Team Empire left the tournament, Virtus Pro is in the winners' final: the first day of the ESL One Fall playoffs
The first day of the ESL One Fall playoffs has come to an end. After 2 matches, we've known the first finalist of the upper bracket and the first team to finish their performance.
Team Spirit 2-0 Team Empire
In the first match, 2 teams from the CIS faced each other: Team Spirit and Team Empire. The first is a participant of The International 10, and the second is a team that was one step away from the cherished invitation. In fact, this match was a replay of The International 10 Qualifiers, but with a new patch and much less tension.
Despite the unimpressive performance of both rosters in the group stage, analysts gave the advantage to Team Spirit by a large margin. The odds on their wins were about 1.3-1.4. The users of our site also believed in the victory of Team Spirit, and 2-0 in their favor was the most popular result.
Most of our experts fully read the final of the meeting. The maps turned out extremely similar to each other: Team Empire seized the initial advantage, which they lost closer to the 30th minute. Team Spirit's next opponent will be PSG.LGD.
Virtus Pro 2-0 PSG.LGD
The second match of the day was a confrontation between the owners of the invitations to The International 10 from CIS and China, Virtus Pro and PSG.LGD. The only meeting of these teams for the last 2 years happened at the One Esports Singapore Major 2021 in March. That time the team from China took the victory.
Both teams were excellent in the group stage of the tournament and advanced to the upper bracket. However, before the match, analysts marked Virtus Pro as a clear favorite. The lack of the midlaner in PSG.LGD probably influenced their decision. DLTV's users also trusted the CIS club, choosing 2-0 as the most likely outcome.
In this match, our experts were right again, and most of them even guessed the score. The maps themselves were spectacular: Virtus Pro's time-tested picks proved to be much more practical than the PSG.LGD experiments and the Spirit Breaker on the midlane didn't give the necessary result.
Schedule for August 27
- 15:00 Tundra Esports vs. beastcoast | Upper bracket
- 18:00 T1 vs. Alliance | Lower bracket
- 21:00 Team Spirit vs. PSG.LGD | Lower bracket
ESL One Fall 2021 takes place from August 21 to 29 online. The tournament features 12 teams from different regions competing for the title of champion and a total prize pool of $400,000.