This wasn't Messi versus Ronaldo in Croke Park. That it was Clifford versus Walsh was more than enough.
Enmeshed in one of those classic finals that we are thankfully sometimes treated to was a true clash of the titans.
Shane Walsh out-pointed David Clifford by nine points to eight at the end of an enthralling contest between Galway and Kerry, one short of the total scored by his manager Padraic Joyce in the Tribe's last All-Ireland victory in 2001.
