Eulogio Celestino struck all the eight goals to steer the BN Polo Team to a close 8-7 title victory against FG Polo Team in the final of the Diamond Paints Polo Cup for Champions Trophy 2020 played here at the Lahore Polo Club ground.
BN Polo Team dominated the final right from the word go as they displayed high-quality polo skills and techniques to gain 3-0 lead while Tom Brodie struck one goal for FG Polo to reduce the margin to 3-1 just before the end of the first chukker.
FG Polo maintained their good show in the second chukker and thrashed three back-to-back goals to gain a slight 4-3 lead. The well-contested third chukker was evenly poised as both the teams played superbly against each other and converted two goals each, with FG Polo still enjoying a slight 6-5 edge by the end of the third chukker.
In the fourth and decisive chukker, it were BN Polo Team players, who played out their best and prevailed over FG Polo Team by smashing in three tremendous goals against one by their opponents to take 8-7 lead, which remained intact till the final whistle and BN Team emerged as winner of the event with just one goal margin.
Sabiha Saman and Diamond Paints CEO Mir Shoaib Ahmed graced the final as chief guests and distributed shields and prizes among the winners and top performers.
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