Penalty decision was a good call, says Kelly
June 18, 2012
Waterford's Eoin Kelly celebrates scoring from the penalty spot
Eoin Kelly insists referee James McGrath was right to award Waterford a controversial penalty during the first half of their dramatic Munster SHC semi-final win over Clare.
The penalty was given following a tussle between Kelly and Clare defender Cian Dillon on the edge of the square, though the long-serving Waterford star - who blasted the penalty to the net - admitted that the referee could have awarded a free out first.
"Oh, it had to be a penalty," he said jokingly.
"It was a free out first! The referee had a good game. There were no big decisions going one way or the other. We won - that's the main thing. It was a tight one, Munster Championship games are never easy so it's nice to come out on the right side of it."
Kelly was always confident that Waterford would win, despite Clare almost snatching victory at the death.
"There were a couple of times where they got momentum, but we always seemed to be able to get them back and go a point or two up. That was the telling thing in the end. We were able to do those things whereas before we would have left a team go four or five points ahead, too far ahead to catch. We dug in deep today, very deep," he added.
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