Brazil advances into IX World Polo Championship Finals at San Luis
Brazil and Australia battled out competitive games against England and Chile, respectively, with the former two coming out victorious in the final group matches of the IX World Polo Championship, held at the Estancia Grande Polo Club, in the Argentinean
city of San Luis.
In some of the most thrilling shows of the championships, Brazil rallied past England by 15-14 while Australia earned its second victory against Chile by 12-11.
England versus Brazil
As per the expectations, the match between England and Brazil was one of the most enthralling shows of the event. The six-chukka play was full of action, thrill and style, entailing plenty of goals.
England and Brazil played a fast-paced game that was full of attacks and counterattacks.
The English team started the action in quite an aggressive mode, accomplishing back to back attacks against Brazil.
England scored three goals against the two scored by its rivals in the first seven and a half minutes of play.
The Brazilian team came into action in the second frame, marking five back to back goals and allowing the opponents only two notches. The score was 7-5 with Brazil leading the game at the end of the second period.
The third round belonged to England’s team that acquired four goals while keeping the rival side at bay. The first half of the action concluded with England sitting atop at 9-7.
Although Brazil dominated the fourth set of the play by 2-1, it was still trailing at 10-9.
The two teams struck two goals each in the second last period, taking the score at 12-11, with seven minutes left in the regulation period.
In the final chukka, Brazil stole the show, scoring three goals against two of England’s and won the match by 15-14.
Australia versus Chile
In the later part of the day, Australia registered its second victory of the tournament over Chile by 12-11.
This, too, was one of the most competitive matches of the tournament, where both the teams took the game into extra-time to decide their fate.
After losing the first two chukkas, the Australians bounced back in the game, marking three goals against a single from their rivals’ side, in the third set of the play.
Both the foursomes moved ahead with similar pace. After showing an unimpressive performance in the second last chukka, Chile made a comeback into the match in the final set of play, tying the knots at 11-all.
Australia and Chile were forced to move into an over-time to decide the game. Matt Grimes notched the game-winner in the third minute of the extra-time, sealing the victory for Australia.
While both, Brazil and Australia, defeated their respective contenders, the former moved into the finals of the IX World Polo Championship, against Argentina.
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