Team Secret beat PSG.LGD at The International 2022

The first game day of the playoff stage of The International 2022 continues. Thunder Awaken have already created a sensation by defeating Evil Geniuses . Below is a brief overview of the second bo3 series of today, namely the match between two legendary teams - PSG.LGD vs. Team Secret .

First map

Crystallis makes the first kill, Faith_bian went under the fountain. Also against the Chinese team NothingToSay, playing on Pangolier, he lost the central lane against Nisha, who played on Leshrac. At the 9-10th minute, Team Secret wins in a protracted fight. The European team was leading with a score of 6:2. Puppey and his teammates continued to increase their dominance.

PSG.LGD tried to stealthily kill Roshan, but Team Secret figured out the opponent's plan and managed to win this fight. The Europeans are also taking the Aegis of the Immortal. At the 22nd minute, Team Secret were in the lead with a score of 18:3, with a 14,000 gold advantage. PSG.LGD failed to show anything on the first map. After losing another fight, the Chinese refused to continue the game 23 minutes after the start of the match. It is worth noting the game Nisha and Crystallis, who did not die even once during the game, finishing with statistics of 7-0-6 and 8-0-8 respectively.

Second map

The first kill came in the 5th minute, Puppey killed y'. At the 7th minute, the score was 3:1 in favor of PSG.LGD. On the mid lane, Nisha was losing to NothingToSay on farming 300 gold. After a series of fights in the 12th minute, Team Secret's carry took the lead in terms of the total cost on the map. On the 16th European club, they have an extremely unsuccessful fight and lose their advantage, the score on the map is 11:11. The finalists of The International 10 lose the fight on their own T2 in the top lane at the 23rd minute, the confrontation becomes equal again.

Team Secret take the Aegis of the Immortal at 27 minutes, have a long fight on the water, which they successfully win by killing Ame on Monkey King and y' on Lich. But still the advantage of the European club is less than 1,000 gold. W_Zayac plays his signature Nyx Assassin very well. By the 31st minute, Secret managed to increase the lead over PSG.LGD both in terms of total cost and score. PSG.LGD, despite the difficult situation, fought off Puppey and his teammates in the 40th minute, when they tried to enter the high ground, but Nisha did not lose Aegis. The score was 40:28 in favor of Secret, they were also 16,000 gold ahead of the opponent. Team Secret doubled their score in the series and advanced to the upper bracket semi-finals in the 50th minute with a score of 52:33.

The next opponent of the European club will be the representatives of South America, the Thunder Awaken team.

Recall that The International 2022 runs from October 15 to 30 this year. The top 20 teams from around the world compete in LAN format for the title of world champion, as well as the largest prize pool of the year. At the moment, its amount is $16,934,936. The venue is Suntec Singapore and Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

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