Dublin Pulls Off Comeback To Beat Galway In All-Ireland Quarterfinal

Dublin closed out a thrilling All-Ireland football quarterfinal weekend with a massive and penalty-aided comeback to beat Galway Sunday afternoon in Croke Park, 1-25 to 1-21.

Galway was up by six points with just 15 minutes left on the clock.

But the game turned Dublin’s way when Galway defender Liam Silke was assessed a black card for fouling on a goal-scoring opportunity.

Veteran Dublin forward Con O’Callaghan banged home the penalty shot to knot the score, and his team never looked back.

Galway, forced to play a man down for the game’s final 10 minutes, never scored again.

The win could be seen as sweet revenge for Dublin manager Ger Brennan.

He’d been handed a stout 12-week suspension in March following https://www.facebook.com/reel/2080135972549154">a donnybrook between Dublin and Galway during a National League match in which Brennan was red-carded for shoving Galway’s strength and conditioning coach Cian Breathnach McGinn.

The squad was spiraling downward in the preliminary rounds of the county tournament with Brennan shelved and Dean Rock, a mainstay player on the dynastic Dubs teams of the last decade, forced to serve as interim manager.

Brennan was back on the sidelines earlier this month for Dublin's overtime upset of pre-tournament favorite Donegal to reach the quarterfinals.

And now they played avengers for him against Galway.