OG - Team Liquid

Dota 2 - ESL One Playoffs

It is hard to understand why OG is the underdog today. At the beginning of the Major, OG had huge problems as DM and Chu didn’t receive visas, so they had to find two other players. Everyone thought, "Nah, they won't even qualify for the lower bracket with those problems." However, somehow they started winning from the very beginning and by the end of the group stage, they had secured 2nd place. I can say that their group was way harder than Group A. Just look at the names: Tundra, Spirit, SR, Talon, Beastcoast, Xtreme, and they didn't lose a single match. It was really hard to expect them to come in 2nd place (honestly, they could have even taken 1st place), but they did it.

As for Liquid, I don't see a stable performance from them. In the easy Group A, they only managed to defeat TSM, Execration, and EG, and I can't say those are strong teams at all (compared to Liquid). Against other teams, all their series were 1-1, except against GG (0-2). In fact, before the Major, I expected better things from them.

Certainly, today's match will be close, and I also feel like OG could even win today.