Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Habtoor starts the Gold Cup with a great victory

Mohammed Al Habtoor won “The battle of brothers” after defeating Rashid´s team by 6 goals to 5

Habtoor Polo defeated Mahra by 6 goals to 5 in their first match of the Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series 2013.


Despite leading the game from the second chukka till the end, the Silver Cup champions had to work really hard to win the match

Mahra Polo played their best game of the season and fought till the end of the game.

No goals where scored in the first chukka but in the second period Habtoor Polo quickly took the lead with two goals from Guillermo Cuitino and one by Ezequiel Martínez. The reaction of Mahra came in the last minutes with goals by Agustín Canale and Fernando Bordieu.

It was in the third chukka when Habtoor showed their best polo taking a three goal advantage, one of them scored by Mohammed Al Habtoor in a great individual action, that seemed to give them strengh for the last period.
But Mahra never gave up and battled to keep a close distance in the scoreboard.

In the last chukka, Ezequiel Martinez added a new goal for Habtoor and despite the continuing effort of Mahra they close the match by winning 6 goals to 5.

The Gold Cup continues next thursday with the match between Bin Drai and Zedan from 3 pm in the Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club.

Thank you to Gonzalo Etcheverry/DubaiPoloGoldCupSeries for the pictures

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