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1st November 2021
04:47pm GMT

"Both teams went out and played the game, so whoever lost was obviously going to make that complaint. "Even though it wasn't protocol, and it wasn't the correct thing to do, they both obviously agreed to it because they went onto the pitch."I'm sure they weren't happy with it, and I mean both teams in this situation, but it's still a matter of, who is the best team in the end, and who has got the legs to get over the line? "It was Aghagallon in the end, so they probably do deserve their place in the final, but I can totally understand why Portglenone's frustrations." https://twitter.com/DavidMohan99/status/1454816765809201155 Colm Parkinson raised the point, that it may depend on how the players reacted at the time when they were told they had to do the additional bout of extra time.
"If the Portglenone team said after the two 10s, that 'that's it, it's penalties,' and there was a bit of an argument, you might say Portglenone have a bit of a case here. "But if they were told it was an extra five a half, and they agreed to it, and they lost it fair and square, after an epic game like that, you would be thinking 'just take your beating.'"The referee made a mistake for both sides, we weren't there, we didn't see it, there were no quotes from Portglenone, but a few said that 'it was outrageous, we made the case to referee, we were about to walk off the field, and it was. Abigails dram,' then you would say grand, replay the game, they were thrown off their stride, this was clearly a mistake. "But if both of them agreed, can you not just accept that result?" Whatever is decided, the only thing we know for certain is the other finalists will be Creggan, who beat local rivals and defending champions Cargin, in the other semi-final. Listen to the full discussion on the GAA Hour now.
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