Team Liquid sweeps Phong Vũ Buffalo at the MSI Knockout stage
Team Liquid did not have any easy first game though.
Team Liquid showed off why it’s one of the topLeague of Legendsteams in the world, sweepingPhong Vũ Buffalo(PVB) 3-0 to advance to the MSI Main Stage.
While the scoreline looked impressive, Liquid did not have an easy first match.Team Liquid(TL) made balanced picks, with top-laner TL Jung “Impact” Eon-yeong and mid-laner TL Nicolaj “Jensen” Jensen choosing their favorite champions, Jayce and Azir respectively. The team rounded out their picks with TL Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng’s Lucian, TL Jake “Xmithie” Puchero’s Sejuani, and TL Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in’s Braum.
It was an aggressive early game for the bot lane, as supports TL CoreJJ and PVB Nguyễn “Palette” Hải Trung lost both of their summoner spells in a trade-off.
During the first ten minutes of the match, PVB held its own against TL, getting kills on tower dives and widening the gold gap. At one point in the game, PVB took down all of TL’s members in a dragon fight.
Phong Vũ ACES@TeamLiquidLoLas a fight breaks out near dragon!#MSI2019pic.twitter.com/LztqDgaAhX
However, just as things started going smoothly for PVB,Team Liquidmanaged to turn the tide and bounced back during a 23-minute clash, taking down PVB Võ “Naul” Thành Luân’s LeBlanc and PVB Palette’s Galio.
The match started getting better for the NA team from there, as TL took down Baron Nashor and used the buff to their advantage to push lanes.
With their flawless crowd control, Team Liquid managed to kill four of PVB’s members in a messy late-game fight, earning the team their first victory at theMSI 2019.
After a scrappy and extended teamfight,@TeamLiquidLoLpulls out their first victory against Phong Vũ Buffalo, taking an early lead in the series 1-0#MSI2019Tune in HERE —>https://t.co/UNRhCEvKOmpic.twitter.com/mp2y9OeZ7h
Despite theirawesome run at the Play-Ins, Phong Vũ Buffalo lost the next two games and falls to the lower bracket. The Vietnamese team will have to take on Vega Squadron next for the last spot at the Main Stage, which takes place in Taipei in a week’s time.
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