the dolphin got off to a good start 129th Argentine Open Polo Championship. Cañuelas’ team, with a PIR of 39 goals, won 15-7 against The corner (29), on a historic day for the change. Because the party, which opened the action of the Zone B at the AAP headquarters in Pilar, it marked the debut of Adolfo Y bean playing together in the most important tournament of this sport. And they did it for pure purpose.
The father, who is looking for his 18th title in the competition (to be two less than the all-time record for John Charles Harris), scored six goals, one of which was a penalty. And the 16-year-old son added the same amount, even though he scored three penalties. Giovanni Martino Nero he was the author of the other three.
Ignazio Lapridawith five goals including three from penalties, he was the top scorer of Esquina, one of the teams that emerged from the qualifying tournament.
Dolfina, 14 times Open champion (the last in 2020), is one of the great candidates to lift the trophy, after the recent consecration in Hurlingham. On Saturday, in the final of that contest, the second link of the Triple crownbeat him by 13 to 12 irenitawith Paul MacDonough to the head.
“Obviously after playing the final on Saturday we are still celebrating. I think we have a good game system. Obviously we all need some kicks to be able to adapt to the speed we want to play, but we are fine”, acknowledged Cambiaso in a conversation with ESPN, after the win this Wednesday.
“We wanted to win Hurlingham to be in the place we wanted to be to face Palermo. We are confident to face this tournament in a beautiful way,” added the best polo in history.
After the first match, a parade of floats was held in which historical and current players and personalities of the biancoceleste polo took part, as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Argentine Polo Association, which celebrated its centenary in 2022.
At the end of the day, The Dolfina II (33) scored 14-13 Irenita IIwho played with a 30-goal module, because Tomas Fernandez Llorente had to serve a suspension date and was replaced by Benjamin Urquiza.
Tuesday, on the first day of competition, always in Pilar, irenita he had to work harder than expected to beat The H.the other classified, from Zone A.
Daireaux’s team (36) suffered against a formation on the smallest card (28 PIR), but struggled and managed to maintain parity until the sixth chukker, who finished 9-9 in a draw. Only in the seventh, hand in hand with Francesco Elisabettathe MacDonough family team sparked the action and ended up winning 14-10.
Juan Britos (with six goals, two penalties) was the winner’s top scorer. While, Joaquin Pittaluga (8 goals, 7 penalties) was the scorer of La Hache.
In the other duel in Zone A, Murus Sanctus Bay (34) defeated 20 to 17 a Irenita III (29) in a very balanced match, which started losing 0-3 in the first chukker. The final score, with 37 goals in total, was four less than the modern polo record, that of El Paraíso’s 24-17 triumph against Chapaleufú II in Palermo 2006.
The second dates of each zone will be played over the weekend, already at the Campo Argentino de Polo de Libertador and Dorrego, which from now on (until the final on 2 December) will host the action of the Open.
On Saturday, for A, La Ensenada Murus Sanctus will clash with La Hache, at 1pm. And from 4.30pm, La Natividad, this year’s champion in Tortugas and defending champion in Palermo, will face La Irenita III.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, for the B, La Dolfina II and La Esquina will compete at the opening of the day (1 pm). And then, Ellerstina will play against La Irenita II.
All the teams of the Argentine Open:
Zone A
The Nativity (39): Camilo Castagnola, Pablo Pieres, Bartolomé Castagnola and Ignatius Du Plessis
Little Irenite (36): Juan Britos, Francisco Elizalde, Pablo MacDonough and Juan Martin Zubia.
Murus Sanctus Bay (34): Facundo Sola, Alfredo Bigatti, Guillermo Caset and Jerónimo Del Carril.
Irenita III (29): Santiago Loza, Second Bocchino, Martín Podestà and Felipe Dabas.
La Hache (28): Juan Ruiz Guiñazú, Carlos Ulloa, Santiago Cernadas and Joaquín Pittaluga.
Zone B
La Dolfina (39): Adolfo Cambiaso, David Stirling, Adolfo ‘Poroto’ Cambiaso and Juan Martin Nero.
Ellerstina (38): Facundo Pieres, Hilario Ulloa, Gonzalo Pieres and Nicolás Pieres.
La Dolfina II (33): Guillermo Terrera, Tomás Panelo, Diego Cavanagh and Alejo Taranco.
Irenita II (32): Facundo Fernández Llorente, Tomás Fernández Llorente, Bautista Bayugar and Isidro Strada.
The corner (29): Pascual Sainz de Vicuña, Cristián Laprida, Lucas James and Ignacio Laprida.
* All matches in the contest will be watched by Star +. The final will also go to ESPN.
Source: Clarin
