Jim McGuinness and the Donegal team arrive at Croke Park
FULL-TIME: Galway 1-14 Donegal 0-15
And it's all over. Donegal have fallen to Galway who now progress to the All-Ireland final where they'll meet Armagh.
* Four minutes of additional time to be added
70 mins: Galway 1-14 Donegal 0-15: Silke kicks Galway two clear in the final minute of normal time.
66 mins: Galway 1-13 Donegal 0-15. Terrible decision awarded against Thompson as the big screen confirms he didn't scoop it off the ground. Finnerty free moves Galway back in front.
Jeaic Mac Ceallbhuí wins a free but Gallen uncharacteristically off cue.
Substitution: Odhran Doherty for Aaron Doherty (63)
61 mins: Donegal 0-15 Galway 1-12: Langan with another unreal effort from outside the '45, the St Michael's man is putting on a kicking clinic.
Substitutions: Hugh McFadden and Niall O'Donnell come in for McGee and McBrearty.
59 mins: Galway 1-12 Donegal 0-14: Silke sends Maher through to fist over as Galway again seize the upper hand.
Ciaran Moore fires wide when he really should have split the posts.
Hawkeye interjects once more as a Comer effort is ruled wide.
Substitution: Jeaic Mac Ceallbhuí for Eoghan Ban Gallagher (48)
47 mins: Donegal 0-14 Galway 1-11: Eoghan Ban Gallagher wins a free for Donegal on the left hand side but seems to have picked up an injury. McBrearty lands the subsequent free.
46 mins: Galway 1-11 Donegal 0-13: Liam Silke exchanges passes with Conroy as he progresses and again pushes the Tribesman in front.
43 mins: Galway 1-10 Donegal 0-13: Dylan McHugh - who grabbed the game's first score - gets up from wing back to nail a second. Tied game once more.
42 mins: Donegal 0-13 Galway 1-9: McBrearty peels off the shoulder of Thompson and Donegal jumps back in front.
40 mins: Donegal 0-12 Galway 1-9: Shane O'Donnell and Cillian McDaid both on target and it remains level.
37 mins: Galway 1-8 Donegal 0-11: Shane Walsh gets the second-half scoring underway from a free however Gallen lands another fine score at the other end.
Back underway here at Croke Park for the second-half
HALF-TIME: Donegal 0-10 Galway 1-7
And there goes the half-time whistle. Donegal will be disappointed with the manner in which they conceded the goal but, besides that, Jim McGuinness' men are well in this one.
35 mins: Donegal 0-10 Galway 1-7: Langan arches over an absolute peach of a point, his third of the contest, landing from the wide left as the ball drops brilliantly over the bar!
34 mins: Galway 1-7 Donegal 0-9: Paul Conroy takes on the responsibility from outside the D as Galway regain the lead.
32 mins: Donegal 0-9 Galway 1-6: Michael Lagan lands a real beauty under pressure and the match is tied once more, three minutes out from the break.
Substitution: Daire Ó Baoill comes in for Oisin McColgan
29 mins: Donegal 0-8 Galway 1-6: Gallen - from a standing position - pulls his side back to within the minimum.
28 mins: Donegal 0-7 Galway 1-6: Ciaran Thompson kicks his second, this time from a free, and the deficit is cut to two.
26 mins: Galway 1-6 Donegal 0-6: McBrearty and Finnerty, from a free, swap points and that fortuitous goal remains the gap.
24 mins: Galway 1-5 Donegal 0-5: A miscued effort from Paul Conroy drops in front of Shaun Patton and with Matthew Tierney running across his path, the ball misses both and bounces up into the roof of the net.
20 mins: Galway 0-5 Donegal 0-5: McGonagle drops one into the keeper's hands and Galway counter as Shane Walsh levels it up for the third time.
19 mins: Donegal 0-5 Galway 0-4: Patient build-up play eventually sees Patrick McBrearty slip Caolan McGonagle in and the Buncrana man again pushes Donegal in front.
15 mins: Galway 0-4 Donegal 0-4: Finnerty grabs his second of the game and it's level once more.
14 mins: Donegal 0-4 Galway 0-3: Gallen makes no mistake this time out and Donegal lead for the first time.
13 mins: Donegal 0-3 Galway 0-3: Michael Langan given too much space out wide and Donegal are back level.
12 mins: Donegal 0-2 Galway 0-3: Ciaran Thompson brilliantly makes space to cut inside on his favoured left and we're back to a one-point game.
10 mins: Galway 0-3 Donegal 0-1: Gallen harshly adjudged to have impeded John Maher and Shane Walsh converts.
9 mins: Donegal 0-1 Galway 0-2: Shane O'Donnell gets Donegal off the mark nine minutes in.
8 mins: Galway 0-2 Donegal 0-0: Robert Finnerty gets in on the right side to fist over as Galway move two clear.
Oisin Gallen switches onto his left but sails an effort wide of the target.
Jason McGee tries one from distance and the umpire decides to go to Hawkeye... and it's ruled wide.
3 mins: Galway 0-1 Donegal 0-0: Dylan McHugh lands the game's first point as Galway open the scoring.
Donegal kicking into the Hill 16 end in this first-half.
And we're off!
Approaching throw-in and the big team news for Donegal is that Jason McGee is fit to take his place in the starting XV. The Cloughaneely man limped off against Cork in the All-Ireland group stages and missed subsequent outings against both Clare and Louth.
Naomh Columba's Aaron Doherty and Caolan McColgan of Naomh Padraig Iskaheen also start for Donegal with Jeaic Mac Ceallabhuí, Daire O Baoill and Niall O'Donnell now among the replacements.
Niall O'Donnell takes part in the Donegal warm up
Galway midfielder Sean Kelly has not shaken off an injury and has been replaced in their side by Cein Darcy.
Donegal: Shaun Patton; Ciaran Moore, Brendan McCole, Eoghan Ban Gallagher; Ryan McHugh, Caolan McGonagle, Peadar Mogan; Ciaran Thompson, Michael Langan; Caolan McColgan, Shane O'Donnell, Jason McGee; Patrick McBrearty, Oisin Gallen, Aaron Doherty.
Galway: Connor Gleeson; Johnny McGrath, Sean Fitzgerald, Jack Glynn; Dylan McHugh, Liam Silke, Sean Mulkerrin; Paul Conroy, Cein Darcy; Matthew Tierney, John Maher, Cillian McDaid; Robert Finnerty, Damien Comer, Shane Walsh.
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