"Yes! Let us congratulate IG for defeating KT and retaining the first place in the LPL group! Today's game ends here, and tomorrow we will bring you the semi-finals BO5 between the third and second place in the group!"
In the commentary box, watching IG bulldozing KT's base, I was relieved.
Although all three divisions can advance to the BO5 knockout stage regardless of the results in the group stage, the first place in the group can directly enter the finals to wait for the challenge from the winner between the second and third place teams.
Although the LPL is absolutely confident that it can defeat the LMS division in the BO5, if they can play one less game, they will be able to expose less problems.
More importantly, being first in the group has the attitude of a superior, which is what the audience values most.
...
After the game ended, Chen Yu led everyone to KT's competition seat to shake hands.
KT's bottom lane duo have both been in the LPL for a long time, so communication in Chinese is not a problem, and there are no barriers to communication between the two parties.
"You guys are awesome!"
As the leader of KT, Mata immediately gave everyone at IG high praise when they met.
Chen Yu smiled and nodded, and was about to say a few polite words.
But I heard mata continue to say: "But you are the only team that is great in the LPL."
The smile on Chen Yu's face suddenly froze.
Even the broiler who greeted the fellow villagers with a smile was stunned for a moment.
He debuted in KT and once led the team to achieve brilliant results.
To put it bluntly, the achievements of the current Galaxy Battleship KT are not as good as the achievements he achieved when he was in KT.
But what Mata said made him a little dissatisfied.
They admit that IG is strong, but think that other teams in the LPL are useless.
Broiler couldn't help but said to mata: "Other teams in the LPL are also very strong, and we are playing under a lot of pressure."
"I know, RNG is also very strong, but we have ways to deal with it!"
Mata nodded, partially acknowledging IG’s statement.
In his opinion, EDG without deft is not competitive at all, and it didn't even make it to the World Championship last year.
Even if Uzi's RNG is somewhat competitive, it is far from as strong as IG.
So far in the intercontinental competition, IG has defeated two LCK teams one after another and won easily.
Counting KZ in the mid-season, IG has defeated three of the four teams participating in the LCK Intercontinental Championship.
It is conceivable that IG is the number one enemy of LCK.
However, the reason why Mata dared to say such cruel words in front of IG was that he was confident that when the BO5 came, even if IG could win a game for LPL, there would be no way to save the situation.
As long as they eliminate the other three teams in the LPL, they can also win three to one.
"Hey, we won't know until we beat it if we can deal with it. You should consider how to deal with LMS first! In the mid-season, they were the runner-up."
King Ning is a straight-tempered person. When he heard Mata belittled other brother teams in LPL, he directly attacked him.
In the past, when the LPL couldn't beat the LCK, they were too embarrassed to refute. After all, they would be beaten if they fell behind.
But now LCK no longer has a dominant position. They were beaten by IG in last year's World Championship and this year's mid-season, and they still dare to speak so brazenly and condescendingly.
Prince Ning was naturally very dissatisfied.
"If you lose a game among the other three teams, you will have to play a playoff with us again."
Jasha glanced at KT and others and said directly in Korean.
He is a professional player registered in the LPL. Strictly speaking, he is a local player in the LPL. He is only regarded as a Korean player because of his nationality.
The LCK didn't have much nurturing support for him, and he didn't have much affection for the LCK.
Therefore, there is no need to recite incense and love like a broiler and directly refute it.
Effective and sharp.
In the circle of professional players, the culture of Zaishai is very high, but when it comes to talking about it, it is a bit bloody.
The faces of Mata and others suddenly froze, and they looked at the stranger with some unkindness.
Standing next to Ke Ruishai was the 1.9-meter-tall King Ning, whose aura was completely crushing. In addition, the team had easily defeated him just now.
Everyone in KT had nothing to say and could only remain silent.
...
He didn't even exchange a few words with KT and others, and the atmosphere was not very harmonious. Chen Yu then didn't stay any longer and left KT's game with his teammates.
The host Xiao Yu happened to come over at this time and led Le Sha to the center of the stage for the interview.
"Hey, Old Song, you haven't been interviewed by Sister Xiaoyu for a long, long time."
When he came off the stage, Ah Shui couldn't help but joked.
Since Broiler and Xiaoyu made their relationship public, Broiler's obsession with MVP is no longer so big. He can do whatever the team needs him to do. He doesn't care too much whether the host of the post-game interview is Xiaoyu.
"She often interviews me at home."
Broiler smiled slightly, as if an old god was here.
"Cowhide!"
Chen Yu and Prince Ning looked at each other and gave the broiler a thumbs up in unison.
Through the influence of corporate culture, Broiler's face has become thicker and thicker.
The broilers used to be kind and honest people, but now the broilers have been assimilated into black and thick little fat guys.
At the same time, Xiao Yu on the court also asked the first question to La Sha: "Welcome La Sha to accept our interview! Congratulations on winning the playoffs and helping LPL lock the first place in the group!"
"When we learned today that the playoffs were going to be held, did the LPL coaching staff unanimously decide to let you IG play?"
This question is actually not about being too nutritious.
When it comes to the extra round where the outcome is decided, each division will naturally send the strongest and most confident team.
There is no dispute that IG is the most confident team in the LPL!
Since last year, the team has not lost against any LCK team, and even defeated SKT in only 16 minutes a few hours ago!
"Well, there was no discussion at the time. Chen Yu just took us on stage."
Lesha shook his head and said.
During this period, Xia Shai's Chinese has improved greatly. Although his words are not fluent, there is no problem in normal communication.
Even if I don't have a royal translator now, I can still give my answers so that the audience can basically understand them.
[Hahaha, there was no discussion? Did Chen Yu just go ahead? 】
[I heard that the LCK side is really arguing, and no one wants to come up and fight IG.]
[The lounge is closed, how did you know?]
[I just went to the restroom and passed by their lounge and heard some noise.]
【Do you understand Korean?】
[Oops, don’t worry about these details...]
...
The audience in the audience couldn't help but laugh after hearing this.
Although everyone knew that LPL would definitely send IG to play in the playoffs, they never expected that Chen Yu would lead the team directly without any discussion.
At the same time, everyone at IG walked through the player tunnel and returned to the lounge, watching the interview answers from the big screen.
"Didn't I discuss it with you?"
Chen Yu's face darkened, and he looked around at the factory director Wuzi and others and asked.
"No!"
The factory manager shook his head seriously.
"It seems like there really isn't!"
Uzi pretended to recall, shaking his three chins.
"Really not! But you don't have to discuss it with us whether you go on the field or not. Can't it be over after the coach has discussed it?"
At this moment, Brother Coin came out and became a good guy.
I have to say that under normal circumstances, Coin Brother and Xini are pretty good at it.
Chen Yu and others also nodded when they heard this.
Although the whole world knows that LPL will send IG to play, Chen Yu doesn't want to take the blame for this stubbornness.
So everyone happily passed the blame to the coaching staff.
After hearing their conversation, the coaches of the four teams looked at each other.
Looking back carefully, it seems that they subconsciously let IG play without any discussion.
...
At the same time, in the center of the stage, Xiao Yu asked a second question: "Hai Sha, today's playoff players played a game of lane switching with KT, and they even changed lanes very frequently during the game! This caused the whole game to change.
After a game, the total time you spent laning with the opposing top laner Semb was less than one minute. What do you think about this?"
"Eh... I think it's quite generous. I heard that he is very strong in the LCK, and I still want to compete with him in a match."
Lesha held the microphone and said honestly.
Now he is the number one top laner in the world and is extremely famous.
smeb was picked up by LCK fans after Kingzone lost MSI. Even Hanzi was ranked among the strongest top laners by the fans.
After all, in the hearts of LCK fans, as long as we haven’t beaten you, we haven’t lost!
Since we haven't lost, we still have the possibility to compete for the top laner position.
Although Le Sha admits that smeb is quite good, those are his impressions after meeting him by chance in the ranking game.
In fact, he has never actually faced off against smeb in an official game.
Today's opportunity was also missed due to Chen Yu's strategic arrangement.
After thinking for a while, Lesha continued: "I hope to meet him again in the finals."
Suddenly, Xiao Yu beside him was also a little dumbfounded.
The audience in the audience were even more stunned.
[Good guys, do you think LCK will use KT and SKT against you in the finals? 】
[If we all lost, I will definitely not give it to you again. They are targeting the other three teams!]
[That’s right! You have no chance, and I guess you don’t even have a chance to fight a man.]
...
The audience started joking.
KT and SKT both lost miserably to IG today, and KZ was stopped in the semi-finals by IG in the MSI not long ago.
How could this game, which was destined to be lost, happen again?
Moreover, these three teams are the top three seeds in the LCK. Even if they use Tian Ji's horse racing method, they will not be allowed to touch IG again, but will try their best to defeat the other three teams in the LPL.
In that case, even if you lose to IG, it will not affect the overall situation.
This is the disadvantage of four-team BO5 and divisional battles. A single standout cannot give the entire division an absolute chance of winning.
After all, except for the fifth game, each team can only play once.
"Then do you think your opponent in the finals will most likely be the LCK?"
Xiaoyu continued to ask non-nutritious questions.
Because there really was nothing to say, and as it was a competition in the division, she couldn't ask Lao Sha about the game tactics, as there would be a risk of being exposed.
You can only talk about irrelevant topics.
"It should be them."
Rasha looked at his sister-in-law beside him and nodded.
Although LMS and LCK still have a BO5 to compete for another spot in the finals, everyone knows that LMS, which lost all in the group stage, will never be an opponent of LCK.
It’s pretty good to win a BO5 game.
"Okay, thank you contestant Lasha for accepting our interview."
After Xiaoyu asked three questions and completed the task, he led Lesha off the stage and announced that today's competition day was completely over.
Due to the LPL's emergency preparations for the intercontinental competition, she hasn't seen Broiler for a long time.
There will be no LPL game tomorrow, but LPL just won the first place in the group. I believe the coaching staff will not be too strict. She is not willing to let this opportunity go.
...
The next day, the BO5 semi-finals between LCK and MSI officially kicked off.
Although it did not receive much attention, the seats in the venue were still packed.
After all, the number of fans is huge. Even if it doesn't attract as much attention as LPL and LCK, there will still be people who are willing to watch the game.
Everyone in the LPL gathered together in the lounge to watch the game, hoping that the LMS could play something against the LCK in this BP5, and at the same time, they also carefully observed their opponents.
However, what disappoints them is that the strength gap between the two major divisions is a bit too large.
The LCK simply performed normally and swept the LMS 3-0.
Even the LCK coaching staff didn't plan the lineup seriously and arranged appearances entirely according to the rankings of the spring playoffs.
The No. 1 seed KZ took the lead and faced Flash Wolves, who finished second in MSI, and showed dominance like IG.
In just twenty-one minutes, the victory was overwhelming.
In the second game, the second seed SKT maintained their usual boiling frog style, operating step by step, and managed M17 in the LMS division to death.
The game was a bit longer, it ended in nearly thirty minutes, but it was a Linglong Tower match.
Highlight the word "steady".
KT, who played the third game, performed steadily and ruthlessly.
Facing LMS's MAD, KT's top laner smeb took out all the anger he had received from IG.
It was also Jace who broke through the top lane in just twelve minutes.
Ucal in the middle is still a functional mid laner, but he roams with the jungler and drives the rhythm of the game.
Deft and mata played steadily in the bottom lane, nearly doubling the CS in ten minutes.
In the end, it snowballed step by step, crushing the competition with a huge economic advantage.
Three to zero, LCK advanced to the finals.
In the three games, the three LCK teams all used regular BP, and no so-called ultimate skills were exposed.
He simply won the game with hard power.
However, this is also expected by everyone. After all, the LMS region has not even entered the top eight of the World Championship all year round. There is still a huge gap with the two major regions of LCK and LPL.
Basically we won't treat it as a strong competitor.
But when it came to the post-game interview, smeb responded to Lasha's declaration of war yesterday.
He said that if the coaching staff arranges for KT to face IG, he hopes that IG will not change the top lane again, and he wants to have a good fight with Rasha.
Every line in the words reveals his dissatisfaction and frustration with IG's line-changing tactics.
But the LPL people in the lounge didn't pay too much attention. They all knew that smeb was just talking angrily.
Even if they want to beat IG again to avenge their humiliation, the LCK coaching staff does not dare to take this risk again.
I haven’t seen even the most grumpy guy now dare to clamor to beat IG.
