Donegal’s Christy Toye tries to hold on to the ball as he is knocked to the group at the O Donnell Park. Photo Brian McDaid/Cristeph
Donegal 2-11 Monaghan 0-10
Donegal gained revenge for their Ulster final defeat with a comfortable win over Monaghan in their National Football League Division 2 clash in Letterkenny.
Jim McGuinness’s side got off to a great start in front of a large crowd as they seek revenge for their Ulster final defeat by today’s visitors to O’Donnell Park.
A wonder goal from Odhran Mac Niallias and a fisted effort to the net by Colm McFadden after he was brilliantly set up by Dermot Molly have put the Donegal men in a comfortable position at half time.
McGuinness introduced Neil Gallagher, Darach O’Connor and Patrick McBrearty for Kavanagh, Molloy and Toye at the start of the second half and the move paid dividends straight away as MacNiallais fired over to make make the scoreline 2-05 to 0-04.
Both sides exchanged scores with Murphy and McBrearty among the point scorers before Donegal ran out comfortable winners on a scoreline of 2-11 to 0-10.
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