After a short break, the last quarter-final match began as scheduled.
The strength of Three is obvious to all. In addition, the other two teams in the Huaguo Division have been confirmed to advance, and the emotions of netizens are very high. They are only looking forward to the end of this game. on the screen.
In comparison, Lin Yan is not as blindly optimistic as netizens.
Although Three is far superior to Group in terms of its own strength, Wuhoo's hand injury is unknown after all.
Anyone who has been in contact with it knows that this kind of trauma can't be taken care of in ten days and a half months.
Naturally, this one has become the only suspense in today's game.
As we all know, the Group in the European and American divisions is a well-known "turtle" team in the professional arena.
As long as you have watched the Group's previous games, it is not difficult to find that basically all the games are not less than 45 minutes long, and the longest, even more than an hour long.
They set the record for the longest time in the league since its inception.
This kind of strong defender who suffers from opponents and himself at the same time can be regarded as a perfect interpretation of the tactical essence of "injuring the enemy one thousand and self-defeating eight hundred". It can be said that it is a kind of comparison with the opponent. Endurance play, either boils you to death, or boils yourself to death.
It is precisely because every game of the Group is basically a long and uninteresting anti-pressure game, which leads to the fact that although this team is a seeded team in the European and American divisions, it has the smallest fan base among all the teams in the World Championship. .
At the same time, it was also at the top of the list of "Least Wanted to Meet Team" voted by each major team.
The previous group stage was BO1, but the current quarter-final knockout was BO5. Faced with a team like Group, Three had to win three games in a row, otherwise, once they entered the tug-of-war rhythm of the fourth game, it would only be more disadvantageous when Wuhoo had a hand injury.
Three was obviously very aware of the current situation, and he didn't want to give Group the slightest chance.
As soon as the game started, it was extremely fierce.
Bi Yaohua was a little stunned: "Wuhoo's hand... doesn't look like it's injured at all, does it? Why do you feel that this bot lane combination is more ruthless than when they beat us?"
Lin Yan said, "It's because of the injury that I need to fight like this."
Feeling the inquiries cast around him, he still watched the game calmly, and did not continue to speak.
Three chose a two-lane strategy for this game. In addition to Wuhoo in the bottom lane, a large part of the economy was also reserved for their mid laner. From the very beginning, the jungler has been very active with rhythm in the middle and bottom lanes. Wuhoo and Come also cooperated to carry out extremely frequent invasions, and soon they completely grasped the jungle area in the second half of the map.
Usually the game goes to this level, enough to mean that Three has enough initiative on the field. If you switch to any other team, I am afraid that you have passively entered an infinite vicious circle. However, Three's opponent in this round was Group.
For this team with peculiar attributes, the best thing is to deal with this one-sided pressure game.
Just when everyone thought that the game would end in half an hour, time passed by minute by minute unknowingly.
It wasn't until 48 minutes that Three finally pushed the Group and defeated the opponent's base crystal.
"This one has been playing for too long." Seeing this, even Jian Ye realized something was wrong, "What's going on, I always feel that Three seems to be unable to use his strength since the mid-term?"
"It's not that the force can't be used, it's that the force has no place to use it." Jing Yuanzhou explained, "The Group has done a near-perfect defense in the details. Every time the Three storms to a critical period, the Group can always accurately grasp the breakthrough point. , completely intercepted it back. Of course, Three's current economic advantage is not impossible to be hard, but compared with the risk caused by forcibly jumping the tower, it is still not worth making such an attempt. "
Jian Ye was surprised: "Is the Group team so difficult to deal with?"
"When it comes to strong teams, few people may think of Groups, but if it's a headache, they are definitely the top three among all teams." Lin Yan slowly exhaled, "Three today, I'm afraid a little bit. Difficult."
The first game of each game is often the most decisive time for morale. According to the current situation of Three, it should be fully prepared to directly open the situation, but the current result is...
If even the first game takes so long, the subsequent games will only be more difficult to win.
and…
Lin Yan's eyes fell on the statistics in the live broadcast screen.
Just looking at Wuhoo's output in this game, the proportion is not low, and even compared to many shooters, it is definitely an excellent existence. However, Lin Yan has been following Three for so long, but he clearly knows that such a ratio is completely insufficient for Wuhoo, a top shooter.
As for the reason, a large part of it is obviously because Three changed their strategy in this game. Instead of putting all the economic pressure on Wuhoo as usual, they allocated a large part to their mid laners.
This is undoubtedly very rare in Three's previous games.
In this way, they hope to share some pressure for Wuhoo.
Except for the players inside Three, the outside world knew nothing about Wuhoo's hand injury, but after this round, Lin Yan was certain, at least not very optimistic.
Otherwise, Three would never have made such a temporary adjustment in the important quarterfinals.
The other GH players didn't get so much information based on statistics like Lin Yan, but looking at their coach's face, they also realized something was wrong.
For a moment, the entire lounge fell silent.
After a short intermission, the second game officially began.
Probably aware of the problem in the last game, this time Three readjusted the distribution of the economy, and once again restored the complete routine of their shooter core.
This time it ended a little faster than before.
The winner was decided in 40 minutes, and Three got the match point since then.
So far, they only need one more win to seal another spot in the Final Four.
Lin Yan's lips were slightly pressed, but he still didn't say anything.
Next to him, Jing Yuanzhou didn't have the slightest smile on his face.
Winning two games in a row is indeed a very exciting thing, but after Three returned to the usual style of play, it was equivalent to putting all the pressure back on the bottom two. In this way, the load on Wuhoo itself can be imagined.
And according to the rhythm of the second game of Three, it really shouldn't be dragged for 40 minutes. The reason is that Wuhoo is obviously affected by his own state.
Especially during the last wave of teamfights, that mistake was a bit too obvious.
In the case of five kills, it is completely possible, because the deviated skill only gained one wave of three kills, although it did not affect the final outcome, but if it is Wuhoo in its heyday, it is absolutely impossible to make such a low-level mistake. .
It can be seen that Come has worked very hard to ensure Wuhoo's comprehensiveness, and has done his best to maximize the output space, but even so, this excessively long-term confrontation on the field is still destined to be unavoidable. .
Let's see if Three can finish today's game before Wuhoo reaches his limit.
In the third game, the Group came up with their famous lineup at the World Championship.
As soon as such a lineup came out, even Bi Yaohua couldn't help shouting loudly: "Fuck, this shooter is still playing a fart?!"
The overly strong defensive lineup obviously wants to see who has the last laugh between the sharpest spear and the strongest shield.
It is undeniable that this lineup of Group is indeed a headache for whoever sees it, but Three is also very daring to play.
Although the process seemed a bit difficult, it still ripped a crack from the impregnable defense very strongly.
The Group continued to resist pressure.
When the game reached 50 minutes, the two sides faced off again in front of the high ground.
At such a point in time, no matter which side is defeated, it will completely lose the chance of victory.
The team battle finally broke out under the public's attention, but it is a pity that Three still failed to seize this last chance.
Group is so skilled with the current lineup that each character's positioning on defense is almost impeccable. At the most critical moment, Three experienced a disjointed lineup for the first time, and was still blocked from the high ground.
The score was pulled to 2:1.
In the director's shot, Wuhoo's gesture of covering his hands is particularly dazzling.
As if suddenly realizing something, the audience suddenly became silent.
Three games, plus nearly three hours of halftime.
Even the audience at the scene was a little distressed, not to mention the players who were fighting hard on the field.
Thinking of Wuhoo's hand injury that broke out some time ago, Three's fans couldn't help but turn red.
In the fourth game, Three adjusted his tactics again, with little success.
Group played the next game at 54 minutes.
And then the fifth game...
During such a long game cycle, Wuhoo always insisted not to replace their backup shooter, but when such a firm attitude fell into the camera, it seemed more and more cruel.
As long as there is a half-way back, who is willing to make such a choice that may bet on such a career in a game
Many people may not understand Wuhoo's insistence on staying on the court, and how could Lin Yan not understand.
When the strength of the substitute players is not enough to take on the big task, Wuhoo, as the sharpest weapon in the Three team, has become the only hope of winning this game.
However, even knowing that Three's shooters cannot fail to break through the group's defense line, Lin Yan still felt a little unbearable to watch it in front of Wuhoo's efforts for the team.
At this moment, he seemed to understand the mood of Yuanzhou in the prospect of two days.
It's just the relationship between his teammates that he already felt so unbearable for Wuhoo, not to mention Jing Yuanzhou, who was watching him spend with Win on the field at the time.
Something moved vaguely in my heart.
Lin Yan slowly stretched out his hand and took Jing Yuanzhou's palm.
Under such a sudden action, Jing Yuanzhou was also stunned for a moment, and then gently shook his hand back.
By the end of the fifth game, the outside had completely fallen into the thick darkness.
After witnessing such a long tug-of-war, the audience present couldn't calm down for a long time, and their eyes were red.
The camera zoomed in, and Wuhoo's hands were shaking because of the pain.
Many people choked up.
The next second, Come next to him had already stood up and walked to Wuhoo's side with concern. .
Three's other players also gathered around, and the camera was instantly completely covered by the gathered figures.
He couldn't see Wuhoo's situation clearly, only the faintly trembling shoulders on the back were left, hugging each other tightly.
2:3.
Three finally failed to get a ticket to the semi-finals, and has since said goodbye to the stage of the World Championship.
Post-match interviews in the knockout rounds.
Wuhoo covered his hand and bowed deeply towards the camera with his teammates. The look in his eyes was still firm: "It's a pity that we can only stop in the top eight this year, but we will definitely come back next year."
This night, some people are doomed to sleepless.
At the same time, with Three's regretful departure, the list of the world's top four has finally been officially produced: GH, KING, PAY, and, Group.