After a day of competition, the list of teams that advanced to the semi-finals came out, namely the Chinese team, the Korean team, the American team and the Russian team. It can be said that except for the Chinese team, the other three teams were expected to advance.
Before the match list for the competition was released, the domestic "League of Legends" official website forum started making noise. Domestic players speculated on which team the national team would face and analyzed the winning rate of a certain team.
Among them, most people speculate that the national team will meet the Korean team, because in order to increase the attention of the game, the competition team usually arranges the same team or the feuding team together. For example, the Korean team and the Chinese team are both Asian teams. , and the American team and the Russian team are feuding teams. Players believe that if the competition arranges this, then no matter which two teams advance, the audience's enthusiasm for the finals can be maintained.
Otherwise, if the American team and the Russian team advance, the final will lose the attention of many Asian audiences, and if the Korean team and the Chinese team advance, the final will also lose the attention of European and American audiences.
This reason is recognized by many players, but many people hope that this is not the result. Some players feel that the Korean team has always been the nemesis of the Chinese team in international competitions. If they meet them too early, it may be dangerous to even enter the finals. It would be better to struggle to advance from the relatively weak American team.
As soon as this view was expressed, it immediately attracted refutation and bombardment from many domestic players. Those players felt that the South Korean team was the nemesis of the Chinese team, which has long been a thing of the past. This can be seen from the last Confederations Cup finals. Well, like Huayi Star, they brutally tortured two Korean teams in a row, which is totally worthy of them.
At the same time that the domestic Internet was hotly debated, Gao Lin and others could not rest at ease. Early in the morning, they were pulled by Zeng Wenfeng for an exclusive interview. When they came back at noon, they had just eaten and before they could rest, the competition asked them to do publicity again. Highlights.
I was busy until the afternoon, even after dinner and without taking a shower, the competition announced the list of the semi-finals.
Unexpectedly, in the semi-finals match, Gao Lin and the others did not meet the Korean team they had guessed, but instead faced the favorite to win the All-Star Game, the Russian team.
Before, because they guessed that the opponent would be the Korean team, Gao Lin and everyone spent a lot of energy to study them, but now the opponent is not the Korean team, which inevitably made Gao Lin and everyone's research come to nothing. Fortunately, they used to study the team. Each team has done a rough analysis and research, and there is no great passiveness.
After returning to their room and taking a shower, Gao Lin and others went to Lu Hai's room to listen to their analysis of their opponents.
There is no doubt that the Russian team has only one person to be cautious about, and that is Kirilenko. Therefore, Lu and Hai made a special analysis of Kirilenko, including his combat style, good use of heroes and usual playing methods. .
After probably more than an hour of listening in Lu Hai's room, everyone in Gao Lin went back to their rooms.
After a day of hard work, Gao Lin was tired both physically and mentally, so he called Mu Luorou, talked to them for more than ten minutes, and then fell asleep.
After getting up in the morning and having breakfast, Lu Hai and Yang Zhenxing asked Gao Lin and others to go to the training ground provided by the competition team to train in advance because they would play in the afternoon to get some feel and condition.
Everyone went to the training ground and found that the American team and the Korean team were training there. Although the Korean team's behavior before and after the game was not very popular, they had to be praised. They trained very hard. In the past few days, they have been training in training matches almost all day long and rarely go out to play.
"Hey, Max, you're here too." Seeing Gao Lin and others walking in, Iserson, the star of Team USA, immediately raised his head and said hello in English.
"It's really early for you." Xiao Zifeng replied in English with a smile.
"There are others earlier than us." Iserson pointed to the Korean team on the back left and said.
"How about you, do you want to play a game with us?" Xiao Zifeng said with a smile.
"Come on, come on, we are short of an opponent." Esserson said cheerfully. Behind him, a middle-aged man who looked like a coach frowned, but he did not say anything to stop him. Usually, the coach This kind of pre-match confrontation is not allowed very much, because this kind of pre-match confrontation can easily reveal the team's tactics. Although the Chinese team and the American team are not direct rivals, they are also potential rivals.
Like the middle-aged coach, Yang Zhenxing frowned when he heard Xiao Zifeng and the two wanted to fight. He turned his head and looked at Lu Hai, wanting to signal him to stop him, but he saw Lu Hai slightly nodding towards him.
Lu Hai has never been afraid of this kind of pre-match confrontation. In the past, every time Huayi Star competed, he encouraged Gao Lin and others to play training matches with other teams. Firstly, he had great trust in Gao Lin and everyone's strength. Secondly, Come on, he doesn't think that by playing one or two training games with the opponent, the opponent will be able to study them thoroughly in an instant.
Things like games are ever-changing. No matter how thoroughly you study the opponent, there will still be deviations. What's more, a team cannot only have one tactic, one lineup, and one type of play.
Seeing that Lu Hai agreed to the confrontation between the two sides, Yang Zhenxing didn't know what to say and allowed Gao Lin and others to find a place to sit down.
"Max, let me tell you first, if you lose, you have to treat us to a meal." Seeing Gao Lin and others sitting down in the opposite row, Esserson said.
"What if you lose?" Xiao Zifeng said with a smile, "should you also treat us to a meal?"
"Fair." He snapped his fingers and said with a smile, "Then we have decided that it will be a best-of-three game. Whoever loses will treat the other party to dinner."
"Believe me, you are going to bleed heavily this time." Xiao Zifeng said with a smile.
"Max, I advise you not to be too arrogant, there is a price to pay." said the young man sitting next to Esserson.
Gao Lin knew this young man, his name was Mafis, and he was the main top laner of the American TK team.
"I am not arrogant, but a kind reminder. If it were anyone else, I would not tell them." Xiao Zifeng said with a smile.
"Hmph, Max, you will regret your words." Iserson said with a snort.
"Then let's see who regrets it in the end." Xiao Zifeng shrugged nonchalantly.
"Arrogant Max, we will definitely let you know what ignorance is."
The two sides laughed at each other and soon entered the game with ordinary game numbers.
At the invitation of Esserson, who established the room, the five Gao Lin people entered one after another.
As if they heard what Gao Lin and others said, the Korean players on the other side looked over.
