18, 2016
Two ogs conceded in the first 22mins = classic Mayo. #DUBvMAYO
— Paddy McKenna (@PaddyMcKenna) September 18, 2016
It’s a strange game…
https://twitter.com/SuibhneGeilt1/status/777523517566881792
It took #Dublin 31 minutes to register their first score, from one of their team members #DUBvMAYO #AllIrelandFinal
— Rob Timony (@RobTimony) September 18, 2016
Mayo's defence…the gift that keeps giving #DubVMayo #GAA #
— Darren Campion (@DarrenCampo) September 18, 2016
Some people weren’t happy with the referee…
Aidan O'Shea will have to be shot before he gets a free, it seems #DUBvMAYO
— Sinéad O'Carroll (@SineadOCarroll) September 18, 2016
Aidan O"Shea getting poor treatment from ref again. He should have had 3 frees in and a goal. #DUBvMAYO
— Roddy Mc Ivor (@mcivorr) September 18, 2016
What does Aiden O Shea have to do to win a free???? #DUBvMAYO
— An Pucan (@anpucangalway) September 18, 2016
Should Michael Dara have gotten a black card?
The most obvious of black card offences ignored, just scrap the bloody rules if they are not going to be applied
— Philip Jordan (@PhilipJordan7) September 18, 2016
Terrible call not giving black card to MacAuley there.
— Fintan O'Toole (@fotoole13) September 18, 2016
3 black card 'calls' made by ref, and the least "blackest" – Jas McCarthy – got shown the road
— Shane Scanlon (@ScanlonShane) September 18, 2016
We will reiterate, it’s a crazy game…
What a crazy, crazy game #COYBIB #DUBvMAYO
— Simon Walsh (@SiiWalsh) September 18, 2016
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