The knockout rounds on the first day were a blast for CSGO fans around the world! In the first round of the match [FaZe] vs [Astralis], in the pre-match predictions everyone thought that Team A might easily win the game.
But the playing field is always unknown.
FaZe had to fight Team A until the last set, and Team A narrowly defeated Team FaZe 16-14 and entered the top 4 in a thrilling manner.
In the second set, the strong confrontation between [Vitality] and [NaVi] was even more exciting for the audience!
In Dream's opinion, these should be the two strongest teams today. They also fought fiercely for three sets. In the end, the Bees defeated NaVi in the last set to get the second top 4 spot!
The intensity of these two knockout matches completely exceeded the imagination of the audience.
The world's No. 1 Na'Vi unexpectedly stopped in the quarterfinals, which is not an upset at all.
What can really be called a minor upset was Fnatic's match against G2 on the second day.
In terms of the strength of both sides, G2 should be slightly better. However, due to Fnatic's overall performance, G2 was defeated by the opponent 2-0 without any blood!
So far, three of the top four have been born.
Team A, Little Bees, Fnatic.
The last place will be chosen between Dream and Liquid.
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"The two teams have only met once, when Liquid defeated Dream."
"Yes, but Dream actually played very well in that game. I don't think Liquid can easily defeat Dream."
Although Dream's record of 3 wins and 2 losses in the group stage is not very good, Dream's performance in the game is the key to giving viewers and fans confidence.
On the field, it felt like no one was weak. No team could completely defeat Dream, which shows that there is no gap in level between the two sides.
Because of this, the casters in China can now hold their heads high and express their confidence in Dream.
Under the spotlight!
Dream finally appears——
Compared to the first game of the main event, Dream is more confident and calm now.
In China, they have always been challenged, but now they are the challengers, and the ones who are under pressure should be their opponents.
"Dream seems to be in a good mood."
"Yes."
The camera showed Dream, and several of the players looked unstressed, and walked into the game room after shaking hands.
Liquid has already regarded this Chinese team as its formidable enemy since they played against it last time.
I have studied countless Dream game videos in the past few days and am very well prepared.
The Death Amusement Park was banned as soon as I came up with the ban map.
The closer you get to the competition, the more you have to believe in evil. They will play whatever the opponent is.
Death Amusement Park was definitely going to be banned, and then to Dream’s surprise they banned a town in purgatory.
This gives Dream a lot of choices.
"oh?"
"Here Liquid chose a forklift, but Dream chose Sand 2."
"Liquid beat Dream in this picture before."
"It is true that Dream has a very high winning rate on the map of Sand 2."
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Both sides completed the picture selection one after another.
The last three maps are all confirmed.
Disk 1: The Mystery of the Dead City Cache
Second set:Dust2
Set 3: Lost City in the Desert
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It is true that professional teams like Dream and Liquid are not willing to play some unpopular maps because you dare not let them go.
The opponent is likely to study tactics on unpopular maps, and there is no room for error.
Audiences who are familiar with CSGO should be relatively clear about this.
In the end, releasing the rice trash on the last map was also expected by both parties.
The Mystery of the Dead City, the Cache map is also a common map in the ladder game.
The map structure is relatively simple among the competition map pools, with a very conventional "Tian" structure in the middle of AB.
The key point of this map is how to control the map more, so there are many first-time fighting points, including Hall A, Blue Gate, Hill, Middle Road, and Hall B.
Moreover, the terrain of both sides has relatively no disadvantages. This kind of terrain structure is very convenient for defensive reconnaissance information or offensive turning points if you can grab the gun position and position at the first time.
In the first half, Dream took the lead as the offensive team.
With the expectations of countless viewers, the first game of the top 8 games started first!
"Dream here chose to attack at the second time."
"We made a tactic."
"Well, the front of the liquid is also very fierce. It depends on the first wave of encounter between the two sides."
The map Dream of the Dead City is not considered a strong map of Dream, but they can still beat it.
At the second time, choose to gather and attack area A.
"Liquids have defense..."
Two members of Liquid were defending near area A, but five members of Dream jumped in at the same time!
The liquid ace player Yi Liji in Area A was so accurate that he killed two people in a row before being taken away by the high-burning replenishing gun!
However, good news came from Zhou Zijian on the other side. He directly killed an enemy that passed the point, and Dream and three people invaded area A to complete the package!
Liquid chooses to return to defense as soon as possible.
Everything is possible in the 3V3 endgame of the pistol game. Dm and Mr. Luo are both still present.
In fact, the pistol round can very well tell the competitive status of a player, focusing on the feeling of pulling the gun.
Gao Ran is working hard to defeat his opponent today.
As soon as the opponent entered area A, he used his magical gun-drawing skills to score two headshots in succession!
"Oh My God!"
"High burning!"
"Nice!"
The three Liquid players who returned to defense were not able to complete the kill! Instead, Gao Ran scored a double kill!
After defeating Ye Rong, the last player was also killed by Zhou Zijian!
"There's something wrong with Gao Ran's eyes today."
"Murderous."
When the camera showed Gao Ran, Gao Ran's slightly smiling look also made many fans who are familiar with Gao Ran get excited.
How should I put it? It can’t be said that Gao Ran didn’t play seriously in the previous group matches.
But in different rounds, your desire to win is completely different.
To use the simplest analogy, in the semi-finals and finals, the desire to win during the finals will naturally be several times higher.
In the past, teams were not directly eliminated in the group stage, but now it is different. Whoever loses will go home.
Gao Ran has been completely focused on the game.
Dream also successfully won the pistol round.
However, in the second game, Dream wasted too much time in the middle. When they gathered at point A, Liquid had already seen through the attack direction and predicted it in advance.
Choose four people to gather heavy troops to defend point A.
Dream's same wave of attacks at point A encountered strong firepower.
After being caught off guard, Team Liquid made a great comeback and expanded their advantage to 8:2.
Dream also immediately called a timeout.
"The other members of Dream are very slow to enter the state."
"Gao Ran needs to decorate a little bit."
As and Xiao Rong also said worriedly one after another. Except for Gao Ran, the other team members on Dream's side didn't seem to be in good condition.
It can also be seen from the record that half of the kills were taken by Gao Ran.
There were even two shooting mistakes that shouldn't have been made.
