Team Spirit and Team Secret lose points against Talon Esports and Fnatic at The International 2022

The second gaming day of the group stage of The International 2022 has begun. Today we are waiting for 25 matches with the participation of the best Dota 2 teams from around the world. You can find the results of the previous gaming day in the relevant news. Below is a report on the first stream of matches.

Fnatic vs Team Secret

Representatives of Southeast Asia created problems for Puppey and his teammates thanks to the competent implementation of the ultimate, in particular Black Hole from Enigma performed by Jabz. In the 15th minute, Fnatic was in the lead with a score of 16:8, 2,000 gold ahead of the opponent. Team Secret demonstrated competitive struggle. At the 40th minute, the result on the map was 23:28 in favor of Fnatic. Resolut1on and the team outplayed the Asian club by 4,000 in total value. Team Secret finally seized the initiative and won with a score of 35:33 in 51 minutes.

The situation repeated itself on the second map. Fnatic still had a better start than Team Secret. Having a score of 16:7, Jaunuel and the team couldn't get ahead in terms of farming. The participants continued to hold regular battles, while Fnatic still could not increase the gap from Puppey and his team. The score on the map was 21:15 in favor of the representatives of Southeast Asia at the 39th minute. At the 45th minute, having Aegis of Immortal, Fnatic entered the Secret high ground, broke the top lane, won the fight, and then took down the middle lane as well. The Asian team was ahead of the Europeans by 26,000 gold. Fnatic draw the series, and Team Secret lose important points against one of the outsiders of the group.

Entity vs. Thunder Awaken

By picking greedier heroes on the first map, Entities were still able to seize the initiative and outplay Thunder Awaken both in terms of kills and gold earned. Entity confidently defeated the champions of South America, opening the score in the series with a score of 45:15.

The teams continued the series quite passively and cautiously. At the 21st minute of the second map, the score on the second map was 6:5 in favor of Thunder Awaken. Entity were able to gain a huge advantage over the Peruvians and win the second map.

Talon Esports vs Team Spirit

Talon Esports started the first map confidently, killing two Team Spirit heroes. Mikoto did an excellent job of defending mid, outplaying TORONTOTOKYO. The team from Southeast Asia had a slight lead in gold thanks to Templar Assassin and Doom in the 16th minute with a score of 10:5. Team Spirit managed to pull together and even out the situation in terms of the total cost, although they still couldn't outrun Doom. On the 33rd there was a fight, which was won by 23savage in solo. Doom with Aghanim's Scepter made it possible to control two Team Spirit heroes at the same time and prevent Mira from leaving Nyx Assassin. 39 minutes was enough for Talon Esports to win with a score of 31:10. Great performance of 23savage on Doom.

Representatives of Southeast Asia started the second map with dominance. At the 10th minute the score was 10:3. Hyde and the team systematically ganked YATOROGOD, not letting him get ahead in terms of farming. In the 18th minute, Talon Esports were ahead of Team Spirit with a score of 16:7, but the Russian team maintained parity in terms of total cost. The key to Talon Esports' success has been constant movement around the map, regular ganks, and a generally more active game. In a minute, Miposhka and her wards kill Roshan, Gyrocopter got Aegis. However, Talon Esports managed to knock out Aegis from the opponent without much loss. YATOROGOD predictably took the lead in total value, with his team outplaying Fnatic by over 6,000 gold. Thanks to Talon's late-game mistakes, Team Spirit beat ALWAYSWANNAFLY's men 28:23 in 44 minutes.

Team Aster vs TSM

The Chinese team demonstrated the difference in class from the very start. In 8 minutes, Team Aster was leading with a score of 8:1. The dominance of the Chinese continued, Team Aster won the first map with a score of 26:3. TSM could not oppose anything to the opponent, a devastating defeat.

TSM came together and provided Team Aster with a competitive edge at the start of the second map. The Chinese club killed Roshan, but Aegis of Immortal didn't work out well. In the 37th minute, the Chinese club broke T3 in the top lane of TSM and had an advantage of 11,000 gold. Team Aster destroyed the TSM base in 41 minutes and doubled the score in the series. The Chinese have shown a very strong game and are gradually strengthening their role as the group B favorite.

Tundra Esports vs Beastcoast

From a relatively even start, beastcoast picked up the pace and literally moved the European club thanks to Chris Luck's Primal Beast. At the 27th minute, players from South America were in the lead with a score of 23:10, ahead of the opponent by 13,000 gold. Beastcoast won the first map in 38 minutes.

The teams also could not determine the leader for the first 15 minutes, although the score was 15:11 in favor of beastcoast. None of the participants had an advantage in the total cost. Tundra's pick was Doom and Naga Siren, which guaranteed them the gold lead thanks to these heroes. Tundra Esports managed to draw the series by defeating beastcoast with a score of 29:25.

Recall that The International 2022 runs from October 15 to 30 this year. The top 20 teams from around the world compete in LAN format for the title of world champion, as well as the largest prize pool of the year. At the moment, its amount is $16,150,403. The venue is Suntec Singapore and Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

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