Galway manager Micheal Donoghue said he had "100 percent belief" his team would reach this year's All-Ireland hurling final.
The Leinster champions produced a huge display to score an emphatic win over Cork in Saturday's semi-final and now have a final against either Limerick or Clare to look forward to on 19 July.
While Cork entered the game as favourites to progress to a third-straight final, Saturday's defeat had overtones from their defeat by Tipperary in last year's decider as they found themselves in a deep hole they couldn't find a way out of.
Galway opened brightly, narrowed the gap to one at the break before outscoring the Rebels 1-14 to 0-5 in the second period as they got it tactically perfect and took complete control.
While their Leinster final victory over Dublin in June highlighted their ability to deliver a top performance, some questioned whether they could produce the same again Cork, but Donoghue had no doubt.
The Leinster champions produced a huge display to score an emphatic win over Cork in Saturday's semi-final and now have a final against either Limerick or Clare to look forward to on 19 July.
While Cork entered the game as favourites to progress to a third-straight final, Saturday's defeat had overtones from their defeat by Tipperary in last year's decider as they found themselves in a deep hole they couldn't find a way out of.
Galway opened brightly, narrowed the gap to one at the break before outscoring the Rebels 1-14 to 0-5 in the second period as they got it tactically perfect and took complete control.
While their Leinster final victory over Dublin in June highlighted their ability to deliver a top performance, some questioned whether they could produce the same again Cork, but Donoghue had no doubt.
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