Comeback from megacreeps by Spirit and last dance by NAVI: results of the second day of PGL Wallachia S5
The second round of the group stage of PGL Wallachia Season 5 has come to an end. As a result of today's game day, Gaimin Gladiators, Tundra Esports, Natus Vincere, BetBoom Team, Wildcard Gaming, Aurora, OG and Team Spirit emerged as winners.
Gaimin Gladiators easily closed Team Tidebound (in this tournament, All Gamers Global are performing under their previous name, the reason for this decision is not yet disclosed). On the first map, the Chinese team still put up a fight, but the moment when tOfu gave Reverse Polarity to three, allowing watson to kill four players, turned the game around, and after that Team Tidebound never recovered in this series.
In the match Team Liquid against Natus Vincere there were surprises. Team Liquid showed a rather mediocre game, resulting in Natus Vincere taking their second series of the tournament. Recall that recently the organization announced that the academic roster NAVI Junior will become the main one after PGL Wallachia Season 5, and the current main roster will be disbanded. Nevertheless, the players gave their all in their last tournament.
The first CIS derby of the tournament turned out to be absolutely not hot. Virtus.pro showed themselves as one of the weakest teams in the tournament, making a total of only 15 kills on the team in 2 maps. The series ended with a score of 2-0 in favor of BetBoom Team, both maps lasted thirty minutes.
The meeting of Aurora with Xtreme Gaming was completely dictated by the team of Nightfall. Both maps lasted thirty minutes. Interestingly, on the second map kiyotaka, who is usually known for impulsive playstyle and unstable game, played with KDA 12/0/15 and practically won the second game solo:
The series ended with a score of 2-0.
The day ended with a match of Team Spirit against Edge. Recall that Edge is performing with stand-ins Parker and Puppey. On the first map, Team Spirit proved to be significantly stronger, having a good start, they managed to reach a 25 thousand gold advantage by the 25th minute, which forced the Peruvian team to call GG. On the second map, for 65 minutes Edge dominated, they even had megacreeps, but Parker and his team made several unsuccessful attempts to finish off the opponent's Throne, which cost them the game. Team Spirit came back from more than 20 thousand deficit and broke the Ancient of Edge:
Thus, Edge suffered their first defeat in the group stage of PGL Wallachia Season 5.
PGL Wallachia Season 5 takes place from June 21 to 29 in Bucharest, Romania. 16 teams are fighting for a prize pool of 1 million dollars.