PSG.LGD beat OG as US teams fail at The International 2022

The second series of matches of the second game day of the group stage of The International 2022 has ended. You can read about how Team Secret and Team Spirit played a draw against the outsiders of group B in the corresponding news. Below is a brief report of the events that took place in the second stream of matches.

PSG.LGD vs. OG

The Chinese team started the game very confidently and aggressively against the two-time world champions. In the 9th minute, PSG.LGD were leading with a score of 12:5. XinQ and the team took Roshan and continued to hunt OG players systematically. NothingToSay showed great individual performance on Pangolier. PSG.LGD were leading 26-8 in the 21st minute and were 16,000 ahead of their old rivals in total value. OG didn't manage to give a due rebuff to PSG.LGD, their base gradually began to fall. At the 27th minute, the Chinese won another fight, leaving the opponent without redemptions, and forced them to write “gg” in the chat.

Bzm unlocks the map by getting his first kill before the duel starts with Sunstrike on Invoker. PSG.LGD outplayed OG and took Roshan in the 14th minute. The advantage of the Chinese team in gold was 7,000. PSG.LGD moved over OG without any problems. In the 26th minute, OG made just 3 kills while their opponent made 19. The Chinese club out-farmed the opponent for an impressive 20,000. The European team had few chances for a comeback, but they clearly did not want to give up. However, PSG.LGD forced Misha and the team to surrender, as the difference in strength was enormous. PSG.LGD earn their first win in The International group stage. Looks like the team has finally played out.

BOOM Esports vs Gaimin Gladiators

The European club looked preferable to BOOM Esports, although the representatives of Southeast Asia had strong team skills, such as Black Hole. The better implementation of the heroes allowed Gaimin Gladiators to take the upper hand on the first map with a score of 30:13.

BOOM Esports skillfully used Arena of Blood from Mars by Fbz while leading in terms of farming. The team also used Pudge as a carry position. It is worth noting that this character is now in the meta at the professional level. As a result, BOOM Esports easily won the second map with a score of 31:6. The crushing victory of BOOM is also evidenced by the fact that the players of the Gaimin Gladiators team, namely dyrachYO and tOfu, did not make a single kill. As a result, a draw in the series.

Royal Never Give Up vs Soniqs

YawaR and the team equally fought with one of the favorites of group A. In the 18th minute, Soniqs, although they were not ahead of RNG in terms of total cost, were leading with a score of 12:9. Royal Never Give Up managed to seize the initiative, but Soniqs didn't want to give up. Chalice and the team were 26:20 ahead of the opponent with a 11,000 gold advantage. It is worth noting the game of Somnus, the player regularly caught opponents in a lasso on the Batrider, which brought a lot of inconvenience to the opponent. 45 minutes was enough for the Chinese team to win the first map. Soniqs can be commended for a decent performance, but now they only have to count on a draw.

Royal Never Give Up confidently outplayed the American club almost from the very beginning of the map. At the 17th minute, xNova and their teammates were in the lead with a score of 14:6, having 7,000 refarms. The combination of Leshrac and Lone Druid allowed the RNG to rapidly destroy Soniqs structures. Easy win for RNG in 24 minutes.

Evil Geniuses vs Team Liquid

Participants showed competitive struggle at the start of the first map. Evil Geniuses killed Roshan in the 17th minute, the score on the map was 12:8 in their favor 5 minutes later. Team Liquid are having a successful fight and leveling the score, MATUMBAMAN has correctly implemented Pudge. Evil Geniuses did not use Tombstone from Undying in the most successful way, since the European team managed to break it regularly at the very beginning of the fight. Liquid's heroes had too much control, Arteezy couldn't implement BKB during fights. In a protracted battle lasting 65 minutes, Team Liquid defeated Evil Geniuses, inflicting their first defeat in the group stage.

Liquid's pick allowed EG's heroes to be outfarmed from the very beginning of the second map. The teams were clearly not in the mood to lose and refused to give the championship to anyone in the confrontation. At the 18th minute, the score was 9:9, MATUMBAMAN and his teammates were ahead of Arteezy and the team by less than 3,000 gold. Team Liquid doubled their result in the series and strengthened their position in the top 4 of Group A.

Hokori vs BetBoom Team

The South American representatives had a better start than the BetBoom Team. At the 19th minute, Hokori were in the lead with a score of 15:10. The players of the Russian club were able to equalize the situation by the middle of the game. BetBoom Team demolished all buildings except for one barrack, which left Hokori a step away from megacreeps. In the 41st minute, the score was 28:24 in favor of Hokori, but RodjER and the team had 14,000 more gold. BetBoom Team won their first map at this The International in 45 minutes with a score of 34:30.

BetBoom Team kept their confidence and continued the trend on the second map. Daxak and the team were leading 17:7 in the 20th minute. Hokori were 3,000 gold behind. But the South American team managed to pull themselves together and earn a draw in the match in 33 minutes with a score of 20:24.

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 $16,150,403. The venue is Suntec Singapore and Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

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