CROKER COUNTDOWN: Donegal manager Rory Gallagher says the whole country obsesses about Dublin, but insists that there beatable, and that his side can beat anyone.
Gallagher issued the rally cry ahead of Donegal’s mouth-watering clash with Dublin at Croke Park this Saturday.
The last time the two sides met was in 2014, Dublin were red hot favourites to advance, but a stunning performance from Donegal ensured a famous win.
Fast forward two years and Dublin are again expected to advance comfortably, but Gallagher insists Jim Gavin’s side are beatable.
Gallagher told The Irish Examiner, “The level of performance that we’re capable of, we feel we can beat anybody and that would have been the same looking from relatively on the outside in 2014.
“The whole country obsesses about Dublin. When you are in Ulster you worry about Ulster first. You keep an eye on Dublin all year, of course. They are a very good side. It is up to others to determine how good they are; all we are concerned with is being ready on Saturday evening.
“They beat us in 2011, we beat them in 2014. It is like a lot of rivalries – you can see one game as defining but they are not really. We learned a lot from 2011; I am sure Dublin learned a lot from 2014, and Saturday evening will present a new challenge for both teams.
“For sure they are beatable. Dublin would be very much aware of that. To beat them you have to do an awful lot of things right.
“You have to produce a level of intensity that is greater than theirs. You have to make sure when you get the chances that you put them away. That’s the challenge for us.
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