Séamus McEnaney believes Monaghan ‘robbed’ as Mayo hold on for win in Castlebar

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Séamus McEnaney believes Monaghan ‘robbed’ as Mayo hold on for win in Castlebar
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Ulster side denied a late penalty in controversial ending to first-round qualifier

Mayo's Cillian O'Connor celebrates after scoring a penalty past Rory Beggan of Monaghan during the All-Ireland SFC first-round qualifier at Hastings Insurance MacHale Park. Photograph: Tom Maher/InphoSomething had to give. This qualifier game presented a problem for physics: neither team knows how to yield an inch yet somehow, one of them would have to vanish from the championship.

“I’m am not going to sugar coat this here,” ‘‘‘ said outside the dressingroom as the teatime sun beat down. They watched Monaghan’s bright opening here and then responded by firing 1-4 without reply, with the familiar turnover machine gradually making its presence felt. Their cause was aided by the black carding of Conor McManus in the fifth minute and a turnover by Cillian O’Connor, who trapped Aidan McAnespie tight against the stand sideline and set Aidan O’Shea off running.

But that real stuff included a heavy anxiety-laden game that settled over the ground: a realisation that the loser’s prize was teacher’s holidays. The summer yawning in front of them. Mayo went 20 minutes without a score, including a gilt-edged goal chance for Eoghan McLaughlin, who bust a gut to find himself at the end of a perfect pass from Cillian O’Connor but his finish was the perfect height for the diving Rory Beggan.

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