McGee: It was like Ali v Foreman

Jim McGuinness was worried, damn worried, midway through that first half when Dublin were motoring through Donegal and popping over points at will from distance.

“God, you’d have to be,” he admitted.

Ryan McHugh didn’t seem to share his concern and McGuinness was to thank for that. McHugh credited his manager with instilling the sort of self-belief in his team that allowed them greet their tentative start as a nuisance rather than a disaster.