Team Heretics and Fnatic advance to Decider Match of LEC Summer Split 2023

The actions of the Group Stage of the LEC Summer Split 2023 continue, and Team Heretics and Fnatic achieved spectacular victories against KOI and MAD Lions, respectively, to advance to the Decider Match. As a result, both teams will fight in their last chance to qualify for the playoffs and, above all, to score valuable points in the fight for a ticket to Worlds 2023.

On the other hand, KOI says goodbye to its summer season, while MAD Lions will not be able to complete the feat of the two-time champs.

There is no doubt that both Team Heretics and Fnatic deserve to qualify for the playoffs since let’s remember, they were the two best teams of the regular season. However, to complete their goal, they must face two great opponents, Team BDS and SK Gaming.

Let’s see what happened in the return of the LEC Summer Split 2023 Group Stage.

Team Heretics win the Spanish derby against KOI

While there was a lot of hype surrounding this match, Team Heretics prevailed in the best way to take the 2-0 victory and advance to the Group A Decider Match.

With this victory for Team Heretics, the team continues on its way to the miracle of qualifying for Worlds 2023 after having a terrible Winter and Spring Split. Meanwhile, KOI will have to do a lot of math from now on to see if they can get the necessary points to qualify for the top tournament of the 2023 LoL season.

Team Heretics, led by Spaniard Victor “Flakked” Lirola, swept KOI in this BO3. Thanks to the intense battles the Spaniard fought with Xayah in Summoner’s Rift, his team took the lead early in the series. Finally, after two very intense and exciting games, KOI says goodbye to the summer season, and now they have to hope that both Fnatic and EXCEL have bad results from now on to get their ticket to Worlds 2023.

#THWIN @TeamHeretics eliminate @KOI and will face @TeamBDS for a playoff spot tomorrow! #LEC pic.twitter.com/AEVaKtI2Hm

— LEC (@LEC) July 22, 2023

Fnatic get a win over MAD Lions to keep dreaming of Worlds 2023

After two extremely interesting and very intense games, the British squad, Fnatic, managed to take a 2-0 victory to advance to the Group B Decider Match. Marek “Humanoid” Brázda led Fnatic to this great victory, leaving the current Spring Split champions, MAD Lions, out of the tournament.

The reality is that the series was very exciting, but Fnatic was always ahead on the scoreboard. As a result, the team recovered good feelings for the rest of the tournament. There is no doubt that, besides Humanoid, Fnatic had a stellar performance Oscar “Oscarinin” Muñoz and Adrian “Trymbi” Trybus, who crushed their role rivals MAD Lions.

#FNCWIN@FNATIC eliminate @MADLions_EN and get a rematch against @SKGaming for a spot in playoffs tomorrow! #LEC pic.twitter.com/RE2lCpb2zf

— LEC (@LEC) July 22, 2023

Now, Fnatic will have to take on its historical tormentor, SK Gaming, in the Decider Match of Group B. Let’s remember that Fnatic has never managed to beat SK in history, and they will try to do it to continue in their fight to qualify for Worlds 2023.

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