Donegal boss Jim McGuinness says he was delighted with the energy his side brought in the second-half of yesterday’s comeback victory over Monaghan at Croke Park.

The Ulster champions trailed their Farney counterparts by seven points at half-time before going on to win by six (1-26 to 1-20) in the end, with Michael Langan’s brilliantly taken goal in the 46th minute helping the Tir Chonaill men on their way to the All-Ireland SFC semi-finals.

Speaking to RTE Sport after the game, McGuinness said he trusted the players he started the game with to turnaround the team’s fortunes in the second-half.

"It's something we spoke about at half-time. It's one of those situations where you can do all the planning in the world and all the coaching but at the end of the day, you do end up in these moments in championship runs where everything is on the line and the players have to find a way," said the Glenties man.

"And for that reason, we didn't make any changes. We left the same 15 go out there again and in fairness to them, to a man, they turned it around very, very well."

He added: "The energy they brought to it as well was absolutely fantastic. Our decision-making was way better and we used the ball really well, and supported each other really well and we got in and we were dangerous.

"There were a lot of positives. Obviously, there are a lot of things we need to look at in terms of the game overall in the first half, but listen, at this level of competition now, teams are going to ask serious questions of you and it's probably a situation where we were trying to stay in the game in those moments and then when your own moments come then, try and be clinical."

 

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