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Grand Final: SK vs TeG at 3:30pm CET
Written by Scarmony in coverage 3 months ago (29 comments) | Tagged in: ESWC Masters DotA Final
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After some grueling matches SK.DotA and TeG managed to advance to the finals of the ESWC Masters 2008 tournament in Paris.

Some call it an upset, others knew that this was going to happen.

TeG defeated the Evil Geniuses in the semi-finals! The favorites from America made too many mistakes and didn't showed their best game. TeG on the other hand played close to flawlessly and managed to advance in the best of one game.

TeG|Snake:
"We are very happy now that we reached the final. It was our only goal through all the matches, and we were confident we can make it for all this time.

SK-Gaming is the best team for us to play against now. We trained a lot with them, and we became friends during this time. So we are also glad that they made it until here, knowing that the flights to San Jose are booked now makes both our heart bump faster.

We respect each other, but we will try to beat them this time, maybe also because we are more in need of the money than they are. 'The elder Gods' is just a name, and we hope that we can join a professional organization soon. Doing all the management on our own is not always best - but we proved that we can handle it, so I think we are worthy the next step now."


In the other semi final SK.DotA beat MYM without any problems. SK.DotA is without a doubt the favorite for the final match, but will TeG be able to score another upset and take home the price galore?

SK|Hailo:

"Yeah we are glad we did it, even if we were more than confident for the last weeks. We had a good preparation, and we knew that we can beat any time any time.

Now it's against TeG for a second time in Paris, but in my opinion their is no advantage for any of us.

We played a lot together already, so it will be decided by the bans/picks and how everyone can access his own skills.

One more match now, and we will be concentrated 110%!"


Finals are scheduled to start at 15.30 CET.

Make sure to check the replays from the semi finals!



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