After two great matches, both ended in
overtime, they will play for the first trophy of the Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series
Habtoor Polo and Abu
Dhabi won their respective matches in the semifinals against Bin Drai and
Ghantoot and qualified for the final of the Silver Cup, Dubai Polo Gold Cup
Series 2013.
Habtoor Polo had to do
their best to beat Bin Drai in overtime by 7 goals to 6.
Mohammed Al Habtoor´s
team had a great start and got a difference of three goals in the first chukkas
(4-1) but in the second half Bin Drai had a fantastic reaction that made them
tie the game and put the pressure back on Habtoor.
Good actions were seen in
the final minutes of the fourth chukka with both teams trying to untied the
game, with less than a minute to go, Mohammed Al Habtoor scored a great goal
and send the game in to overtime.
Finally, thanks to a 30
yard penalty made by Ezequiel MartÃnez, Habtoor Polo reached the victory and
qualified to the final of the Silver Cup.
In the second match of
the day, Abu Dhabi defeated Ghantoot also in overtime by 10 goals to 9.
It was a great polo game,
full of great actions and intensity.
Faris Al Yabouni´s team
played their best match of the season to defeat the great favourite to the
title. An excellent team work in attack an deffense made Abu Dhabi win a tough
match and gave them the ticket to the final.
The final of the Silver
Cup will be held on Saturday 16th at 4pm in the Dubai Polo &
Equestrian Club.
Thanks to Gonzalo Etcheverry/DubaiPoloGoldCupSeries for the pictures
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