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Monaghan v Louth LIVE score updates from the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final at Croke Park
Imagine Louth or Monaghan in an All-Ireland final.
It sounds improbable.
Then again, so did this quarter-final line-up a few months ago.
Neither side will fear the other.
Louth are chasing a first semi-final since 1957. Monaghan are pursuing another breakthrough in what has become a remarkably resilient era for the county.
And that is what makes this fascinating.
The winner won’t merely dream of a semi-final.
The winner will look at the draw and start dreaming much bigger.
Nobody would fancy facing Kerry.
Nobody would relish Galway.
But if the path leads elsewhere, why not?
Why not Louth?
Why not Monaghan?
If either Monaghan nor Louth win their next two games, they will become the unlikeliest All-Ireland finalists since the Antrim hurlers reached the 1989 final.
That is why this weekend feels so intriguing.
The favourites remain.
But so do the possibilities.
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