Derry into All-Ireland quarters with shootout win over Mayo

Derry edged Mayo 4-3 aft a melodramatic punishment shoot-out to book their spot successful adjacent week's All-Ireland quarter-finals astatine Croke Park.

The sides were level six times crossed normal and extra-time arsenic nan nail-biting preliminary quarter-final successful Castlebar vanished 0-15 to 1-12.

Chrissy McKaigue's fisted constituent heavy successful stoppage clip successful normal clip took nan crippled to extra-time earlier Conor Loftus' precocious people forced penalties.

Conor Doherty was nan leader stepping up to return nan winning footwear for Mickey Harte's men while, net-minder Odhran Lynch saved efforts from Paul Towey and Ryan O'Donoghue successful nan shoot-out.

It took 8 minutes for nan first people of nan crippled and it was Lachlan Murray who won nan shot retired successful front, claiming earlier converting a mark.

Mayo replied from nan very adjacent attack, centre-back Sam Callinan injecting gait into nan move earlier firing over.

The visitors would deed nan adjacent 2 scores pinch Shane McGuigan converting a close-range free minutes earlier Murray sewage some his and Derry's first people from play.

Ryan O'Donoghue yet replied for Mayo pinch their first people successful 15 minutes, tapping complete a free to time off 1 betwixt them erstwhile again.

Ten minutes earlier nan break, Mayo almost had nan shot successful nan backmost of nan net.

Jack Coyne's pointed effort was dropped nether nan crossbar by Derry goalkeeper Odhran Lynch, Stephen Coen sewage his toed to nan shot but directed it into nan side-netting to spare Lynch's blushes.

Derry would deed nan adjacent 3 scores without reply to move 4 successful beforehand pinch half-time approaching, nan unplayable Murray nailing 2 good efforts either broadside of a McGuigan free.

O'Donoghue stopped nan rot for Mayo connected nan whistle pinch different free arsenic Derry led 0-6 to 0-3 astatine half-time.

Kevin McStay's charges emerged for nan 2nd half for illustration a different team, hitting nan first 4 scores without reply.

Tommy Conroy landed a people earlier nailing a good individual effort from an ever narrowing perspective nether existent pressure.

Aidan O'Shea sewage his first of nan time to level nan scores earlier different O'Donoghue free had Mayo up for nan first clip pinch 45 minutes connected nan clock.

Brendan Rogers steadied nan vessel for his broadside pinch their first people of nan half 10 minutes successful and it was quickly followed by a first from Gareth McKinless to separator nan visitors backmost ahead.

There were 50 minutes connected nan timepiece erstwhile O'Donoghue's skilful flick complete nan Derry defenders' heads had Conroy successful connected extremity but nan consequent effort was blocked by nan ft of McKinless. With referee Brendan Cawley astatine nan cleanable vantage point, he awarded Mayo nan penalty.

O'Donoghue stepped up and sent Lynch successful nan Derry extremity nan incorrect way, rolling nan shot into nan bottommost near area of nan nett for his 3rd title extremity this summer.

Murray replied pinch his 5th of nan evening and Derry's first successful 10 minutes to put 1 betwixt nan sides.

As nan timepiece ticked into nan last 10 minutes, Matthew Ruane had nan chance to put nan crippled beyond nan men successful reddish and achromatic arsenic he raced cleanable done connected extremity only to beryllium denied by a good prevention by Lynch astatine afloat stretch.

O'Donoghue picked up nan scraps to occurrence complete and put 2 betwixt them erstwhile again, bringing his individual tally to 1-4.

Patience was nan bid of nan time among 2 protect setups arsenic nan clocked ticked towards seventy minutes but Shane McGuigan sewage his first from play, and 3rd of nan evening, to put 1 betwixt nan sides pinch 2 to play.

The last seconds of normal clip were aggravated title fare arsenic Conor Glass' effort deed nan large station earlier a scramble which ended pinch Chrissy McKaigue fisting complete nan barroom to level nan crippled 0-11 to 1-8 and nonstop it to extra-time.

Derry started nan first play of extra-time brightest, kicking 3 scores without reply.

Rogers fired complete his 2nd earlier Ethan Doherty kicked 2 scores wrong 60 seconds from an almost identical spot to separator Derry 3 ahead.

Jordan Flynn replied for Mayo successful nan 79th infinitesimal pinch a overmuch needed people to put 2 betwixt nan sides astatine nan mid-point of extra-time.

Mayo sewage nan first people of nan 2nd play arsenic substitute Paul Towey put 1 betwixt nan sides again but it was not agelong earlier McGuigan restored Derry's 2 constituent advantage.

Conor Loftus put 1 betwixt them pinch 1 to play earlier Jordan Flynn fired complete to level nan sides for a sixth and last clip and nonstop nan crippled to a punishment shoot-out.

There, Lynch and Doherty would beryllium to beryllium Derry's heroes.