Derry captain Conor Glass joked that Odhrán Lynch should expect a call from a Premier League club after the goalkeeper's performance in his side's Ulster football final penalty shootout win against Armagh. Lynch saved penalties from Rian O'Neill, Aidan Nugent and Ethan Rafferty as his side won the shootout 3-1.
"He probably didn't have the best 70 minutes to be honest but that shows the mental strength that he has," Glass told RTÉ.
"He is that sort of character who can brush off mistakes. Some of those saves were Premier League standard. I'd imagine he'll be getting a call very soon!"
Glass emphatically scored his penalty. Though, as he stepped up to face Rafferty, he wasn't sure where he was going to strike the kick.
14 May 2023; Conor Glass of Derry scores in the penalty shoot-out in the Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship Final match between Armagh and Derry at St Tiernach’s Park in Clones, Monaghan. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
"You don't know what you're going to do until you're actually there," said Glass.
"I was going to go the other side of the net but my mind just froze and I was like, 'I'm going to the right now'. It's hard to put into words until you're in the circumstance.
"Thank God, we got over the line, albeit I didn't really want extra-time or penalties but these are the circumstances you come to, and thank God we did it.
"We were two or three points up, and they came back at us. We went a couple of points up and then they came back at us. It was just two heavyweights going at it.
"That's why I love Ulster football, and I don't want it to go away because you have days like this and it's extra special."
On Friday evening, Derry manager Rory Gallagher said he was "stepping back" from the role after serious allegations of domestic abuse were made against him by his estranged wife Nicola Gallagher in a social media post earlier in the week.
"We kept things as normal as possible," Glass said about the build up to the game.
"We're a mature group. We have mature leaders in (Brendan) Rogers, Chrissy (McKaigue), Benny Heron, myself, and Shane (McGuigan). We knew we'd done the hard work. We had full confidence.
"It's been extra special now to go back-to-back for the first time in 48 years. Hopefully, there's many more to come."
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