Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz – An Unforgettable Game

The first day of the Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz, one
of the oldest and the best snow tournament worldwide.
1985 marks the first polo tournament but the major
the breakthrough was in 2014 when the advocates of snow
polo in Switzerland founded the Evviva Polo St. Moritz Ltd
and signed a long-term contract with the city of St. Moritz,
securing a continuation of the Snow Polo World Cup.

The first match was held between Cartier and Badrutt’s
Palace, with Cartier commanding the match scoring a goal
in the first few minutes by the triumphant Chris Hyde. Juan
Cruz Greguoli displaying an impressive performance
deterring efforts from Badrutt’s Palace. Cartier scored
many goals. Alejandro Novillo Astrada took the lead over
Hyde however despite many efforts from the Badrutt’s
Palace, Cartier won the match with a final score of 5-2
leading with 3 goals.

The second match of the day was between Maserati and
Azerbaijan Land of Fire.However, both teams had an
irregular start both teams found their pace. The expert duo
of Laplacette cousins, Adrian and Andrès ‘Lala’, supported
by Captain Elchin Jamalli and Rashad Hasanov kept
Maserati on edge.

The scoreboard was in Maserati’s favor, 2-1 1⁄2, at half-
time, it looked like Azerbaijan would catch stride and might
win the match.
However, Maserati nearly took home the win, with an
unchanged score with 2-1.5 securing them the Carlton
Hotel Challenge.

The second day of the Snow Polo witnessed a match
between Maserati and Cartier, Cartier was persistingly
strong since the starting of the match. Dario Musso scored
a goal followed by Juan Cruz Greguoli scoring a goal just
about half-time, Robert Strom, and Gerardo Mazzini fired
two consecutive goals.Cartier tried to catch up as the
score read 2-1.5 at the beginning of the third chukka.

The
third and final goal sealed the deal for Cartier and with that
came a spot in tomorrow’s Final, The Cartier Cup.
Azerbaijan Land of Fire took the arena against Melissa
Ganzi’s Badrutt’s Palace, playing for the Deutsche Bank
Wealth Management Challenge.

From the beginning, the expert duo of cousins Adrian and
Andrés ‘Lala’ Laplacette maintained the lead.At the start of
the first chukka, Lala scored two goals while by halftime,
Badrutt’s Palace made it on the scoreboard with an
excellent goal from Alejandro Novillo Astrada, but with a
winning penalty from Elchin Jamalli, player of Azerbaijan
Land of Fire at half-time, the scores sat at 3-1. The third
chukka was the decider for Azerbaijan Land of Fire, as
they scored another four goals on the scoreboard and with
only three goals in reply from Badrutt’s Palace, going into
the fourth chukka, it felt like the match was over.

Commemorating the team’s success, Elchin Jamalli
scored two goals for Azerbaijan Land of Fire to win the
match 9-4.
The third day saw the runners-up Badrutt’s Palace against
Azerbaijan Land of Fire for the La Martina Cup. The
extravagant duo Adrian and ‘Lala’ Laplacette scored many
goals. By half-time, the scoreboard read 3-2 in Azerbaijan’s
favor and the goal scoring didn’t stop there. Despite
efforts from top goalscorer Melissa Ganzi and her team,
the other team had luck on their side and by the final
chukka, it looked like it was all over.However, Badrutt’s
Palace came back fighting, with a goal in the final
moments and Azerbaijan rode away from the winners 5-4.

The Final was a battle that reflected the three days of
fierce challenges – The moment the first ball was thrown
in, Dario Musso, Chris Hyde, Rommy Gianni and new
Cartier teammate Juan Cruz Greguoli were out in force,
notching up the initial goals needed against Maserati. In
the first chukka, Maserati desperately trying to defend and
not let the rival team score goals. Despite a goal-less first
chukka, at halftime, Maserati with key players–

Hissam Ali Hyder with Robert Strom and Gerardo Mazzini
resisted. In a great play, Strom dribbled through three
Cartier players scoring a goal thus narrowing the gap
between the scores to 3.5-3 going into the final chukka. In
the final chukka of the Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz
2018, Hyde following a perfect penalty 4 goals, to put the
scores to 4.5-3.With about 2 minutes on the clock,
Maserati made one more attempt to even the scoreboard
and with the successful goal, it looked like they might be
successful.

Team Cartier won The Cartier Trophy and with
it the Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz 2018 – the third
the consecutive win for Captain, Rommy Gianni and a
monumental seventh win for The Chris Hyde.

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