Samba Roll Loud, Who Destroyed GAM
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‘Samba Roll’ Loud, Who Destroyed GAM… Brazilian Fans who came to Korea Cheered
The 2023 League of Legends World Championship (hereinafter referred to as Worlds) began on the 10th.
This World Cup will be held in Korea for the first time in five years since 2018.
The Play-In Stage and Swiss Stage will be held in Seoul, and the quarterfinals and semifinals will be held in Busan. 스포츠토토
The long-awaited final will be held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on November 19th.
As the World Cup is full of surprises, a 'reversal' occurred from the first day of the competition.
In the first round of the play-in stage, Loud (LLL) of the Brazilian league CBLOL won a complete victory with a set score of 2 to 0 against GAM Esports (GAM) of the Vietnamese league VCS.
Based on Naver's match prediction, only 7% of people predicted Loud's victory.
Loud's biggest contributor was by far the long-distance dealer Root (Geomsu Moon).
Moon Geom-soo, born in 1999, is a veteran who debuted in 2016.
He played in the domestic league, LCK (League of Legends Champions Korea), with Jin Air Green Wings in 2019 and Live Sandbox in 2020.
He is active this year with Loud, winning both the first and second half of the Brazilian league.
On this day, Geomsu Moon captured all of GAM's players in the last minute of the first set, recording the first pentakill of the tournament.
In an interview after the game, he expressed his feelings about the victory, saying, “LoL Park is a place where I have good experiences, but I also have bad experiences,” and “But (today) we won 2-0, so it is a meaningful day.”
At Loud's victory, cheers erupted from the field.
On this day, Brazilian fans attended LoL Park located in Jongno-gu, Seoul, where the first round of Play-In was held and cheered enthusiastically.
They sent warm cheers along with the Brazilian flag.
After winning the game, they showed off the 'land of samba' style by playing trains and enjoying themselves.
In an interview after winning, Geomsu Moon expressed his gratitude to the fans, saying, “The flight took a long time, but I’m thankful they came all the way to support me.”
Meanwhile, Loud's next opponent, who beat GAM and advanced to the winner's bracket, is PSG Talon.
Hong Kong's leading team, PSG Talon, is a strong team that dominated the Pacific Rim League this year.
In Korea, it is also famous for signing a naming sponsorship contract with Paris Saint-Germain FC, a professional soccer club in France.
The two teams will face off on the 12th.
The winning team will advance to the winner's bracket final and have an advantage in advancing to the Swiss stage.
As both teams showed strong will to advance to the finals, a fierce match is expected to take place.