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Thousands of Donegal fans at GAA final | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
Thousands of Donegal fans are in Dublin to watch the county take on Mayo in the final of the All-Ireland GAA Football Championship. | |
The Ulster county has won the championship just once in its history - 20 years ago in 1992. | The Ulster county has won the championship just once in its history - 20 years ago in 1992. |
Manager Jim McGuinness named an unchanged side from the semi-final win over Cork. | |
Before the match, he said it would be a hard fought match. | |
He said as long as the team give it their all, the county would be proud of them. | He said as long as the team give it their all, the county would be proud of them. |
"I expect it to be very competitive," he said. | "I expect it to be very competitive," he said. |
"I expect Mayo to be very hungry. I'm hoping that our fellows are going to be very hungry. | "I expect Mayo to be very hungry. I'm hoping that our fellows are going to be very hungry. |
"It's been 20 years since we've been in a final and if they are very hungry then we'll be competitive in the game and if we're competitive we've always got a chance of winning." | "It's been 20 years since we've been in a final and if they are very hungry then we'll be competitive in the game and if we're competitive we've always got a chance of winning." |
There is live coverage of the match on BBC Radio Ulster from 15:00 BST and on The Championship on BBC 2 from 15:15 BST. |