Galway 2-11 Sligo 1-6:GOALS BY Ian Burke and Seán Moran in the final six minutes powered Galway to victory in this Connacht MFC quarter-final at Markievicz Park on Saturday.
The sides were level at half-time on four points but Galway were a transformed side in the second half bagging 2-7 as against 1-2 for the Yeats men.
A great long-range point from Shane Walsh gave Galway a three-point cushion after 50 minutes before Ian Burke’s goal four minutes later ended the home side’s hopes of staging a late rally.
Gary Cadden pulled a goal back for Sligo in the 58th minute but a minute later Seán Moran scored Galway’s second goal.
Galway will play Leitrim in the semi-final at Carrick-on-Shannon on Saturday.
GALWAY: C Gleeson; L Silk, A Shaughnessy, C Cunningham; E Walsh, G Canavan, C Mulryan; S Geoghegan, S Moran (1-0); P Glynn (0-1), I Burke (1-0), C Rabbitte (0-1); G Kelly (0-2), S Maughan (0-1, free), S Walsh (0-4, 0-1 free). Subs: C Timon for E Walsh (30 mins), J Kelleher (0-2) for Kelly (40 mins), G Armstrong for Maughan (56 mins).
SLIGO: V Cadden; E Flanagan, D Burke, B McGarry; C Surlis, R Connolly, E Connolly; C Finneran, N McManus; D Long, P Logan (0-2, 0-1 free, 0-1 45), C Egan; S Kilcoyne (0-2, 0-1 free), N Murphy (0-1), G Cadden (1-1). Subs: E Coleman for E Connolly, C Brennan for Long ( both half-time), K Earlis for McGarry (51 mins).
Referee: L Devenney (Mayo).
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