The second finalist of Riyadh Masters 2022 is known: Team Spirit defeated Team Secret

In the second semi-final of Riyadh Masters 2022, Team Secret, who finished the group stage without a single defeat, played against the champions of The International 10,Team Spirit. The winner will advance to the grand final and compete with PSG.LGD for the gold of the tournament and the main cash prize.

On the first map, the combination of Secret 's ultimate abilities, especially the heroes Monkey King, Earthshaker and Doom, as well as high-quality execution allowed Puppey and the team to lead 16:4 in 25 minutes and have 10,000 farming gold. At the 41st minute, the situation worsened. Team Secret was leading 22:8 and had a 39,000 gold advantage. As a result, Puppey and his partners outplayed the world champions, and the teams went to the second map of the series.

Team Spirit managed to rehabilitate themselves and outplayed their opponents with a score of 19:8 in 32 minutes of not the most active game. It's worth noting that TORONTOTOKYO finished the map with 5-0-11 stats as Pangolier. Thus the series came down to a decisive confrontation.

Building their game on the night of Night Stalker, Team Spirit systematically won fights against Team Secret in 17 minutes, leading with a score of 19:5. And two minutes later CoLLapse made a rampage on the NS. Team Spirit prevailed on the third map, ended the series with a 2-1 result and reached the final of the tournament. Team Secret finished in 3rd-4th place and earned $425,000.

Recall that Riyadh Masters 2022 takes place from July 20 to 24 this year in Riyadh City Boulevard, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 10 teams compete for a $4,000,000 prize pool. The winner of the tournament will earn the top prize of $1,500,000.