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May 17, 2008
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 CFA
reached Gold
The second Open de
Portugal, held at La Varzea Polo Club, came to an end, with the final
for the Gold Cup, in which CFA beat defending champions, Millennium La
Varzea by a narrow 7-6.
In a very balanced
game, CFA took an early advantage, but a good work from La Varzea back,
Sebastián Merlos, allowed his team to hold on to a 5-5 tie with
three minutes of play in the second chukker. Quickly, Tiago Gallego scored
to give La Varzea a 6-5 lead.
A solid attack from
CFA dominated the fourth and last chukker. A 6-6 tie came with three minutes
to go, with a goal by Horacio Echeverry. With only 30 seconds to go, a
midfield penalty shot was given to La Varzea, but Esteban Iturrioz hold
the ball and passed on to his brother Jorge, who ran all alone to the
posts at full speed to score the winning goal for CFA in the last second
of play.
Next, in the second
match of the day, Santa Clara defeated Lusitania 7-4 and claimed third
place.
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