The Russian team beat PSG. Sensation at the tournament in the USA!

Russian sports are almost completely excluded from the world agenda. However, there are still separate competitions where we are allowed. And we use these chances to the maximum.

So the Team Spirit team, playing in Dota 2 tournaments, supported this trend. The esports team won a major victory, although few people bet on the Russians. Even the players themselves did not really believe in their own success.

A real sensation at the tournament in the USA!

Win in the best city

Team Spirit took first place in the competition called PGL Arlington Major 2022. It is not hard to guess that the competition was held in Arlington, a suburb of Washington. At one time, the famous urbanist Ilya Varlamov even called this settlement “the best city in the United States.” This makes the victory of Russian esportsmen in the grand final even more pleasant.

Photo: © PGL ESPORTS S.R.L.

In the decisive confrontation, the Russian team beat PSG LGD, a Chinese team that signed a sponsorship contract with the PSG football club several years ago. The opponents lost to Team Spirit with a score of 3:1. By the way, before that, the Russians in the semi-finals passed another team from the Celestial Empire – Aster. Having taken first place, our guys eventually earned 200 thousand dollars – that is, about 12 million rubles. This is almost half of the total prize pool of the tournament!

Final Outsiders

Before the decisive battle, few believed in the victory of the Russians. For example, commentator Vladimir Maelstorm Kuzminov was quite skeptical.

LGD, on the contrary, showed such a cool game that I don’t even have special words to describe it. Everything is smart and academic. Spirit also played well, but it is still difficult for them to compare with the gods from China. After the int, if I’m not mistaken, they can’t take a single card from them,” the browser wrote in his Telegram channel.

Some members of the team also had no illusions about the upcoming meeting with the favorite. Even the captain of Team Spirit, who, it would seem, should, as a leader, raise the same team spirit of his colleagues, was as if crushed. In a pre-match interview, Yaroslav Miposhka Naydenov gave a very depressing remark.

— Only a miracle will help us against LGD. But we will try to show our best. This is a strong team, and as I said, only a miracle will help us,” Miposhka told the PGL YouTube channel.

Photo: © PGL ESPORTS S.R.L.

As soon as the final was over, the captain had to admit: a miracle had happened. Miposhka was clearly in shock and could not even find words to describe his emotions. But another Spirit member, midlaner Alexander Torontotokyo Hertek, did a great job.

Haters, where are you now? — he wrote in the game chat.

It is curious that just before the final, Team Spirit received the long-awaited trophy for winning The International, the most prestigious Dota 2 tournament. It was won almost a year ago, but the cup was delivered to the guys just now. Perhaps this raised their fighting spirit and helped to defeat rivals from China.