Team Liquid defeats Thunder Awaken at The International 2022 in a colorful match
Maksym ShylovGame Sunday is coming to an end. We have already watched 3 bo3 series performed by the best teams in the world. The last match was between Thunder Awaken and Team Liquid . Earlier , PSG.LGD took 5th-6th place and left The International 2022. Below we will tell you about the events that took place in the match involving representatives of Western Europe and South America.
First map
Pakazs gets the first kill on the map, finishing off Boxi on Tiny. In 5 minutes, Thunder Awaken managed to make 4 kills without dying even once. Thunder Awaken picked up a serious pace, and the performance of some players, in particular Matthew on Rubick. At the 21st minute, the score was 16:7 in favor of the Peruvians, they were also in the lead by 6,000 in terms of farm. MATUMBAMAN on Lifestealer had the fifth highest cost on the map. Apart from this, Pandaboo and the team kill Roshan.
The teams had a number of bright battles, intercepting the initiative from each other. At the 38th minute, Team Liquid were in the lead with a score of 21:28 and a 4,000 gold lead. MATUMBAMAN and the team start entering the high ground after the 40th minute. At the 46th minute, Thunder Awaken managed to fend off Liquid's attack at the cost of the bottom and middle lanes. Leshrac's Windwaker proved to be extremely effective. The item has saved miCKe's life several times. On the 51st there was a massive fight, where 5 buyouts were used, as a result of which Team Liquid won and took another Aegis of the Immortal. Boxi and the team made mega-creeps, closing the Peruvians at the base. Thunder Awaken turn the fight over and with the help of one creep they win the first map against Team Liquid with a score of 49:36 in 57 minutes.
Second map
Representatives of South America decided to take Enigma to the fifth position, which is now not the most meta character for this role. At the 4th minute, MATUMBAMAN dies. In return, Boxi kills Matthew in the bot lane. Zai makes an ultrakill in the 9th minute. The result on the map is 8:6 in favor of Team Liquid. The teams continued to demonstrate an extremely active game.
At the 25th minute, Team Liquid were in the lead with a score of 23:19, with a 10,000 gold lead. At the same time, Thunder Awaken clearly did not want to let go of their chance to end the series with a 2-0 score. But Team Liquid got 33,000 economic advantage, which was enough to equalize the result in the pros series and move the fight to the decisive third map.
Third map
During the first 15 minutes, the teams exchanged heroes from time to time. In the 16th minute, the score was 9:8 in favor of Thunder Awaken, the Peruvians did not have an advantage in gold. Pakazs on the 21st makes a triple kill, none of the participants are in the mood to go home. Team Liquid make a mistake in the 34th minute, losing three heroes after buyouts, including carries and mid. Thunder Awaken kill Roshan and close the gap on MATUMBAMAN and the team to 2,000 gold. The score was 28:27 in favor of the Peruvian team. After a series of unexpected twists and turns on the map, Team Liquid take the lead in the most colorful series of this World Cup at the moment.
Team Liquid are in the top 4 of The International 2022 and will play against Team Aster next Saturday. MATUMBAMAN's path to the second victory at The International continues. Thunder Awaken take 5th-6th place and earn $610,018.
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.