Penalty miss leaves Kerry in a spot

With Bryan Sheehan not about and neither James O’Donoghue or Kieran O’Leary starting, it seemed a reasonable decision to award the Kerry penalty kicking duties to someone with a strong soccer background like Darran O’Sullivan.

But hitting — and missing — it with his weaker right foot? “Missing the penalty was a big moment in the game,” mused Kerry coach Eamonn Fitzmaurice afterwards. “If we’d have got that we’d have gone seven points up and kicked for home.”

He was as mystified as anyone that O’Sullivan, who was fouled for the penalty decision, didn’t strike it with his left foot, but the Glenbeigh-Glencar man later tweeted: “I’ve always preferred my right (foot) off the ground. (An) old soccer habit.