Nigma and Yellow Submarine have left Epic League
The first day of the Epic League Division 1 playoff has ended. The organizer decided to open it from two matches of the lower bracket, so after the first day, two teams at once, Nigma and Yellow Submarine, left the tournament, taking 7-8 places.
Nigma vs. Liquid
Before starting the match, there was no clear favorite: both teams finished the group stage with an equal score, and in head-to-head confrontations, they once defeated each other in the group and Play-in stages.
Today's match ended with a 2:1 score in favor of Team Liquid, which means they are the ones who go further. The decisive third was the most impressive of the played maps: Team Liquid made 4 kills, even before the creeps came out!
OG vs. Yellow Submarine
The second match in the lower bracket was between OG and Yellow Submarine. Before the start, analysts singled out the OG team as a favorite: bookmakers were giving no higher than a 1.44 odd for their victory. It's not surprising because Yellow Submarine is a young stack of players, which began to make progress just two weeks ago.
As many expected, the match ended with a confident victory for OG with a 2:0 score. The young mix of players from Russia wasn't ready to fight the European grandee yet.
Playoff bracket
The next Epic League matches will take place on December 9. We are waiting for two matches of the upper bracket: Virtus Pro vs. Team Secret and Natus Vincere vs. Vikin.gg