Eoin O’Neill: We kept Galway alive with missed chances

Nine wides in the first-half, six in the second. Two excellent goal chances squandered and a 74th-minute free to win the game not capitalised on. 

No surprise then at Cork selector Eoin O’Neill’s verdict that this was a game of “missed chances”. A missed opportunity too to get an early win on the board.

“Between wides and balls dropped short, we had 14 misses in the first half which was a bit disappointing. We had 15 wides in total and you can’t win games like that,” said O’Neill. “We gave Galway the opportunity of being in the game a bit more by missing those chances. That kept them alive.”