When the top 32 groups were announced, a heated discussion broke out on the Internet.
The reason is that District 4, where Gao Ran is located, has a total of 8 players, including China's No. 1 player Ye Zhou and South Korea's No. 1 Park Tae Jin!
The 6 first-level players are randomly drawn and divided into 4 areas, and there will definitely be strong confrontations.
If Ye Zhou and Park Taizhen are in the same group, everyone can accept it. It will be a strong confrontation, but Gao Ran is also in this group!
Suddenly, a question mark was placed on the qualifying form of this group...
The knockout rounds of the third stage are divided into two days. The first and second districts are on the first day, and Gao Ran competes on the second day.
After the group came out, Gao Ran and Wan Wenxi also went out to have a meal.
Wan Wenxi is in District 1, and the group situation is already very good. Although the same group is all well-known masters, the only player in the first group is Duan Fei.
Wan Wenxi and Duan Fei played against each other twice in the league, winning one and losing one.
The difference in strength is not very big, so for Wan Wenxi, this should be his best chance to qualify in the past two years.
Wan Wenxi and Gao Ran were also full of confidence while eating.
In his heart, it was impossible for Gao Ran to lose, even if his opponents were Ye Zhou and Park Taizhen.
If he wants to compete with Gao Ran on the court, he can only go to the World Finals. He doesn't know if he will have this opportunity.
All he wants is to open up his game, qualify, and then join Gao Ran in the World Finals.
Gao Ran was a little speechless.
He felt that Wan Wenxi's confidence in him was stronger than his own confidence in himself.
In fact, it’s normal. From other people’s perspective, Gao Ran’s strength in e-sports is really terrifying.
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On the first day of the third stage of the knockout rounds, there was no Gao Ran game, and Gao Ran spent almost the whole time lying on the balcony watching the game.
He has done all the things that should be practiced and should be improved, and the rest is to see the performance on the spot and adjust his condition.
There are 8 players in a division, and the single-player format requires a total of 7 games and 14 sets, which is also very fast.
In the third game, it was Wan Wenxi's turn to play, and the opponent he faced was also an old domestic rival.
Professional players like them who have played against each other many times in China actually know each other inside out.
Those who can reach the top 32 in Asia are definitely not particularly bad, at least they are somewhat capable.
However, after this period of training, Wan Wenxi's stability and skills have been greatly improved.
"Why."
On the field, Wan Wenxi had a huge advantage with 2-0 in the first round and 1-1 in the second round, but Gao Ran still sighed.
This tone is just that Gao Ran feels that his luck is much better than Wan Wenxi's.
Because Wan Wenxi's shortcomings can clearly be seen on the court, and that is his lack of explosiveness in operations.
Basically, he relies on coordination and delicate skills to find opportunities to attack. He is an opportunistic player.
Like Gao Ran before, he belongs to the category of people without top talent.
However, Gao Ran has better luck and has something that can improve his talent.
Now from God's perspective, Gao Ran doesn't show off.
From a rational point of view, if Gao Ran faced Wan Wenxi's opponent, he should win by more than 3 goals.
A player must win 3 games if he wants to advance out of the Asian region. After winning the first game, the semi-finals began. Wan Wenxi also met South Korea's Lee Sung-hee, and the two sides fought hard until overtime!
In overtime, Aubameyang, who came on as a substitute for Wan Wenxi, scored a crucial goal to defeat his opponent and advance to the final!
Seeing Wan Wenxi's decisive blow, Gao Ran almost jumped up.
Even more excited than him winning the game.
He has always known how much his brother has paid for this competition, and he has to practice with him 10 times a day, even back to when he was in school.
It has always been Wan Wenxi's dream to advance to the World Championships.
The final was indeed a civil war between Chinese players.
Wan Wenxi versus Duan Fei.
Because Wan Wenxi is a good friend of Gao Ran, his popularity is also very high. During the competition, a group of fans were sweating for him.
In the first set, Wan Wenxi lost two goals.
This should be regarded as the beginning of a blood collapse, but after training with Gao Ran so many times, Wan Wenxi has trained the most on his mentality.
Gao Ran was once worried that such a beating would destroy Wan Wenxi's confidence, but Wan Wenxi told him it didn't matter.
In his heart, Gao Ran is a Boss and the strongest player in the world.
Losing to Gao Ran was nothing to undermine his self-confidence, and he even told Gao Ran that he would use his strongest strength to ravage him.
Wan Wenxi, who had honed his mentality, also successfully equalized the game in the second half!
The first game ended 2-2. In the second game, Wan Wenxi, who was in high morale, worked hard and broke the deadlock at the beginning of the second half!
Duan Fei was also a little impatient, and his defense was empty when he launched a massive counterattack before the end.
It was very similar to the last scene of South Korea 2-0 Germany in the World Cup. Wan Wenxi seized the opportunity and scored another goal in the 89th minute to seal the victory!
Reached the FIFA World Finals for the first time in my life!
Wan Wenxi at Dream Club jumped three times in excitement!
He was screaming crazily in the empty training room, but unfortunately no one could see this scene.
Gao Ran smiled slightly and returned to his training room to do the final warm-up. Tomorrow his group would be called the group of death.
But the good news is that he won't run into Ye Zhou or Park Taizhen before the finals. Both of them are in the top half.
Instead, they had to fight for a while first.
Not long after, Gao Ran also sent a message to Wan Wenxi, just two words - congratulations.
Wan Wenxi also replied - wait for you, don't mess it up.
Two teenagers who once lived in the same dormitory at Phoenix E-Sports Academy now have the opportunity to meet in the World Finals. What a wonderful fate.
But it's too early to say this now.
This high-burning group is really difficult to beat.
There have been many discussions on the Internet about why Gao Ran has repeatedly fallen into death groups.
The final conclusion is...
It’s just because of you that we are the team of death!
It seems to be true, as Gao Ran usually has little professional experience before playing in these large-scale competitions.
The group wasn't weak to begin with, but adding a high-burning instant burst was too powerful, but there was nothing we could do.
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The next day Gao Ran woke up quite early. After going for a morning run, he started preparing for the evening game in the training room.
In the afternoon, I also practiced with Wan Wenxi, who had advanced ahead of schedule, to find his match status.
That's the only good thing about club teammates, they can serve as your training partners.
Wan Wenxi should be the one who knows the strength of Gao Ran best. Before the 352 lineup was changed at the beginning, Wan Wenxi could still struggle a little.
However, since Gao Ran became familiar with the essence of the 352 formation a few weeks ago and his operation against Kaka gradually improved, he is no longer a match for Gao Ran.
Professional players from other clubs don’t know much about this information.
But now Gao Ran, no matter how he looks on the surface, his opponents must be on the highest alert.