Julius Baer Team by Habtoor Polo vanquished UAE Polo in their last qualifying match and made it to the semi-finals of the Julius Baer Gold Cup together with Abu Dhabi and Bin Drai Polo.
Julius Baer Team vanquished UAE by 12 goals to 9 and Desert Palm crushed Wolves by 9 goals to 6 in the second match of the day held today at the Al Habtoor Polo Resort and Club.
Julius Baer and UAE Polo played an energizing match, fundamental for their odds to meet all requirements to the semi-finals.
Both teams realized that triumph was the ticket to the accompanying round and benefactor Mohammed Al Habtoor’s team demonstrated extraordinary fixation and collaboration from the earliest starting point.
A 3 goal hole at half time gave part’s of confdence to Julius Baer Team, yet they knew UAE Polo was going to fight hard to rebound in the match. Thus they did. HH Sheika Maitha Al Maktoum’s team put a great deal of weight in the last two chukkers yet Julius Baer Team, drove by the extraordinary ten goaler impair, Nicolás Pieres, kept an abnormal state and immaculate collaboration to accomplish the merited triumph by 12 goals to 9 and the ticket to the semi-finals of the Julius Baer Gold Cup. Nicolás Pieres, with 6 goals, was the top scorer of the match.
Match progression:
Julius Baer: 2-1/4-2/8-5/9-8/12-9
In the second match of the day, Desert Palm accomplished their first triumph in the competition after crushing Wolves by 9 goals to 6.
Both teams played an agreeable game with supporter Tarek Albwardy’s team leading the pack by two goals from the second chukker and keeping the preferred standpoint till the very end of the match.
Manuel Crespo (Wolves) was the top scorer of the game with 5 goals.
Match progression:
Desert Palm: 2-2/5-3/7-4/9-6/9-6
