First blood to Kingdom
In front of a 40,892 crowd, last year’s All-Ireland champions did show their ability to recover, almost doing what they did in the Division One final against Dublin, when they had transformed a heavy deficit into a winning lead.
When John Miskella found himself facing Brendan Kealy three minutes from time, it appeared the chatter today would be of how Kerry blew a nine-point lead. But the defender’s shot cannoned off the upright and wide when a point would have drawn the game and made it 1-6 to Cork without reply in the second half.
