Team Liquid is North America’s last hope as they eliminate Complexity from the major

In the course of the opening day of the PGL Main Antwerp 2022 we noticed the 2 North American representatives fall right down to their European counterparts. This was a troublesome begin for the area and so they nonetheless had an extended strategy to go within the event with the intention to qualify for the following stage.

Complexity Gaming closed out the primary day of the occasion in a greater kind than Staff Liquid. They had been in a position to take down APAC representatives IHC Esports whereas Staff Liquid dropped their recreation in opposition to Imperial Esports. However taking a more in-depth have a look at the video games, Complexity Gaming ought to’ve been in a position to dominate IHC Esports, however they virtually ended up taking a loss.

Now on the second day of the foremost is the place issues circled. Complexity must take down the Russian staff Outsiders in the event that they needed to qualify for an development match on day 3, however they had been utterly outclassed by their counterpart. Complexity Gaming couldn’t stand the Russian aggression as they had been solely in a position to efficiently defend 2 rounds on the CT facet.

Alternatively, as a result of Staff Liquid misplaced their first two video games, they now needed to play an elimination best-of-3 sequence in opposition to the Argentinian 9z staff. However fortunately for Staff Liquid, 9z got here into this matchup in a extremely dangerous kind as they’d a really irritating loss in opposition to MIBR the day earlier than.

The sequence led to a fast 2-0 for Staff Liquid that means that they’d have yet one more probability to combat for a spot within the subsequent stage of the foremost. However this additionally meant that they must face their fellow North American staff Complexity Gaming in a best-of-3 sequence the next day.

As a result of North America solely despatched two representatives to the occasion, whichever staff received the sequence must hold their area’s hopes alive for the remainder of the event. For the primary recreation of the sequence, the 2 groups would play in opposition to one another in Historic. The sport was back-and-forth however Staff Liquid’s Shox took over the sport and led his staff to a 16-12 victory.

Even when the rating was shut, Staff Liquid appeared manner higher throughout the first recreation of the sequence, and Complexity knew this. Staff Liquid went on to dominate the primary half of the second recreation in Vertigo and this was the start of the top for Complexity Gaming. TL closed out the sequence in a convincing method, eliminating their fellow North American staff from the event.

Now whereas all of this was taking place, the Russian staff Outsiders was having a battle in opposition to ForZe in a best-of-3 sequence to find out which staff would advance into the legends stage. And Outsiders was in a position to win the sequence after three video games, that means they had been the fourth staff advancing additional within the event.