Roscommon manager Davy Burke said his team were disrespected in the build-up to their Connacht first round victory over Mayo in Castlebar.
Burke's side turfed the league champions out of the Connacht championship with a gritty and disciplined defensive display, augmented by the class of Diarmuid Murtagh in attack and the ubiquitous Enda Smith in the middle third.
It is the Rossies' second successive championship victory against Mayo at MacHale Park, their 2019 success having been their first away win at the venue since 1986.
Like this one, that arrived in the wake of a Mayo league triumph - remarkably Mayo's last four league titles (1970, 2001, 2019, 2023) having been followed by defeat to Roscommon in Connacht.
Reflecting after the win, a jubilant Burke felt his players were frustrated by the coverage in the lead-up to the game.
"I thought there was a lot of disrespect during the week," Burke told RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Sport.
"We finished third in Division 1. On merit. And we were completely written off.
"You'd swear we were a lower level team altogether. I'm sure our boys were frustrated by that and I'm glad they put it right."
In a claustrophobic game where scores arrived slowly, Burke was happy with his side at both ends of the pitch.
"We were coming into a 50:50 game in our minds. To come in and be very competitive and try to win the game. We defended very well and took our scores up top very well. We were clinical in front of goal, which we hadn't been for a while.
"It was a wet day, scores were hard to come by. And the wind died a little bit in the second half, so we didn't get the full of it."
"But I thought we controlled the game quite well now. And we're happy about that.
"It was a brilliant, intense game of football. Unbelievable. Fair play to the lads. First time, I met them, they said 'Easter Sunday, we'll be ready.'
"They were ready."
Roscommon's reward is a Connacht semi-final against 2022 All-Ireland finalists Galway in Hyde Park.
While their home record against Galway is poor in modern times - they haven't beaten the Tribesmen in championship football in the Hyde since 1990 - the Rossies have enjoyed reasonable success against their neighbours in recent years, winning the 2017 and 2019 Connacht deciders in Salthill and coming away from the venue with a one-point win in Division 1 in February.
"We'll have to enjoy tonight. You have to enjoy the wins as well. We work hard enough. We're six and seven months on the road so we'll enjoy tonight and tomorrow.
"A home semi-final. It's brilliant. Where else would you want to be? And another 50:50 game against Galway. Happy days."
For Mayo boss Kevin McStay, the result sees them hit the ground with a thud after an impressive spring, which culminated in a league title.
The prospect of an upset had been well flagged in the build-up, with Mayo having just a seven-day turnaround after their win over Galway in Croke Park.
But McStay demurs when the excuse is offered to him.
"I absolutely wouldn't use the league final last week (as an excuse)," McStay told Sunday Sport. "We're not in the excuses business. That's not where we operate.
"We knew this was going to be a tough game. It is a tough schedule but we've known for a long time it was a tough schedule.
"We put all our chips out on the table. No complaints.
"I'm happy with my team that we fought so hard to the end. We nearly just got our noses ahead at a vital time. But it didn't happen for us. Congrats to Roscommon, they were deserving winners."
Despite the result, McStay struck an upbeat note, praising his team's second half effort and stressing that they'd still be there in the mix for the All-Ireland group stage, albeit now pencilled in as third seeds.
"At half-time, we said we needed more energy and more physicality. In fairness they gave us that and kept giving us that right until the end. There was a period there when we really were winning all the ball around the middle. But just couldn't keep the scoreboard moving at the speed we wanted to keep it moving.
"The two goal cushion hurt us in the first half. We had chances for goals, didn't take them. They did. Once they had that cushion, their game-plan was more relaxed and they were able to execute it at their own pace. That was difficult for us.
"But this is not the end. I said to the players, we came in today as No. 3 seeds (in the Sam Maguire) and we're leaving as 3 seeds. And so are Roscommon.
"Nobody advanced too far in the All-Ireland championship today. But we're out of the Connacht. And we're disappointed about that."
