The third quarter-finals of the League of Legends World Cup between Fnatic (EU) and Royal Never Give Up (China) was a roller coaster of emotions for all western fans.
The last hope for Europe, Fnatic, gave it their all and the first two games were fierce. After RNG won the first game, Fnatic even had a 10k gold advantage in the second, but unfortunately could not convert this advantage into a win.
League of Legends - EU subject to China
So in the 3rd game Fnatic had his back to the wall and after losing the lead in game 2, one could have assumed that morale was down. Still, Fnatic managed to win the third game after a nerve-wracking 54 minutes. If you want to see a top-class thriller with a "happy ending", we recommend the video of this game.
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With 2: 1 for Royal Never Give Up it went into the 4th game and everything seemed to be open again. Fnatic's Toplaner sOAz again on Gnarr, his best champion this world championship. Still, it wasn't enough and after 40 minutes the Fnatic Nexus fell. The last European team was eliminated and RNG went to the semi-finals against SKT T1 continue.
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Especially for Fnatic ADC Rekkles the renewed international failure was a severe blow and he sat alone on stage long after the game, overwhelmed by his feelings. Even before the match, he spoke in interviews that this could possibly be his last World Cup and that a good performance was all the more important for him.
The future will show how things will go on with Rekkles and his team.
League of Legends - Cloud 9, as always, NA's last hope
The last quarter-finals on Sunday brought the decision between Team WE (China) and the last remaining NA team Cloud 9. Despite a narrow and disappointing defeat in Game 1, Cloud 9 was able to hold its own and even increase to 2: 1. The unusual singed pick in the top lane paid off.
Game 4 went back to WE and it all boiled down to the last, fifth game. Team WE literally couldn't be stopped with Gnarr (Top), Galio (Mid), as well as Gragas (Jungle) and a Janna as reinforcement. Even Kog'maw as ADC was unassailable with this row of tanks in front of him. Cloud 9 was the last western team to be eliminated and North America has now reached the 7th League of Legends World Championship in a row, not beyond the quarter-finals.
Team WE will meet Samsung Galaxy in the semi-finals and there will be 2 semi-finals between China and Korea. The semifinals will take place on October 28th and 29th instead, SKT T1 starts against Royal Never Give Up. The videos of all previous encounters can be found on Riots YouTube Channel being found.
