lck ranked first with six wins and two losses and directly advanced to the finals.
Ranked second is the host LMS division. As for the LPL, they only gained two wins in the group stage, which is extremely dismal.
On the third match day of this intercontinental competition, that is, at 4 p.m. on July 8, the lpl division, which is ranked third in the group stage, will have a bo5 showdown with the lms division, which is second in the group.
The winner will face the lck division in the finals to compete for the intercontinental championship.
The bo5 knockout round is a bo5 where each team takes turns and each team plays at least one game.
In the past, with this bo5 competition system, lpl viewers would have thought that playing against the provincial team was not something they could do with their hands.
There is no need to consider the order in which the teams appear, just four teams randomly appear on the field, and they will not win randomly!
But now, the LPL audience has little confidence. They played against provincial teams in the group stage four times and lost three games.
The semi-finals between lpl and lms will start in the afternoon.
Throughout the day, on various major platforms in mainland China, there was intense discussion about the order in which the four LPL teams would play against the provincial team.
Tian Ji's horse racing move was originally thought to be used only when fighting lck.
But now it seems that even the provincial team has to study it.
Although netizens are not as confident as before, discussions on exit strategies are gradually becoming more unified.
That is to try our best to let the two teams omg and edg face off against the strongest provincial teams, Flash Wolves and ahq.
It doesn't matter if these two teams lose, let we and rng win three games and they can still pass.
The game time was at four o'clock in the afternoon. The night before, several LPL teams still trained late.
The coaching team composed of the coaches of the four teams also discussed the first team to play in the semi-finals of LMS.
The rest is adjustment on the spot.
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The time has come to July 8, the third match day of the Intercontinental Championship.
The area around the Gao Xiong Exhibition Hall was crowded with people.
The audiences who come to the scene are basically here to support LMS. After all, we are fighting at home.
Eight teams from the lpl and lms competition areas also arrived at the competition venue early.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, almost all the audience had arrived, and a ten-second countdown appeared on the big screen.
This also means that the semi-finals are about to officially begin.
The ten-second countdown ended and a short video began to play on the big screen.
The content of the short film is a clip of a pre-match interview about this semi-final. One player and one coach from each of the LPL and LMS divisions were interviewed.
For this kind of pre-match interview, the interviewee's qualifications are very important.
The first person who appeared on the big screen was the factory director, who was full of cards.
"Among the three divisions, LCK is generally stronger. LMS has performed very well in the past few days, but LPL's performance seems to be below the standard."
The factory director briefly talked about the performance of the next several divisions in the group stage.
The second interviewee is WE’s head coach Hongmi, who is also the “talker” of this LPL joint coaching team.
Hongmi also mentioned at the beginning that the current performance of lpl is not good. Then it also mentioned that we lack a main player, and the strength is still affected.
In this intercontinental tournament, Ben, our main support, was absent, and Zero was our substitute support throughout the entire competition.
Then there is the "talker" of the LMS joint coaching team - Steak.
He is the former top laner of the Flash Wolves and is currently the head coach of the Flash Wolves.
In Steak's interview, he quite recognized LMS's strength, but it has never been displayed in previous international competitions, and so far in intercontinental competitions, they have also played their own style.
Finally, Ximen Ye said that this is the most senior player on LMS’s side in this intercontinental competition.
In the interview Ximen Ye said, he made some scene-worthy remarks, such as "Come on" and "Perform your best".
Subsequently, the "talkers" of the two coaching teams, Red Rice and Steak, also announced the teams that will play in the first game.
On the lpl side, in the first game, we were sent.
After experiencing a dismal performance in the first two days of the group stage, Redmi hopes to get a head start and win the first game to stabilize the morale of the team.
On the LMS side, things are a little more conservative.
The ones sent in the first game were neither the stronger Flash Wolves and ahq, nor the relatively weakest M17, but a compromise choice of the jt team.
The first match of the semi-finals has been decided, we will face jt.
The lpl audience thinks this is acceptable. They should try their best to win the first game and not lose again.
If you lose again, you will really lose your face.
LMS viewers can also accept it.
Everyone has the same ancestor, and they also understand Tian Ji's horse racing.
For the 4v audience, even if jt loses, it has more or less achieved the purpose of redeeming the money, and there is no loss!
If you win, it will really be a bloody gain.
The 4v audience mainly hopes that the Flash Wolves and ahq teams can win three games, so that they can advance.
It is the same reason as lpl audiences expect we and rng to win three games.
After the interview video is played, the host appears.
Since today is a game between lpl and lms.
The opening of the competition was co-hosted by LPL host Ren Dong and LMS host Anna Li.
Although the accents of the two hosts, a man and a woman, are different, they speak the same language, so the scene is quite coordinated.
First, I thanked the sponsors, followed by a warm-up, and then it was time for the contestants to appear.
"After introducing the two major divisions, the first one to appear is our lpl division. Let us invite the first team to appear in the lpl today."
"Welcome~" Ren Dong shouted loudly.
Coach we and five team members walked through a flash of lights and came down from the stage to the stage.
No one in the audience applauded, and of course there were no boos. It was peaceful.
"Next, let us welcome JT, the 'strongest on the surface', with applause~"
LMS, this Taiwanese female host, has a bit of a shrill voice when she shouts.
Jaylen's team hasn't even appeared yet, but the cheers from the audience are already getting louder and louder.
Compared with the movement when we appeared, it was completely different.
Of course, if you don't get this kind of treatment, you don't deserve to be called a host.
Icon, who was watching the game in the lounge, saw JT coming on stage. He turned around and said to Lu Chen: "Jaylen's team's uniforms are pretty good-looking."
Lu Chen nodded in approval.
There is only one trademark on the entire team uniform, which is simple and beautiful.
Especially the three-color five-pointed star printed on the side of the team uniform is quite distinctive.
The lpl of the past two years was actually pretty good in terms of attracting attention.
Whether it’s the GT team wearing leopard print uniforms.
The team members' hair was dyed in various colors, and they were nicknamed "Rainbow Team".
They are all a scenery in the LPL arena.
But now the LPL team uniforms, due to the official dress code that is constantly being issued, are becoming more and more uniform in design, and are full of sponsors' trademarks.
After the two teams for the first round of the semi-finals settled down, Ren Dong briefly introduced the rules of today's competition to the audience.
