GamerLegion and TheMongolz will meet in the second round of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage. Both squads were defeated in the Long Stage of the tournament, though I personally expected more from the Europeans.
However, now GamerLegion have a great opportunity to make up for their defeat at the hands of Complexity Gaming, especially since on paper, the team is clearly stronger than the Mongolians.
In turn, there's not much to say about TheMongolz, as the boys took a few too many excesses, and that's why the score was so close. And yet, here I would rely on the victory of the GamerLegion team, which is really the better team at this International.
GamerLegion's form
The 27th ranked team in the world surprised at the recent BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR A, where they took advantage of an extremely simple grid and made their way through, and could even compete for a place in the "legends".
Next up, GamerLegion made it to Brazy Party 2023, where they fell apart in the group stage with two straight sets defeats to Astralis and ENCE.
Moreover, the European team failed in the first round of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 with a horrendous attack against Complexity Gaming. And the team itself is to blame, as it should not have shown the alleged "strength" on the choice of cards and sides.
Latest GamerLegion results:
- A 2-1 win over Falcons.
- Defeat to Bad News Eagles by a score of 1-2.
- 0-2 defeat to Astralis.
- 1-2 defeat to ENCE.
- 11-16 defeat at the hands of Complexity Gaming.
GamerLegion's best scores:
- Inferno - 79% wins.
- Ancient - 78% wins.
- Overpass - 75% wins.
- Vertigo - 58% wins.
- Nuke - 56% wins.
Let's not forget that the European squad is giving up Anubis.
TheMongolz shape
The 23rd ranked team in the world has had great difficulty qualifying for the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, as it managed to suffer a loss against Grayhound Gaming in a regional RMR tournament.
After a short rest, the Mongolian team went to IEM Rio 2023, where they managed to defeat Imperial Esports, but with losses from Natus Vincere and Heroic ruined their chances to go to the play-offs.
As for the Long Song in the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 itself, here TheMongolz failed to cope with G2 Esports, suffering an absolutely logical defeat. Still, the Mongols struggled, at least they scored strongly.
TheMongolz's latest results:
- A 2-0 victory over Rare Atom.
- A 9-16 defeat at the hands of Natus Vincere.
- Beat Imperial Esports 2-1.
- 1-2 defeat at the hands of Heroic.
- 11-16 defeat at the hands of G2 Esports.
TheMongolz top scorers:
- Anubis - 75% wins.
- Nuke - 67% wins.
- Mirage - 60% wins.
In turn, the Mongolian team has long given up on maps Vertigo.
GamerLegion - TheMongolz encounter statistics
The teams have not met before.
Prediction for the match GamerLegion - TheMongolz
The Mongolian team can be commended for their shooting, although in some places they had a tough random, and in a few rounds were very lucky with the timings.
As for the rest, TheMongolz is still a team from which we should not expect much success. All the more, GamerLegion has to get back on track, as their defeat by Complexity Gaming stinks of shame.
The Europeans are no worse than TheMongolz in their potential. So in this case, I'd recommend betting on GamerLegion to win.
