The ym team took Riot's official commercial vehicle and arrived at the venue for the knockout tournament, the Zenith Arena in Paris.
After getting off the car, Su Chen raised his head and looked at the huge venue in front of him.
This stadium, built in 1989, is now nearly 30 years old.
Although it was renovated a few years ago, traces of time can still be seen on the walls.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, this stadium looks like a poached egg.
The white ring-shaped building design has a freely openable and openable roof. It is said that the museum can accommodate between 50,000 and 70,000 people.
Normally, this stadium is mainly used to hold baseball, football and other events. Occasionally, some celebrities will choose to hold concerts and the like here.
This is the first time that Zenith Stadium has hosted an event like an e-sports event.
At the entrance of the venue, there are many lol-related peripheral decorations.
Banners and posters of the contestants who advanced to the semi-finals were hung at the main entrance.
The audience also began to enter the venue one after another.
For local residents in Paris, e-sports events are still a relatively new thing.
In addition to some e-sports enthusiasts in their early twenties who came to watch the game, there were also many who came with their families to enjoy something new.
A white child riding on his father's head immediately waved his hand when he saw Su Chen not far away, his blue eyes full of curiosity.
Su Chen smiled slightly and nodded towards him.
Soon, many people also noticed the YM players arriving at the venue. Some local fans ran over and asked if they could sign autographs, take photos, etc.
Su Chen, the most popular, was quickly surrounded by fans, and there were many female fans.
Many white girls reacted particularly fiercely. After signing their names and taking photos, they wanted to ask for a hug, but Su Chen politely refused.
When Xiaotian was looking at him with envy, a muscular man who was 1.9 meters tall and wearing slippers ran up to him. After speaking a lot of English, he hugged him and took several photos together.
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Xiaotian, who was still smiling at first, has no expression in the photo, looking like he is hopeless.
Soon, Hansen, who was in charge of reception, appeared at the gate and led everyone in.
"Follow the leader later and put on makeup before entering the venue. After taking photos, everyone will gather in the lounge. If you need anything urgently, please call me directly." Xiao Ma arranged it skillfully.
"Don't worry, the opening ceremony only starts at 6:30, so we still have plenty of time." Hansen led the ym crowd into the venue through a special passage.
The moment he stepped into the passage and his head was shrouded in spotlights, Su Chen's mood couldn't help but rise and fall.
The knockout rounds of MSI are about to officially begin.
What awaits him ahead is not just games.
More importantly, this may be another peak he has reached in his career after winning the league championship.
Or maybe it was a tragic defeat.
Recalling his past life, he could only watch the live broadcast secretly on his mobile phone while working overtime at the company.
Post barrages to cheer for rng.
But now, he has really become a professional player, playing against the players he once saw in the video.
This feeling, no matter how many times it is repeated, will always make him feel amazing.
Suddenly having a brand new life, every second seems extremely precious.
It is precisely because of this that Su Chen is so eager to win every game.
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After the two teams participating in tonight's game arrived at the venue, the flow of people in the auditorium continued to expand.
At dusk, the entire Zenith Stadium was already bustling with people.
Half past six in the afternoon.
The spotlight in the stadium suddenly turned off, and the big screen on the stage began to play a promotional video for the knockout round.
In an epic BGM, the players from the four teams that advanced to the MSI knockout round appeared in the promotional video one after another.
Walking through the streets of Paris, g2 fist-bumped with passers-by with a confident face.
Under the Eiffel Tower, with Su Chen as the core, YM stood in a V-shape with his hands in his trouser pockets.
In front of the Arc de Triomphe, the three-star generals crossed their arms and looked aloof.
As well as the entire tsm team on the banks of the Seine, carrying luggage and coming from afar with determined expressions.
After the promotional video is played.
The host sjokz in a silver dress appeared on stage again.
"Friends in Paris! Welcome to the MSI semi-finals knockout match!"
The passionate voice also ignited the audience.
Cheers came and went, and club flags with different designs were flying everywhere.
Among them, the largest number is naturally the team flag of g2.
After sjokz introduced the format of the game, tonight's protagonists, the two teams g2 and ym, are about to appear.
"Let's invite the two teams tonight to the stage of the competition!"
“One team is gamers 2 from Spain!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the music group in the audience also played a tight ensemble live.
The sound of drums and piano symphony together to create a dense rhythm.
The audience seats surrounding him also shouted loudly again along with this music.
When the atmosphere is heightened to its peak.
On the left side of the stage, the lights came on and the entire g2 team appeared!
The faces of P, Wunder, Jankos, and the rest of the team members appeared on the big screen one after another.
After all, this is a home game.
As soon as g2 took the stage, he received all the applause.
"The other one is the young miracle from China!"
The lights on the right side of the stage suddenly turned on, and the entire ym team appeared on the stage.
The overwhelming cheers were replaced by a burst of boos.
When it comes to the knockout rounds, no matter how much Europeans like the team of Suchen and ym.
However, most people here tonight hope that the winner is g2.
The boys in YM were a little confused by the boos coming from all around.
This was the first time they were booed by the audience during a game.
The director also deliberately focused the camera on Su Chen's face.
On the big screen, after he looked around, a smile appeared on his originally calm face again.
After this smile appeared.
The boos at the scene dropped sharply!
The audience who had experienced the match between Su Chen and the Sword Demon God descended to earth in the group stage immediately recalled the scene not long ago when they saw Su Chen smiling.
There is no doubt that among the ten players present today.
The most difficult thing to do is this comparison.
G2 cannot make mistakes today, they must target him severely!
After the players from both sides took their seats, the live broadcast signal also switched back to the commentary box in the LPL live broadcast room.
Wawa, Miller, and rng's top laner, Yan Junze (letme), appeared on the screen.
The three of them said hello to the camera.
"Hello everyone, I am Doll!"
"I'm Miller!"
"Hello everyone, I am letme."
After saying hello, the doll also warmed up first as usual.
"After five days of fierce battles in the group stage, the YM team that represented our LPL team in the MSI also successfully advanced to the semi-finals. I have to say that this year's YM has given us too many surprises." Baby Hands
He said with his arms crossed.
"Yes, and the record of nine wins and one loss in the group stage is really great," Miller looked at Yan Junze aside, "Today we are also honored to invite RNG's top laner Letme to explain this with us.
game."
"What do you think of today's round of b05?"
Yan Junze obviously came prepared and expressed his opinion without thinking.
"Although ym double-killed g2 in the group stage, we still have to be careful in this series. In today's matchup, I think ym still needs to pay attention to g2's midfielder position and some changes in their BP."
"Generally, in the group stage, each team will not reveal all their tactics. They will not reveal their unique skills until the knockout rounds."
After all, Yan Junze is someone who played in the S game last year, so he is very clear about this.
"That's true," Wawa said seriously, "Although ym did very well in the group stage this year, compared to other teams, ym has made the most changes in tactics."
"Now g2 should know very well how ym will play in this series. Let's see how they make moves."
Yan Junze nodded and looked at Su Chen on the screen, feeling a little emotional for no reason.
He still remembered that when they first met on the Internet, Su Chen was just a game anchor, and he gave him some career advice at that time.
Unexpectedly, this year, he would lead the team to MSI as a professional player.
Although compared with the S competition, MSI is more like a warm-up for the S competition in the second half of the year.
However, being able to come to msi also means winning the league championship.
This is an honor that Yan Junze also failed to achieve.
However, the good news is that Uzi is finally back.
In the summer split, rng will be fully integrated. At that time, he and his teammates will compete head-on with ym again.
Of course, before that, he also hoped that Su Chen could go further in this MSI.
After all, this honor not only belongs to ym, but also to the lpl division.
After the short preparation time has passed.
The live broadcast switched back to the Zenith Stadium!
The big screen cuts to the bp screen!
Because of the ranking advantage in the standings.
ym has the priority to choose sides in games 1, 3, and 5.
And g2 has the right to choose sides in 2 or 4 games.
In the first game of b05, ym chose the blue side.
The first round of banning.
YM's three ban positions have banned Scorpion, Enchantress, and Kai'Sa
G2 banned Qinggangying, Airplane, and Male Gun.
Seeing this banner, Wawa and Miller were both a little surprised.
"Oh? G2's BP is very confident today. Akali and Sword Demon have both been released." Watanabe said.
"Do they think that such an explosive operation in the group stage cannot be replicated by Su Chen?" Miller was a little puzzled, "let me, what do you think?"
Yan Junze thought for a while and said: "Actually, in the group stage match in G2, although the Sword Demon performed amazingly, YM was still lagging behind by more than 5,000 gold in the early stage, and the early and mid-term games were not smooth."
"And if ym goes to the lane to take Akali, the left hand may need to add Galio or something like that in the middle, so the game becomes a situation where Su Chen carries alone."
"It's not a life-or-death situation yet, I think ym will be more inclined to use their more stable play style in the group stage, playing wild core or double AD."
"Indeed, after all, it is not a B01 competition. Both sides should test it out first to see what moves both sides have." Wawa agreed.
The blue square was ym's choice. It didn't take a few seconds to lock ez.
As the two most powerful AD heroes in the version, ez and Kai'Sa are usually sent to the ban position.
But today, since g2 was released.
Naturally, Meng Ma was not polite and pressed it down immediately.
After all, ez is also the hero bovy is best at using.
On the red side, the first and second choices of g2 are to lock the blind monk first and then grab Braum.
"Assistant Braum is a good choice to deal with ez. For poke-type ADs, Braum's shield will be particularly useful."
"For the jungle position, g2 still took Lee Sin for jankos. I want to fight for the early rhythm, so Perkz may take Yasuo in the middle."
"G2 may think that since the left-hand aircraft is banned and Ornn is also there, ym may give Xiaotian a wild core hero, so it uses the blind monk to grab the rhythm in the early and mid-term."
After a discussion between the three commentators, the second and third choices of the blue side and ym were confirmed one after another.
On the second floor, ym won the Everhunting twins Qianjue for Xiaotian.
As a mobile shooter hero, once Kindred develops, his output ability is very terrifying.
This is also one of the wild core heroes that ym used for Xiao Tian in the group stage.
On the third floor, ym took down Ryze with his left hand.
"Qian Jue and Ryze have both been obtained, so YM's output ability is fully utilized in this game. Then for the two positions of top support, we can consider taking some team-opening heroes. There is still a lot of space." Mi
Le's face beamed with joy.
"If it's the second round, Ornn and Sword Demon probably won't be able to choose. I think Crocodile is a good choice. Combined with Kindred, this set's combat power in the jungle is still very strong." Watana suggested.
It's the red side's g2's turn to make the third choice.
Because the ad position is still empty, the ones that light up on g2 are all ad heroes.
Soon, g2 locked the choice of the third position, Piltover Policewoman.
"You actually got the policewoman? The appearance rate of this hero in the group stage was not very high..." Miller frowned.
"If you use a policewoman to fight ez, it is actually very comfortable online, and there is a Braum by your side," Yan Junze analyzed. "G2's female police officer Braum should be prepared for ez."
"Sure enough, g2 still had a secret in the group stage." Wawa shook his head.
The second round of bp begins.
YM banned Yasuo and Sion, while G2 banned Ornn and Sword Demon.
"Sure enough, we still can't get these two heroes," Miller was a little disappointed. "With Kindred and Ryze's lineup, if paired with Ornn, it would be really easy to beat."
"That's how the BP game is. If there are gains, there will be losses. At least in the middle and jungle positions, ym still got the choices he wanted."
"Don't worry too much about Su Chen on the road. As for support, I think Lulu, Feng Nu or Karma can be used to deal with the advancement of the female police in the line." Yan Junze said eloquently.
As a professional player, he will naturally have a more comprehensive view than Wawa and Miller.
In this round, in his opinion, ym's lineup was still able to win. Although the opponent brought out Policewoman Bronn, bovy's ez was a relatively rare AD that played well.
Compared to Wheel Mom, when he uses ez, he still dares to output more.
After getting Ryze in the left hand, he will actually be more willing to run map support than when using the aircraft, which will make Xiaotian in the jungle very comfortable.
Just when Yan Junze felt that ym should be ready for this game.
The red side, g2's fourth choice, revealed an unexpected hero.
Blade Dancer!
Irelia!
"G2's fourth pick actually took out Dao Mei? After the 8.9 version update, Dao Mei was not even banned in the group stage, but g2 actually used this hero?" Miller was surprised.
"Indeed, Dao Mei is the one who cuts harder among the four sisters. Now that I take it out, I don't think it is very strong." Wawa is also not very optimistic about Dao Mei's choice.
"There is a possibility," Yan Junze pondered, "the sword girl is for the middle."
When Wawa and Miller heard this, they immediately reacted.
"A mid-laner sword girl? I've never seen this kind of gameplay before, but it's really possible to use it to beat Ryze, so it's up to YM to make the decision."
During the discussion between the three commentators.
Meng Ma at the game table was also thinking about g2's sword girl.
Although Ryze can also be moved to the top lane, Ryze's ability to support the map in the early stage is somewhat emasculated.
Moreover, if G2 gets the female sword, even if it has little effect in the early and mid-term, in the later stage, it is really not something that ordinary tank heroes can handle in single belt.
I really didn’t expect that g2 asked ym a question in the first game.
"Bring me the Sword Girl." Su Chen said, interrupting Meng Ma's thoughts.
"With the Sword Lady, no matter whether the female sword hits or misses, I can handle it no matter how it is single-handedly wielded in the later stage." Su Chen explained.
"Well... ok, then Xiaowen can only use hard support." Meng Ma asked Zhang Xiaowen what he thought.
It’s finally decided, assist in taking down the Titans.
YM's fourth and fifth picks were revealed, and the lineup was all locked.
"It's really easy to fight Sword Girl against Sword Girl, and it's also easy to deal with the follow-up lines. Ym's response is good." Wawa praised.
"However, with this lineup, the team-fighting ability is still a little weak, but the backhand is quite strong." Miller was still a little picky.
"Now let's see if this female sword hits the target, and see what g2's last choice will be." Yan Junze looked at the screen.
Red square, the last choice for g2.
On the blank fifth floor window, after waiting for a few seconds, a vampire appeared!
This choice basically confirms that Dao Mei is used to play the mid laner.
After all, it is far better for Vampire to deal with Sword Lady than to face Ryze in the mid lane.
Seeing these BP moves from g2, Wawa and Miller also shook their heads.
Unexpectedly, after entering the knockout round, g2 immediately tore off the disguise and showed a completely different style of play in the first game.
For ym, the test of the knockout rounds may be much more severe than they imagined.
