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The celebrations were already a bit muted and now Galway soccer champions Moycullen have been forced to remove all of their players from the county panels for over and under 20 with immediate effect due to a growing number of positive cases. of Covid-19 in the community. including club players.
According to HSE guidelines regarding isolation, it means that all club footballers who are part of Galway’s senior and under-20 panels will not be available to coaches Donal Ó Fatharta and Pádraic Joyce Joyce for this game weekend against Kerry in the Irish championship 20 soccer semifinals and the resumption of the Allianz national soccer league.
A club statement also confirmed the cancellation of all GAA activities in the meantime “to allow all necessary actions to be taken with regard to the contact tracing process.” He had already canceled all homecoming celebrations after the county’s first title win last Sunday.
Experienced Galway defender Gareth Bradshaw is among those to be affected by the move, while Moycullen center forward Paul Kelly was also recently called up to Joyce’s senior panel along with John Maher (Salthill / Knocknacarra) and James Foley ( Mountbellew / Moylough).
In addition to Bradshaw, Moycullen captain Dessie Conneely and the versatile Seán Kelly were among those in the line of action this weekend. Paul Kelly is also a key member of the U-20 team alongside James McLaughlin and Daniel Cox, a major loss in that semi-final matchup against Kerry.
Galway will face Kerry in the all-Ireland U-20 soccer semi-final on Saturday at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick at 4pm, while Galway’s senior footballers will resume their Allianz National League campaign on Sunday when they host Mayo in Tuam Stadium at 2pm.
Moycullen were crowned Galway Senior Club Soccer Champion for the first time earlier this month thanks to Dessie Conneely’s personal best of 1-9 and a crucial goal from Conor Bohan in the 45th minute as they finished 2-12 to 1-11 as winners over Mountbellew / Moylough.
With champions Corofin dethroned by Mountbellew / Moylough in the semi-final, Val Daly’s team was expected to pull off a first win since 1986, but instead, a powerful display in the second half from Don Connellan’s team saw them move to victory. in just his second final appearance. And there was no denying that Gaeltacht’s side took a big step towards victory when Bohan slammed the ball into the net, 15 minutes from time.
It is also a reminder to Joyce and all other county administrators how uncertain the situation around Covid-19 remains. At a press conference scheduled at Galway’s training center in Loughgeorge ahead of Sunday’s game against Mayo, he spoke about doing everything possible for the players, including bringing in former winning All-Ireland coach of Donegal Jim McGuinness to a session during the weekend.
“I’m always looking to do what I can for the players,” he said. “My job as the Galway coach is to make sure my players are the best I can prepare for them. I just felt right now that we needed a bit of a raise or something.
“The mental aspect of the game is huge today. In my opinion, he is the best performance coach in the country. He’s been there, he’s done it, and he’s very relevant to GAA, as you know. He won it himself as a coach. I just thought it fit perfectly, it was a no-brainer for me. It didn’t just fall out of the sky, you know.
“It has many aspects. Jim brought a different element and the guys enjoyed the session as I did. We will have to wait for the comments, the session only took place yesterday at 2pm, it ended at 4pm. We need to do an analysis of the session and get feedback from the players and see how it is working. “
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