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Adolfo Cambiaso tells Carlos Beer about Dolfina’s decade
Since you founded the La Dolfina high- that. Then, when I fell just as Facundo Pieres
goal side, you’ve reached nine Open was starting an attack, many people
finals and won five. How do you feel? doubted how genuine it was. Well, those are
I am enormously proud. It means we did people who know nothing about polo. I’d
things right, didn't we? Even after what have to be a magician to fall deliberately and
ended up being a painful season last year at have the horse roll like that.
Hurlingham and Palermo, we have now
shown that La Dolfina has a history which is
This was your eighth Open title
long enough and strong enough to give us
at Palermo. You are now just one
the prestige to come back stronger. That
behind Gonzalo Pieres Snr. Is your
deserves recognition and respect.
next ambition to equal and overtake
his tally?
What happened in the extra chukka I want to win as much as possible. I play to
this year? win. So obviously it would be nice to equal a
I missed early in the chukka because I was player with such a big name in the sport as
already thinking about celebrating before Gonzalo. Then, if I can overtake him, that
making the final touch. There’s no excuse for would be even better.
24 January/February 2010 www.polotimes.co.uk
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