The hosts hit 1-3 in four minutes to take control at Dr Hyde Park but Damien Comer's goal proved decisive
But what it doesn’t tell is of the wave Roscommon rode immediately after the break, having not scored from play during the entire first-half they hit 1-3 in four minutes to rip apart the pattern of a game that had been very much in Galway’s control up until that point.
His 53rd minute goal was the score that really halted Roscommon’s gallop. There was an element of good fortune about it, but it was yet another example of the sheer strength and power of Comer. Dylan McHugh’s high shot hit the far upright and dropped down in front of the Roscommon goal where Comer was waiting.
Roscommon failed to score from play in the entire first half with their three-point interval tally all coming from Ciaráin Murtagh frees, the last of those coming in the 18th minute. Roscommon’s first legitimate shot from open play on the Galway goal was a 26th minute wide from Ben O’Carroll – he had a point overruled earlier in the game after David Gough whistled for a Galway free out.
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