Saturday, March 16, 2013

Ghantoot wins the Gold Cup!


Conquered Habtoor Polo by 14 goals to 6 to win the most important trophy of the season


Ghantoot defeated Habtoor Polo in the final by 14 goals to 6 and won the Gold Cup, Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series 2013.
Facunda Sola
 
The team made by Ali Al Merri, Juan Zubiaurre, Facundo Sola and Pelayo Berazadi played a superb match from beginning to end and took a deserved victory.

After two tied chukkers, Facundo Sola, the MVP of the tournament, led Ghantoot in the second half of the game to a comfortable win.

Sola scored 9 goals for his team and also was the top scorer of the tournament.

Habtoor Polo tried hard, with patron Mohammed Al Habtoor and captain Guillermo Cuitino playing a good game, but couldn´t stop the excellent performance by Ghantoot.

Pelayo Berazadi´s “El Pibe” was the best playing pony of the final.

Bin Drai Polo Team won the Subsidiary Final after defeating Abu Dhabi by 10 goals to 7.

Pictures credited to Gonzalo Etcheverry/DubaiPoloGoldCupSeries

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