Ghantoot Polo Team came back from Friday’s loss to current President’s Cup leaders ADCB to beat Dubai Polo Team 9-6 in the seventh game of the season-ending tournament.
On the losing side, Dubai Polo Team’s Nicolas Petrachi scored three goals, talented young Emirati player, Habtoor Al Habtoor got two while Gaston Devrient claimed one.
Every player on the Ghantoot side got their name on the scoresheet yesterday with Ahmed Al Nueimi and Sebastian Petrachi claiming one each and Ghantoot’s polo captain, Nasser al Shamsi scoring two.
Argentine professional, Gonzalo Azumendi continued his fine vein of form to claim another five-goal haul after notching the same amount in his team’s loss to ADCB two days ago.
Ghantoot, who are the defending champions in this annual tournament will now face Al Basti on Thursday.
Azumendi said: “We won all our chukkers so we were always one step ahead. Nasser did a great job marking the Dubai guys and Sebastian kept their number four in his sights at all times.
“We managed to control the game so we are very pleased.”
The tournament, which is being held at Abu Dhabi’s Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club, has been running since March 20. It is held under the patronage of Ghantoot’s chairman, Sheikh Falah bin Zayed al Nahyan and the grand final will take place on Friday next week.
ADCB have already secured their place in the final but the other slot remains open at this stage in the tournament.
Ghantoot’s Al Shamsi said his team performed very well.
“We are the defending champions and the hosts in this tournament and it is the most important event of our season and so we know it is very important that we play to the best of our ability,” he said. “Today was a very gratifying effort. We gelled well as a team and I think the communication between our players is getting better each match.
“On a personal level I am very happy with my performance but we must reserve a special mention for Gonzalo who has been exceptional all week.
“Now we look forward to our final game. We will play our hearts out and hope it is good enough to get us into the final on Friday.”
Ghantoot’s opponents on Friday, Al Basti will be tough to beat. They kept a clean sheet against Tom Ford last night, while managing to put five goals past their opponent’s defenses at the same time.
Tom Ford are no slouches. They beat Dubai Polo Team 3-6 just two days ago and won their opening game.
The scoreboard showed that Al Basti’s goals came from Abdullah bin Desmal and Juan Manuel Roman who both got one, while David Bernal notched three.
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