VCT EMEA League: Team Liquid delivers another blow to Team Heretics

A new week begins in the VCT EMEA League 2023, and the teams are ready to give their best to win their respective matches. In the curtain-raiser of the fourth week of the VCT EMEA League, Team Liquid dealt another blow to Team Heretics 2-0 to get back to winning ways.

On the other hand, Team Heretics accumulates the fourth defeat of the season and must wake up as soon as possible if they want to fight to be at the top of the table. In addition, we must remember that the VCT EMEA League is reaching the halfway point of the season, so from now on, every game will be much more important for each team.

With what we have observed, we can have a general idea of the teams that would advance to the playoffs. In addition, we can also have some favorites to claim the championship title and, of course, the teams that will qualify for the Tokyo Masters and the VCT Champions 2023.

Team Liquid beats Team Heretics with a resounding 2-0 victory

Now we must return to the present and enjoy each of the days that the VCT EMEA League has in store for us. For the second week in a row, Team Heretics was in charge of starting a new week in the tournament, and, once again, they did it with a defeat, their third in a row.

The series between Team Liquid was played in Split (Team Liquid) and Fracture (Team Heretics).

Split

Team Liquid started their map pick like a truck with no brakes, as they took Team Heretics guys by storm in the first half. Playing on the attacking side and led by Saif “Sayf” Jibraeel (167 ADR, 273 ACS, and 1.37 Rating), Team Liquid took a comfortable 10-2 partial victory that undoubtedly gave them peace of mind for the rest of the map.

In the second half of the map, Team Heretics tried to wake up thanks to Frenchman Wassim “keloqz” Cista (214 ADR, 362 ACS, and 1.32 Rating). After being down 12-4, Team Heretics put some pressure on Team Liquid and scored 12-8. However, the comeback fell short, and the guys from Liquid managed to win the remaining round to take the 13-8 victory.

Fracture

We move on to Fracture, the Team Heretics map pick, where we enjoyed a completely different match that had to be defined in Overtime.

It all started with a spectacular back and forth-with Team Heretics on the attacking side, trying to overcome Liquid’s fierce defense. However, Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen and Ayaz “nAts” Akhmetshin were responsible for repelling several occasions in which Team Heretics looked like they could take one of the Sites. Finally, the first half ended with a close score of 7-5 in favor of Team Liquid.

In the second half, we saw a very good awakening of Team Heretics. This time, the Danish Auni “AvovA” Chahade (186 ADR, 275 ACS and 1.63 Rating) carried his team to even the score 12-12 and sent the map to Overtime. However, after eight Overtime rounds, Team Liquid could win two consecutive rounds to finally take the victory on the map with a score of 17-15.

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