PSG.LGD are leaving The International 2022, Team Aster are in the top 4
Maksym ShylovSunday's third match was the Chinese derby between Team Aster and PSG.LGD . The winner of the match, in addition to a place in the top 4 of the World Cup, can be called the best team in China. You can read about how OG lost the previous knockout match and left The International 2022 in the relevant news.
First map
Team Aster had a more confident start to the first map. At the 6th minute, Monet solo killed Faith_bian on Visage. In the 7th minute, the score was 4:3 in favor of PSG.LGD, but no one took the initiative in terms of farming at the start. A minute later, PSG.LGD kill Monet, slowing him down a bit. PSG.LGD evened things out for themselves, outscoring their Chinese counterparts 10-5 and having a 3,000 gold advantage. All 3 cores of the hero LGD were in the top in terms of farming.
At the 20th minute, Team Aster lost four heroes and gave Roshan to the opponent. Ori and the team were already losing 7,000 gold. Ame's Riki turned out to be a good counter to Monet's Drow Ranger. Team Aster actively resisted and did not want to give up. At the 34th minute, the result on the map was 29:15 in favor of PSG.LGD, also y' and the team already had a 5,000 gold advantage. At some point, Monet and Ori were able to collect enough items to tip the scales in their favor. Ame makes a mistake in the 40th minute, dies without ransom, and during this time Team Aster is trying to kill Roshan. Aster open an account in the series in 42 minutes.
Second map
First blood is drawn by y', killing Xss in the bottom lane. In the 8th minute, PSG.LGD successfully ganked Monet in the top lane. Team Aster took the lead with a score of 6:5 in the 17th minute. Also, Ori and the team were ahead of PSG.LGD by 3,000 gold. At the same time, a minute later PSG.LGD killed Roshan. At the 24th minute, Team Aster won the fight in the opponent's forest and increased their lead to 5,000 gold.
At the 37th minute, Team Aster had a great fight in the Dire forest, Ori made an ultrakill. The score was 23:13 in favor of Aster, they were also in the lead with 18,000 gold. PSG.LGD's base began to collapse. At the 42nd minute, Team Aster doubled the score in the series and sent PSG.LGD home.
PSG.LGD take 5th-6th place at The International 2022 and earn $609,383. Team Aster advance to the next round of the lower bracket and play the winner of the Thunder Awaken match against Team Liquid next Saturday.
Matches history: The International 2022
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 $17,383,794. The venue is Suntec Singapore and Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.
Maksym has been working at EGamersWorld since 2017. Joining the company during his first year at university, he worked as a translator until 2022. After that, Maksym began working as an editor. His main discipline is Dota 2, and over time, Maksym's responsibilities expanded to include CS:GO, CS2 and Valorant. Additionally, as an editor, he publishes various materials on gaming topics.