Colm Basquel left Croke Park yesterday with more than most. Another 2 goals, a man of the match award and most importantly a ticket to an All Ireland Semi-Final against Monaghan.
Dublin played the first half in first gear and created an illusion that both sets of fans were in for a nail-biting second half. This is the first-half goal from Basquel showing off his strength and finishing.
Brilliant from Colm Basquel 🔥#UpTheDubs pic.twitter.com/IADm3Ucl9k
— Dublin GAA (@DubGAAOfficial) July 2, 2023
The second half was more of a gloating cigar-smoking stroll on and off the park as the Dubs battered Mayo in the first ten minutes of the restart.
Basquel’s second goal was more of a team effort and all the hard-work was done outside the box for Colm to just tap it into the back of the net.
Brilliant from Cormac Costello to set up Colm Basquel for his second goal 💪#UpTheDubs pic.twitter.com/9HB5Y2feRR
— Dublin GAA (@DubGAAOfficial) July 2, 2023
Dessie Farrell has a really strong bench this year and he had the luxury of bringing on the likes of Ciarán Kilkenny, a big omission from the starting 15, and the returning Jack McCaffrey.
Stephen Cluxton; Eoin Murchan, Michael Fitzsimons, Lee Gannon, James McCarthy (0-1), John Small, David Byrne, Brian Fenton (0-1), Brian Howard, Paul Mannion (0-2), Sean Bugler, Niall Scully, Cormac Costello (0-5, 0-3f), Con O’Callaghan (0-2), Colm Basquel (2-2).
Subs: Jack McCaffrey for Eoin Murchan (45), Ciaran Kilkenny (0-1) for Sean Bugler (47), Paddy Small (0-1) for Niall Scully (53), Tom Lahiff for Cormac Costello (66), Dean Rock (0-1) for Colm Basquel (70)
