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Once the scoreboard's Reverso themed clock struck 3 o'clock, all attention turned to the field which saw defending champions from 2015 and 2016, King Power Foxes take on the British quartet and 2017's force to be reckoned with, El Remanso. Despite being defending champions King Power Foxes came into the final having had a rather turbulent season, losing to their Gold Cup Final rivals in the Quarter Final of the Queen's Cup tournament in June. The British boys of El Remanso knew that if they played with the same flare and fervour that they had been playing with throughout the season that the Gold Cup was more than within their grasp.
As the game began it was King Power Foxes headed by two of the greatest players in the world, brothers Facundo and Gonzalito Pieres, who found themselves trailing by two goals after the first chukka. With the crowd holding their breath wondering if they were about to witness another bumpy game for the defending champions, El Remanso continued to apply the pressure. Having played together as a team in one form or another since they were teenagers, El Remanso have a synergy that is rarely seen on British polo fields.Rolex Day Date Replica They know precisely how each player will react to a situation and how to ensure that despite whatever language may be thrown around through passion and frustration at the end of a chukka, they continue on the focused path of glory at the beginning of the next.
King Power Foxes knew that they had to change their game plan, with a quick discussion in the team tent between chukkas one and two, what is usually a two-man game between the Pieres brothers suddenly became a four-man game. There was no other way to face the four-man, all-professional force of El Remanso than to bring King Power Foxes' two youngsters and Gold Cup virgins, Jimbo Fewster and Hugo Taylor in to play. It was the tactical move of the game with both boys stepping up to the mark beyond the crowd's expectations.