FG Polo team beat PBG 5-4 in the Lahore Open Polo Championship 2018
FG Polo team registered a narrow 5-4 victory over PBG/Remounts in the Lahore Open Polo Championship 2018 match played here at Lahore Polo Club ground,Lahore.
A thrilling match was seen between FG Polo team and PBG/Remounts where FG Polo team registered a narrow 5-4 victory over PBG/Remounts in the Lahore Open Polo Championship 2018 match played here at Lahore Polo Club ground,Lahore.
PBG/Remounts started the match well by firing in a field goal through Capt Humair to take 1-0 lead. No further goal was scored in the first chukker while the second chukker also saw the only goal coming from Lt Col Rab Nawaz to give PBG/Remounts 2-0 lead.
Despite a number of attacks from both the sides, no more goal was scored as the chukker ended with PBG/Remounts enjoying 2-0 lead.
The highly-charged third chukker saw dominance of FG Polo team, who hammered a hat-trick where Eulogio Celestino converted two goals and one by Shah Shamyl to take 3-2 lead but one goal was also converted by Lt Col Rab Nawaz to equalize the score at 3-3.
The fourth and decisive chukker proves to be a nail-biting as FG Polo team slammed in a field goal through Abbas Mukhtar to take 4-3 lead which couldn't last long as Nicholas Maria Ruiz converted a 30-yard penalty to square the things at 4-4.
Both the sides then launched a series of attacks at each other's goals and finally, FG Polo team succeeded in thwarting a tremendous goal through Shah Shamyl Alam to take 5-4 lead which remained intact till the final whistle, thus FG Polo team emerged triumphant. Antoniono Menard and Adnan Jalil Azam supervised the match as field umpires.
Eulogio Celestino and Shah Shamyl Alam banged in a brace each in FG team's triumph while Abbas Mukhtar contributed one. From the losing side, Lt Col Rab Nawaz Tiwana struck two goals while Capt M Humair Ghazi and Nicholas Maria Ruiz converted one goal apiece.
Today (Wednesday), PBG/Remounts will face AOS Polo Team challenge at Lahore Polo ground.
