El Clasico in Dota 2: PSG.LGD beat OG at Riyadh Masters 2022

Today is the final day of the tournament in Saudi Arabia called Riyadh Masters 2022. As part of the first semi-final, some of the best teams in the world played, namely OG and PSG.LGD. The winner advances to the grand final and is guaranteed at least $750,000.

PSG.LGD managed to surprise even at the draft stage, as they took Dazzle as a support, which is not very common at the professional level in the current meta. In 13 minutes, the PSG.LGD finalists showed a confident game, leading with a score of 13:0 and 3,000 gold in total value. The combination of Dazzle and Winter Wyvern provided high survivability for the heroes of the Chinese team due to the high amount of healing. OG could not oppose anything to the opponent, which led to the victory of PSG.LGD on the first map with a score of 28:5 in 21 minutes.

The Chinese started the second map in a positive way, however, in the confrontation on the top, where both teams put up 3 characters each, ATF, playing on Huskar, showed an excellent performance. PSG.LGD tried to control him, but for some reason this role went to the team's carry, who bought Urn of Shadows on Specter. Specter with Spirit Vessel sank quite a lot in terms of farm compared to other heroes. At the 20th minute after the fight near Roshan's lair, the score on the map was equal, namely 17:17 and almost parity in terms of the amount of gold. Globally, it was difficult for PSG.LGD to oppose Huskar to the opponent's team. 13 minutes later, OG took the lead by 10,000 gold and led 30:27. In the end, OG managed to get the better of PSG.LGD and take the series to the decisive third map in 43 minutes.

PSG.LGD started the third map by seizing the initiative. At the 16th minute, the Chinese killed Roshan, and the result on the map was 3:7 in favor of PSG.LGD. At the same time, the finalists of The International were leading by a total value of 5,000 gold. PSG.LGD showed a brilliant game and managed to defeat OG with a score of 2-1. Thus, OG take the 3rd-4th line and earn $425,000. And NothingToSay and the team will meet in the grand final with the winner of the match between Team Spirit and Team Secret.

Recall that Riyadh Masters 2022 takes place from July 20 to 24 this year in Riyadh City Boulevard, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 10 teams compete for a $4,000,000 prize pool. The winner of the tournament will earn the top prize of $1,500,000.