Open de France Paprec
Marquard Media will defend its title
Defending champion since its victory from 2015, the Swiss team of Tommy Rinderknecht based in Chantilly, Marquard Media, snatching its qualification this Friday evening for the French Open final against the very solid British team EFG Aravali.
After the first “semi-final” of Wednesday with the easy qualification of Mochi Chic Polo Team against Sainte-Mesme (10-5), Marquard Media also qualified, a little bit more complicatedly after a difficult game, more uncertain, opposing two great talents, Chili Jaime Huidrobo (expelled two minutes at the end, probably the decisive point) and the strong Argentinia Martin Aguerre Jr. A real battle that the Chilean, back on the field, could have change to their advantage one minute from the end, or at least bring back both formations to a tie, which would have lead to an additional period. Weary, he would miss his shot in front of the goals, allowing the “Swiss” to attack and benefit from a transformed penalty by Martin Aguerre to defeat EFG Aravali.
Therefore, it will be a final between to solid teams opposing both Argentina handicaps 7 Martin Aguerre and Dario Musso, and Jota Chavanne (h5) to Pierre Henri Ngoumou (h5), particularly brilliant last Wednesday. In pool match, Mochi Chic had clearly dominated Marquard Media, 10 to 6. An indication? Not sure when we take a look at the quality of the game of Marquard Media today.
This final will be played at 3:00pm and will be preceded by the ladies French Open… whose finalists will be known after the penalty session scheduled on Saturday and which will oppose Germany Las Hermanitas, France Maryland and Great-Britain Cosmopolo. With ladies, suspense is up until the end!
Club’s doors will open at 11:00am for the public to see the play-off of the Open de France Paprec. Access is free and a village with animations and restoration is opened to visitors who will enjoy games commented for their better comprehension. The weather forecast predicts sunshine with a felt 24 °: a beautiful day of polo in perspective!