Team Liquid vs. Team Secret in The International 2022 Small Finals: The Most Dramatic Match of the Year

Tomorrow the final day of The International 2022 will start in Singapore. There are 3 teams left in the race for the champion title.

At stake is nothing less than the Aegis of Champions. The decisive day of confrontations will be opened by Team Liquid and Team Secret .

The derby of title European clubs is in danger of becoming the most epic match of the competitive year and one of the most spectacular confrontations in the history of competitive Dota 2 . The point here is not only in the level of performers, but also in the storyline of the match.

We have found several reasons why you should definitely watch the match.

From Last Chance Qualifier to TOP-3 The International

Team Liquid and Team Secret had a frankly bad season: both teams experienced difficulties after the transfer window at the end of The International 10, both teams did not reach the heights in the majors, both clubs approached the event in the status of "dark horses" - nothing more. And now, they are here, in the TOP-3 of The International.

Secret and Liquid have come the longest way to this place: they went through the closed qualifiers of Western Europe, in order to then make it through the Last Chance Qualifier to the small finals of The International 10. The most persistent, the players with the strongest character, the clubs with the longest history. Tomorrow five of them will fight for the title.

Battle of former teammates

Liquid and Secret have a close relationship, and the boiling point was the period after The International 10. In Bucharest, Puppey, Zai and MATUMBAMAN were already fighting for the right to reach the grand finals, but then they stood next to each other.

Tomorrow Puppey will face his old friends: zai and MATUMBAMAN will try to keep the legendary captain out of The International finals. And for Clement it has a sacred meaning

The fourth final of The International for Puppey

Puppey is a peremptory current Dota 2 legend. It is unlikely that anyone from the current players is able to come close to the Estonian in terms of significance and scale of the person:

• Puppey played at all eleven The Internationals;
• Clement was in the Grand Final of The International three times and was in the TOP-3 twice;
• The Estonian became the world champion at the first The International, and any place other than the first one is tantamount to defeat for him.

Under the leadership of Puppey Secret, they have always been a “contender” for the championship, but they have not risen higher than third place. This year, the Estonian cap will have another attempt to rewrite history. Exactly like Team Liquid

Second Team Liquid Club Championship

Team Liquid is a monumental organization and one of the most titled clubs in competitive Dota 2. The International 2022 reminds us of that again.

Over the years, Team Liquid have forged glory for themselves: starting from the extravaganza of the North American Liquid roster in the match against LGD at TI3, continuing with the 2017 championship and the 2019 grand final, Liquid have deservedly entered the pantheon of the most prestigious organizations.

The victory of Liquid in this tournament will allow the club to repeat the record of Natus Vincere: the banners of Liquid were represented at two finals of The International and it is likely that tomorrow the current squad of Liquids will take the organization to the decisive match for the third time in history for the third time.

This year Liquid is played by MATUMBAMAN, the man with the most epic storyline in the tournament.

Captain's Last Dance

MATUMBAMAN, one of those who could equal Puppey. There are chances, in case of success in a duel against an old comrade.

For Lasse, The International 2022 will be the final chord of professional Dota 2. After the Singapore tournament, the player will pack the keyboard, hide the mouse and go sailing on his boat.

Interim results of The International 2022

• 1st place: TBD
• 2nd place: TBD
• 3rd place: TBD
• 4th place: TBD
• 5th-6th place: Thunder Awaken, PSG.LGD - $621,829
• 7th-8th place: Beastcoast, OG - $444,209
• 9th-12th place: Evil Geniuses, BOOM, Gaimin Gladiators, Entity - $342,468
• 13th-16th place: Hokori, Team Spirit, Fnatic, Royal Never Give Up - $254,672
• 17th-18th place: Soniqs, Talon Esports - $42,361
• 19th-20th place: TSM, BetBoom - $42,361