At the beginning of the first day of the semifinals, on Saturday 9/28 on court 4 of the Alfredo Lalor Headquarters that the AAP has in Pilar, the first finalist of the Drysdale Subsidiary Cup was defined, immersed in the 131st Hurlingham Club Open presented by Triumph.
Cría La Dolfina and La Hache Cría and Polo faced each other, in a match in which the Cañuelas team played a great first half and then declined in their performance. Even so, they managed to take the win after withstanding the onslaught of their opponent in the second half. The final result was 16-14, after scoring two goals in the last minutes of the game (Bauti Bayugar from the 60th and Rufino Bensadón), after a huge rise by the boys of La Hache -they lost 1-7 in the second period-, who with three consecutive goals from Joaco Pittaluga -the scorer of the match-, had managed to equalize the score at 14.
In this way, Cría La Dolfina will play the final of the Subsidiary Cup next Friday 4/10, while its rival will rest hoping to do a better role in the 84th Abierto de Tortugas presented by Jumbo.
Teams and progressions:
Breeding La Dolfina: Rufino Bensadón 8 (6 goals), Diego Cavanagh 8 (3), Bautista Bayugar 8 (5 penalties) and Alejo Taranco 8 (2). Total: 32.
The Hatchet & Polo: Benjamín Panelo 7 (4, one penalty), Carlos M. Ulloa 8, Facundo Sola 8 (2) and Joaquín Pittaluga 8 (8, five penalty and one corner). Total: 31.
Cria La Dolfina: 4-1, 7-1, 9-4, 10-7, 10-8, 11-8, 14-11 and 16-14.
Judges: Martín Pascual and Hernán Tasso. Arbitrator: José I. Araya.
On Saturday afternoon, the first semi-final of the 131st Hurlingham Club Open presented by Triumph for The Ayrshire Cup was played on field 2 in Palermo.
One of the two teams that have the perfect handicap – the 40 goals of valorization – La Natividad, achieved a very hard and hard-fought victory against La Hache P. T by 14-11 and thus secured its passport to the grand final of the tournament, which will be played next Saturday 5/10 at 16.00 on court 1 of the Hurlingham Club.
It was a great semi-final, as expected. A hard-fought match from start to finish, with exchanges in the leadership of the scoreboard. La Hache started better, which with a strong defense and its well-known fight in all sectors of the field, did not let La Natividad set up play.
Until Jeta Castagnola started to play well in the second half, where he scored 7 goals out of the 8 he scored in the match, to give the victory to the green-and-white team, which now awaits calmly in the final, waiting for La Dolfina Saudi or Ellerstina UAE Yellow Rose.
Teams and progressions:
The Nativity: Facundo Pieres 10 (4 goals, three penalties), Camilo Castagnola 10 (8, two penalties), Pablo Mac Donough 10 (2) and Bartolomé Castagnola (h) 10. Total: 40.
La Hache P. T.: Pablo Pieres 9 (5, three penalties), Hilario Ulloa 9 (3), Francisco Elizalde 9 (1) and Tomás Panelo 9 (2, one penalty and one penalty 1). Total: 36.
The Nativity: 0-1, 4-2, 5-4, 5-6, 7-7, 10-8, 11-10 and 14-11.