On May 1, MSI 2024 officially kicked off with exciting matches in Group A of the Play-In round. If FlyQuest had to work very hard to come back and defeat PSG Talon, T1 proved to be completely superior to Estral Esports. Just by overcoming FlyQuest in the next match, Faker and his juniors will get a ticket to enter the Division round of MSI 2024.
T1 had a pretty favorable start at MSI 2024 with a 2-0 victory over Estral Esports
For an ambitious team like T1, their goal at MSI 2024 is clearly the championship, not just passing the Play-In round. Furthermore, T1 also has another goal that is equally meaningful: defeating GBV. Even right after the victory against Estral Esports, T1 stars like Faker and Oner simultaneously sent “war letters” to the number 1 seed of the LPL region.
Oner was asked about the opponents he wants to overcome at MSI 2024: “An important thing is when we meet strong opponents. Right now, the team I want to face and beat the most is BLG.”
Faker also named BLG as the opponent he wants to defeat: “We (T1) want to have “revenge” for the loss at MSI last year against BLG. In addition, the whole team also wants to bring the best performances to the fans.”
Not only T1, perhaps Gen.G players also want a similar “revenge” against GBV. Remember at MSI 2023 1 year ago, BLG eliminated both Gen.G and T1 in the loser's bracket. This team even had victories with quite overwhelming scores such as 3-0 (against Gen.G) and 3-1 (against T1). Therefore, it is extremely understandable that T1 (and possibly Gen.G) wants to defeat BLG at MSI this year.
At MSI 2023, BLG really “sorrowed” T1 by defeating Faker and his teammates with a score of 3-1.
Furthermore, BLG is currently the strongest representative of the LPL host region. If they can overcome this opponent, it will be an extremely strong affirmation of T1's strength as well as their opportunity to win the MSI 2024 title. Perhaps T1 players are the ones who understand this best, so they are placing their bets. Great determination to defeat GBV at MSI 2024 this time.
Faker and his juniors have a very high determination to defeat GBV at this year's MSI
To be fair, MSI in recent years has been considered a “dangerous land” for T1 in particular and LCK representatives in general. The last time an LCK representative won the MSI championship was in 2017 with SKT T1's victory. Then there was the dominance of LPL teams when RNG won MSI 3 times (2018, 2021, 2022) and JDG also won this title in 2023. Combined with MSI 2024 being held in the region LPL, BLG (and TES) have many advantages in this tournament.
LPL representatives can be said to be dominating the MSI arena as they have won this title 4/5 times recently.
BLG is highly expected by the LPL audience to continue this region's proud series of achievements at MSI
Therefore, for T1 to “revenge” on GBV and aim for the MSI 2024 championship, they need to make a lot of efforts in the near future. In the immediate future, T1 must focus hard on overcoming FlyQuest in the upcoming match to get an early ticket to the Division round. Furthermore, this also gives them more time to research strong opponents to aim for the prestigious MSI 2024 championship.
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