[2023] Overwatch World Cup 2023 | Wild Card Challenge | EMEC | Overwatch Dev Tracker

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619s	hello and welcome to the OverWatch World
621s	Cup emec qualifiers Wild Card Challenge
624s	my name is Danny Lim joined by Mitch and
626s	Matt who are going to be bringing all
628s	the action for the first three games and
630s	then later on we're gonna have Dustin
631s	and reinforced joining but hey that's
633s	that's for later you guys are you guys
635s	are stuck with us for now you guys are
636s	stuck with us
637s	yeah that would that would only be half
639s	the game standing not all the games but
642s	uh no I'm I'm uh I'm super excited to be
644s	here you know uh OverWatch World Cup uh
647s	always a really special program uh the
649s	first time media Mitch casted was
650s	OverWatch World Cup the first one
652s	together it was I casted before before
654s	OverWatch World Cup it was back in the
656s	first time like back in 2017. uh yeah
659s	that's going back a long way now bro I
662s	don't know about you guys but even the
663s	intro music like that Stinger yeah oh
666s	man there's a lot of memories here it is
668s	yeah so good to be here Danny I think
671s	it's a very special part of our
673s	OverWatch calendar throughout the year
674s	man I really can't wait to get started I
676s	mean for me too like I started the I
679s	guess the OverWatch Journey with the
680s	World Cup in 2018 interviewing and then
683s	I joined the league so definitely
685s	OverWatch World Cup has a special place
686s	for me too and you know it's always
688s	great to you know we're finally back
690s	with the OverWatch World Cup I think the
691s	last time was 2019 so it's been four
694s	years so it's super exciting I'm really
697s	excited to see what you know what the
698s	teams have in store for us today
701s	yeah look I think it's like a
702s	celebration of the global OverWatch it's
704s	always a great opportunity to to sort of
706s	indulge in that but also to see like
707s	what's been happening in a lot of like
709s	National regions especially with like a
711s	lot of focus on on the OverWatch League
713s	we just kind of know has been you know
714s	pretty heavily concentrated around sort
716s	of North America and South Korea
718s	respectively we're really excited to get
720s	a chance to see what's been going on in
722s	Europe because we have a lot of players
723s	a lot of legacies built from Fantastic
725s	Pro players and pro scenes in Europe so
728s	covering this emec uh Wild Card
731s	qualifier is going to be a great way to
733s	see what's going on over there
735s	I'm very I'm very like curious to see
738s	what these teams are going to do because
740s	I mean it's not the OverWatch League are
742s	we going to see something similar are
744s	they going to pull out something way
745s	different I think that's you know a big
748s	thing that I'm looking out for
751s	yeah it's always uh it's always crazy
753s	with World Cup right always some
755s	different types of meta stuff but
756s	there's a lot of players in here who are
758s	I know formerly in the OverWatch League
760s	uh you know contenders players former
763s	World Cup competitors so uh a lot of
766s	players uh you probably recognize will
768s	be in this uh competition today yeah all
770s	right well I mean you know we have
773s	matches coming up very shortly but
774s	before we jump into that let me you know
777s	quit quickly give you guys a a brief
779s	rundown of the format the emec Wild Card
783s	Challenge is a round robin first to two
786s	tournament that consists of two groups
788s	all right Matt did you get that yeah
791s	Hugo's freaking out he's excited he's
793s	ready to get this started he's he's
794s	constantly trying to bite my hand while
797s	while he hears about the format right
799s	Robin first to two tournament consists
802s	of two groups group a which is Ireland
804s	Denmark and Portugal and then Group B is
809s	Switzerland Iceland and Finland and the
812s	top two teams from each group will in
815s	the Wild Card Challenge will advance to
817s	the qualifier stage in June
819s	so total of four teams are going to move
821s	up out of six
823s	look
825s	you gotta be able to make I mean if you
827s	gotta you gotta be able to make top two
829s	out of three I mean come on now uh the
832s	big thing will be in June right that'll
834s	be the big test for some of these teams
836s	but like if you if you even have hopes
838s	of contending there right like you
840s	better kind of walk through some of the
842s	competition in here yeah true I mean
844s	it's it speaks volumes about how stacked
845s	like the emea region is right because
848s	this is a wild card qualifier to even
850s	get a chance to play in the emea
852s	conference itself so uh there's another
855s	step that has to be taken for for these
857s	for these teams from some of these
859s	regions and you know let's not forget
861s	that you know Iceland had to put
864s	together their team pretty much at the
865s	last minute is initially it was the
867s	United Arab Emirates that would be the
868s	sixth team competing here uh Iceland has
871s	had a chance to step up which is really
872s	exciting for me personally because we've
874s	seen Icelandic representation in the
876s	OverWatch League I mean this is a very
878s	small region but very passionate and
880s	they have some really uh they have a
881s	couple of sort of known names people
883s	have been around and OverWatch Esports
884s	since like
886s	2017. uh so really excited to see them
888s	really glad they got a chance to show
889s	what they're made of on the
890s	international stage yeah so talking
892s	about Iceland all these teams you know
894s	what are we I think right now is a good
895s	time to see our schedule for the day we
898s	have six great matches we're kicking
900s	things off with Iceland versus
902s	Switzerland followed by Finland versus
904s	Iceland Iceland and then Finland
906s	Switzerland and then the later half is
908s	going to be Ireland Denmark Denmark
911s	Portugal and then we're rounding out
912s	today with Ireland versus Portugal
915s	yeah uh this is really exciting I I'm
918s	stoked to see Island here in group a
920s	known as The Underdogs that's kind of
922s	their uh colloquial sort of name very
924s	passionate every time World Cup comes
926s	around the Irish crew always popping off
928s	so much so they're like I've always sort
930s	of been aware of them they're always
931s	sort of reaching out saying hey look out
933s	for us here this year is going to be no
934s	different Portugal has had some pretty
936s	well-known names come through their
938s	ranks uh in the past we'll talk about
939s	plays like gray like malzasa they've
941s	moved on now so it's a new generation of
943s	players representing Portugal Denmark
946s	though has a lot of uh oh yeah they tend
949s	to have the same representative sort of
950s	year after year there's like a real
951s	solid core of top top top tiered players
954s	representing Denmark and the same for
957s	Finland so this Scandinavian rosters are
959s	extremely strong and expected to come
962s	out of this Wild Card Challenge pretty
963s	comfortably I mean Denmark should be
965s	sick right just based off of like you
968s	know Doge Shockwave kellex mole fig
972s	Shacks like wow a really just like a
974s	overall just like
976s	super solid team I mean that team
979s	probably you know they can contend with
980s	some teams in the OverWatch league right
982s	I mean many of them either are like they
984s	are current like Shockwave or they're
986s	like previous OverWatch league players
987s	thinking like multiple on the London
988s	Spitfire Shacks of course on the Valiant
990s	so we are talking serious business here
992s	and you can say the same for team
994s	Finland right guys like Masa making a
996s	return we're talking a OverWatch League
998s	runner-up I mean they lost a course to
1000s	the Shanghai dragons in their 2020 Grand
1002s	Final so there's a lot of talent here
1004s	it's mental to me that these players are
1006s	competing in a wild card play in to get
1008s	into the conference in and of itself but
1009s	that's how it plays out again so you
1011s	know looking toward our games down here
1013s	you know we may see some disparity as a
1016s	result of that but I don't want to count
1017s	out any of these lesser known regions
1019s	because we haven't had much of a chance
1021s	to shine a light on uh this emea region
1023s	in the past so I can't wait to do so
1025s	today hey I'm sad that uh sorry is not
1027s	playing for Switzerland but hey I think
1028s	I just heard from our producer that's
1030s	James already so Mr Matt I'll leave you
1033s	to it good luck have fun
1036s	thank you very much Danny yeah I'm
1038s	excited for this man it is a now to be
1040s	fair everyone needs to answer first of
1041s	two so in the OverWatch league if you
1043s	used to watch that's first to three so
1044s	the series are a little more truncated
1046s	here it means as a team if you start on
1048s	the wrong foot if you have a slow start
1049s	less opportunities to come back into
1052s	this series so we're gonna have some
1053s	lightning fast games here and remember
1056s	the only the top two teams from each
1058s	group can advance to that emea
1060s	conference here one teammate from either
1062s	group won't be advancing past this stage
1064s	you've got to put your best foot forward
1065s	early yeah and uh obviously with the
1069s	first to two the series are gonna like
1070s	fly by uh you would imagine here today
1073s	uh a lot of probably like you know even
1076s	you know two ones you know two o's right
1078s	uh in those types of ranges uh also
1082s	we'll see what happens in terms of like
1084s	meta right
1085s	um no new patch just hit like what a
1088s	week ago or so right kind of what teams
1090s	are deciding to do uh junker Queen was
1093s	pretty strong before pretty strong after
1095s	I would say uh yeah we're on the
1098s	tournament client though so is this is
1099s	this so this is probably then like the
1101s	uh the patch previous so but still
1103s	jungle Queen's still pretty strong in
1105s	that one we see it and owl sometimes I
1107s	wouldn't be surprised if like these
1108s	teams are probably screaming a ton on
1110s	live though and like they're just kind
1112s	of like owning their comps there right
1114s	and they just kind of bring them in to
1116s	tournament clients so wouldn't be
1118s	surprised if we see some junker Queen
1120s	type stuff uh from some of the like the
1123s	teams with like you know four morale
1125s	players and whatnot I wouldn't be
1126s	surprised to see like some dive Centric
1128s	stuff as well yeah I mean again you know
1131s	to talk a little bit about this this
1132s	Iceland rosters we jump in uh half a
1134s	cool and fincy both players that have
1136s	played at the top level for quite some
1138s	time Africa never quite made it into the
1140s	OverWatch league but was a real Factor
1142s	uh in sort of you play for team for
1144s	nasty girl let's go back that file me
1145s	and you obviously did that dream hack
1147s	event in yonshipping where that she made
1149s	a custard
1150s	uh yes technically yes but I think one
1154s	of the one of the most like exciting
1156s	achievements that that have a cool you
1158s	know sort of had was his time with Team
1159s	envious uh in contenders he actually
1162s	competed in the contenders Gauntlet over
1163s	in Seoul so International experience are
1165s	plenty for for happy and I think finsey
1168s	if you recall back to his time in the
1169s	OverWatch League this guy had one of the
1171s	sickest uh sort of Cassidy Deadeye play
1173s	of the games that we've seen at
1175s	OverWatch League levels so that throwing
1177s	it back a little bit now as well but it
1179s	was pretty electrifying as a hit scan
1181s	player really quite flexible though we
1182s	even saw fins I think at times having to
1184s	play the diva happy cool as well uh tank
1186s	player off tank a lot of the time back
1188s	in 6v6 here so curious to see what those
1192s	two end up playing now because frankly
1193s	uh you know they they both retired right
1196s	and then they sort of unretired I think
1198s	is the World Cup came around so great to
1200s	ever really retire unless you're like
1204s	you know that's that's
1206s	yeah you never really retire right uh
1209s	you you're always on the cusp of a
1211s	little bit of a comeback uh but but it's
1213s	awesome to see I love seeing players
1215s	like that just kind of like come back
1218s	and uh be a part of the scene again
1219s	right uh you you kind of like mentioned
1222s	like these are players like when we
1223s	started casting OverWatch right like
1225s	years ago uh they were players that we
1228s	actually kind of were able to watch and
1230s	like still competing at a high level now
1232s	you see like all the new players from
1234s	like OverWatch league and whatnot kind
1235s	of mix in uh it's really awesome to kind
1238s	of see that all come together on World
1239s	Cup yeah uh again yeah great to see
1242s	incentive for some of these guys to come
1243s	out of quote unquote retirement and make
1245s	their way in and we also want to see you
1247s	know what this team Switzerland roster
1249s	has to show us I think in the past
1251s	we have we have had Swiss delegates uh
1254s	here in the United States sort of
1255s	playing in person uh at land of course
1258s	uh you know in the OverWatch World Cup
1260s	so we've seen opportunities for them to
1262s	display what they're made of on the
1264s	international stage I would say that
1265s	they've uh you know not really made as
1268s	deep runs as they would like to in
1270s	general uh you know the Swiss scene
1272s	still pretty small by comparison here
1274s	and yeah I definitely feel like in
1276s	Iceland's probably your favorite and I
1277s	purely base that on just that the name
1279s	value of some of their uh some of their
1281s	individuals here there are some
1282s	up-and-comers on this Icelandic roster
1284s	as well but Iceland are uh you know as a
1287s	community you know with I'll be honest
1290s	with you like off their own back have
1291s	managed to grow their scene also put on
1293s	sort of tournaments sort of domestically
1295s	uh and and they're a great example I
1298s	think of a Grassroots OverWatch scene
1300s	that have done a great job just by
1302s	themselves building up their uh building
1303s	up their talent pool and giving their
1305s	players opportunities to compete at that
1307s	level it's really like all across Europe
1309s	with OverWatch like you think back to
1311s	like some of uh you know our previous
1312s	OverWatch World Cups right you know uh
1314s	Germany has always had like really
1316s	strong teams obviously like Finland do
1318s	you think like in the past right has
1320s	always been uh really strong I think at
1323s	the last one was it Denmark that we did
1325s	see go on a little bit of a run right uh
1328s	I think it was they went on a little bit
1329s	of a rut and kind of made it a little
1331s	bit longer than people expected I think
1332s	uh I think that was like when they ended
1334s	up beating uh Canada I think in 2019 uh
1338s	they went on a bit of a run where Europe
1340s	has always had really strong
1341s	performances in the World Cup just the
1343s	uh the player-based representation from
1345s	all the different countries always comes
1347s	out pretty strong in this program yeah
1348s	Denmark always has a team of players
1352s	that either I'm playing together at the
1354s	time or like have a lot of history
1356s	playing alongside one each other uh good
1358s	example is like you know Fisher
1359s	obviously I think he's moved on to coach
1361s	now uh was was I think he's been on the
1363s	Danish team like four years running uh I
1366s	think back in 2017 they just took the
1368s	entirety of Team Singularity uh
1370s	essentially and put them all together
1371s	here so that's a team that you expect
1373s	that are going to come out of the gate
1375s	to know exactly what they're doing they
1377s	are probably going to try and feast a
1378s	little bit on some of their oppositions
1379s	here uh obviously we are still on a two
1383s	box so uh we're just waiting on
1384s	confirmation as to sort of what uh what
1386s	the Slowdown is in terms of getting in
1388s	the game this is what it'll be we'll
1391s	we'll we watch the game on the other
1393s	monitor we'll just tell you what happens
1395s	at the end we'll just we'll just
1397s	reminisce about the good old days while
1399s	while we wait
1401s	do you feel like I so many of my world
1403s	cup memories I guess you got got pushed
1405s	out of my my brain from I don't know
1407s	like changing diapers probably uh as it
1408s	is now or you know all that's gone since
1411s	then in terms of the OverWatch league
1412s	but these are some good times man I mean
1414s	you know in in the past obviously we had
1416s	our qualifier stages uh you know at
1418s	certain locations in the lead up we had
1420s	France we had uh you know I think what
1422s	Thailand I think at one point we had
1424s	China's in Korea as well so uh katowice
1427s	we had a stop out there in Poland so
1429s	there's a really rich history of world
1432s	cup action I think now obviously we've
1433s	had uh BlizzCon announced so I think a
1436s	lot of people can put two and two
1437s	together and realize that the dates are
1438s	lining up pretty well for uh World Cup
1440s	let's come we'll sort of see how that
1441s	pans out but uh you know it's a big deal
1443s	that obviously this event has made its
1445s	return to our screens and a great
1447s	opportunity now to take a closer look at
1449s	you know some of that tier 2 tier three
1451s	strata of players that uh We've maybe
1453s	lacked opportunities to Showcase in the
1455s	past side everyone sort of mentioned
1457s	that earlier on but that's one of the
1458s	things that we're most excited about
1459s	here in these uh three matches these
1461s	first Europe also when you kind of look
1464s	across like the landscape of like just
1466s	competitive Shooters right like Europe
1467s	is like extremely strong everywhere uh
1471s	which is like uh obviously some you know
1474s	a Europe is just really strong for
1476s	OverWatch as well so like when when I
1478s	watch these games and then obviously go
1480s	to like the eme you see like the
1482s	qualifier in June right like where
1484s	you'll see some of those teams like
1485s	really kind of like you know cement
1487s	their tickets uh you see like
1490s	up-and-coming players that you know for
1493s	the future of OverWatch and Esports and
1495s	owl and whatnot you see these players
1497s	becoming like stars down the road right
1499s	you kind of see players like you know
1501s	Naga and Shockwave have tremendous
1503s	performances of World Cup end up in the
1505s	league later on right uh there's some
1507s	players actually kind of find their way
1508s	back into the scene via this like
1511s	program too right yes uh where you kind
1515s	of like never know uh always a few stars
1517s	that rise up through the world how do
1519s	you think Mickey ended up on team Envy
1525s	yeah that was uh quite a ways ago here
1528s	we're just waiting of course and getting
1529s	on the game started ladies and gentlemen
1530s	so bear with us we're gonna go to a
1531s	quick break iron out some of these Tech
1533s	difficulties we'll be back of course for
1535s	more of your emec wild card qualifier to
1538s	go too far I'll be right here when you
1540s	return
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1726s	ladies and gentlemen headed into our
1729s	first first to two series of the deities
1732s	for emec wild card qualifier I'm Mitch
1735s	Lizzy joined here by Matt Morello we're
1736s	going to be kicking things off here on
1738s	an Antarctic Peninsula and again all
1740s	eyes on our emec teams to see which four
1744s	will be advancing to the mea conference
1747s	yes uh we kick things off with control
1749s	uh on Antarctic peninsula here as I get
1753s	a little bit of a fly through so uh
1755s	you'll have uh this will be uh Iceland
1759s	on the right hand side uh Switzerland on
1761s	the left so we'll we'll get that one uh
1765s	just shortly yeah
1769s	and again Iceland may be expected by
1772s	many to be favored coming into this
1774s	matchup but again with limited
1776s	information on both of these regions so
1778s	it's a chance for clean slate for both
1779s	of them it's either put their best foot
1781s	forward here
1783s	out of the gates here come Switzerland
1785s	it will be the ramatram May set up
1787s	pretty Santa stuff with the Hanzo so
1789s	nothing too out of the ordinary here
1790s	that'll be mirroring the other side but
1791s	great first pick the half a call the
1793s	first casualty Iceland start behind the
1796s	eight ball of Switzerland surge forward
1798s	yeah so for uh Iceland there you lose
1801s	your May which is a large part of this
1803s	type of like Rush style composition
1805s	right so uh you wanna obviously keep the
1808s	May alive have that may wall split
1810s	players off you lose that may early on
1811s	you can't really brawl out too hard
1813s	after that is uh Switzerland will take
1815s	the point first
1817s	Jin drops to the point here
1819s	May wall up on this High Ground
1820s	Switzerland gonna give themselves a
1822s	little bit of breathing room here but
1823s	barcode takes a fair bit of damage to
1824s	the front line still have to call again
1825s	the first casualty then I'm able to find
1828s	the main of the player Force right on
1830s	back here great pressure from
1832s	Switzerland now they refuse to give up
1833s	this High Ground And while Orion can
1835s	find a pick on barcode the numbers
1836s	definitely favor the Swiss
1838s	yeah and you still have that rematch for
1841s	there on the point which without your
1842s	Mantra to kind of run that one down the
1845s	shield the Nemesis form uh there's just
1848s	no way you're gonna dislodge that tank
1850s	from the point uh just has so many tools
1852s	to be able to hold on to it so I have to
1854s	wait a little bit it's uh Switzerland
1856s	will gain more percentage here we'll see
1857s	how Iceland decides to attack
1861s	again
1862s	Cloud trying to create a little bit of
1864s	spicy but again it's a first pick gym
1866s	great open at this time getting the
1867s	Baptiste which is huge no immortality
1869s	filter otherwise would have been used to
1871s	try and keep Okla alive
1872s	and it will be Switzerland just winning
1874s	out these engagements from this high
1875s	ground Iceland a little bit sporadic in
1878s	the way they approach but it's really
1879s	been the Hanzo it's dictating the pace
1882s	of the game
1883s	yeah we will find these pick-offs that
1885s	range is yeah the barcode has the
1889s	blizzard here you have your uh
1891s	Annihilation uh where's Switzerland so
1894s	Switzerland I mean look at the Iceland I
1896s	mean they're not even really building on
1897s	towards anything there Mitch I mean
1898s	you're in a terrible spot
1900s	they're not yet no opportunities to
1902s	really build old charge as much as they
1903s	would have liked you a couple key
1905s	ultimates coming online here different
1906s	approach for Iceland this time it's down
1908s	to the point throwing up on May wall try
1909s	to catch out one of these Swiss players
1911s	here okay are able to find Jim that
1913s	Hanzo the thorn on this side constantly
1914s	here for Switzerland but Annihilation
1917s	gonna get the job done that is
1919s	disgusting sound barrier also employed
1921s	in this fight in Iceland not quite
1923s	getting to those key ultimates and may
1924s	not have a chance to use them at 96 and
1927s	Counting now the Swiss will surge ahead
1929s	and the Icelandic crew barely able to
1931s	get out of Spawn that is a strong
1933s	statement star for Switzerland yeah
1936s	really just one-sided uh odds are out
1938s	there from Switzerland so we'll see if
1940s	Iceland can bounce back here uh in map
1943s	number two and round number two uh but
1946s	uh you know we gotta remember that this
1949s	is a team that was like added in as like
1950s	a late edition right uh Iceland comes in
1953s	obviously uh you know Switzerland has
1957s	been knowing they've had this event for
1958s	a very long time Iceland comes in a
1960s	little bit last minute so yeah I may
1962s	just need a little bit of time uh
1964s	especially tough going up against a
1965s	tough opponent on the other side to kind
1967s	of get in the swing and things
1969s	the hanza matchup is one that Iceland
1971s	definitely need to reassess here
1973s	different Maps so again different sight
1975s	lines for gin and Orion respectively to
1979s	be taken here but Iceland constantly
1981s	pushing into that high ground with four
1983s	players I mean and that that player
1985s	disparity is is absolutely huge here
1987s	especially on control
1988s	good info for gin here as well Sonic
1990s	thrown out take note of around position
1993s	here may walk thrown up and making a
1994s	little bit harder for Switzerland to
1995s	take this High Ground position already
1997s	in a mortality field deployed though
1998s	that's picked off so
2000s	coast is clear for Switzerland to start
2002s	the pressure
2004s	yeah it's just uh so Iceland now has
2007s	high ground here right but like where
2008s	the point is like they can just kind of
2010s	like almost play under it here
2012s	Switzerland yeah and they're just gonna
2013s	have to force them down straight away so
2015s	it's gonna be a battle on the point
2017s	now
2018s	in Nemesis form both of the matches
2021s	going at it here and both mates get
2022s	picked off playing the front lines and
2023s	with both ramatras in Nemesis form
2025s	there's no Shields to play around
2026s	they're very much exposed okay back and
2029s	up here immortality field deployed Jim
2030s	the target of scrutiny right now is he
2033s	tries to work his way around that
2034s	Central pillar a much better start for
2036s	Iceland
2037s	yeah absolutely they played really nice
2039s	Iceland does around that Central pillar
2041s	using that romantra Shield to kind of
2043s	block off one side really good angles on
2045s	the other so Iceland will get control
2047s	the point in there this is where they
2048s	start to build up a little bit of uh you
2050s	know an ultimate Bank of their own here
2051s	right where you'll have an Annihilation
2053s	you're gonna get very close to blizzard
2055s	in uh amp Matrix as well
2059s	again that may wall thrown out by
2061s	Iceland to make sure that Switzerland
2063s	were forced to play out from the choker
2065s	on this High Ground go back to start the
2067s	fight before a transition to the low
2068s	ground very powerful ultimate coming
2070s	online here in the annihilation
2073s	Mable throwing up people Iceland may be
2075s	a little bit too close to them there
2076s	we're probably hoping to catch that
2077s	amount but it's not gonna work Nana
2079s	boost hero to the romantra that's the
2081s	May uh the Anna difference rather for
2082s	Switzerland here will it pay off oh it
2084s	doesn't look like it again that
2086s	Annihilation is we called Matt huge way
2088s	to start the fight here can Switzerland
2089s	make things happen with only three
2090s	players left no losing the mate here
2092s	gonna make it very very hard and this
2094s	will be Iceland continuing to stack a
2096s	lead
2097s	yeah it's pretty brutal for Switzerland
2100s	as well you know what ant Matrix sound
2103s	barrier I mean you use that to try and
2106s	battle that Annihilation but you just
2108s	get so much value out of annihilation or
2109s	even see that in OverWatch League where
2111s	uh you look at some of the other tanks
2112s	you have to be really precise in how you
2115s	use that ultimate Annihilation like the
2116s	fight kicks off you just use it and then
2118s	just kind of play as you normally would
2119s	in like Nemesis form right uh you just
2122s	get so much high value out of that with
2123s	75 of the points uh and you know Dragon
2126s	blizzard sound barrier here Iceland
2128s	should be able to put this round away
2130s	yeah set up my slow time and going for
2132s	the United gets ruined in the line
2135s	back up there by the looks of things
2137s	perhaps a mayor might have turned that
2139s	Chris having switched over towards the
2141s	Baptiste after you know using that Nano
2143s	boost think maybe the immortality field
2144s	could have helped out there but it
2145s	wasn't able to be deployed but at 95
2147s	statins is going to be switching towards
2149s	a diva he needs to touch the point as
2151s	soon as possible barcode throwing
2153s	himself at it ice aren't gonna be used
2154s	here St Adam also with that air Matrix
2157s	thrown out Havoc just gonna chill goes
2159s	into ice block himself with ax gonna be
2161s	caught on that low ground and froze
2162s	enough but he's broken line aside with
2163s	that key pillar still gonna have to move
2165s	out into the open eventually and face
2167s	the music tough for Chris to keep the
2169s	diva alive here in Iceland oh goodness
2171s	they have woken up in a big way Matt I
2173s	mentioned in the pre-show that in a
2175s	first to two a slow start can really
2176s	hurt you but Iceland have been able to
2178s	bounce back nice and quick yeah they
2180s	they have some veteran players though
2182s	right uh no you you expect them to kind
2184s	of try and uh you know recognize the
2186s	series could go uh pretty short in favor
2189s	of the other team if they don't wake up
2191s	a little bit where they bounce back in a
2192s	big way in round number two uh right
2195s	that's like the the exact opposite kind
2196s	of round number one wins where uh I'm
2199s	curious how we see this one play out is
2201s	there's not really a uh an opportunity
2204s	like High Ground on this point right you
2205s	have a little bit on that's like side
2207s	staircase where you can play around that
2208s	like large pillar uh by the point but uh
2212s	there's not like a huge High Ground
2213s	which we saw both teams trying to
2215s	control on those first two points so
2216s	it'll be interesting how they play this
2218s	one
2219s	the only way you sort of get that on
2220s	Icebreaker is by forcing your opponents
2223s	to play from the choke off the point
2225s	right which is pretty hard to do uh and
2229s	it could also be sort of comp dependent
2230s	but both of these teams seem to be in
2232s	agreement about the best way to play uh
2234s	this map in general uh if not this
2236s	particular stage here so again it's
2238s	going to be a bunch of front lines with
2239s	the Baptiste back up huge amount of
2241s	damage taken played by Aqua Club but
2243s	like it's regenerative burst to keep you
2245s	standing here half a call may be
2246s	prematurely going for an ice block here
2248s	but they're able to force that him out
2249s	of position a big pick for Switzerland
2252s	though getting the Baptiste that's going
2253s	to relieve some of this pressure and
2254s	yeah all of a sudden Iceland crumble
2256s	yeah you just get these early pick-offs
2259s	with the Hanzo right the Hanzo obviously
2261s	really good for the burst damage in
2263s	these types of compositions uh no not as
2266s	much for like the Sonic to gain
2267s	information right but being able to just
2269s	burst players down with the storm arrows
2271s	uh it's so effective and then even just
2273s	being able to get those long range one
2275s	shot headshot pick-offs uh you see gin
2277s	just jumping over the wall there just
2278s	firing arrows down that kind of hallway
2280s	you hit Lucy or the other Hanzo you're
2282s	getting a first pick pretty easy
2286s	another really ice block had to be used
2288s	if they're able to pin Statin down they
2290s	run at dinner try and punish Hanzo being
2293s	positioned a little further forward than
2294s	maybe otherwise would have been gotta be
2296s	ready for that there if you're
2297s	Switzerland Iceland very quickly zeroing
2300s	in on the most threatening component of
2302s	Switzerland's team cup getting the hands
2304s	out of the picture first crucial it's
2307s	wild that he got in so fast though like
2309s	where was it may War right uh no barcode
2312s	obviously there uh probably uh
2314s	underneath the Hanzo you know by that
2316s	choke it just seems like they just were
2317s	so fast getting through the choke and
2319s	then just chasing down gin uh dead and
2322s	instant
2323s	yeah maybe if you can respond quickly
2325s	enough right with the mayweal of your
2326s	own haul off the attackers give your
2328s	mate or your answer rather a bit of time
2329s	to back up might have worked out here
2331s	Barco the first casualty in this fight
2333s	no Switzerland not starting on the front
2335s	foot once more Dragon strike throwing
2337s	towards the point but uh yeah
2338s	Switzerland looking pretty comfortable
2339s	despite That explicit thrown straight in
2341s	the Middle with a point here and Chris's
2343s	party field is going to be expiring
2344s	Iceland have a chance to clean this one
2346s	off here despite a bit of a weird opener
2349s	the air Matrix thrown down in Iceland
2352s	continued to stack this lead now 42 and
2354s	Counting yeah a little bit of a turn
2356s	there uh for Iceland nice blizzard by
2358s	halfy so it drops down able to pick up
2360s	two kills straight after so uh now it
2363s	puts uh Switzerland in a really tough
2365s	position because uh you know you need to
2367s	flip this point do you invest uh
2369s	something like a annihilation in here
2372s	the other team has sound barrier they're
2374s	also gonna have their own Annihilation
2375s	uh if you don't play this fight
2377s	correctly you could end up giving the
2379s	first map to Iceland early driving
2381s	strike forces yeah your mortality field
2383s	and sound barrier all the defensive
2384s	utility for Switzerland has been
2386s	exhausted but it gives them the opening
2388s	Gene is able to use that moment to find
2390s	half a call and Chris just takes the 1v1
2393s	with an ant Matrix dealing with Orion
2394s	the Switzerland why right should be able
2396s	to flip this point back here but man
2398s	they are spending heavy to do so
2401s	but they need to right I mean 80 80 plus
2404s	percent on the point uh at least they
2406s	hold on to their Annihilation right uh
2408s	Iceland ends up using their sound
2409s	barrier here so having that Annihilation
2411s	could end up being huge and you're
2413s	closer towards your amp Matrix right uh
2416s	Chris he's able to build up that ant
2418s	Matrix here in this next fight you're uh
2420s	in a decent spot Iceland to potentially
2422s	be able to take it
2425s	once more rise to the hanzo's here
2427s	another first pick okay love that yeah
2429s	then here you go Force the enemy team to
2431s	play through the choke here but this
2433s	this entire map Matthew has been decided
2436s	by these first picks either by Hanzo or
2438s	against Hanzo
2440s	I mean uh it's so good and especially in
2443s	this first map getting these first picks
2445s	on the Hanzo and a lot of times it's
2447s	shooting down these chokes still right
2449s	time uh no just lining up that headshot
2452s	level uh in hitting somebody kind of
2454s	walking on through I wonder if they have
2456s	an idea like you know uh Switzerland if
2458s	they have an idea that the dragons
2459s	coming here is uh there's gonna be a
2462s	dragon gonna shot on through is uh Happy
2465s	actually makes his way to the point
2467s	yeah okay okay so went for the
2469s	annihilation there in fact both
2471s	rematches to introduced those key
2472s	ultimates and this is good timing for
2473s	Iceland this is where they need to break
2475s	back in and they use hand Matrix they
2477s	also use that Annihilation themselves so
2479s	they have a dragon strike to leverage to
2480s	try and end the round and the map here
2482s	yeah what do you do you drag in like the
2485s	main choke you can me you know maybe May
2487s	walls uh stardoms gonna go over to the
2489s	wrecking ball here just to try and get a
2491s	touch
2493s	all right
2494s	hope it pays off here adaptive shielding
2496s	already used by Statin oh my goodness
2498s	even without like payoff yeah I don't
2501s	know about that one but it will thrown
2502s	down also blizzard to the point here but
2504s	for Switzerland Iceland they were born
2506s	to deal with these kind of conditions
2508s	very comfortably ending Antarctic
2510s	Peninsula and after a slow start and I
2512s	mean slow start Iceland get off to a
2516s	first map win here in this series
2517s	Matthew
2518s	yes some really nice Hanzo play early on
2521s	huh they're from Iceland there's a I
2524s	think if you're a Switzerland uh now
2526s	what do you do eat it's tough because
2528s	like what do you do against hanza right
2530s	because you're not exactly like there's
2533s	not really a way to counter Hanzo you
2534s	just have to like not get picked off
2535s	early on right and a lot of it's
2537s	determined on the Hanzo just wall
2539s	climbing jumping over a wall firing an
2542s	arrow down a choke right being able to
2544s	get those like headshots at range where
2546s	you can't really do anything against
2548s	that you just kind of like maybe have to
2550s	be a bit faster I would say but uh not a
2553s	lot you can adjust for uh Switzerland
2555s	here anything after map one there's
2557s	nobody static shield in the front line
2559s	like you would see with like a Reinhardt
2560s	composition right so sometimes we've
2562s	seen team play Reinhardt with the male
2563s	they bring the symmetra in and it's a
2565s	little bit easier to actually Advance
2567s	towards the point being able to contest
2568s	without you know getting picked off
2570s	right at the start but there's
2571s	definitely an agreement here that
2572s	romantra is the Premier brawl tank in in
2574s	that scenario uh you know between these
2577s	two rosters here when you're mirroring
2578s	it really comes down quite often to the
2580s	individual ability to create picks
2582s	generate opportunities to win team
2583s	fights here's yeah I mean your kind of
2586s	logic is like sound where it's like okay
2588s	well just get a static Shield like a
2589s	Reinhardt right and just run run the
2592s	team in and brawl out but I think it's
2594s	been kind of proven at least the highest
2596s	level that Reinhardt loses a lot of the
2598s	time to like the remotra type of
2599s	subsetups that ramacho just has a little
2601s	bit more versatility in his kit
2605s	um so if you if you go to the Reinhardt
2608s	you're kind of like conceding the tank
2609s	battle so it's great you get in but how
2611s	do you win once you are in I think
2613s	becomes the question at that point yeah
2615s	I mean that Annihilation is a big
2617s	problem as well you're trying to play
2618s	Ryan height into this matchup but yeah
2620s	let's think back I mean Switzerland
2622s	start this this map off in in great
2624s	style play that High Ground really
2626s	effectively I've got to say Jim I stand
2628s	out pretty much straight away using the
2630s	mayweal very effectively to try and
2631s	catch out uh you know Uncle Clara and
2633s	punish the ramachar in the front line as
2635s	we head over to the second map we see
2637s	Chris come out on the Anna initially
2639s	long enough at least to give a nano
2641s	boost over towards deramatra but it
2643s	doesn't really pay off switching to the
2645s	Baptist the very next fight Chris isn't
2646s	able to get any mortality feel down to
2648s	keep starting alive even though he uses
2650s	that Annihilation and then heading over
2652s	towards Icebreaker yeah it went from bad
2654s	to worse but a lot of the same issues
2656s	were cropping up here for Switzerland
2657s	right I'm much closer Affair I'm pretty
2660s	glad to see this right there's off
2661s	there's always a good chance in matches
2663s	like this that you you get pretty like a
2666s	one-sided Affairs in general but we
2668s	definitely started to see Switzerland
2669s	find their footing here it just came a
2672s	little bit too late and again I think
2673s	the coordination of Iceland started to
2675s	come uh you know into its own especially
2677s	on Icebreaker
2678s	yeah absolutely
2681s	um also if you're gonna run the Anna we
2683s	see teams run like uh on a Brig right
2686s	with like a Winston type of setup maybe
2688s	you can still run it with like brahmatra
2690s	but like they're running it with uh like
2693s	May Hanzo Lucio like who's like even
2696s	your Nano Target like remotra like sure
2700s	but like if romantra doesn't have
2702s	Annihilation like what do you what do
2703s	you do with it like who is the who is
2705s	the Nano Target right I mean we all it's
2708s	often that ramacha right even you know
2710s	sometimes they stack it with his
2711s	Annihilation to even sort of secure that
2713s	even further but it didn't really look
2715s	great in the immortality field seems
2717s	much more valuable in situations like
2719s	that that's our first map down in this
2720s	first of two series Iceland start strong
2723s	stick around everybody because map
2724s	number two is just around the corner so
2726s	we'll see you in a moment
2729s	[Music]
2755s	everything
2756s	[Music]
2769s	foreign
2771s	[Music]
2771s	[Applause]
2773s	[Music]
2790s	foreign
2795s	[Music]
2802s	[Music]
2845s	[Music]
2864s	foreign
2918s	foreign
2924s	foreign
2953s	[Music]
2962s	foreign
2968s	[Music]
3007s	thank you
3025s	[Music]
3032s	[Music]
3045s	[Music]
3054s	thank you
3058s	[Music]
3069s	foreign
3080s	everybody pretty strong start for
3082s	Iceland here in this first or two series
3084s	but promising signs also being shown by
3086s	their opponents the Swiss who despite
3089s	going down on Antarctic Peninsula have a
3091s	pretty close last map and end up winning
3092s	that first round so we're gonna have to
3095s	figure it out pretty quickly though Matt
3096s	because it's the first two like I said
3097s	watch Point Gibraltar is on Deck next is
3100s	it a bit of a shark uh Iceland comes in
3103s	here and uh takes mam number one uh you
3106s	know I think it was like pretty even uh
3108s	all all throughout you know the first
3110s	point there but then Iceland like really
3112s	started to pull away which surprised me
3114s	like in the sense that this is a team
3116s	that just got at it right yes yeah I
3119s	mean they had they've had pretty limited
3120s	time to get together and get sorted uh
3123s	you know for this particular tournament
3125s	here and I get not many opportunities
3126s	right we're dealing with first of twos
3128s	fortunately two teams from this group b
3130s	will be able to advance to that emea
3133s	conference so you really just have to
3135s	make sure ideally make sure you win at
3136s	least one uh of your matches and have a
3138s	decent little differential so that's
3140s	something that's worth keeping an eye on
3142s	here and Gibraltar is a map where we may
3145s	see the teams you know adapt their
3147s	Styles a little bit after what we saw on
3148s	map number one it's definitely a map
3150s	that caters more towards playing those
3151s	dive-based compositions here and no
3154s	surprise here we see already some
3155s	Winston maybe some Diva being hovered
3157s	and finzy comes yeah for this Iceland
3159s	roster all right so uh potentially uh
3162s	some Diva action here uh as Gibraltar
3165s	historically is a point where you want
3167s	to get like High Ground access right
3169s	where uh ramatra reinhardt's probably
3171s	not the play here where on defense uh
3174s	for Switzerland uh you'll see the
3176s	winston-based setup uh barcode on the
3178s	Widowmaker look out that could be a
3180s	really nice pick uh for switzerlanders
3183s	uh they'll run the on a break so like I
3185s	was talking about like where if you have
3186s	multiple Nano targets you can kind of
3189s	play Brig with Nano you can play Winston
3191s	with that or even Tracer uh with the
3193s	Nano boost you can actually include
3195s	Viana in here and be quite effective as
3197s	uh for isil they'll actually run uh
3199s	karika Within on a year so uh krigo
3203s	obviously can have a little bit more
3204s	Mobility to The High Ground than the the
3206s	brake right on offense where the brig
3207s	would be in a really difficult spot here
3209s	like not really a lot of positions that
3211s	she could play from other than the cart
3213s	so uh running the creek out trying to
3215s	get some High Ground there and also some
3217s	kill potential
3219s	up here as well for Switzerland I'm
3222s	going to call it but not really sure how
3223s	that should be pronounced regardless got
3225s	open here for finzy uh he receives the
3227s	diving from Staten and he's able to save
3229s	him right on off you which is pretty
3231s	good sign for Iceland create a decent
3233s	amount of space here I'm certain Orion
3235s	very aware of some of the sight lines
3237s	they've gotten an insane amount of Court
3240s	progress here off of one kill I mean
3242s	look at this you're almost already all
3243s	the way at that a checkpoint and it's
3245s	gonna be Marco taking out half cool but
3247s	it's gonna be two kills going in favor
3249s	of Iceland is they should be able to
3251s	just steamroll through point a I mean
3253s	yeah the Widowmaker is a big factor I
3254s	guess in this matchup and Statham has to
3257s	be pretty careful Vinci is a uh a
3259s	prolific Diva players played a ton of it
3261s	in the past and we talk about how those
3263s	sort of Tanks match up here and Diva
3265s	really dangerous for Winston to deal
3267s	with him like a head-to-head scenario
3268s	especially with those micro Rockets here
3270s	in Affinity wants to be more reactive as
3272s	an attacker wait for the defense to try
3274s	to go for some kind of dive here but the
3276s	Widowmaker Factor also muddles the
3278s	mixture quite heavily oh lot will ride
3280s	on on Orion and barcode respectively can
3282s	make happen to you yeah but when when
3284s	but
3285s	even the first kill goes down onto
3288s	stardom like they've given up almost
3290s	like almost the entire underpass right
3293s	like almost the first quarter like if
3296s	you lose the tank at that point you
3298s	pretty much conceded just kind of like
3300s	throwing bodies on the point to attack
3302s	checkpoint a where you know defense
3304s	right here which isn't going much better
3306s	I mean look at where the card is already
3307s	moving to here uh the really good
3309s	offense here from Iceland yeah equally
3312s	looks like he's looking for Orion if
3314s	possible hasn't actually spotted him yet
3316s	Orion I've played pretty safe in that
3317s	side room back giving over Orion finally
3320s	emerging the takedown barcode is going
3321s	to be an enemies over towards Stadium
3322s	but he's already quite low here yeah
3324s	pressure being put down by Orion at
3326s	range constantly by the way yeah I'm
3329s	saying this that is the first kill of
3331s	this entire like stage of the map per se
3333s	and the cards like right at the
3335s	checkpoint it's really odd like uh
3338s	Iceland kind of playing for that top
3339s	card position Switzerland trying to
3341s	figure out a way to like take it back
3343s	um without putting any pressure on carts
3345s	you've kind of given that up completely
3347s	where uh it's two fights and you've
3350s	gotten two checkpoints here for Iceland
3352s	so working really well from this far I
3353s	mean above five minutes in the time bank
3355s	is a an eternity here to finish
3357s	Gibraltar that's it's pretty crazy right
3359s	we do see plenty of teams that tend to
3362s	be able to push through that second
3363s	phase of the map pretty quickly if you
3364s	get started well
3366s	it's a little playing pretty passively
3367s	for defenders in a Winston composition
3369s	not a great combination you really need
3371s	to be proactive here and finding these
3373s	key elimination primer rage use but it's
3375s	going to be a huge sleep there nice by
3377s	Footlocker he's going to put Saddam to
3379s	sleep
3380s	forced to jump away loses most of that
3382s	primer rage guess what yep you better
3383s	believe it the cart is still moving
3386s	already getting around the bench here
3387s	with 442 on the clock and finsey gets
3389s	rid of the enemy tracer
3391s	uh and this is so important for
3393s	Switzerland to try and pick up some
3394s	kills here I mean you you can expect to
3398s	come out and like set a better offense
3400s	uh than this you got to get some stops
3402s	here on D but oh that is this big sleeve
3406s	there I mean that is so difficult to hit
3409s	the Widow headshot to finish it off is I
3412s	mean we might see above four minutes in
3414s	The Time band completion here yeah I
3416s	mean straight away coming out on
3418s	Gibraltar after a fairly close control
3420s	we are seeing a Chasm between these two
3422s	teams running gonna be used there by
3423s	remix but it might be a little bit late
3425s	for that one a lot of pressure on him
3427s	and Orion's able to pick him up at long
3428s	range the Widow has all the space
3430s	they're going to need
3431s	and now it's just gonna be staggered
3433s	nicely done by crazy the crew Knight
3435s	strikes true and Iceland have my
3438s	goodness the 355 on the clock here that
3441s	is heinous
3444s	I mean how how do you match that like
3446s	you you'd essentially have to just run
3449s	it down right
3451s	I mean that's your really only option
3453s	right run it down has a few
3455s	interpretations to be fair I so I mean
3457s	yeah
3459s	I mean they can do both here Switzerland
3462s	you could run it down and
3464s	move on to the next match or you can you
3467s	can run it down in like you know match
3469s	in terms of time or or try and beat it
3471s	in terms of time like it feels like you
3473s	need to win every single fight here for
3476s	Switzerland to beat this time yes uh I
3479s	mean yes and even even if they do that
3481s	right if Iceland were just to take more
3483s	fights or to be out of store for a bit
3485s	longer
3487s	Switzerland would would have trouble uh
3489s	sort of matching this I want to point
3491s	out like the second phase of the map
3492s	here like there's a there's a lot of
3493s	focus obviously on the Widow play but
3495s	you know stanham is not able to put any
3497s	pressure on Iran and also on the Anna
3500s	player futhark there you see him try and
3502s	dive on a couple of occasions on the
3504s	honor sleep dots have been absolutely on
3506s	point Stadium uses he gets the Nano
3509s	and there's a problem right and they're
3511s	still not able to you know create any
3512s	big opportunities as a result of those
3513s	and yeah that's going to be hurting you
3515s	invest a lot of resources into Winston
3517s	including their own ultimate to try and
3518s	find something some elimination
3520s	something remix like dying during rally
3522s	also that hurts Switzerland going to
3524s	switch over to the diva here
3526s	yeah and let's see how you know if this
3529s	works out a little bit differently for
3530s	them interesting to run the break on
3533s	offense so like I mentioned how do you
3536s	kind of get use out of this brake light
3538s	getting access to high ground they have
3539s	to use a simtp to get the bring up to
3541s	The High Ground here but
3543s	there's just not many options for what
3545s	you can do yeah you kind of saw them a
3548s	little bit from the POV assassinated the
3550s	Widow there
3552s	I mean barcode is in a pretty like
3554s	Telegraph position that gets columns to
3556s	happy they're not moving they're just
3557s	still still they're very easy one
3559s	equipped for a player like happy
3561s	and this is where you get stuck in these
3563s	situations with the brig like so you're
3566s	up here trying to play from this room
3567s	right are you hoping they dive in here
3570s	and then getting just like sick value
3571s	out of the brig right just kind of like
3573s	swinging for the fences uh otherwise
3576s	what you move the cart with the brig and
3580s	then you're playing High Ground at like
3581s	a player disadvantage like this is why
3583s	the kiriko play feels like it's so much
3585s	better here on offense
3588s	yeah especially the password on
3590s	transition out of the card they they are
3591s	essentially sort of win that fight uh
3593s	you know getting a kill on half call is
3594s	pretty important but they don't push the
3596s	car very far at all Iceland come back
3597s	off the respawn and we're we're back to
3599s	neutral essentially playing outside of
3601s	the spawn of Switzerland uh finzi is
3603s	just going to be going from low to high
3604s	heat constantly transitioning Chrissy
3606s	that is extremely aggressive horses
3608s	Swift step away but basically soon
3610s	themselves and going like a one big four
3612s	okay yeah they were they were just
3615s	trying to maybe find a pick and then TP
3617s	out but uh yeah a little bit far up
3619s	there
3621s	ah I like this yeah ikoy's marking happy
3624s	cool what's the recall now oh okay all
3627s	right all right we'll drive by stick
3629s	there
3631s	yeah I mean it's a bit audacious because
3633s	he who he does have wrinkle availables
3635s	who just he just shakes off the pulse
3636s	bomb and goes on with his life look at
3638s	that they dive the winner with the the
3640s	diva and the kiriko so you get to The
3642s	High Ground I mean the cricket are
3644s	battling the brig up there but uh it's
3647s	really making barcodes like very
3649s	difficult you know the pressure that you
3651s	know finzy uh you know and grizzies are
3653s	putting on
3654s	yeah you have like the David kiriko
3656s	Tracer all three of them can can sort of
3658s	dive that backline pretty hard pressure
3660s	remix down that also should be your boss
3662s	bomb Target I think if you're happy cool
3664s	in many of these situations ideally the
3666s	Tracer just plays the cart right like on
3668s	defense right the traits replace the
3670s	card and then you can have everybody
3672s	else you can kind of like challenge for
3673s	High Ground
3675s	fizzy here just trying to make it hard
3677s	for Switzerland to take some of these
3679s	more stronger offensive positions by a
3681s	little bit of time for and get happy to
3682s	return to pull that card piano for the
3684s	diva okay I like it sleep not connecting
3687s	there either misting or getting eaten up
3688s	by the defense Matrix dispensing now is
3690s	in trouble has to back away keep the
3692s	body grenade not us no this
3694s	self-destruct here you're kidding me
3695s	okay you almost gets a remake kill there
3698s	crazy to the rescue gonna pick Off remix
3700s	pulse bomb finds the honoring guess what
3703s	Icelander back in business yeah I almost
3706s	would have loved to Justine Switzerland
3707s	go all in there like uh because you have
3711s	like that was one of the fights where
3712s	like you possibly could have gotten sick
3715s	value out of the brig right like a 3v3
3717s	in that close room you've already nanoed
3720s	the brig you may as well pop rally at
3722s	that point and and try and get like you
3725s	know some pick-offs or whatnot maybe
3727s	keep your Diva alive or keep your Ana
3728s	alive in that type of situation uh where
3731s	now you have rally like you know do you
3734s	just use it here on The High Ground and
3735s	push up like what's the what's the grand
3737s	plan with this
3739s	I mean besides pop by both widows here
3742s	Marco trying to make sure there isn't
3744s	like a asymmetrical Advantage
3746s	information wise
3748s	crazy okay gonna put the consumeration
3750s	from that hike around Iceland trying to
3752s	occupy this High Ground as well as they
3754s	can make it hard for Switzerland to have
3755s	a decent staging ground denying barcode
3757s	positions quite often body shot there
3759s	for Orion but it's enough to keep Chris
3761s	well behaved he backs behind that
3763s	quarter and remix playing from The High
3764s	Ground again Matt you pointed out pretty
3766s	effectively right Switzerland's
3768s	struggling to get value from remix
3770s	playing this brig on The High Ground and
3772s	Iceland has a pretty darn nasty defense
3774s	here shutting Switzerland down and that
3776s	is going to be a quick 2-0 in our first
3778s	first or two of the day look if you're
3781s	gonna play the break played on defense
3782s	uh on offense where you need to get high
3786s	ground and get some of that extra
3787s	Mobility you should just you know play
3790s	play kariko Lucio like I really just can
3794s	like anything but Brig at that point
3796s	right uh you're just not being able to
3798s	get value with the ultimate or uh any
3801s	parts of her kit really uh and you saw
3803s	they weren't even able to kind of
3804s	protect the Widow uh uh with the they're
3807s	up on The High Ground so uh maybe just a
3810s	change of some comps there for
3811s	Switzerland as we move on uh forward
3813s	with the rest of the day if we see that
3815s	map or kind of same situation again
3818s	yeah again uh look Switzerland this
3820s	group b is pretty hostile to uh
3823s	Switzerland now I guess if they they
3824s	sort of follow Iceland here Finland is
3826s	uh just quietly so that's uh that's a
3829s	scary Prospect for you if you are the
3831s	Swiss here it's a moments here of course
3832s	and this is on the attack right so again
3834s	you talk about Tracer often sort of
3836s	operating from the cart happy able to
3838s	get a lot of a lot of stuff done on the
3840s	Tracer here great pressure but it really
3841s	was all about Orion on that offense uh
3843s	the Widowmaker had a lot of space statim
3846s	at no point really able to pressure
3847s	there's like a Winston Dive Right Here
3849s	the Sleek Dart from puthark was
3850s	incredible and it's an easy headshot to
3853s	finish off that kill on the other side
3854s	you see barcode struggling right getting
3856s	pressured very heavily by happy calls so
3858s	there's some there's some gaps here I
3860s	guess in some of the head-to-head
3861s	matchups that definitely costs in
3863s	Switzerland that map yeah absolutely I I
3866s	think some types of like comps obviously
3869s	you know hindered I think Switzerland's
3871s	performance but I also think Iceland
3872s	just came in and recognized uh those
3875s	weaknesses and took advantage of them in
3876s	a big way yeah no doubt about it we're
3878s	gonna do a break ladies and gentlemen
3879s	and win in return Group B continues our
3882s	next first is two series will be kicking
3884s	off so don't go too far this is of
3886s	course the emec wild card play-ins so
3889s	you
3890s	foreign
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4107s	welcome back ladies and gentlemen to the
4110s	emec qualifiers Wild Card Challenge
4112s	Danny Lim here with Mitch and Matt that
4115s	was a quick 2-0 for Iceland um you know
4118s	Iceland I think you know after losing
4120s	round one uh on Arctic Peninsula release
4122s	at uh yeah we got places to go they
4125s	actually I think Orion really stuck out
4127s	for me like his Hanzo not only that his
4130s	widow as well you know ice ice it's
4132s	looking kind of clean Iceland's on the
4134s	come up Danny I think I'm gonna be
4136s	Iceland fan
4141s	fan
4142s	thing about Iceland that makes everybody
4144s	who doesn't have a horse in the race
4146s	just won't a cheer for them yeah yeah
4147s	think about like World Cup like football
4149s	for example man uh they were a
4152s	phenomenon around the world uh during
4154s	that period yeah look I mean I'm pretty
4156s	excited about this team again just want
4157s	to remind everybody it's very last
4159s	minute they've come together replacing
4160s	the Emirates and you know bringing back
4163s	some some really well-known faces from
4165s	OverWatch in the past Gibraltar is quite
4167s	one-sided right oh yeah like you pointed
4170s	out Danny like yeah like the Antarctic
4171s	Peninsula map a little bit tight
4173s	Gibraltar is definitely kind of map
4175s	though where you know disparities get
4177s	really sort of blown up and made very
4180s	obvious I think just because it's quite
4181s	challenging uh a map to play in general
4184s	and a lot rides on like you know your
4185s	tank positioning and also like your
4187s	ability for you know Windows I'm sorry
4190s	uh Danny Danny I'm just laughing is
4192s	Danny has zero commitment issues first
4195s	team that comes up they win I'm with
4198s	them I don't want to see anything else
4200s	the rest of the day that's my squad
4202s	right there uh well we'll see you know
4204s	you gotta now your writer have died with
4206s	Iceland the rest of the day yeah yeah
4208s	have you ever been told that you have no
4210s	commitment issues in life no one tells
4213s	me anything I just don't listen to
4214s	people anyways I don't know probably
4216s	probably but I mean hey I'll ride or die
4219s	with Iceland because that was only our
4222s	first match of the day you know we're
4223s	continuing continuing on with uh with
4225s	the group b matches so let's take a
4227s	quick look at the schedule one more time
4230s	uh we had Iceland against Switzerland of
4232s	course Iceland taking the when 2-0
4234s	against Switzerland and next match is
4236s	going to be Finland and Iceland yes I'm
4238s	gonna still be are you still ride our
4239s	dog yeah still right for Iceland I guess
4243s	apologize
4246s	how can you be like I'm about it and
4250s	then be like ah well you know what let's
4252s	see how this one goes hey yeah no that's
4254s	true if they if they win Iceland wins
4257s	beats Finland then I will ride or die
4259s	all right
4260s	well you know we'll uh we'll have to
4263s	wait and see but I mean that's gonna be
4264s	the next match we have Finland
4266s	Switzerland coming up next and of course
4268s	uh group a matches as well uh brought to
4271s	you by uh Dustin and reinforced later on
4274s	uh that's Ireland Denmark them or
4276s	Portugal and then Ireland Portugal come
4278s	on Ireland let's go man I think I think
4281s	let's go Ireland I think Danny should
4283s	have to stay with us a little a little
4286s	trike Danny the Icelandic expert uh yeah
4290s	he's finding OverWatch fanatic do you
4294s	know what the capital of Iceland is
4295s	Danny
4296s	you got this Danny
4299s	I Believe come on
4302s	you're at your computer sorry he's
4304s	breaking up daddy he's going through a
4305s	tunnel okay
4308s	did you guys get that oh yes sorry
4311s	sorry we didn't get that one yeah it
4313s	seems like you're are you going through
4314s	the tunnel uh yeah
4316s	big shout out to the homies in Reykjavik
4318s	couple of what is it what's the capital
4322s	Reykjavik Reykjavik okay sorry I'm just
4324s	I'm just a an uncultured Boomer no it's
4328s	fine
4329s	okay now I know you learn you learn
4332s	something new every day yeah definitely
4334s	recommend uh I mean I hadn't been there
4335s	but I've I read up a lot on it because
4337s	there was a an Esports event there
4339s	recently but uh they're cool over there
4340s	look let's talk about Finland hey can we
4342s	can we get onto this team because they
4344s	are probably they're probably on paper
4346s	the best team groupie uh and I don't
4349s	necessarily think it's particularly
4350s	close we have players that are current
4353s	OverWatch league players we are players
4354s	that are previous OverWatch league
4355s	players who plays from really strong
4357s	contenders teams we have an OverWatch
4359s	League Runner wrap
4361s	um this Finland team Matt
4363s	it's pretty stacked yeah I mean Iceland
4367s	obviously you know like laid this
4368s	SmackDown on Switzerland so to speak but
4371s	this one
4372s	it's a goal Wing to be uh obviously more
4375s	competitive I think with the players on
4377s	finland's team uh Finland comes in with
4380s	a a pretty stacked roster will be fun to
4382s	see I know LH cloudy uh play uh that'll
4385s	be a good time so yeah
4387s	um
4388s	you know how how how good is Iceland I
4390s	think we probably figured that out with
4392s	this series
4393s	I'm still rooting for Iceland but yeah
4397s	unless they lose and then you're not
4400s	this is the definition of ride or die
4402s	Danny to be fair so like you are at
4403s	least like living up to that
4405s	um look for Stoller obviously was a a
4408s	sort of a key player on the Paris
4409s	internal for quite some time right that
4411s	was a roster in the OverWatch League
4412s	that definitely had their fair share of
4413s	ups and downs but watching vistola as a
4416s	player really really solid Diva player
4418s	uh primarily uh a lot of time you know
4420s	was called up to to play that role
4422s	against some some pretty frightening
4424s	opposition and really kept his call that
4426s	was something that I think that defined
4427s	his career on the Paris Eternal or a
4430s	team that had their fair share of
4431s	struggles he was always positive he was
4433s	always out there and he got a fair few
4434s	of those player of the match moments uh
4436s	as well when the Eternal able to find
4438s	success against some of those teams so
4440s	LH cloudy also known as probably the
4443s	most but he's he's the most aggressive
4445s	tank player I think I've ever seen I
4447s	think I can actually say that with
4448s	confidence especially on Reinhardt yeah
4451s	people that have played against him have
4452s	commented that they are always very
4454s	shocked that he tends to turn up like
4456s	very close to their sport if there's a
4458s	team that plays Ryan it would be this
4460s	one
4461s	yeah yeah
4462s	you know if there's a team that says
4465s	yeah you know ramatro doesn't exist like
4467s	we're just gonna play uh you know the
4469s	the classics the hits were gonna come
4471s	out and play Reinhardt rush it would be
4473s	it would be Finland no 100 I I and I you
4477s	know and I think the backup is pretty
4478s	insane Masa in the back line was his
4481s	leadership I think was a huge part of
4483s	what allowed the Atlanta Reign despite
4484s	being a fairly young uh untested Team uh
4488s	to find that level of success that they
4489s	did going as far right as to you know
4491s	being in OverWatch League final up
4493s	against the the Shanghai dragons now the
4496s	game was was not particularly close but
4498s	their Road there for the Atlanta round
4499s	was really impressive uh Master's a huge
4501s	part of that so you have like a veteran
4503s	leader behind this team you have an
4505s	incredibly skilled sort of youngster in
4506s	the form of sauna right who we often see
4509s	play that first map for the Florida
4510s	Mayhem uh a lot of times the control map
4512s	like it's May it's Reaper at times here
4515s	so
4516s	that's a scary Prospect to go up against
4517s	this Finland team yeah so so uh Danny
4520s	how you feeling for Iceland now you know
4522s	um after after you guys just literally
4525s	listed every single player on Finland
4528s	and they got some big names you know
4530s	what it's fine uh I I believe in Iceland
4532s	uh you know I I liked what I saw from
4535s	their match against Switzerland uh I
4537s	have 100 faith in Iceland taking the win
4541s	for this one you know I don't know I
4543s	don't know yeah I'm gonna they're my
4545s	right ride or die right so yeah let's go
4547s	fit uh Iceland uh and I think we're
4550s	ready for the game so Mitchell Matt take
4551s	it away thank you Danny yeah love the
4554s	free spirit of course that allows him to
4556s	just attach so you know closely to a
4558s	team after seeing them play once that's
4560s	Danny Lynn for you everybody quite the
4562s	Open Heart here again
4564s	um yeah we
4565s	put an eye on on how Iceland stack up
4568s	against this Finland team because we
4569s	talk about on paper that's all well and
4571s	good but we've seen plenty of World Cup
4573s	rosters filled with great talent fall
4575s	short of expectations right so for
4577s	Finland who have been in like
4578s	quarterfinals before in the world cup
4580s	but they've gone all the way like back
4582s	in the days of like you know that Tim
4583s	giganti roster you know also
4585s	representing the sort of the Ninjas in
4587s	pajamas crew like we're talking like you
4589s	know zappis fraggy links uh they've got
4592s	a they've got a legacy to uphold this
4593s	Finland team and hey it's still a
4595s	star-studded lineup
4596s	yes uh you see they will come out on the
4599s	Reinhardt uh no no real surprises here
4601s	uh so you'll play the the Reinhardt with
4604s	uh a sojourn hero so they're gonna not
4606s	play that Hanzo they're gonna go with
4607s	the sojourn for a little bit more
4608s	consistent damage all right we've not
4611s	seen as much of sauna in the OverWatch
4612s	league as we would have liked to yet so
4614s	this is a great chance to check in with
4616s	how he is developing immortality Fields
4618s	deployed by both sides here and storm is
4620s	looking for a bit of an off-angle good
4621s	damage on Happy cool right now that
4623s	front line getting fasted a little bit
4624s	for Iceland eventually they're starting
4626s	to buckle they're able to find the enemy
4628s	May kill him there's sort of railgun
4630s	strikes true occupy is down Finland
4632s	starting characteristically strong
4634s	yeah as you would expect right uh you
4638s	know this is a composition that I I
4640s	don't think you would favor over the
4641s	ramacho one right
4643s	um
4645s	welcome back
4647s	but
4648s	um I think this is a a roster that is
4651s	going to make this composition work
4652s	right just kind of like running through
4654s	with just kind of root forth
4656s	this is a roster that I expected to go a
4659s	long way uh Through This World Cup I
4661s	know a little bit earlier the call here
4662s	but uh it looks very very solid so far I
4665s	like the sojourn mixed up here
4668s	Orion may walk a little bit frustrating
4670s	these These are valuable seconds that
4672s	he's spinning out of the fight gear
4673s	while Iceland's fight line gets battled
4675s	a little bit immortality field had to be
4677s	deployed just like alive and it's gonna
4678s	be a dragon strike now cloudy gets
4680s	caught out by that one it wasn't ready
4681s	for it and the sound barrier from Master
4682s	didn't quite come in time great opener
4685s	but there's a lot of pressure on
4686s	Iceland's backline and crazy eventually
4687s	crumbles muscle with two nice opening
4691s	here
4692s	it must be like Finland staying in
4694s	control
4696s	okay so it's just a little bit of like a
4699s	buzz saw there from Finland is uh now
4701s	we'll see LH cloudy with this shatter uh
4703s	where where do you decide to use this do
4705s	you want to get aggressive uh with the
4707s	shatter you're gonna have overclock here
4708s	as well uh really about uh futhor uh
4711s	able to land a good sound barrier here
4713s	that'll be key
4715s	Cloudy of course not only the Paris
4717s	Eternal but the Los Angeles Gladiators
4719s	to his name he really changed the game
4721s	whenever he got subbed in especially on
4722s	those control Maps he was frightening
4724s	that shadow was a little bit
4725s	underwhelming but still that pressure on
4727s	OCA Cloud to take him down overclock off
4730s	there by sauna
4731s	Finland having used most of those
4733s	ultimates here but they've secured the
4734s	fight winner and we're in the last fight
4736s	territory and a sound barrier was it
4738s	used by Iceland to no avail
4741s	yes that's not great uh blizzard if you
4745s	can make it back Orion over to the
4747s	Tracer to try and touch uh Chrissy to
4749s	the Moira as well as uh LH cloudy uh you
4752s	know not not scared goes right into a
4755s	blizzard there uh somebody will be able
4757s	to go get a touch though as you do have
4759s	some kills coming in for Iceland yeah I
4761s	mean this is going to be a consistently
4762s	electrifying team to watch this Fiddler
4763s	roster but sometimes perhaps they may
4765s	get ahead of themselves with this level
4767s	of aggression Iceland able to uh rotate
4769s	back to the point flip it in their favor
4772s	and they're on the board and they've got
4774s	a crack at it here
4777s	all right so let's see now but Iceland
4779s	you you this obviously wouldn't be the
4781s	composition you would choose right uh
4783s	they they have to make some changes get
4784s	back to the point and touch where you
4786s	have a tracer and a Moira now uh now
4789s	Violet will play Moira okay yeah but
4792s	sure uh Violet can play whatever he
4794s	wants uh you know you're talking about
4797s	like
4798s	you know arguably the best support
4799s	player in the world
4807s	that's scary
4809s	to the rocket Hammer now a lot of
4812s	pressure on Chrissy who dies with
4813s	coalescence by the way devastating stuff
4816s	but Chrissy here man I have a chance to
4817s	use that this round
4818s	the annihilation expires for Oka club
4821s	and Iceland are devastated after that we
4824s	have some overtime here no one could
4827s	really touch though still coming off
4828s	spawn that is going to be that first
4830s	round for Finland pretty smooth sailing
4832s	for most of it until they get over
4834s	aggressive they still close it out well
4836s	I I think what you just said there at
4838s	the end is kind of like how they would
4839s	win this series and how they would use
4840s	this type of composition against other
4842s	teams uh you know later in kind of World
4844s	Cup is
4846s	off of being just hyper aggressive right
4848s	yeah this is a team that you see Masa
4851s	flying around LH cloudy getting the
4852s	Reinhardt in the mix right sauna getting
4854s	aggressive uh with a sojourn like you
4857s	you push that pace so high that it just
4860s	kind of breaks the other team right
4863s	yeah some teams just can't play at the
4864s	same pace so you know before you can
4866s	even get to the point of talking about
4868s	comparing like overall strategies and
4870s	macro play you kind of have to say well
4872s	hold on if Iceland can't really hang at
4874s	the same Pace as Finland then forget
4876s	about the more like the minutia forget
4879s	about like the the sort of thinking
4881s	person's approach to the game because we
4883s	never really get to that stage they
4884s	can't really enact right you're never
4886s	playing uh if they play this type of
4888s	style you're never playing that like 50
4890s	50 type of game right where you're
4892s	sitting here just kind of exchanging
4894s	damage you're pretty much just getting
4895s	round down and look at that I mean they
4897s	almost just boo players right into LH
4899s	cloudy's pin you got a May here and a
4901s	block right in front of you you got the
4902s	Reinhardt swing and I mean how does
4904s	cloud get away with that but look at
4906s	look at Orion's puv remember like in the
4908s	previous map uh you know in the previous
4909s	series answers when we were watching
4911s	their POV uh like pretty easy sight
4913s	lines right there
4915s	there's things right right in their face
4916s	yeah and that's I think that's the
4918s	Cloudy effect cloudy and Masa just
4919s	charging forward Cloud using the ice
4921s	block to just basically prevent ice and
4924s	from moving out of that small room all
4926s	of these amounts to Orion not having any
4928s	sight lines to work with we'll have a
4929s	brief opportunity now to find some picks
4931s	but if he doesn't find something soon
4933s	again Finland are going to turn up the
4934s	heat once more that's a great pick on
4936s	sauna
4940s	that's crazy the Lucio pick-off is huge
4944s	yeah I'm almost surprised Ryan didn't
4946s	just push up and train challenge the
4947s	Batiste oh that's a nice shot there
4949s	right now ice block is oh there's a
4951s	shatter here it's Cloud he's basically
4953s	dead uh so Moss is still like wall
4956s	riding over the city
4958s	what in the
4961s	world's been flip
4965s	okay master
4967s	it's nothing I was gonna see it a little
4969s	bit to use Annihilation here and you
4971s	have to use it just to get rid of
4973s	it
4974s	comes back in and Finland looked at cap
4977s	this one pretty quickly I think you have
4978s	to go throw himself at the point but no
4980s	chance to ice block maybe he'd already
4982s	used it and uh blink can you miss it
4984s	Finland are back in control
4990s	yeah I mean
4993s	like Masa you know being able to find to
4995s	basically forces like a solo
4997s	Annihilation there uh it's just kinda
5002s	it's the pace to play is just so fast
5004s	for Iceland is you know Iceland they'll
5006s	have a sound barrier and a dragon strike
5008s	here we'll see if they can get good use
5009s	out of this
5012s	needs a good sound barrier it didn't
5014s	have a great one on that previous round
5017s	opposite early here Masters came okay a
5020s	little bit later on you almost Ajax that
5022s	I'm not gonna lie Master comes off The
5023s	High Ground while beating I think still
5025s	able to get it off at the very least
5026s	here LH cloudy survives long enough for
5029s	cloud to find that enemy that tasty is
5031s	no longer fight especially with the air
5032s	Matrix up in Linda are favored
5035s	and they are definitely demonstrating
5036s	that here Orion can't touch Cloud gonna
5039s	start running him down
5041s	they should be feeling taking this one
5042s	away pretty comfortably
5044s	yes uh Carl go over to the wrecking ball
5047s	here try and get a touch is that
5048s	everybody pushes up nice Boop there by
5050s	Masa as a man I mean with how fast Masa
5054s	plays and then obviously LH cloudy how
5056s	aggressive he is uh that is a fun type
5059s	of playstyle to watch yeah I mean it's
5062s	it's something that in like a first to
5063s	two series means that our game time
5064s	might be a little bit short it actually
5066s	depends who starts the next map on
5068s	attack but we are seeing some of the
5070s	things that we alluded to at the top of
5072s	the game right LH cloudy's I mean and I
5075s	mean this literally legendary aggression
5078s	combined with Master going forward
5079s	really putting that pressure down we've
5081s	got these sort of Young Guns of course
5082s	in sauna Cloud who is uh you know you
5085s	may have seen during his time on X
5086s	oblivioni this team looks sick even
5088s	Mickey as well they're just you know
5090s	going for like a solo air Matrix in The
5091s	Higher Ground able to find uh the enemy
5093s	Lucio across the map here very very hard
5096s	uh for Iceland to deal with and I think
5098s	the theme of our conversation right now
5100s	is that if you can't hang at the same
5102s	Pace as Finland then forget about
5104s	complicated things like ultimate economy
5106s	and yeah macro gameplay you need to
5108s	figure out how to hold on here and being
5111s	able to sort of play under these
5112s	conditions without sweating it too much
5114s	yeah I also just think you see that like
5116s	there's clear like levels right like I
5118s	Iceland just played really well against
5120s	Switzerland I mean almost like four
5122s	minutes in the time bank on Gibraltar uh
5124s	you know wins map number one obvious you
5126s	know they they lose the first point in
5127s	map number one uh but then this one here
5131s	against Finland is just not even
5133s	you know not not even in the same
5135s	ballpark right in terms of how we are as
5138s	teams here so uh it's gonna take big
5141s	adjustments here for Iceland I think to
5143s	come back and you know me how how do you
5145s	slow the game down right how do you you
5147s	know a lot of like the CC and things
5148s	that would slow the game down you know
5150s	with OverWatch 2 were gone right so how
5153s	do you slow the pace of play down here
5155s	to kind of benefit you and shut down
5157s	some of the things that they do
5158s	positively you might not have that
5160s	option the reality might be is that you
5161s	actually have to play more Up Tempo to
5164s	try and put some pressure on this
5165s	Finland team if you're not used to
5167s	playing that way if you don't have the
5169s	the coordination in order to do so you
5171s	might find yourself just running it down
5172s	and into in that case even without sort
5175s	of trying to so here the cloud you know
5177s	has to pop this Annihilation to try and
5179s	flip the point they do do that but it's
5180s	like a one versus four at that point so
5182s	many of these players coming off spawn
5184s	very quickly and part of the discussion
5186s	I think we had on the previous series
5188s	talking about why ramacha is quite
5190s	popular here you can see the strength of
5192s	ramacha but when cloudy to hit some of
5194s	these key shatters uh you know whip them
5196s	around I think you've got a free kill on
5197s	on a tracer who just linked a little bit
5199s	too close to the front of that cone
5200s	there
5201s	um you know
5202s	yeah that comparison starts to break
5204s	down when you have a play like cloudy in
5206s	the driver's seat here so Iceland you're
5208s	in trouble I'm going to be honest with
5209s	you uh it's gonna be I think these
5211s	issues are going to be exacerbated as we
5212s	head into our next match stick around
5214s	let's see how it plays out but right now
5215s	Finland are looking absolutely hot off
5218s	the starter's Mark don't go far map two
5220s	is coming up
5221s	oh
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5319s	thank you
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5354s	foreign
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5419s	thank you
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5434s	welcome back everybody to the OverWatch
5436s	World Cup emec Wild Card Challenge yeah
5439s	it's a mouthful that's right we got a
5440s	we've got two groups of three teams four
5444s	of those the top two from each group
5445s	advancing to the emea conference right
5447s	now we are in the midst of a bit of a
5450s	drubbing that's right it's Finland going
5451s	up against Iceland and it's not been
5453s	particularly close
5456s	anything to go by Matt it was just map
5459s	one
5460s	um but it went uh like we kind of
5463s	expected where uh Finland has just a
5466s	very talented roster some proven players
5468s	uh you know from you know multiple years
5470s	of like High Level Pro competition uh
5473s	going up against uh Iceland who you know
5476s	has some as well uh but uh no not as of
5479s	recently uh right so uh Finland really
5482s	putting their stamp on their playstyle
5485s	on the game there you know really
5486s	fast-paced Up Tempo Reinhardt Centric
5489s	kind of compositions uh really you know
5491s	LH cloudy and Masa uh the tempo together
5495s	you know in the Lucio Reinhardt
5496s	combination uh make it really difficult
5498s	for Iceland to deal
5499s	yeah absolutely uh something we keep
5502s	referring to is pace of play that is
5504s	something that uh you know Iceland have
5505s	struggled to to keep up with here hybrid
5508s	is going to be our second map in this
5510s	first two Series so it may all end here
5513s	things don't go well for the Icelandic
5515s	crew it will be numbani it's been a hot
5517s	minute mad since we've sort of seen this
5519s	in high level play
5520s	yeah it'll be uh really interesting uh
5524s	you know as a new Bonnie kind of like
5526s	makes its way back in uh historically
5528s	like Winston dive comps have always been
5530s	pretty good here Diva as well
5532s	um defense you can like not really play
5536s	that if you wanted to uh you just kind
5538s	of like the ability to go yeah you play
5541s	similar static setups like with that
5542s	High Ground hold and we've seen a lot of
5544s	wrecking ball on this map as well I mean
5546s	potentially even like uh you you could
5549s	see where Mantra on The High Ground
5551s	right um no has the static Shield like
5553s	Sigma
5554s	um potentially you know with some long
5556s	range damage and also the ability to
5557s	brawl a little bit so I I think there's
5560s	some possibilities here uh for really
5562s	all of the tanks uh quite frankly
5566s	and again the you know if we see for
5569s	example the Finland start on defense uh
5572s	that's really going to set the tone for
5573s	this if they have a good hold it might
5575s	end up being a pretty short map and
5577s	therefore pretty short series a bit of
5579s	highlight for us was watching cloudy and
5581s	Masa sort of combining uh in the front
5584s	line in that previous map there uh they
5586s	were they were styling a little bit you
5588s	know there was a little bit of flair
5589s	coming out and a little bit of you know
5591s	a little bit of uh
5593s	how do I put this a little bit of
5595s	crouching uh from from that female Squad
5597s	here but they are uh sort of notorious
5600s	for for taking no mercy uh on their
5602s	opponents here so I don't expect that to
5605s	change anytime soon they'd love to make
5607s	a statement say hey we should be in the
5609s	emea conference by default the fact that
5611s	we're having to play through this wild
5612s	card here is you know it's an insult
5616s	yeah yeah I think that's kind of
5618s	probably the the route they're going
5619s	with trainer really just prove that uh
5622s	they were that good to begin with
5624s	probably you should uh you know have to
5626s	play in this to qualify and uh you know
5630s	just kind of putting their imprint on
5631s	this uh tournament thus far uh is
5634s	they're still uh waiting to get in the
5636s	game we'll see what uh what's going on
5638s	here in just a second but I fully expect
5641s	uh that Finland will still be pretty
5643s	strong
5644s	yeah we had a pause uh we are now ready
5647s	to jump into the game
5648s	just a reminder this is the tournament
5650s	client so we are not playing on live
5652s	this is pre uh we'll call it the junker
5654s	Queen patch because that's the best
5655s	shorthand we can use free junker Queen
5657s	patch uh so she is good but uh not as
5661s	good as uh she is on live right now and
5664s	Iceland will be starting on defense here
5666s	so
5667s	we're looking very closely and see what
5669s	things you can make happen in that front
5670s	line finzi not historically known as
5672s	like a you know as we use the term a
5674s	main tank player he definitely played uh
5676s	off tanks back in 66 a bit more so I'm
5679s	interested to see what his Winston looks
5680s	like up against LH cloudy who you better
5682s	believe will be holding wm1 for the boys
5685s	yeah as uh challenge The High Ground
5688s	right you're not going to be in a
5689s	position where uh Finland let's say
5691s	tries to play for that right side High
5693s	Ground from the lower Street they are
5695s	just going to try and Bully up uh
5697s	through this top left-hand side or go
5699s	underneath and kind of wrap around up
5701s	through the staircase
5703s	I have Ash here for Orion the reality is
5705s	is that uh you know finzy's gonna have
5707s	to avoid Hill Heights cloudy if at all
5709s	possible try and hit this backline
5712s	but his opportunity to do so is going to
5713s	be pretty limited to see as soon as
5714s	fizzy turns up planet says all right
5715s	I'll have a couple swings all of Finland
5718s	playing so close together
5719s	cloud is going to basically basically
5721s	set up some really nice sight lines here
5723s	for sauna yeah and this is where it
5726s	becomes difficult like as the ash player
5728s	like look they're just trying to hunt
5729s	down he knows
5732s	yeah so uh that's what this comp looks
5735s	to do find a player isolate them and
5737s	just run them down nah it is they're
5740s	able to make work uh quick work with the
5743s	Ash and now uh everything starts to just
5745s	kind of Falls look at I mean the Winston
5747s	kind of gets like no value there right
5749s	like you're playing the Winston to kind
5750s	of like counter dive up to the high
5751s	grounds if they do the same where uh
5754s	there's no intent to do that here so
5757s	what often happens in Winston vs
5758s	Reinhardt comps is that you poke quite a
5760s	lot and you wait for a nano boost right
5762s	you just try and build Nano and then you
5764s	send the Winston in you use The High
5766s	Ground effectively Play Safe Keep sort
5769s	of stalling if Finland take that option
5771s	away from Iceland they push together
5772s	they go around they also try and exploit
5775s	the lack of mobility of Iceland who
5776s	don't have a Lucio
5777s	very easy to punish when Masa just wants
5780s	to turn it up to 11 and speed his team
5782s	in for the fight interesting so we uh
5784s	cloudy goes over and plays zarya here
5787s	through the next part of the map zarya
5789s	with the reaper so kind of like the
5791s	bubbles up towards The High Ground yeah
5793s	just kind of like gets done in the mixes
5795s	a little bit of a Divergence uh from
5799s	what we typically see here or at what
5801s	we've typically seen from Finland this
5802s	far where now what finzy's gonna play
5804s	the diva into the zarya like this should
5807s	be an opportunity for Finland to feast
5809s	yeah it means cloudy obviously gets a
5811s	lot of pressure on finzy defense Matrix
5813s	can't do anything really about Zaya uh
5815s	you know I think that cloudy wants to
5818s	play Zaya they want to play Reaper Zaya
5819s	they want to put pressure on finzy
5821s	that's really the name of the game he
5822s	make it very very hard for Iceland to
5823s	create any sort of tempo with their tank
5826s	sauna able to get back on the edge they
5829s	have a crazy nice connection with that
5831s	kunai there but there's a park and there
5833s	it's a checkpoint and they are
5835s	intersecting presently
5837s	sometimes kills are worth more than the
5838s	objective uh this probably wouldn't be
5841s	one of those times but uh you know
5844s	sometimes they are it's all fizzy almost
5846s	gets trapped on that side of the wall
5848s	there is uh
5850s	be the kariko ultimate here uh from
5853s	Chrissy you know I think just trying to
5854s	keep finzi alive there and now maybe
5856s	push-up trying to get some kills but uh
5857s	you saw a little bit there LH college
5859s	would be pretty charged up on this zarya
5861s	uh you seem kind of glow in there on on
5863s	the screen so that that signifies High
5866s	charge there
5868s	I think that Isom wanted to fight really
5870s	hard for the choke and not allow philan
5872s	to just bully their way through that's
5873s	why we saw the kitsuna rush here it's on
5875s	it don't do it to him Nano boost here on
5878s	towards finty Donna though gonna cut
5880s	through much of that pretty comfortably
5881s	up close and personal finity is able to
5883s	pick off the Batiste this is for Finland
5887s	uh but you treated your beat for uh Bob
5891s	they ended up using Nano and uh you know
5894s	even before Janeiro Straits so you come
5897s	back you have your own grab here you can
5899s	just kind of try and like Bully
5900s	offensive defense Matrix out land that
5902s	you can kind of send the reaper in from
5904s	The High Ground potentially is uh that's
5906s	exactly what happens comes High ground
5907s	and takes out uh the kuriko so you're in
5910s	a really good spot here
5912s	oh that is
5915s	well one for one ultimately nice
5918s	self-destruct that looks like that
5919s	immortality field
5920s	for Mickey playing off though could have
5922s	been even worse graviton surge available
5924s	either Cloud he does not want to geek
5926s	that into the defense Matrix so he'll
5927s	save that for a a map a round ending
5930s	rather fight yes fizzy is going to have
5932s	to come back out of spot and then like
5934s	be the one that gets a touch right so
5935s	you're gonna be able to just kind of
5937s	burn through that defense Matrix pretty
5939s	fast and then get a free grab
5941s	cloudy's taking a lot of damage here but
5943s	he's being focused on for the most part
5945s	by Mickey
5947s	you'll have to back up eventually losing
5948s	Cloud here means that Orion has a pretty
5950s	safe position to play from now the
5952s	Sombra from sauna okay philan and not
5954s	playing around here
5957s	back up though they're gonna wait just a
5959s	little bit to get cloud back in the
5960s	fighters uh this is a nano that goes on
5962s	to finzy so you see just that pressure
5964s	from this Arias as a huge pickoff you
5966s	get that zarya out of the equation no
5968s	grab not building up that constant
5970s	energy just kind of like funneling it
5971s	into the Divas so uh really big pick off
5974s	there
5975s	that's the risk of playing a Isaiah on
5977s	this map in general I think you really
5978s	out in the open you're very susceptible
5979s	to taking a lot of free damage uh you
5982s	know from the ash for example an Africa
5985s	they're playing pretty safe at medium
5987s	range just trying to put some pressure
5988s	down on on cloudy they have a still a
5990s	concern fincy going to be hyper aware of
5992s	this of course the diva is definitely
5994s	where Iceland wants to have him right
5995s	now especially with all this High Ground
5997s	around this last point of the map
6000s	pretty good defense so far here now as
6002s	uh we moved into this last phase for
6004s	Iceland
6005s	what's up
6007s	what's up oh wait that's up that is just
6009s	a solo grabbing
6010s	you go on The High Ground are they gonna
6011s	be like get it no it's like suzu and
6013s	then uh the Bob ends up taking out
6015s	cloudy uh so not great here for Finland
6018s	is uh it's gonna be cloudy going back to
6020s	the Reinhardt
6030s	out of Mech but still a factor in this
6033s	fight he is the Ryan they've returned
6034s	kitsuna actually had thrown down by
6036s	Chrissy but not really slowing feeling
6038s	down at all blizzard on the point here
6040s	can't contested consistently though
6042s	nicely done by hacker to keep it going
6044s	and to get the Reinhardt kill Cloud able
6046s	to push up here but this is much
6047s	improved from Iceland Finland taking a
6049s	couple risks and they're not paying off
6051s	uh still two minutes uh now under two
6054s	minutes here for Finland and you're
6056s	gonna have an EMP potentially to seal
6057s	the game is they have to be so careful
6060s	that Sonic just doesn't try and back cap
6062s	this it's still pretty close where
6065s	oh sauna no no no no okay
6068s	we'll talk sees it early sleep dog
6071s	doesn't connect but they're able to
6072s	force the Sombra away EMP in hand here
6074s	for sauna yes uh they know where the
6076s	Cure goes so now maybe try and play for
6080s	this it's uh maybe get a hack on Happy
6082s	here like when he's Behind Enemy Lines
6089s	everyone should blowing up as a result
6091s	here happy
6093s	again playing pretty safe pretty long
6095s	range here it's only Masters healing
6096s	right now so Finland have to find a way
6098s	to fight their way out of this getting
6099s	what ifuthak is huge though it's all
6102s	about the Anna pick off happy pulse bomb
6104s	coming up on that right now a little bit
6106s	dangerous but cloudy without a main
6108s	healer in play it's going to be the EMP
6109s	use you actually still able to get out
6111s	of it but there it is that pulse finds
6113s	the Reinhardt the immortality field is
6114s	too late
6116s	yeah about like a second too late there
6118s	for immortality is uh you'll come back
6120s	with an amp Matrix in sound barrier uh
6123s	maybe you could have saved on to that
6124s	EMP for a little bit longer for this
6126s	next fight or I think you probably were
6128s	better off you know once you actually
6129s	got uh food actually probably just kind
6131s	of going in right away uh trying to
6133s	capitalize on a little bit of the chaos
6134s	that ensues when that happens
6136s	you got the pop here uh you've also got
6138s	a nano boost available Sonos which is
6140s	off for Sombra so you don't have a hack
6141s	to sort of shut down Bob intermittently
6143s	you don't have a sleep either
6145s	so that's actually going to be a pretty
6146s	relevant ultimate consumer Rush down
6148s	first though Danny wants to back away
6150s	here wall throwing up Vinci finds a kilo
6153s	before finna can really escape and then
6154s	come in again Master goes for a beat in
6156s	another 4v5
6158s	yeah well I mean at this point though
6160s	you know 10 seconds you kind of have to
6163s	use it yeah it's uh finzy and Co will
6166s	start cleaning up some kills here at the
6169s	end so uh Iceland here on umbani on
6172s	defense at least with a pretty good hole
6175s	not too shabby at all we've been harping
6178s	on this uh the pace of play that Finland
6180s	brought in our first map Iceland didn't
6182s	know how to react to it this time it
6184s	looks like they're able to set into it
6185s	yes the plane defense on them binding
6187s	the map definitely lends itself gives
6188s	him a couple of advantages here but it
6190s	looks like they're starting to get a
6192s	read on what Finland are trying to do I
6194s	will say that Finland are they're
6196s	playing fast and loose they're playing
6198s	very aggressively yeah at some degree
6200s	they're playing pretty individually uh
6201s	like the Zaya insistence for cloudy
6203s	loses in probably like a couple minutes
6205s	in these last two phases of the map
6208s	yeah I think so at the end I think uh
6211s	trying to find the comp that would like
6213s	Break On Through
6216s	um
6216s	it would be pretty difficult like where
6219s	you're kind of moving around you know
6220s	you have the the Sombra in the mix
6223s	you're on zarya then you go Reinhardt
6225s	like they just never really got that
6226s	Suite of ultimates you needed yeah
6230s	I mean that like random grav on The High
6233s	Ground on Orion is as cloudy went down
6235s	like it was I think we're definitely
6236s	hoping to see something a little bit
6238s	more from it but up against like a
6239s	divacom
6240s	you can't be too picky about how you set
6243s	up for those graviton soldiers here so
6245s	Finland now will be on defense they will
6247s	keep playing the Ryan Hart it's a
6249s	signature for cloudy and you've got no
6251s	reason to switch off of it here we will
6252s	get to see sauna's Ash now so he'll play
6254s	that from the left-hand side High Ground
6258s	full as I think this should be pretty
6261s	effective so like the issue here for
6263s	Finland will be that if finzi and uh you
6267s	know some of the members of Iceland kind
6269s	of like Get Behind Enemy Lines or get up
6270s	on that right side High Ground they
6272s	don't have any fast way to get over here
6274s	to kind of like help Sana right playing
6276s	that Reinhardt
6279s	so how do we
6280s	do each of us in Finland just grouped up
6282s	together it's a high ground and pushed
6283s	Iceland off
6285s	Iceland will be playing a little bit of
6286s	a different setup maybe slightly more
6288s	elegant uh if they could make it look uh
6291s	effective
6293s	Lindsay really just looking for an
6295s	opening now maybe head up to the point
6297s	start to give it a tickle Force some of
6299s	these
6300s	Finland players down to the low ground
6301s	and then maybe use that to create a pick
6303s	opportunity but that didn't look great
6305s	someone was able to find half a cool
6306s	there up close
6307s	and I think Iceland are gonna have to
6308s	wait the the play here for Finland would
6311s	be to have like where Sana is right now
6313s	kind of like play up on that high ground
6315s	because any type of like dive or you
6318s	know
6318s	play to try and push him off of that
6320s	High Ground just barreling right into
6322s	the Reinhardt which is exactly kind of
6324s	what they want to happen
6326s	um well now they actually switch in and
6327s	get happy on the Genji so uh you feel
6330s	like you're going to play for that high
6331s	ground and then if they don't play for
6332s	The High Ground right if Iceland goes to
6334s	the point Finland can just drop Cloud
6336s	down right uh play there with the May
6338s	ice block you have a immortality field
6341s	you have some options like this the haki
6343s	Genji this is a classic
6345s	that's a really early immortality build
6347s	I mean you're not really that much
6348s	danger there yeah happy very happy with
6350s	that
6351s	now just play safe look for a chance to
6353s	get Dash resets Master's a little bit
6354s	low Susie used it earlier though so a
6356s	lot of these defensive cooldowns already
6357s	popped Lindsay headed upstairs there D
6360s	makes very quickly though
6362s	it's like yeah okay decent enough
6364s	capture progress here Verizon almost two
6366s	ticks now cloud is able to find finzy
6367s	though that Shield up on the point this
6369s	kitsuna Rush doesn't have a lot behind
6371s	it it's just happy cool trying to
6372s	benefit from it he doesn't really get a
6374s	whole lot out of the haste but there it
6376s	is Orion finds his picks Iceland able to
6379s	set up give Orion a good little staging
6381s	ground of work from and he pays it back
6383s	with interest yet he had a rain set up
6386s	on The High Ground and was able to just
6387s	a little bit of a shooting gallery right
6389s	putting down some damage with the
6390s	dynamites teammates following it up
6393s	some good changes there for Iceland is
6395s	uh looking to try and train maybe 40 the
6398s	early map in this set
6399s	that'll be good also very good for
6401s	Iceland's chances yeah I mean that
6403s	they're looking pretty good to come out
6404s	of this group anyway after that pretty
6405s	convincing win uh
6408s	against Switzerland so but this is
6410s	basically if I can get a map here that
6411s	will basically guarantee it for them
6414s	all right excited with the charge there
6416s	wants to play close to the doorway so we
6418s	can give you shoulder time comes for us
6419s	he needs to push ahead of this ant
6420s	Matrix so look there he goes gets on the
6423s	right side of that one so order not
6424s	using the air Matrix himself fancies
6426s	this small sort of tangential angle but
6428s	make sure you get to tell you there no
6430s	doubt about it and extra healing I I
6432s	just love how like cloudy sees the air
6434s	Matrix and instead of like the shield up
6436s	it's just a few steps forward and
6438s	shatter down
6441s	no no fear uh in his game
6444s	he is not a coward that's for sure
6450s	yep here's the Bob Orion lets that one
6452s	go so order has one too he's holding
6454s	onto it for now wow they picked the ball
6456s	off so quickly before Iceland have a
6458s	chance to punish put some pressure on
6459s	Finland
6460s	they lose the Bob
6462s	Orion they're just stood stock still by
6464s	the looks of things so it's an easy pick
6465s	off the cloud yeah I was gonna say I
6467s	mean
6469s	that is a really easy that's a nice meat
6471s	wall but not able to land the shots
6473s	there
6475s	so they gotta keeps Claudia getting
6477s	quite low here is that's gonna be a
6479s	casino Rush
6480s	Cloud waiting for a wall here
6482s	ice block instead there's the wall it's
6485s	going to cut off fincy for the time
6486s	being no one in the blizzard though
6488s	every ounce there's only ultimate as you
6490s	thought it would be and yeah that's an
6492s	interesting use of that my food stock is
6493s	going to go to waste though happy calls
6495s	Dragon Blade though might find some
6496s	value is found too already sauna and
6497s	cloudy down shut down by the Baptiste in
6500s	the air but the Iceland core should have
6503s	the numbers to get this job done just a
6505s	matter of getting rid of Master yeah
6507s	it's Finland actually holds on to a
6509s	bunch of their ultimates as soon as the
6510s	blade is popped there they actually just
6511s	you know fatty just stand still uh ends
6514s	up getting taken out there so sauna goes
6516s	over to Tracer you're gonna be able to
6517s	get another touch here for Finland uh
6519s	and you have some pretty big powerful
6521s	alternates Right double support ultimate
6523s	plus Shadow to be used to hold this up
6528s	be very very big for Finland to stop
6530s	eisen's momentum here
6532s	up goes finzy
6534s	tracing for nothing particular oh my
6536s	goodness being charged in my clown he
6538s	turns around Chrissy gets absolutely
6539s	ruined by the shadow fins he's gonna be
6541s	demecked here and here we come Finland
6543s	starting to part with some of those
6545s	ultimates
6546s	there's the shadow all they need for the
6548s	time being and see you later finzy
6550s	I was gonna say not not all the
6552s	ultimates which is huge I mean and
6554s	really you just hold on to put the most
6555s	important and as uh cloudy pushed up a
6557s	little bit gets taken out but you got
6559s	some trading here coming out right
6560s	outside of the spawn so Huffy just jumps
6563s	around the corner with a dash uh that
6565s	that's gonna be a pretty important
6567s	pick-off is now you may need to use the
6569s	sound barrier in uh in a fight where you
6571s	don't have a you know an even player
6572s	count here to be able to get a touch
6575s	that would be a classic Master move to
6577s	be fair
6578s	we out of four beats in the short-handed
6580s	scenarios on this map
6582s	okay that's dangerous sauna there's
6585s	Tracer oh it's clean what a stick
6587s	immortality field has to be used there
6589s	but sauna still able to follow it up and
6590s	this is disgusting
6594s	that is a filthy clip as uh the trees
6598s	are just and what's funny is that I
6600s	don't know if you realized it before but
6601s	like halfy and Iceland was like shooting
6603s	the Sonic Arrow up in The High Ground
6605s	they hit no and he was like lurking
6606s	around there somewhere uh and that's why
6609s	they were looking for him I mean that is
6611s	uh
6612s	play in their back line
6615s	you found them they found him either way
6617s	that is crazy
6620s	very very nice looks here
6622s	is he trying to get himself out of Spawn
6624s	currently got eyes for Mick G who are
6626s	just gonna have to pop that anymore
6627s	talented field
6630s	after all picking that off self-destrike
6631s	that's awkward again uh Finland fighting
6635s	up all that I can shoot here pushing
6636s	forward very far they'll get a train of
6638s	Mech at the very least I suppose a
6641s	dragon strike used by having police it
6643s	comes out from cloud
6644s	seven seconds left in the round looked
6646s	like Finland were hoping to end it all
6647s	there but it's not to be as we'll have
6649s	at least an overtime push to the point
6650s	if not more yeah it's uh this will be an
6653s	air preempt to get here Matrix here is
6656s	uh cloudy not able to make it so uh
6659s	tries to switch over to the wrecking
6661s	ball to get a touch cloud is going to
6663s	76. uh a little bit of an early amp
6666s	Matrix there uh from futhark forces them
6670s	uh uh to just kind of walk into all that
6672s	damage so now you can go back to the
6674s	composition for Finland that you really
6676s	wanted to be on
6678s	we're headed back to a photo finish on
6679s	this map by the looks of things yes
6681s	Finland did not finish the map
6684s	but Iceland don't have much time to get
6685s	it done themselves nice Bob there that's
6687s	gonna be a problem look at that pressure
6688s	coming from the off angle another pulse
6690s	one from sauna has to be emo'd but he's
6692s	still able to find that he's kill after
6693s	the fact Lucy Cloud although could be
6695s	problematicus Vinci's found two kills
6697s	already there's Orion firing up and
6699s	Iceland building up a head of steam to
6702s	try and get the map down or at least
6703s	exceeds finland's progress we could be
6706s	headed to a map three yeah you're just
6708s	with Cloud there just burning some clock
6710s	right Asana now is going to play sojourn
6713s	here so are you just trying to build up
6715s	towards those one shot to be able to
6716s	finish the player off or two where you
6718s	kind of take a stock here towards the
6719s	end 25 seconds left sound barrier
6722s	available here foreign
6731s	so watch out for this pulse bomb from
6733s	Happy cool though that could be a
6734s	problem Planet Shield is gone so it's
6736s	time to press w
6737s	putting that pressure down continue Rush
6739s	gonna be there cloudy somehow being kept
6740s	alive in the sound bear it comes just in
6742s	time him standing yeah just barely the
6746s	extra healing from Mickey probably helps
6747s	there with that sooner Rush deployed and
6749s	that's enough time for cloud
6751s	to get into the blizzard happy trying to
6753s	stay alive here though he will be shut
6755s	down it's gonna be Orion throwing
6756s	himself at the point but it's not quite
6758s	enough a much closer referring map
6760s	number two but Iceland succumb to
6763s	Finland who are looking to be the
6765s	strongest team in this group b now a
6767s	much closer of a game though uh I I will
6770s	say that as Iceland definitely showed
6772s	that like when you can kind of get
6774s	Finland to force and move off of those
6776s	like Reinhardt base camps you can put up
6777s	like an even fight right but uh when
6780s	Finland is able to fall back on those
6782s	types of setups they are uh they're very
6785s	good yeah uh again I thought someone
6788s	making the switch over to Tracer looked
6789s	really scary there wasn't really an
6791s	answer for that he built his pulse bombs
6793s	very quickly almost like I think two in
6795s	the the course of three fights and every
6797s	time he's trying to pressure down the
6798s	enemy Baptiste forcing a mortality field
6800s	and then after the fact he's still able
6802s	to find that kill a tracer with solo
6804s	kill potential like that is going to put
6805s	your team in very good shape fill into a
6808s	little bit of trolling to be fair uh
6810s	they want to play fast they want to play
6812s	aggressive that can leave you open to
6814s	some mistakes I've I've got to give
6816s	credit where it's due though to Iceland
6817s	they started to get a feel for the tempo
6819s	a little bit more here and it didn't end
6821s	up being close there's there's a world
6822s	where we go to a third map uh that sound
6825s	barrier from absolutely from Masa rather
6827s	comes at just the right time to keep LH
6829s	cloudy standing otherwise things could
6831s	go completely differently I mean if it's
6833s	what another second later like maybe you
6836s	don't keep cloudy alive and you're in a
6838s	really difficult spot right there
6839s	without your Reinhardt but you still
6841s	have the May who's got the ice block the
6843s	wall right a lot of just uh ability to
6845s	just drag that out
6848s	yeah here we have some moments of course
6850s	from that numbani uh attack towards the
6853s	end of the round here and again like I'm
6856s	enjoying seeing this from Iceland I mean
6858s	they're going to be a factor I think in
6859s	the emea conference in general so
6861s	something worth uh you know mentioning
6863s	here going forward they should make it
6864s	out of this group here the Reinhardt
6866s	play can be exploitable to some degree I
6868s	like seeing fizzy play the diva up
6870s	against it there was a lot of
6870s	flexibility there it gave him a lot more
6873s	options middle house cloudy was very
6875s	well supported by the rest of his team
6876s	this clip yeah this is a nasty Tracer
6878s	clip there from sauna it's a surprise we
6881s	don't see that sort of more from him
6882s	there is he's actually been riding the
6884s	bench a little bit more lately from the
6885s	Florida Mayhem so hoping to see him more
6887s	in that that sort of main lineup again
6889s	when you're when you're alongside a
6890s	player like Checkmate right it can be
6892s	pretty hard to play every map so I get
6893s	it but you can see why they scouted this
6896s	player out
6899s	a little bit in owl uh the game that we
6902s	recently uh just casted uh with the
6904s	Florida Mayhem we saw him for control
6906s	but uh came out right after that but
6909s	yeah I mean Tracer play like that I
6911s	don't know if you can like supplant uh
6913s	surpass like checkmate with what he
6914s	provides uh for Florida but I think you
6917s	start to see like why no sun is on that
6919s	roster why we see him come into some of
6921s	these games because uh he can put up
6922s	some really impressive performances
6926s	yeah we're gonna talk with Danny uh
6927s	about this after the break but it looks
6929s	like the landscape in group b is
6931s	becoming pretty clear so I got too far
6933s	we've got one more match here in group b
6935s	we're going to go to a quick break and
6937s	when we're returning it's going to be
6938s	well we won't spoiler for you could be a
6940s	bit of a one-sided one stick around
6941s	though we're gonna get into that after
6943s	these messages
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7159s	welcome back everybody to emec
7162s	qualifiers Wild Card Challenge then
7164s	Danny Lim here with uh Mitchell Matt and
7167s	you know I gotta say Iceland I tried but
7171s	it was they they weren't enough uh to
7173s	get the win against Finland are you
7174s	still rolling with them though I am
7176s	still rolling with them because it's not
7178s	over yet but they already they bid for
7180s	Switzerland they still have a chance to
7181s	make it into the qualifiers in June but
7184s	I mean yeah Finland just I'm gonna be
7187s	honest I think sound on that tracer was
7190s	a bit too much yeah it's kind of it's
7192s	kind of cheating it's kind of cheating I
7194s	think uh yeah that's yeah very very hard
7197s	very very hard to deal with I think like
7198s	if you're trying to set up around like a
7200s	Baptiste
7201s	constant pressure on your Baptist is
7203s	really really annoying hard to deal with
7205s	and it's like he has to immortality
7206s	field himself like two two fights in a
7208s	row that's very hard for the rest of
7210s	your team because you want to use that
7211s	for your Ash when she gets dived or
7212s	pushed on you have news on yourself yeah
7214s	that don't feel great yeah I mean but
7216s	Finland I gotta say like Finland you
7219s	know is looking really good in uh Group
7221s	B right now and talking about groupie
7224s	let's take a quick look at the uh the
7226s	schedule one more time we're almost done
7228s	with Group B matches we got Iceland
7231s	first taking the win and Finland beat
7233s	Iceland 2-0 and we have our final match
7236s	right for Group B it's Finland versus
7238s	Switzerland I
7241s	Matt what do you think uh for the last
7243s	match Finland versus Switzerland I what
7246s	do you think do you think it's gonna be
7247s	a close one or
7249s	be honest I I think uh I I think Finland
7253s	should take this one Danny uh I think
7256s	they're uh probably the heavy favorite
7258s	going into this one we'll uh we'll see
7261s	how it turns out interesting and
7263s	otherwise maybe
7266s	gonna get they're going to get
7268s	slaughtered
7269s	they're gonna get absolutely you don't
7272s	know
7272s	yeah well yeah no I don't know I I don't
7276s	maybe maybe I just have like to play
7278s	down to their opponents maybe right
7279s	maybe they like to play with their food
7281s	a little bit maybe Switzerland they've
7283s	like went back looked at some comps like
7286s	we know what we're gonna do here we're
7287s	gonna take advantage of them
7290s	so I I think there is actually some
7291s	error to that to be fair I I do like I
7293s	do think the feeling of heavenly
7294s	favorite in this matchup but something
7296s	that we noticed from Switzerland is that
7298s	if they have Hanzo comps they're
7299s	actually very they've been pretty darn
7301s	good at isolating individuals or
7303s	punishing like other DPS that are and
7305s	supports that are out of position so you
7308s	need to you need to generate some
7309s	momentum via getting these first picks
7311s	the issue is going to be Danny Matt is
7313s	that they may not have time to do this
7315s	right it's all well and good to be able
7317s	to set up with your hands on The High
7318s	Ground and like have a chance to to get
7320s	picks but you are playing up against
7322s	like probably a Reinhardt based
7323s	composition that's going to be speeding
7325s	into you constantly and sort of making
7326s	it very hard to play from favorable
7328s	sight lines like we saw I think in that
7330s	previous matchup that Finland would just
7332s	go they'd even use the maywall to sort
7334s	of block off a couple players they'd
7335s	even use the ice block to block doorways
7337s	and the mate would still end up
7339s	Surviving because we have like an
7340s	immortality field deployed after the ice
7342s	block so it's really hard you don't have
7344s	the time you don't have idealized
7345s	circumstances for like sniper based
7347s	Heroes to get value there's something
7349s	you really don't have to look out for
7351s	and it's going to be the same question
7352s	that Iceland had to answer can you play
7353s	at the same Pace if you can't you are
7355s	going to get slaughtered
7357s	yeah I mean
7360s	if you can't force them off of the
7362s	Reinhardt comps and just allow them to
7364s	play their pace of game I think yeah
7366s	you're you're in for a world of trouble
7367s	here uh I I that would be kind of like
7369s	yo you're Switzerland you really need to
7372s	be able to kind of force them off of
7373s	those comps you know get things going in
7375s	your direction some type of way
7377s	uh or or else you're in a lot of trouble
7379s	uh I think that's kind of you know what
7382s	we'll see early on are they able to do
7384s	that if not uh I think Finland should be
7386s	the team that takes it yeah and then
7389s	that would it's gonna be feminine I mean
7390s	like like Mitch uh you just said you
7392s	know they from what I saw them against
7394s	Iceland they are a very fast-paced team
7397s	right they just run the Ryan Club they
7399s	run at you and then plus they got some
7402s	really talented players like Sana who's
7404s	you know playing for the Florida Mayhem
7406s	so that's why I think that that that
7407s	makes Finland a very scary opponent to
7410s	go up against
7412s	yeah the problem is is that we saw
7413s	swispy really passive especially on
7415s	Gibraltar I think like their play style
7417s	got exposed very heavily by Iceland on
7421s	that map right they let the car push a
7423s	lot for free they weren't able to get
7425s	their Winston in position to actually
7426s	sort of contest and create any sort of
7428s	space for their DPS so they end up
7431s	giving up the whole second phase of the
7432s	map for free they only fight a couple
7434s	times on on the first point here and all
7435s	of a sudden your opponents have like
7437s	five minutes 50 to finish the last phase
7440s	of the map and it didn't get much better
7441s	from there so if that's in any
7443s	indication of the way that Switzerland
7445s	like to play
7447s	what Finland do is the antithesis to
7449s	that and is actually going to punish it
7450s	really badly so I want to see some
7452s	composure from Switzerland I want to see
7454s	them maybe play Up Tempo themselves here
7456s	and be able to create space for their
7458s	DPS because they have great DPS players
7460s	that can that can actually win fights
7461s	single-handedly if they're facilitated
7463s	for
7465s	yeah I mean I mean everything you kind
7467s	of said is true
7469s	um I also think like Matt plays into it
7471s	as well right like if you you know new
7474s	Bonnie right like didn't look that great
7476s	uh for Finland uh you get a map that
7479s	doesn't have like a ton of verticality
7482s	in the escort pool like uh that you
7485s	don't need to play Diva or Winston or
7488s	something that connects High ground and
7489s	they can just kind of keep playing that
7491s	you know Rush stay style yeah you're
7494s	you're in a lot of trouble in that map
7496s	too because yeah it's kind of the uh
7499s	Switzerland looks like they wanted to
7500s	kind of like maybe play for picks and
7502s	stuff like that you're not going to be
7503s	able to do that
7505s	yeah all right well it is going to be
7508s	Finland versus Switzerland I got the
7509s	word that the match is ready to go so
7511s	Mitchell Matt take it away
7513s	thank you very much Danny yes our last
7516s	match here in group b most likely and I
7519s	want to kind of piggyback off that
7520s	previous conversation because you know
7522s	Matt Paul you're right is a big
7523s	difference maker if there's a world
7525s	where Switzerland can get maps that sort
7528s	of favor maybe those poke compositions
7530s	or you know winston-based setups they
7533s	might be able to get something going
7534s	there uh the the problem is is that
7536s	cloudy can play every tank uh he just
7538s	prefers to play that brawl style here so
7541s	even in a Winston mirror like I don't
7543s	necessarily think you're favored if you
7544s	are going to be Switzerland here make no
7547s	mistake ladies and gentlemen the Swiss
7548s	are on the ropes if they want a chance
7551s	of competing in that wider emea
7553s	conference they have to go absolutely
7556s	ballistic here and I need to make it
7559s	happen up against the team the
7560s	juggernauts that are Finland who
7561s	arguably should have been qualified
7564s	straight into the main conference but
7565s	they get some extra warm-up matches I'm
7567s	sure they're not complaining Matt here
7568s	we go we're on Antarctic peninsula yeah
7571s	and you can you can see them coming out
7574s	and making some changes already right
7576s	they're gonna be running the Hanzo still
7578s	but this time with an echo a diva
7580s	currico like uh you know a much
7583s	different style of play here I think
7585s	you're gonna see from Switzerland
7586s	because uh they they know they need to
7588s	uh this is a composition that you can't
7591s	really run a player down right High
7593s	Mobility here from Switzerland so it's
7595s	going to be a little bit harder to
7596s	execute that dive but uh saw that range
7599s	gonna take out uh division there is uh
7601s	that's pretty tough blow yeah again Jin
7604s	doesn't have the room
7606s	to really manufacture any of these Peak
7608s	opportunities here it's almost also
7610s	gonna be a big problem for barcode on
7612s	the echo echo says we want to go fast we
7614s	want to execute the echo combo we want
7616s	to blow someone up we want to put
7617s	pressure on the tank Echo up against
7619s	Shields can have problems because their
7621s	focusing beam doesn't get you the value
7623s	and usually you know you kind of lose
7625s	the element of surprise that allows Echo
7627s	to succeed in so many of these fights
7629s	here
7630s	it's sort of gonna have good sight lines
7632s	and keep pressuring down barcode they're
7634s	probably going to have to switch
7637s	yeah I know absolutely like uh if the
7641s	echo is going to be taking so much like
7643s	damage or coming on in right or you're
7645s	going to be playing around really like
7647s	trying to get a player weak in the Echo
7649s	finishing that player off if you can't
7651s	get any of these players weak and you're
7652s	just kind of getting like bullied out oh
7654s	man that's crucial that's tough it is uh
7658s	you're not gonna get
7659s	if you can't get big damage down from
7662s	your Hanzo or something like that you're
7663s	not going to be able to have the Echo
7665s	come on Diva go finish it off
7668s	oh no no no here we go okay
7672s	finally gonna set up outside of the
7674s	spawn of Switzerland I feel like there's
7676s	zero reason to offer any respect
7679s	it's not been close so far in this round
7680s	and that trademark aggression from the
7682s	front line has been prevailing thus far
7684s	gin can't even get back into spawn they
7686s	will fall just outside the gate and
7688s	Switzerland they're gonna have to figure
7689s	out how to break this hole before they
7691s	even think about contesting the points
7694s	yeah I mean the whole outside of the
7696s	spawn door is pretty brutal because this
7698s	is not a lot of echo the space that
7701s	needs to make a play is uh sauna with
7703s	another kill here
7706s	so things have gone from bad to worse
7708s	here for Switzerland yeah they were
7710s	likely to get much better here please
7712s	who's gonna be de-suited as they
7714s	try and make the way towards the points
7715s	sauna narrowly avoids being the first
7717s	casualty of this round it'll be Cloud
7719s	instead falling to barcode but no touch
7721s	means
7722s	no chance of extending the route for
7725s	Switzerland Finland decimate them early
7728s	to one
7729s	yeah that's not a great sign there Mitch
7731s	uh for Switzerland
7733s	um yeah well that's uh you came out you
7736s	try a little bit of a different play
7737s	style I think you're reliant on getting
7739s	some big damage down allowing the echo
7741s	to finish some of these kills off
7743s	you're just not able to do so uh and
7746s	that proves to be uh you know where you
7748s	can just kind of Finland push up spawn
7750s	camp and get right in their face
7754s	and there's no reason why we don't see
7757s	that same playstyle executed here by
7759s	Finland they're not gonna be given any
7760s	reason to switch it up here
7763s	tough for Switzerland to deal with looks
7765s	like they might be playing some comfort
7766s	picks here barcode still wants to play
7768s	this Echo In fairness they are credited
7771s	with the probably the only kill for
7772s	Switzerland in that last round I got
7774s	able to find elimination there so The
7776s	High Ground we go definitely favoring
7777s	The Shield base composition it's like
7779s	who's still on the diva we'll probably
7780s	play the low ground here hope for a
7782s	counter dive opportunity
7784s	oh no
7788s	cloudy with the the perfect pin right on
7791s	the remix is uh
7793s	yep the point is now unlocked where uh
7797s	Finland you'll send one player back to
7799s	get a touch on it get capturing your
7801s	favors I mean look at this just zero
7803s	fear with a Reinhardt just pushing up
7805s	yeah this is uh about as one-sided as it
7809s	can get
7810s	now we're Finland pushing off the point
7812s	here they want the minimum uh round
7814s	length if possible the mortality field
7817s	they're deployed by MCG that means that
7818s	cloud can keep playing quite
7820s	aggressively here
7821s	suzu used on Swipe through there
7823s	interesting though species to cleanse
7825s	off and they wanted to maybe just keep
7826s	the diva in through
7828s	it will be an issue here two or half of
7830s	the Hat yup just pocketed basically kept
7833s	up I mix you pretty comfortably
7840s	they've been doing this throughout the
7842s	years in Europe no respect no mercy yeah
7845s	this is nothing new uh if you don't
7848s	bring your game against uh the fins they
7850s	are going to get right up in your spawn
7852s	door and do these types of uh these
7854s	types of setups as I mean man let's
7856s	deficit you got the May there array with
7857s	the Reinhardt like and block off these
7859s	spot the spawn doors are not big on this
7861s	map oh
7871s	[Music]
7878s	uh they could be playing with two and
7880s	probably still find success here if I'm
7881s	honest with you yeah they are smurfing
7884s	I loved uh uh swaku like Turned when the
7888s	meiwa was there and tried to Nemesis
7890s	form punch himself back into his spawn
7892s	like nah man
7893s	so uh now uh uh they'll take a little
7898s	bit of an advantage here uh they get a
7900s	few kills now I've only make their way
7902s	out of the spot nice again very good
7904s	looks like he's grinding some wishes to
7907s	the Swiss fans
7909s	keep them in this one for the time being
7911s	Dragon strike how do you well that's a
7913s	decision that you make try and get rid
7915s	of the May there and he does nice to be
7916s	done and also kill that extra kill and
7918s	also it's a problem for Finland as they
7919s	try and trickle back into the point but
7921s	Villas still control it uh Switzerland
7923s	haven't had a chance to touch here now
7924s	the respawns coming in for Finland
7925s	they've lost their main tank big problem
7927s	that yeah you got a little bit of a a
7931s	life Weaver swap here at the end here
7933s	for Finland uh
7936s	yes
7938s	point of flip point will flip so uh
7942s	still in an opportunity here for
7944s	Switzerland you got some alts
7946s	it's not over I mean
7948s	if you thought cloudy was aggressive
7950s	beforehand
7952s	how much more aggressive is he going to
7953s	be with life group now available to him
7955s	ah well wolf I mean I I would have no
7958s	way to you know we do not see a lot of
7961s	Life Weaver right so uh
7963s	but not really know the way to kind of
7964s	assess how you're going to be able to
7966s	use it here uh
7968s	yeah maybe it's to just kind of like
7970s	move cloudy around the map like
7972s	uh that could possibly be it you get a
7975s	picked up uh early on a Masa and that's
7977s	gonna kind of like force you to wait a
7979s	little bit
7983s	the ramatra here definitely getting some
7984s	results of swaku but Jenny's down
7986s	Chandra LH cloudy hair brained as always
7989s	May well coming up Lucky line aside he
7990s	can't be yanked out of there no it's not
7993s	causing problems now it's gonna be the
7995s	annihilation forcing ice block from
7997s	cloud
7998s	suzu throwing its like ooh just for good
8000s	measure life grip used to get the May
8002s	out of trouble barcode and Chris very
8004s	low Elsewhere on the map it's sort of
8005s	finding in another one with the
8006s	overclock here the pressure is just too
8008s	much for the Swiss to handle it's on it
8011s	with a safe spot on point here playing
8012s	around that Central column Master very
8015s	deep and enemy territory sort of the uh
8017s	the unrequested platform comes out pops
8020s	him up gives him Advantage he'll drop
8021s	back down though and that's Finland here
8023s	looking extremely scary on this first
8026s	map
8027s	there is uh there's definitely a world
8029s	where this could have been over much
8031s	earlier but uh yeah Finland looked to
8032s	test their boundaries a little bit I
8034s	will see I do like how Switzerland came
8036s	out and tried something different we're
8037s	not just gonna mirror them in like a
8039s	ramatro style of play and rush in
8042s	um but uh obviously didn't really work
8046s	out uh their style of play that they
8048s	tried to go with trying to get uh you
8050s	know maybe the echo in play you're able
8052s	to just kind of like burn a character
8053s	down so to speak but just didn't make
8055s	any progress
8057s	no it's it's not against the Ryan
8058s	composition barcode doesn't have the
8061s	ability to drive any backlines here and
8062s	he definitely is less effective against
8064s	the front line uh you know dealing with
8066s	that Ryan shield in play sauna on the
8068s	sojourn looking squeaky clean I've got
8069s	to be honest with you and yeah as usual
8072s	cloudy charging forward creating a lot
8073s	of opportunities but crucially that that
8076s	ridiculously aggressive level of Ryan
8077s	play means that your DPS can just do
8079s	whatever they want they can set up where
8081s	they want they can stand still if they
8083s	want
8084s	pedals to the sky uh shoot down do
8087s	whatever they want
8089s	yeah that was obviously uh you know a
8091s	fun little switch up there I don't know
8092s	if we really sort of make a big
8093s	difference because whenever LH cloudy
8095s	was in danger of of being taken down
8097s	there was like a maywole thrown up
8099s	cleverly to to make sure that the the
8101s	life Weaver couldn't see their own heart
8103s	and sort of pulled him out of trouble
8104s	there so I'm not sure if I'd call that
8107s	an adaptation to life weave his presence
8108s	but it was a nice little special element
8111s	here this first round though not a lot
8113s	to say uh Finland just pushed straight
8114s	on up I think there was like one kill
8116s	that uh Switzerland managed to get and
8118s	it didn't amount to much
8120s	yeah I mean there's really nothing to
8122s	like
8124s	take or talk about really from some of
8125s	these rounds because yeah this round
8127s	specifically was just so like one-sided
8130s	up to the spawn door uh where I know
8133s	finally uh Switzerland was able to make
8135s	it out but uh the game it was already
8138s	kind of like in finland's hands at that
8140s	moment yes yeah a tough one uh for
8143s	Switzerland and they don't have much
8145s	time to sort of figure out how to play
8146s	up against this here we're going into a
8148s	second map it's a first two here uh in
8151s	this Wild Card Challenge so uh when you
8153s	fall behind in a series very few
8154s	opportunities to try and Claw your way
8156s	back
8156s	it's back to the drawing board for
8158s	Switzerland here and to come up with an
8160s	answer to this kind of Reckless
8162s	aggression is going to be very difficult
8164s	to do in a short space in time so the
8165s	coaching staff have a lot on their plate
8167s	Matt yeah it's really difficult to play
8169s	against this style of play even when you
8171s	have a ton of time playing against it
8174s	radar and being able to figure it out so
8177s	uh trying to come up with something on
8178s	the fly has got to be pretty tough for
8180s	Switzerland so stick around everybody
8181s	our second map in this first or two is
8183s	just around the corner Finland look to
8185s	secure their passage into the wider emea
8188s	conference here they may have done it
8190s	already but a a clean sweep of
8191s	Switzerland will gout and tia don't go
8194s	anywhere much more to come from this
8195s	Wild Card Challenge after the break
8198s	good
8200s	[Music]
8215s	[Music]
8223s	[Music]
8237s	foreign
8241s	[Music]
8277s	foreign
8280s	[Music]
8313s	what's up
8315s	[Music]
8348s	what's up
8351s	[Music]
8369s	[Music]
8379s	foreign
8381s	[Music]
8396s	foreign
8400s	[Music]
8412s	Switzerland's World Cup life on the line
8415s	as they are being run into the ground by
8417s	team Finland his Reckless aggression is
8420s	paying off as Switzerland don't seem to
8421s	have an answer that and they're going to
8423s	have to figure it out right about now as
8425s	Gibraltar is right around the corner
8428s	well so Gibraltar may may be beneficial
8431s	to them right is that like there's a lot
8433s	of high ground here maybe you can't be
8435s	as aggressive as Finland uh
8437s	it made me wants to be uh and play the
8440s	compositions they want to play
8442s	um you could actually also just see
8444s	Finland just
8446s	ignore that and on defense play but it
8448s	pretty much had to spawn door right uh
8450s	you give up a little bit of High Ground
8451s	above you but like they don't really
8452s	care about that right just kind of play
8454s	right up at that spawn door I would not
8456s	be out of the uh the equation yeah and
8459s	again
8460s	um we've already seen Switzerland on
8461s	this particular map they have a chance
8463s	at least to try and rectify some of the
8465s	issues that they had previously but it's
8467s	a very different opponent with a very
8468s	different play style we may not see our
8471s	age cloudy up to play Dive based tank
8473s	still he might just stay on the
8474s	Reinhardt that is within the realm of
8476s	possibility here and so Switzerland
8478s	gonna have to solve this rather unique
8480s	problem because I don't know if too many
8481s	other teams are going to to pose this
8483s	kind of issue to them but they need a
8485s	win they need to win this series to have
8487s	a chance of making it into the emea
8489s	conference and uh that is a tall order
8491s	they are I'd say power for pound the
8494s	weaker team in this matchup so it's
8496s	gonna have to take something special not
8497s	only to win this map but also to have a
8499s	chance to win the series
8500s	yeah I mean you're gonna have to take
8502s	two in a row off of Finland if you
8504s	really uh you know coming off a great
8505s	performance against Iceland right uh map
8508s	2 was pretty close but still relatively
8510s	uh comfortable series there and then
8512s	looks fantastic in map number one
8516s	it'll be Gibraltar ladies and gentlemen
8518s	Finland of course boasting one current
8520s	OverWatch League player to former
8522s	OverWatch league players and a wealth of
8524s	competitive experience across the
8527s	entirety of their team
8529s	and we will have them coming on the
8532s	attacking side first here so we're gonna
8534s	see the Stoller coming in here a tank
8536s	which is fun so again you have an option
8538s	to to bring in a player who's much
8539s	better at playing maybe dive based tanks
8541s	ever solo you know his Diva was I'd
8544s	argue his strongest point something
8546s	really impresses during his time on the
8547s	Paris Eternal that team obviously had
8549s	the fair share of challenges here but
8551s	they had some bright moments and many of
8553s	them for Stoller was a part of
8555s	yeah and just having that flexibility to
8557s	bring him in is huge right where you can
8559s	have a vestola play that Diva you don't
8562s	have to kind of play cloudy here he
8563s	plays all of those like off tanks can
8566s	control that High Ground as uh oh it's
8568s	pretty nice here
8570s	souvenir I like that yeah pretty pretty
8572s	pretty clean there
8575s	how aggressive
8576s	do we play now it's a different tank and
8578s	LH cloudy really set the pace for
8581s	Finland the solo not nearly as
8582s	aggressive actually very
8584s	uh very balanced player from uh what we
8587s	saw from him but again if Finland are
8588s	not interested in offering any respect
8589s	here someone back on the Tracer by the
8591s	way which is a scary Prospect and we
8593s	might see another blisteringly fast pace
8596s	across the map
8597s	while in Switzerland also gave up so
8599s	much space the last time uh I know we we
8601s	saw obviously barcode on the Widow but
8604s	gave up so much cart progress that it
8607s	really became down to a one fight uh
8610s	game here for checkpoint day where uh
8612s	it's interesting also they're playing
8613s	Masa up on The High Ground there on
8615s	offense with that break you're also
8617s	playing the Anna in here though so uh a
8619s	little bit you know I still don't love
8622s	it I think like Curry who is so much
8623s	better to kind of like access that High
8625s	Ground Play aggressive with well if
8627s	you're yeah you're gonna build a recall
8629s	though pretty fast out of that um if
8631s	you're gonna play the the brig you have
8632s	to play Rihanna with it someone was
8634s	looking for the back line
8636s	I'm scared right now for Chris and
8638s	barcode recall forced early there sort
8640s	of just tickling for the time being
8643s	trying to keep track of somebody
8644s	checkpoint a is the dive over strollers
8646s	up there cast's been moving the whole
8648s	time yep exclusive allowed this to
8649s	progress
8651s	substantially
8653s	here comes the pressure on stat I mean
8654s	he's able to get up to The High Ground
8658s	recall here sort of season opportunity
8661s	if they're treated Winston get bullied
8663s	off the court there's nothing that
8664s	Switzerland can do right because they're
8665s	playing Anna Bap in Widow up on The High
8668s	Ground
8669s	okay looks like it's that they got
8671s	hacked but they're gonna get given a
8673s	nano boost here
8674s	you can like do with it though the
8676s	Italian villain very mobile the
8678s	exception I guess of Mickey here another
8680s	hack on Stan I'm able to jump up deploy
8682s	the barrier continue to stall this card
8684s	a bit longer barcode finally finds a
8686s	kill on cloud the zombies out of the mix
8687s	here now to be starting awards for
8689s	Stoller but hit with the body grenade
8690s	means you still need to be somewhat
8691s	careful upstairs we go barcode ready to
8694s	receive here it's a big head shot
8696s	forcing for stole it away might be a
8697s	self-destruct to maintain the mech here
8700s	that is going to be the case
8702s	I shot there from barcode just coming
8704s	around the corner uh but look at this uh
8706s	Master with the rally so well but it
8709s	might be enough here that you have the
8711s	Sombra you have the Tracer in Diva still
8713s	here it might be enough for Finland to
8714s	take checkpoint a yeah it looks like
8716s	they're gonna get there definitely
8717s	slightly slower Pace here Finland
8720s	suffering a bit more resistance
8721s	especially from players like barcode I
8724s	like the the way the aggro was sort of
8726s	juggled by gin and Statham on the cart
8728s	there as well definitely a little bit
8730s	harder for Finland to shake them off but
8731s	hey three minutes 47 for this next part
8733s	of the map nothing just nearer yeah and
8735s	I think it also like without playing the
8737s	Widow it gives barcode a little bit more
8739s	room to operate uh going up against the
8742s	Widow and kind of the the aggression
8744s	that they saw uh from Iceland uh pretty
8747s	difficult to deal with and I see Mark
8749s	out there gets another first pick
8751s	another real nice people I don't know a
8753s	key Target as well
8755s	England they're gonna be forced to pay a
8757s	little bit of respect here
8759s	the style are almost exerted but that's
8760s	going to be a lot of old charge for his
8762s	back line
8767s	you have an EMP but how do you use this
8769s	here like translocate to The High Ground
8771s	uh sounds like barcode actually heard
8773s	the Sombra like right around so uh has
8776s	an idea maybe that they were going to
8778s	try and put pressure on The High Ground
8782s	that is odd
8784s	Cloud might want to go aggressive here
8786s	Primal waves wins it in play but still
8788s	the slaps right now
8790s	is that I'm not committing though really
8792s	just
8793s	waiting for the next push here and yeah
8796s	they'll get Chris EMP employee to get
8798s	rid of the art and make sure there's no
8799s	chance of a self healed by the grenade
8802s	or sleep guard
8803s	looks like that's gonna be enough for
8804s	Finland here to really start to make
8805s	some more progress someone has a pulse
8806s	for the Widow Maybe
8808s	trying to drink some of these shots
8810s	barcode very low it's an easy pickups
8814s	okay oh dear yeah all right that's uh
8819s	yeah remix just jumps off the side and
8821s	gets that reset as that is filthy uh
8825s	nice moves to just kind of Dodge shots
8828s	from barcode gets that killed pulse bomb
8830s	on the Anna in the spawn the recall into
8833s	the kill on the Winston I mean that was
8834s	just a Nutty stuff there for um
8838s	I gotta see more sauna Trace from the
8840s	OverWatch League now I'm I'm uh I'm
8842s	definitely interested
8843s	gin on the Hanzo here it's a double
8847s	sniper setup also to live
8849s	at these long sight lines
8853s	yeah I mean this is this is like a
8855s	little bit of an old school setup Right
8856s	double sniper with the brig honor
8858s	finland's not even gonna have a sniper
8861s	in the equation here they're actually
8862s	gonna Nano the divot to The High Ground
8867s	back into the spawn
8869s	sleep
8872s	trying to shut down any healing for the
8874s	time being a lot of pressure on oh Adam
8876s	tried to back up to The High Ground I
8878s	stole a very cleverly season opening an
8880s	opportunity to punish the retreating
8881s	Winston
8883s	can't inching forward now but still
8884s	we're just nudging it he's gonna Force
8886s	the two supports off The High Ground
8888s	Nano Brig didn't say I don't think we
8890s	want any of that Stoler against slip on
8892s	The High Ground now his barcode wants to
8893s	use another side line right at the back
8895s	of the map
8896s	now this is going to be rallies for both
8898s	sides there is uh Masters actually
8900s	played low when he used his but yeah
8902s	that's a big pole spawn there on to the
8904s	rallying brig
8906s	uh God is like freebie vistola with a
8909s	self-destruct kill on Jin uh this half's
8911s	gonna be over now Zuzu already used Now
8914s	by remix So eventually they'll be
8915s	brought down and this cart is going to
8917s	get over the line two minutes 12 for
8919s	Finland to work with
8921s	and not as uh strong of a time as we saw
8924s	from Iceland right but I think it was
8925s	just a better defense there uh from
8928s	Switzerland uh you know they they were
8930s	able to get some value out of the
8931s	Widowmaker there so uh something they
8933s	were not able to really do the first go
8934s	around on Gibraltar so uh maybe if I
8938s	know Finland doesn't play that Widow on
8940s	defense they're able to kind of get
8941s	barcode rolling and get some kills it's
8943s	a possibility
8946s	yeah I mean it's a different style right
8948s	you know in OverWatch 2 more than any
8950s	other sort of iteration the the tank
8952s	player really sets the tempo here estola
8955s	by and large much more conservative
8957s	approach to the nlx Cloudy and again a
8959s	very different role coming in on the
8960s	diva diva in the past was maybe you know
8963s	considered synonymous with like dive
8965s	compositions and real aggression and
8967s	OverWatch 2 it's a little bit slower a
8969s	little bit more defensive at times here
8972s	see how Finland make use of that cloud
8974s	on the Hanzo here in saunas Tracy that's
8976s	gonna be a problem if Switzerland don't
8978s	go fast sauna is going to tear them
8979s	apart
8981s	yeah uh absolutely
8984s	um because you also maybe have this
8985s	Hanzo yeah you're gonna have the Hanzo
8987s	in play here so not like that long range
8989s	capability that like the Widow has uh
8991s	but still you can challenge the Widow uh
8993s	with the Hanzo it could be pretty pretty
8996s	difficult at times and I think finland's
8998s	gonna be way more aggressive about
8999s	putting pressure on the barcode oh five
9002s	four do not want to give
9005s	this Widow any opportunity to tell team
9007s	fights in your favorite early gym back
9008s	on the Tracy here
9011s	out of the gates we go
9013s	symmetric TP no high ground that is the
9017s	last time
9018s	they did this the last time to get the
9020s	brig in the Widow uh and Diva over there
9022s	but
9023s	all right but yeah
9027s	all right so what I'm making
9030s	their presence felt here we're not
9031s	committing to try and dive the Widow
9033s	right now
9034s	gin will be just pushing the card here
9036s	he'll be the one that's gonna Force some
9037s	action on the low ground
9041s	take the mega
9045s	Master just trying to see around the
9046s	corner here that's dangerous yeah body
9047s	grenade Master is out of there
9050s	yeah and it looks like once they thought
9051s	that bionic grenade came down they
9053s	thought they had a big advantage and
9054s	went to go in but Masa and uh Finland
9057s	just so well executed the timing raid he
9060s	just jumps out of there by Auto grenade
9062s	the other way uh in when you thought you
9064s	had the advantage you kind of got baited
9066s	in there
9070s	back to spawn
9072s	staggering them out a little bit from
9074s	the rest of the Swiss team who've
9075s	already began to emerge once more
9078s	you get the toughest all up here as well
9080s	that's a big deal a lot of old charge
9089s	it's not very aggressive I feel like
9090s	this is going to take so long to develop
9091s	Mitch for switch Yeah Switzerland like
9095s	uh because already you're working up
9097s	against this like sick time bank right
9098s	that Finland has
9100s	uh you you kind of need these fights to
9103s	go your way pretty fast you're like
9105s	don't really have the luxury to kind of
9106s	like waste the Widow anymore I mean that
9108s	is uh does make you not know they're
9110s	being shot at here
9111s	maybe not I don't know it happens
9115s	sometimes you're uh you know you're
9116s	scoped in don't know what's going on but
9117s	there was a missed shot there maybe a
9119s	warning chance to meet you to respond
9121s	regardless remix taken down by the
9122s	dragon strike is that I'm in trouble
9123s	despite being nanoed
9125s	yeah I mean you see right there though
9127s	when barcode pushes up that's the spot
9129s	where the Hanzo actually has the
9130s	advantage like in that medium range
9131s	right where you're trying to push up on
9132s	top of that big box and get control that
9135s	High Ground that's where the Hanzo can
9136s	kind of like fight in that like medium
9138s	medium to long range against the Widow
9140s	but
9141s	yeah no this is payload progress that
9144s	when it was the other way around when
9145s	Finland was on offense the payload was
9147s	pretty much like at the checkpoint
9149s	already I mean you see what kind of
9150s	where it is it's like not even halfway
9152s	under the bridge there so uh just
9155s	getting stalled out here is Switched
9158s	pretty circuitous approach here from
9161s	Switzerland this self-destruct is going
9162s	to make them dance a little bit of a
9164s	staller finds three
9168s	Switzerland they're in shambles you can
9172s	make them dance and yeah uh they are
9176s	they all end up falling
9177s	um so what what can you I mean do you do
9181s	you switch off of the widow
9184s	um do you try and play like a Hanzo of
9186s	your own
9187s	um
9188s	do you play like you know you could even
9190s	maybe even try and play like a Genji or
9192s	something uh I mean yes I mean you'd
9194s	probably stop playing the brick
9196s	we talked about this already right I
9197s	feel like maybe the brig is
9202s	you might not get out of here hold on
9203s	you might yeah
9206s	rally and play for Masa here don't let
9209s	that happen thank you it's all over the
9210s	body Blaster is going to be pacified
9213s	not before Cloud though gets in there
9214s	feels of remix and that's a One Clip
9217s	classic stuff from sauna
9219s	barcode nothing but a twitching Mass on
9222s	the ground and there's 23 seconds left
9224s	in the round my service reminding
9225s	stanham who's boss here and only one
9227s	more chance of Switzerland to kick their
9229s	World Cup hopes alive yeah Sonia's looks
9232s	so good on the traitor has a pole spawn
9233s	kind of lurking Behind Enemy Lines here
9236s	uh we'll see what they're able to find
9239s	TP up to The High Ground that'll get
9242s	everybody in place
9243s	whole seconds three needs to be a touch
9245s	on the cot here in a moment that might
9247s	have to be stat out here no Jin's able
9249s	to touch down until the blind grenade
9251s	though yeah that's devastating you need
9253s	him give me them very badly in this
9254s	fight
9255s	and putting his blood pressure down but
9257s	it's over yeah this is why teams like
9259s	typically up for like you know what you
9261s	see an honor on the other side like
9262s	Eva's one of the the best characters to
9264s	pick in the tank roll because you can
9266s	just eat up those biotic grenades don't
9268s	have that with the Winston when you're
9269s	forced to jump down on a cart that
9270s	biotic grenade is waiting for you there
9272s	at the end uh and Finland takes a pretty
9275s	clean two up yeah looks like Scandinavia
9278s	is going to be emerging from Group B
9279s	mostly unscathed pretty clean
9282s	performance honestly from from both
9284s	squads here Finland uh having a little
9286s	bit of silly Source uh at some points
9288s	throughout their series here but
9289s	ultimately prevailing 2-0 Gibraltar
9291s	doesn't end up being particularly long
9293s	map right the switch to the solo is
9294s	great that's honestly something that a
9297s	lot of teams may not really be able to
9298s	boast Matt is the opportunity to switch
9300s	up your tank player and completely
9302s	change your Tempo your style everything
9304s	all right it's a completely different
9305s	look for Finland on that still just as
9308s	effective though
9309s	yeah and you know you you have that
9312s	flexibility now you show this extra kind
9314s	of a facet to your team right by being
9316s	able to bring in vestola and not just
9318s	play these Rush style comps but just
9320s	kind of playing stuff where you can
9322s	access High ground and play a little bit
9323s	more Mobility a little bit more
9324s	aggressive right they didn't kind of go
9325s	into that Widowmaker duel where uh I
9328s	mean why why would you when you kind of
9329s	have sauna I mean sauna's tremendous
9332s	this is a team this Finland team that is
9334s	threatening top 16 placement for sure at
9336s	the very least right and they're
9338s	probably that's probably what they're
9339s	expecting that's about why they've been
9341s	sort of on many occasions The Finnish
9344s	team
9344s	um has a tendency sometimes to
9346s	underperform though uh on the big stage
9348s	and that's been true ever since 2017 uh
9351s	when they were absolutely a force to be
9353s	reckoned with this sort of pre-overwatch
9354s	League era where they had uh you know
9356s	players that you know competed in Apex
9358s	players that were very very strong
9360s	through you know the monthly melees and
9363s	torments that existed at that time right
9364s	so you know there's there's an
9366s	expectation I think from The Finnish
9368s	fans that this team goes all the way but
9370s	they've got everything they need in
9372s	order to do that matter I have a lot of
9373s	confidence in this in this Finnish team
9375s	and even Iceland right as they Advance
9377s	they're looking pretty good couple of
9379s	things to tighten up here but in general
9380s	like they they also deal with
9382s	Switzerland quite handily themselves
9383s	yeah in Iceland now has some time to go
9387s	back to the drawing board right you know
9389s	they come in like late notice right they
9390s	have some time now to go back and we're
9392s	work on some things as a team and
9394s	improve for the later stages of the
9395s	World Cup qualifiers yeah so impressive
9398s	stuff here Group B pretty much finalized
9401s	here myself and Matt will be stepping
9403s	aside we'll have Dogman of course and
9404s	reinforce stepping up to the plate here
9407s	to cover group a and uh it's gonna be a
9409s	fun one to watch here I'm definitely
9410s	hoping to see The Underdogs Prevail we
9412s	don't go too far we'll be back with all
9413s	that action from group a after this
9419s	[Music]
9428s	thank you
9436s	[Music]
9452s	all right
9461s	[Music]
9476s	foreign
9478s	[Music]
9485s	[Music]
9491s	[Music]
9514s	[Music]
9523s	[Music]
9527s	[Applause]
9533s	thank you
9534s	[Music]
9560s	foreign
9566s	[Music]
9576s	[Music]
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9622s	foreign
9634s	World Cup emec qualifiers Wild Card
9637s	Challenger everybody I'm Danny Lim we've
9639s	had some incredible Group B gameplay
9641s	today we're moving into group a now and
9644s	of course we have none other than Dustin
9646s	and Johnny uh casting all the actions
9649s	for these three matches guys uh how how
9651s	have you guys been and also are you guys
9653s	enjoying the show so far
9655s	yeah what up Danny we've been enjoying
9657s	it man I mean Johnny been watching so
9659s	far like obviously some dominant plays
9661s	so far from Finland looking good and
9663s	obviously for the side of Iceland to
9665s	come in and qualify I mean that's
9666s	awesome for them right Johnny yeah fan
9668s	done this looking like a force to be
9669s	reckoned with uh and I mean now they get
9671s	promoted to grow B in the qualifiers in
9674s	June so they're gonna play the likes of
9676s	Sweden
9677s	and Saudi Arabia so okay okay you know
9680s	I'm I'm already scouting out Finland
9682s	there I I think they're forced to be
9684s	reckoned with moving forward
9685s	I mean another exciting thing about this
9688s	OverWatch uh I mean OverWatch World Cup
9690s	is I think Johnny I'm just so used to
9692s	like sitting next to you on the desk
9694s	yeah yeah and now you're over there
9696s	you're you're casting with Dustin like
9699s	how is it supposed to be casting I guess
9701s	instead I'm looking forward to it yeah
9704s	you're like a professional host now
9706s	Danny it's crazy just for one day just
9709s	for one day
9710s	we're gonna we're gonna see Daddy host a
9713s	lot more tournaments moving forward yeah
9714s	he was doing great Danny we're all doing
9716s	great we are we are and I mean I asked
9720s	this to we're talking about just how
9721s	excited uh we were for OverWatch World
9724s	Cup in general because it's been four
9725s	years right yeah you know how do you
9727s	guys feel about having World Cup back
9729s	finally afterwards Johnny Played On
9732s	Sweden didn't you you played on you did
9734s	that's right I did yeah yeah I did a
9736s	couple a year and a half I played two
9738s	qualifiers yeah that's that's what I did
9740s	yeah uh yeah yeah I mean I'm I'm psyched
9744s	that the World Cup is back uh you know
9745s	even dating back to 2016 2017. it's
9748s	interesting actually because I was
9749s	looking at some of the teams that you
9751s	know will be watching later today here
9753s	now in group a and even on team Denmark
9755s	for example you got people involved with
9758s	team denmarks that spent around the
9759s	scene since 2016. since 2017. so you
9762s	know it's great to see these faces come
9765s	back uh to the competitive scene and get
9767s	involved with their country and support
9768s	their country and try to make their
9770s	country proud so it's just such a unique
9773s	tournament I'm really happy that it's
9774s	back yeah oh yeah I mean like we're just
9777s	talking about like which you know which
9779s	countries are playing and what teams uh
9781s	so before we jump into the games I just
9784s	want to give everyone a quick refresher
9786s	on today's format one more time uh the
9788s	emec Wild Card Challenge is a round
9791s	robin first to two tournament that
9794s	consists of two groups we just finished
9796s	Group B uh consisting of Switzerland
9798s	Iceland and Finland of course Finland
9801s	came up top winning both matches in
9803s	Iceland as well so those two we'll be
9806s	moving into the qualifier matches in
9808s	June now the group a matches that will
9810s	be happening right now we have three
9812s	matches and the group a uh consists of
9814s	Ireland Denmark and Portugal and again
9818s	the top two teams from each group uh in
9821s	the Wild Card Challenge will advance to
9823s	the qualifier stage in June yes like I
9826s	said uh we're seeing we were we are now
9828s	done with Group B Iceland is going
9830s	forward and also Finland as well
9833s	Switzerland unfortunately did it make it
9835s	uh you know best of luck next year maybe
9838s	if we have OverWatch World Cup again but
9841s	group a we're starting we're starting
9843s	group a now we've got some great teams
9845s	Ireland Denmark I heard that Denmark is
9847s	kind of starting uh kind of Stack right
9850s	oh yeah yeah oh no Johnny touched on her
9852s	earlier but Denmark absolutely one of
9854s	the most you know overall veteran teams
9857s	in the entire world cup I mean they just
9859s	have so many good players on their team
9861s	but also you know we have some underdogs
9863s	on the other side right obviously
9864s	Portugal and I Ireland coming in we'll
9866s	have to see if those two teams you know
9868s	are evenly matched but obviously you
9870s	know clear favorites got to be Denmark
9872s	however you know at the end of the day
9873s	anything can happen right it's a wild
9875s	cup qual it's a wild qualifiers but
9877s	anything can happen yeah the real battle
9879s	is between Ireland and Portugal I feel
9880s	like in this group of who will qualify
9882s	alongside Denmark and both Portugal and
9885s	Ireland historically have been very
9887s	involved in the European OverWatch
9889s	Community Portugal for example has
9891s	standout individuals like mostasa for
9893s	example since 2017 right
9895s	um and you've had other members in
9897s	Portugal uh I do want to shout out team
9900s	Island as well uh because while they
9902s	haven't had a lot of World Cup success I
9904s	mean they're taking on Denmark it's
9905s	gonna be a tough match up here to start
9906s	things off but team team Ireland they
9910s	they always like try to make a thing out
9911s	of their World Cup team and I I got sent
9914s	a jersey back in 2019 even you know they
9916s	ship these around to to different Talent
9919s	members so uh I I got a jersey but with
9922s	with hand here I'm not biased or
9924s	anything but just to show that like team
9927s	Ireland they really put effort and stuff
9928s	into the world they care a lot and
9930s	they're really proud of it so
9932s	um yeah look out for team Ireland they
9934s	even have a hashtag underdogs here it is
9936s	here it is by the way here's the team
9937s	Island Jersey so oh my God that's nice
9939s	wait that is yeah
9945s	they said this in 2018 or 2019 I can't
9948s	remember but so even though they haven't
9950s	had World Cup success team Ireland they
9952s	are really passionate about this world
9954s	cup project of theirs and obviously I'm
9956s	not biased or anything but I think it's
9957s	really cool uh that these committees uh
9959s	the social leads to general managers
9961s	they really go out of their way to uh
9963s	try to make a big thumb thing or this
9965s	100 their country Johnny I'm gonna be
9967s	honest you know you said Denmark is
9969s	probably gonna make it out into the
9971s	qualifiers maybe you cast a custom
9973s	already what if they don't that would be
9975s	crazy
9978s	like that first time casting Johnny in a
9981s	while and you're already you're already
9982s	putting that on him that's literally
9984s	whatever don't say this I mean I when
9987s	Denmark revealed their roster for this
9988s	year I actually you know did the show
9990s	match between Sweden and Denmark and
9992s	Denmark already beat Sweden 3-1 so that
9995s	just puts people to perspective Denmark
9997s	has kind of already proven that they
9998s	belong in the actual group stage they
10000s	are that good they beat Sweden with
10002s	kebster and everything right so uh
10004s	they're good on that note John I mean
10006s	just because like earlier I think was it
10008s	Mitch and Mr X talked about like you
10010s	know Finland looking at this like it's
10011s	kind of disrespectful but they have to
10013s	take that wall clap qualifier like the
10014s	wall qualifiers is that kind of similar
10016s	for Denmark you think oh yeah taking it
10017s	personal yeah I mean I will say Denmark
10020s	they've never actually qualified for the
10021s	World Cup playoffs but we we do
10023s	recognize all the individual Talent on
10025s	the Danish team right so uh perhaps this
10029s	is the year that team Denver can make it
10031s	all the way but before we get to that
10032s	they gotta make their way through
10033s	Ireland and Portugal first
10035s	yeah yep that is true I mean
10038s	it's just I'm I'm very excited to see
10040s	because I mean Denmark is looking to be
10043s	a very strong team if they do make it
10046s	out it's gonna be Denmark versus Finland
10048s	right I think that's gonna be uh that's
10050s	gonna be a match to watch but hey uh the
10052s	games are ready so the first match of
10055s	group a is going to be Ireland versus
10057s	Denmark I'm gonna let you guys get into
10059s	it Johnny and Dustin have fun take it
10062s	away
10062s	thanks Danny well uh obviously yeah
10065s	myself and Johnny will be covering some
10066s	of these matches for you and obviously
10068s	this is you know our first time working
10069s	together Johnny in the in the World Cup
10071s	it's gonna be exciting obviously like
10074s	you talked about with me you know
10075s	previously it's just kind of a mixed bag
10078s	of what could happen right Anything
10079s	could happen right obviously there are
10081s	levels to this Denmark is very very much
10083s	so a skilled team but you know at the
10086s	same time we got a lot of potential with
10089s	the other teams in the lineup obviously
10091s	the Portugal and Ireland coming through
10093s	you know could still put up good fight
10095s	versus Denmark yeah and I will say
10097s	especially in these World Cup scenarios
10099s	uh these teams generally speaking have
10102s	had limited time to practice for example
10104s	on team Denmark right you have you have
10106s	shockwave he's busy playing with New
10108s	York Excelsior and screaming for the
10109s	OverWatch league right so it's all about
10111s	finding practice time together and that
10113s	usually leads to you haven't really
10115s	nailed down your Chemistry your Synergy
10117s	and if you can find some momentum with a
10119s	composition that throws your opponent
10121s	off guard that can make all the
10122s	different friends so let's see what team
10124s	Ireland is cooking maybe they surprised
10125s	Denmark here a bit
10127s	yeah it seems like they're actually
10128s	gonna walk out with that ramachar
10130s	composition and same for the side of
10131s	Denmark obviously both running that
10133s	however Shockwave gonna be the sojourn
10135s	in Castle Ria blocking that Hanzo to try
10138s	to get those pick-offs maybe that's
10139s	going to be Difference Maker on this
10141s	fight Alice who already takes a ton of
10142s	damage and in fact goes down early
10144s	before immortality field could even save
10146s	him so nut not in a position to
10147s	potentially save alisu on that side and
10150s	now Denmark pretty fast first fight win
10152s	yeah just a solid first fight they're
10155s	utilizing the maywall to cut off the
10156s	healing uh so they get an early
10159s	Advantage there and win the first fight
10160s	and now let's just hope they don't
10162s	snowball generate these ultimates too
10164s	quickly and the fight gets away from
10165s	Ireland here uh they still have a chance
10167s	to claw back
10168s	yeah they can still come back here with
10170s	potentially you know some old build up
10171s	but it was so quick that Denmark just
10173s	kind of rolled them over now slay gonna
10175s	be up to 70 on that window towards this
10178s	next fight Ireland trying to set up on a
10181s	re-engage coming towards that Coast you
10182s	don't really see that a lot of these
10184s	teams take the coastal front on the
10186s	engage but it does set up this Hanzo to
10188s	have these long range kind of pick-off
10190s	potential but at the same time
10191s	Castleberry is not able to find opening
10193s	picks on the back line Denmark is
10195s	waiting you know it out kind of biting
10197s	their time to build up slay's Ultimo
10199s	have it in this fight but also nut has
10200s	done a good job bowing up his ultimate
10202s	as well sled does get hooked but then
10204s	goes that amplification Matrix to heal
10206s	that front line so it forces nuts
10208s	immortality field and Ireland had the
10210s	drop towards that point but their wife
10212s	immediately by Denmark who just walked
10214s	all over them and it's all about space
10216s	amplification Matrix like you say you
10218s	build up that ultimate and then you
10219s	utilize that extra damage to find all
10222s	these picks I mean soldiers soldiers
10224s	damage just more damage over time right
10226s	you spray away a bit a little bit get
10227s	people low and then you capitalize on
10229s	that whereas Ireland as you said they're
10231s	looking for one of these Hanzo picks
10232s	they're looking for one of these arrows
10233s	to land and find an opening for team
10235s	Ireland now not has his own
10236s	amplification Matrix so let's see if
10239s	team Island can make the most out of it
10240s	yeah maybe with this ant Matrix Ireland
10242s	could make that comeback like you
10244s	mentioned they walk towards that point
10245s	already but the consistency of Denmark
10247s	with that may Ulta Zone off Ireland's
10249s	backline and the wall it just perfectly
10251s	separates nuts so even with that ant
10253s	Matrix it cannot save Allison who was
10256s	walled off and now Denmark just looks
10258s	for stacker fix if they find even more
10260s	here I'm not sure Ireland could come
10262s	back losing Castle in this fight could
10264s	be detrimental and in fact they're going
10266s	towards the spot trying to find
10268s	Annihilation as well on the GCB they run
10271s	towards that may of Ireland as well the
10273s	May ultimate does connect and slow them
10275s	down but with that beat drop nobody else
10277s	is able to touch for Ireland and that's
10280s	a quick 100-o for Denmark I mean that's
10282s	about as perfect of a point as you can
10284s	start here with Dustin they use like one
10286s	ultimate each and they all got
10288s	ridiculous value started out with slice
10290s	amplification Matrix and then pushing
10292s	deep with the annihilation sound barrier
10294s	comes into clutch with calyx and Denmark
10297s	just ran away with it that that just
10298s	speaks to how good Denmark is Dustin
10300s	this this is gonna be a tough match for
10302s	Ireland
10303s	no it's like we talked about you know
10305s	other aspects of Denmark obviously
10306s	Shockwave being the OverWatch League
10308s	player for them but you know Naga truly
10310s	has been a standout on the May whenever
10312s	he's been able to play that character
10314s	yeah I mean we were talking in the break
10316s	right and there was a few individuals
10318s	here on team Denmark that aren't in the
10320s	OverWatch league right now now I gotta
10322s	obviously used to play uh for an
10324s	OverWatch League team and we're sitting
10325s	there thinking like well you know Naga
10327s	like you know it's it's a bit odd that
10328s	he's not on an OverWatch League team
10330s	because he is that good he has that
10332s	versatility and Mei is one of his best
10333s	heroes yeah for sure one of those
10335s	players that's always in the
10336s	conversation just moving in between
10338s	OverWatch league and contenders Doge
10340s	already goes forward to you know stuff
10342s	Ireland towards this choke on the right
10344s	side to trying to set up castle with
10346s	these Hanzo picks I mean it's like we
10347s	mentioned earlier that consistency of
10349s	the sojourn was enabling Denmark earlier
10351s	but they actually are opting to run
10352s	Shockwave on the Hanzo as well but just
10355s	with their forward pressure they've
10356s	already forced Ireland to split off
10358s	towards that backside drop towards the
10360s	point they still have to high ground but
10362s	a nice maywall comes through
10364s	on the low ground to Zone off Doge but
10366s	now knock it with the counter May while
10367s	forces immortality field already early
10370s	from nut in fact Shockwave finds him off
10373s	that High Ground sleigh with the
10374s	follow-up damage as well in Ireland just
10376s	falling apart at the seams Denmark
10379s	surely going to capture this point first
10381s	nice solid play by Denmark there they're
10384s	waiting out the maywall from Team
10386s	Ireland and then when Ireland can't get
10388s	any value from the maywall Naga turns
10390s	things around he utilizes his own
10391s	maywall and Denmark just roll over them
10394s	so wait out your opponent's abilities
10395s	and then capitalize with your own that's
10398s	exactly it I mean just so smart play
10399s	from Denmark so far you know now they
10401s	move towards that point playing the
10403s	cooldowns correctly they're gonna wait
10404s	for slay to build up towards the ant
10406s	Matrix but not doing a good job keeping
10407s	Pace at least with that a matrix but
10410s	they do move move forward to the point
10411s	Island trying to put some point pressure
10413s	on forces that Pummel out already from
10416s	LSU but we now Castle just looking for
10418s	that back line with the Hanzo shots not
10420s	able to find anything but Doge does take
10422s	some damage on the low ground but he's
10423s	doing a good job just stalling out this
10424s	point making sure that cap does not
10427s	switch to Ireland meanwhile Castle comes
10431s	back but can't
10433s	but can't dragonstrike towards the point
10435s	to Zone it out so it seems like at the
10437s	same time Shockwave is aware of that
10438s	point meanwhile May ultimate connected
10440s	from Naga and just absolutely melts
10443s	everybody else onto the point as well as
10444s	Annihilation and Denmark now move
10447s	forward to 50 although Ireland did find
10449s	two kills it won't result in anything
10451s	yeah and you lose that Annihilation as
10453s	well that is crucial I mean the blister
10454s	comes out from Naga and freezes
10456s	everybody from Team Ireland so they
10457s	don't get any ultimate value and now
10459s	it's an uphill battle you have your own
10461s	blizzard but just look at the this point
10463s	it's so hard to get value with the
10465s	blizzard maybe you can control the point
10467s	and try to capture it and utilize
10468s	blizzard that way but otherwise it's
10470s	gonna be tough for Ireland
10472s	oh they're gonna have to ask Naga how
10473s	he's gotten value out of that male
10475s	because already a forced ice block from
10477s	cynex looking for that male like you
10479s	mentioned but Castle in fact dropped the
10480s	dragon track to Zone at that back line
10482s	forcing Doge to go aggressive but he has
10484s	the immortality field to stay alive also
10485s	takes that my ultimate but then a
10487s	counter May while in Shockwave to zone
10489s	out that back line Doge does eventually
10491s	fall with the assistance of everybody in
10493s	Ireland so it's taken the entire team to
10496s	just find one but Shockwave still in
10497s	this fight they found castle castle did
10500s	trade back Naga so it is a one for one
10502s	but Shockwave still wants more Ops to
10504s	jump forward has that Dragon strike Now
10505s	Alison was alone on that point as nut
10507s	takes some damage from the back line of
10509s	Shockwave immortality Field Force from
10511s	him calyx does fall so even though
10513s	Denmark went aggressive no way Shockwave
10516s	hits that shot on the sign next nice
10517s	pick from him now Dragon strikes toward
10519s	that point they don't have calyx but it
10520s	might not matter GCB is forced to use
10522s	that B drop slave forced to use his
10524s	amplification Matrix on the other side
10526s	chocolate still aggressive might be a
10528s	bit too aggressive nut picks him off
10529s	goes forward on to him Naga then zones
10532s	off that back line but Denmark still
10533s	don't have this point they have to make
10535s	the decision if they want to reset now
10537s	or to continue to lay this point it
10539s	looks like they're still just fighting
10540s	this Ireland not really able to find
10542s	these pick-offs in Denmark kind of not
10544s	punished until now cynics on the Tracer
10546s	does find keliks and maybe it's time for
10549s	Denmark to reset to back off use
10551s	knockout walls to back out but you know
10552s	with shockwave still in this fight you
10553s	can't have these pick-offs and he does
10555s	it again reinforce him in slay they find
10558s	two Shockwave finds castle and slay
10560s	finds two on the other side even though
10562s	Denmark were almost out of that fight
10564s	they're now coming back now in Ireland
10566s	only have two surely they didn't get
10568s	staggered and forced out of here oh the
10570s	game was running away with Denmark
10573s	Ireland had the cap 65 and it was
10576s	looking good for them but then three
10578s	picks I don't know where slay coming up
10580s	with two and he turned that fight around
10582s	and I mean that looks like it's about it
10584s	Dustin from app one yeah no way we start
10587s	off like this Johnny I mean what a
10588s	fantastic map one from Denmark and this
10590s	is why you know I mean you've had
10592s	conversations about this you know you
10593s	don't really want to you know count
10595s	anybody out per se but it's just seeing
10598s	two teams even if another team is super
10600s	high level you still see some cool
10602s	moments like we just saw from Denmark
10603s	just kind of shutting out Ireland's push
10605s	at the very last second yeah I mean
10608s	credit to Ireland they got some momentum
10609s	there on that final round right and they
10611s	they got 65 on the control meter and
10613s	you're thinking wow Denmark has to back
10615s	off here but Denmark being as high skill
10617s	as they are they capitalize on every
10619s	mistake so team Ireland pushing up a bit
10621s	too far that means slay gets two picks
10623s	and suddenly it's back in Denmark's
10624s	favor and they close out the map so uh
10626s	that was a thrilling way to kick off map
10628s	one here oh for sure yeah now we're
10631s	gonna wait for map number two to come
10632s	online and obviously for Denmark you
10634s	know Johnny we've seen in pretty I mean
10637s	you've played for dominant teams
10638s	previously as well you know how like
10639s	players your DPS players you even you
10641s	might just place you know a little more
10643s	aggressive versus teams you know hey you
10645s	have an advantage over right I think we
10646s	definitely saw that out of Denmark right
10648s	just that constant aggression forward
10649s	you know obviously going for hero plays
10651s	right galaxy was going deep
10654s	with shockwave yeah
10657s	he was like like do you think that's
10659s	like warranted versus a team like
10661s	Ireland you think I mean I think in that
10662s	specific scenario I I wouldn't call it
10665s	like BM or anything like that you know I
10667s	think very much Shockwave gotta pick and
10669s	then calyx and Shockwave they say well
10671s	all right we'll go deep we'll see what
10673s	happens and maybe we'll find another
10674s	pick maybe we can capitalize on this but
10676s	it didn't end up working out because
10677s	both calyx and chocolate got picked but
10679s	uh it was definitely a high risk play
10682s	and maybe they get away with it because
10683s	it's uh a lesser opponent they're
10685s	playing against or an underdog in team
10687s	Ireland yeah yeah and you know maybe in
10690s	some situations they would be able to
10692s	you know win those fights but like I
10694s	said it's that consistency factor that
10695s	you know maybe you don't go for that all
10696s	the time Shockwave obviously some nice
10698s	highlights with those picks and really
10700s	the only fight that Ireland had a had a
10702s	great chance on was when they just used
10703s	that mouth and then also used what is it
10705s	they used like everything to kill those
10707s	right I mean what they committed like
10708s	every Ultimate you saw five people in
10710s	the assist feed I mean how often do we
10712s	see that onto one character it just felt
10715s	like they just committed everything to
10716s	take out Doge and eventually they did
10718s	yeah I feel like team Ireland they
10720s	capitalized in some of those overly
10722s	aggressive mistakes from Team Denmark
10723s	though so if you're team Denmark you
10725s	kind of gotta rein it in at least a
10727s	little bit because otherwise you're
10728s	going to open up the opportunity for
10730s	team Island to really punish those
10732s	mistakes from Team Denmark and that's
10733s	how they got to 65 it could have easily
10736s	snowballed into more and maybe we even
10738s	get to 99 for both teams there on that
10740s	final round right so team Ireland
10741s	they're down 1-0 now after losing that
10744s	initial map but they can maybe get away
10746s	uh looking a bit closer in them until
10749s	yeah I mean obviously like Mo when we
10751s	moved to hybrid later on we'll
10753s	potentially see some uh changes there
10754s	for the side of Ireland to be able to
10756s	take off those picks but uh guys we're
10758s	going to show break when we come back
10759s	we'll have that number two ready for you
10760s	so don't go anywhere we'll be right back
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10979s	thank you
10981s	welcome back everybody the World Cup
10983s	qualifiers of the qualifier since it's
10986s	the Wild Card Johnny obviously we have
10988s	this matchup between Denmark and Ireland
10991s	Denmark just looked amazing on that
10992s	number one
10994s	um is there anything you want to maybe
10995s	recollect about that map one or anything
10998s	about the series that's on your mind
11000s	just that Denmark is really good at the
11002s	game that looks really good at the game
11004s	Dustin it's uh yeah yeah it's a
11006s	nightmare to deal with coming out with a
11008s	remotra May composition I mean if you're
11010s	a team Ireland
11012s	what do you hope that Denmark plays
11014s	maybe if like Denmark comes out with a
11017s	Winston composition you're like well we
11018s	can play Dive we know how to play Dive
11020s	Right like we maybe we can outsmart them
11022s	or outskill them with like Tracer Genji
11024s	or echo or something right but when
11026s	Denmark comes out playing ramadramay
11028s	you're like ah
11030s	it's gonna be hard we're gonna have to
11033s	outplay a main aramatra that's a lot of
11035s	abilities to deal with
11037s	I mean like yeah what do you do man like
11039s	you're just you just gotta play Comfort
11040s	picks yeah I gotta get picks with the
11043s	Hanzo yeah hit the logs bro you start
11046s	hitting the logs but you know at the
11048s	same time like for Castle Ria it's it's
11050s	hard because Denmark's I'm sure their
11051s	movement's good you know I'm sure their
11053s	positioning is is pretty good but on new
11055s	Bonnie maybe with The High Ground and
11057s	get those picks but like he's had the
11058s	opportunity too you know on certain
11060s	sub-level Maps like he's had the chance
11062s	to do it you know obviously the talent
11064s	pool is is potentially there from
11066s	Ireland but I mean Johnny if he didn't
11068s	start hitting logs in the previous map
11070s	I'm not sure he's just gonna turn into a
11072s	lumberjack on this one you know I mean
11073s	it is Hanzo I never never counts anybody
11076s	yeah anybody could do it man my
11079s	five-year-old you know if you play hun
11081s	so long enough you're gonna find a pick
11083s	it's like the uh the monkey typewriter
11086s	thing you know like give a monkey have
11087s	time right there and eventually the
11088s	right chase figure it out give Hanzo
11090s	pick counseling quick play and
11092s	eventually you're saying like replay
11094s	this match 100 million times and then
11097s	Castle Rio will come out on top is what
11099s	you're saying
11100s	I don't even think you need one million
11101s	for that surely it has to be less than
11104s	that well you know maybe we're actually
11106s	they don't want to live up today
11108s	it looks like they're mixing it up
11110s	Johnny they're putting faith in oh they
11112s	all have uh yeah on the Tracer looks
11114s	like and they're playing that uh Winston
11116s	Tracer Echo that I I spoke about so I
11118s	mean numbani you got some high ground to
11120s	play with
11121s	first point can be an absolute Nightmare
11124s	on the money I don't know what your
11126s	ranked games are looking like Dustin but
11127s	when IQ ranked and I we got first point
11130s	on Bonnie it's either a full hold or
11133s	it's going to overtime anybody's like
11135s	slowly turning into one of those maps
11136s	that I just like don't want to like play
11138s	in rank because it because it needs to
11139s	be so in our nation right like it's just
11141s	it's hard to play it it's hard to play
11143s	in ranked it's just one of those Maps
11144s	kind of like you know formerly her
11146s	Horizon looter Colony almost just on
11148s	first point there's some of these hybrid
11149s	maps are kind of like that but Ireland
11151s	play back around with this dive comp
11153s	they're trying to set up their echo in
11155s	this fight but you know what do you do
11156s	about Doge finding Faith already
11158s	Shockwave on the low ground in the face
11161s	of Alice who finds that pick and that's
11162s	just two to get that opening Ireland
11165s	just gonna try the soft reset and
11167s	potentially re-engage but that is scary
11168s	when shockwave's doing that I mean
11170s	that's brutal
11173s	Faith just gets sniped by Doge the
11176s	Winston just finished off from far
11177s	distance and then shock wave two Taps
11179s	your Echo like what do you do they don't
11182s	even come back to contest the point
11183s	because they're just so I'm not scared
11185s	okay listen they're not scared but you
11187s	know it's just like it's a tough spot
11188s	they're in at the moment they in fact go
11190s	for the dive at this choke point set up
11192s	the bubble at the corner that's a decent
11193s	spot and Sligo is aggressive with an ant
11195s	you need to connect on the Ireland I
11196s	mean that's how Ford he wants to be
11198s	playing Naga Force to recall back but
11199s	does get connected from some sticky
11201s	grenades backs around the car meanwhile
11202s	jump comes through for Alice through on
11204s	the cart to zone out with the bubbles
11205s	again so they get a lot of damage on the
11206s	Doge but no kills just yet they have
11209s	this full spawn Naga on the flank
11210s	looking for that Mana in the back but in
11213s	fact comes back for the brick it doesn't
11214s	really know what he wants to dive on
11216s	just yet looking for something but the
11217s	Nano comes through from Alice who wanted
11218s	to die but he slept while going for that
11220s	dive however it has given cynics that
11222s	first kill onto Doge knock did
11224s	eventually find that pulse bomb but GCB
11226s	does connect on to Naga so so far
11229s	doesn't look that bad for Ireland as
11230s	they do win that fight yeah it doesn't
11232s	look too bad but Doug Paul's Pawn did
11234s	land or not though so now without the
11236s	Nana you only have big heels for team
11237s	Ireland you're forced to let this point
11239s	uh go a little bit and let the payload
11241s	forward so looking good from Team
11244s	Ireland so far but they gotta come back
11245s	strong with ultimates in this next one
11247s	they're gonna have those ultimates but
11249s	we won't have that Nano like you
11250s	mentioned Doge disco does go for the
11251s	dive towards that pillar and then uses
11252s	the Primal against that brigitta which
11255s	some people have coined it as an IMAX
11256s	because of that Shield but the Sleep
11257s	Dart comes through in fact on the D
11258s	speed now to pull a pulse bomb lands on
11260s	the Doge but he's oh gotten out of that
11262s	fight just well he just jumps back with
11264s	that slime will cooldown and then also
11266s	finds Sinex nice job from Doge to
11268s	counter that though nut has found slay
11270s	because slay was trying to help Doge the
11272s	Brigitte to Rally now comes from Denmark
11274s	because in the previous five GCB used
11275s	his and sign X also not here with that
11278s	copy it's just too much value out of
11280s	that rally for Ireland to really get
11283s	anything here as they then push towards
11285s	the end of this point they are delaying
11287s	that payload with what looks to be faith
11289s	on the card he's doing a great job
11290s	recalls around dealing with that pace
11293s	one one versus four delays for like 30
11296s	seconds I mean that is great work from
11298s	Faith but it really can't be done alone
11300s	you know they still have to touch this
11302s	car because they get back here worth the
11304s	time yeah they do they have Alice who
11305s	comes through with that touch but Naga
11307s	does have the personal it's there Sonic
11308s	does get the copy they need to keep
11310s	touching 0.29 meters look sticky from
11312s	Naga connects on the GCB could not get
11314s	the shield up in time Sonic's copy is
11317s	dealt with as well and I sleep down in
11318s	tanaga but that is just kind of not
11320s	enough to give them a fight win another
11322s	reset again for Ireland as four minutes
11324s	and 40 seconds now for Denmark in this
11326s	third phase I mean excuse me for just
11328s	absolutely losing it every team fight
11330s	but I feel like Denmark is just coming
11331s	up with individual play after individual
11333s	play
11334s	um right there closing out that fight
11336s	but just Anonymous on point those
11338s	playing Winston to the absolute limits
11340s	without dying Shockwave on the ash this
11342s	is a scary team and now team Ireland
11344s	they they go to the Joker Queen they go
11347s	to the Jungle Queen of the tour let's go
11349s	oh okay drunk the queen of the tour I
11352s	mean they're pulling on all the stops
11353s	here the dive already comes through from
11354s	Doge on the cart uses that bubble early
11356s	nanoboost still available for nut in
11358s	this fight doesn't want to use it just
11359s	yet because the real lines Denmark is
11360s	trying to force it out but now that dive
11362s	comes through so they use the net abuse
11363s	on the drug screen but it's immediately
11364s	disengaged nice Jagged blade on to the
11367s	Anna but really doesn't have that
11369s	spacing there it's kind of the awkward
11370s	Queen angle where he doesn't really find
11372s	a lot of value in that Nano in fact it
11373s	seems like nogus found cynics with a
11375s	dive of Doge in the back line so the
11377s	back line of Denmark has done a good job
11379s	surviving alasu and they're Lucio of the
11381s	front line Faith trying to survive but
11383s	Denmark still got this payload not a lot
11385s	of meters left for them to go in fact
11387s	they found faith on the delay they try
11390s	to come through and touch but cannot 3
11392s	minutes and 33 seconds absolutely
11394s	blazing fast time for Denmark yeah just
11397s	phenomenal play to close it out okay
11399s	team Ireland you're going to adjust and
11401s	play junker Queen and torb well breaking
11403s	honor we're gonna play together calyx
11405s	and slay navigating to make sure they
11406s	don't die to the junker Queen by staying
11408s	far away and while that is all going on
11411s	Doge in the back lines with shockwave
11414s	with Naga and they close it out on the
11415s	Winston composition so just Flawless
11418s	play by Denmark really and team Island
11419s	didn't really stand a chance here on the
11421s	defense
11422s	yeah in fact I mean Johnny is it fair to
11424s	say they looked even better you know on
11426s	so far they kind of did yeah yeah they
11429s	looked even better than the previous map
11430s	and this is what we talked about with
11431s	like World Cup and you know you need
11433s	time to scrim and some of these teams
11434s	may not even you know be practicing to
11436s	be honest just because of the fact that
11437s	they're they're so talented that uh you
11440s	know they gotta practice with their main
11441s	teams and it's like there's a lot going
11442s	on right like you gotta practice
11444s	contenders you gotta practice rank you
11445s	gotta practice World Cup a lot going on
11447s	for these players right yeah I mean for
11448s	sure I already mentioned chalk wave on
11450s	New York Excelsior of course but you
11451s	have the likes of Naga slay calyx these
11454s	are on uh different teams and contenders
11456s	themselves right playing for uh Team
11457s	peps and twisted minds and uh these
11460s	teams right so then you have to organize
11461s	time okay when can you scream shock
11463s	waves in a different time zone and it's
11465s	all over the place
11467s	um I will say that team Denmark they do
11469s	have very experienced management when it
11472s	comes to the World Cup for example who
11473s	goes the general manager I believe he's
11475s	been involved since 2016 2017 right so
11478s	he's been on all of these World Cup
11480s	teams and he knows what it takes to
11481s	organize the schedule what compositions
11484s	are we going to play Fisher of course
11486s	use the coach for the British hurricane
11487s	as well when they were at their absolute
11489s	Peak right so this is a team Denmark
11491s	committee that is really experienced
11493s	with what it takes to be a good World
11494s	Cup team and Denmark just rounding out
11497s	with great individual Talent
11499s	yeah and in fact it looks like Denmark
11501s	wants to you know lock that uh that
11503s	Jungle Queen that was previously
11505s	arraigned by Ireland so they try to
11507s	rotate all the way around the coastal
11508s	side then come back towards the point
11510s	and they haven't under the control in
11512s	fact you know they've forced uh Ireland
11514s	all the way back through Maine and now
11516s	the jump comes through from Ireland on
11518s	their attack slay does get Anthony fate
11521s	does find him no suzu insight to save
11523s	him sadly Sonics also finds Shockwave so
11526s	Naga does trade it back but that pick is
11528s	fantastic so far for Ireland but that
11531s	torp towards still getting a lot of
11532s	value nobody's taking it out until nut
11533s	does but you know nagas found nuts so
11536s	while he was looking for that turret now
11538s	Denmark opts to drop and even though
11540s	Ireland found the opening picks they are
11542s	now getting staggered out by Doge and
11544s	that front line of Denmark it's just
11546s	brutal that not goes down there on the
11548s	island you lose so much healing for the
11549s	side of Team Ireland because it really
11551s	started out well further them they got
11553s	two picks initially right and then you
11554s	take control of the point you're forced
11556s	to deal with the torb turret but while
11557s	not takes out the torp turret with the a
11559s	sniper rifle he goes down and you lose
11562s	so much healing so team Ireland yeah
11564s	rough start here but they're starting to
11566s	build some ultimates if not can get this
11568s	not a boost online maybe they can
11569s	capitalize on it yeah maybe maybe to set
11572s	up Faith to succeed on that backline him
11574s	and not kind of been doing a good job
11575s	being that to that duo that has enabled
11577s	them the Neighbors come through and also
11579s	after that dive came through but synex
11580s	not ready to go for and engage as that
11583s	shout from those it keeps everybody in
11585s	Denmark healthy in fact they're backing
11586s	up in this disengaging Allison and find
11589s	him I mean just kind of two different
11591s	pages that it seems like Ireland's on at
11593s	the moment Denmark you know did counter
11594s	LSU's dive but Ireland you got to commit
11597s	towards something there right yeah it's
11598s	also really difficult to play Winston
11600s	into this composition and we're actually
11601s	going to see Ireland swap over to the
11603s	junkie Queen themselves because when you
11604s	play this Winston right you can't really
11606s	jump the torb because first of all he
11609s	also has a shotgun secondary fire right
11610s	so there's a ton of damage you can't
11612s	really dive the junker Queen you got
11613s	kiriko again that can leap around
11615s	Lucio's harder to jump so it's a very
11617s	difficult composition to dive if you're
11619s	playing a Winston Cup right so let's see
11620s	what Ireland can do mirroring the Jungle
11623s	Queen
11624s	wow and without Lucio 2 that's quite the
11627s	play considering I guess what gcb's got
11629s	the rally soon but maybe you swap nut on
11631s	that Lucio to give that Lucio speed
11633s	because you know without this loser the
11634s	trunk Queen's gonna have a hard time
11636s	finding this fight and he just has to
11638s	run all the way back through Maine Bob
11639s	is out lands on the gcp who could not
11641s	build that rally either just yet and
11643s	they're just waiting it out now in fact
11645s	Alison kind of gets Dove on by Denmark
11647s	but it looks like they're doing a soft
11648s	engage here towards the main as Ireland
11650s	attempts to regroup they have to deal
11652s	with the trace in the back line Faith
11653s	does get found and also Sonic's pretty
11655s	much in the same spot they both collapse
11657s	on the ground in harmony you know it's
11660s	it seems like it's almost poetic for
11661s	Ireland they're still getting staggered
11663s	as well from Denmark who then run on
11664s	them on the main side the engine game is
11666s	here so Alice who does connect on
11668s	display but also even more kills the
11670s	rally here from GCB into a rampage
11672s	eventually will get found and this is
11675s	looking rough now for Ireland yeah maybe
11677s	gcp wants to swap it up there for one
11678s	last fight maybe pivot away to the Lucio
11680s	instead she can use that movement speed
11682s	that's going to be it now
11686s	right you're not going to be able to
11688s	combo it with the Dragon Blade so we're
11690s	not going to have any Nano blades online
11691s	but
11693s	okay that's a great first pick on
11694s	chocolate actually oh my okay they found
11697s	Shockwave Shockwave again going
11698s	aggressive like he did on Hanzo
11700s	previously enables Ireland to find that
11702s	open pick to have ultimates to work with
11704s	but then come that katsune Rush from
11706s	slay into a Nana boost on to Alice Sue
11708s	but the beat drop now connects from
11710s	caltex to enable their fight to keep
11712s	going but nice Rampage with that Nano it
11715s	connects onto three members of Denmark
11716s	he gives them that kill on to knock up
11718s	and not after naga's ultimate finds both
11721s	faith and nut now they're still trying
11723s	to play the copy comes out from cynex
11725s	but the split he does find one now comes
11727s	that Lucio of GCB towards the point but
11729s	Shockwave finds him now Alison here on
11731s	the point isn't one versus two with his
11733s	okay they're winning this fight here
11735s	Kellis goes down as well it's just slay
11738s	but slay is a standout player in his own
11739s	right however you really can't do it
11741s	against your drunker Queen and an echo
11743s	and Ireland is Cap point a there it is
11745s	when in doubt Dustin use known a boost
11748s	on drunker Queen and Rampage and then
11750s	duplicate junker Queen and Rampage again
11751s	there there was a lot there that they
11753s	had to rely on also Shockwave getting
11755s	picked right just build two two Rampages
11757s	and get a pick two ramp Pages get a pick
11760s	I mean that's all then that's all that's
11761s	so much man that is a ridiculous amount
11763s	that that Ireland needs and now they
11765s	have no ultimates in this fight either
11767s	they're against Shockwave with Bob and
11768s	you know torbjorn turret Bob it just
11770s	seems like Denmark running all the AI on
11773s	the field dropping that Bob into the
11775s	back line shout does keep Ireland
11776s	somewhat healthy but they still got to
11777s	deal with it is Bob no Bob's just not in
11779s	I was a little lost there he's stuck in
11781s	the wall on that left side it zones out
11783s	Ireland so good disengagement yeah that
11785s	was a great disengage to avoid all that
11786s	Bob damage and now he can re-engage you
11788s	gotta sound barrier soon so I think for
11790s	Ireland you just want to build some
11791s	ultimates here and then see you can get
11792s	some momentum
11793s	maybe build Bank can senior rush like
11795s	you said or or the beat drop or that
11797s	Rampage Denmark now sitting with the
11799s	Rampage of their own choke they don't
11800s	want to extend past this this is always
11802s	something interesting for drunk between
11803s	just you know if you opt to you know go
11806s	towards that opening where Ireland want
11808s	to disengage or to just wait for the
11809s	enemy team to come in it looks like it's
11811s	kind of a bait play to then Force Alice
11813s	Through To Go aggressive with that
11814s	continued Rush of not building that
11815s	Rampage beat drop to Overlay that
11818s	backside because that because those pop
11820s	that Rampage counter Rampage from Alice
11822s	who connects on the dose so Ireland
11823s	playing the old game perfectly then
11825s	going to the back line with the Genji
11827s	Ireland forcing out Denmark in this
11829s	fight calyx is built beak slay also with
11831s	a senior watch but they're they're out
11833s	of there for this one yeah that was a
11834s	great kitsuna rush and then GCB with a
11836s	perfect sound barrier to negate the
11837s	effects of dojo's Rampage and now
11839s	Denmark they have a casino Rush on a
11840s	Sunday of themselves but faith if he
11842s	waits this out maybe he can get value
11844s	from the Dragon Blade and secure point
11846s	two here yeah I mean they've done a good
11848s	job disengaging before if they realize
11850s	that's their wing condition let's see if
11851s	they can continue that Denmark may be
11854s	aware they don't want to waste ultimate
11855s	to take their time an incoming shout
11857s	dive with the blade early that's a bit
11859s	of a different play forces both
11860s	ultimates from slay and telexnog also
11862s	dropped the torp you're an ultimate card
11864s	maybe maybe that's not that bad nobody
11866s	touched the cart too
11871s	what was the I guess they were just
11873s	trying to counter dive at the choke it
11876s	makes space worked it makes that was
11877s	dusted that might have been the best
11879s	blade that didn't get value directly
11883s	like that's actually
11884s	that's actually crazy and now they get
11886s	this Denmark comes to this dagger picks
11888s	but you know a little bit of a little
11889s	bit of Shame on their part to drop that
11891s	checkpoint off but at the same time in
11893s	OverWatch 2 c9s happen probably way more
11895s	frequently Denmark you know pick counter
11897s	this looks like Johnny they're going for
11898s	spawn camps they're going for stagger
11900s	picks here just to to make up you know
11902s	save some face here they're angry now
11904s	they're like okay we see nine we're
11906s	gonna we're gonna hold forward in Your
11908s	Spawn hey never never anger a Dane man
11910s	never never make the Danes angry right
11912s	true they'll go they'll go ham on you
11914s	true um cynics does have the copy toward
11917s	your interrupt taken out from Naga side
11918s	so progressions for Ireland to soby look
11921s	for move forward I believe that's a bob
11923s	there from Shockwave connects on the GCB
11925s	on that back line Ireland then goes back
11927s	towards the spot once more Doge says no
11929s	sir you are not escaping me Alice Sue
11931s	pulls him back with a jacket blade and
11933s	Bob finds that kill slay wants even more
11935s	finds nut two and 40 seconds left
11937s	Ireland have built some ultimates maybe
11939s	they could do it this fight this is
11941s	actually kind of hard to break if you
11942s	team Ireland because you almost have to
11943s	go to The High Ground contest right
11945s	because you can't go below you can't go
11946s	beneath them so you have to take these
11949s	stairs up and I guess they have a
11950s	kitsuna rush but it's just not where you
11952s	want to invest ultimates
11954s	yeah let's see if Ireland could do it
11955s	with that casino from the top but like
11956s	you said I mean it's a rough angle to
11958s	get out with that katsune rush and zynax
11961s	goes through the low ground but really
11962s	you're not gonna be able to do much
11964s	through here unless this dive comes
11965s	through or this engage rather comes
11966s	through from Ireland in fact Shockwave
11968s	takes Faith out as they try to push
11969s	through without any ultimate so it looks
11972s	like they kind of took your advice but
11973s	for the wrong reasons now four seconds
11975s	left they go for the copy already down
11976s	two members they're coming to get sooner
11978s	Rush late the copy though from cynics
11980s	does find Naga says I'm the better
11982s	toward on this day a rampage as well
11984s	from aliceu but it seems like it has
11986s	engaged too well didn't connect on
11988s	display they still have members in this
11989s	fight but this could sooner Rush gone
11991s	the cooldowns are no longer being reset
11993s	Shockwave in fact it's a coach gun kill
11995s	on the GCB and they're stopped in the
11997s	second phase giving Denmark the map win
12000s	and giving them that first to three
12002s	victory over Ireland
12004s	it's a good clean look from Team Denmark
12007s	they're exactly what we expected from
12009s	Denmark really coming in clutch winning
12011s	the first match 2-0 team Ireland maybe
12014s	they found something with the donkey
12015s	Queen though we all didn't talk about
12017s	going into this match that it's Ireland
12019s	versus Portugal is going to be the match
12020s	to watch because those two teams are
12022s	really battling it out for the second
12023s	spot right so maybe they can build some
12025s	momentum from that and Bonnie going in
12027s	to put their match against Portugal
12028s	later today
12029s	that's a good point we don't we haven't
12031s	seen Portugal just yet so we have to you
12033s	know wait and see what they could do
12034s	because like yeah like you mentioned we
12035s	have to bear in mind that Denmark is
12037s	just a to be honest the PowerHouse right
12039s	like they're just such a good team
12040s	they're so freaking good man so
12042s	realistically obviously bad luck for
12045s	Ireland taking L but real you know
12047s	there's some takeaways here obviously
12049s	some cope from from myself maybe Johnny
12051s	as well but you know Ireland could come
12052s	back versus Portugal I'm an expert
12054s	copium specialist yeah no worries you're
12057s	right yeah via Twitter you know we've
12059s	seen all of the coke from reinforced too
12062s	much code level two cope you're out of
12064s	cope now are you are you fully deprived
12066s	yeah I'm feeling a bit low on the copia
12067s	but still team Island they're worthy of
12069s	some code because team Ireland they did
12071s	find some momentum here on the attack
12072s	and you know they tried the Winston
12074s	composition their composition didn't
12075s	work but maybe with the Jungle Queen
12077s	composition the faith utilizing some
12078s	Dragon blades cynics on the echo
12080s	honestly has some really touch
12082s	duplicates right so fair play yeah that
12086s	you usually don't see that do you like
12087s	usually a lot of these Echoes kind of
12089s	just go in with they're just aggressive
12091s	play and then try to copy as they go low
12093s	like a like a diva player would you know
12094s	with Diva bomb right yeah exactly or to
12097s	you know contest control points and
12099s	stuff like that right but
12101s	duplicating a torbjorn and then finding
12103s	a pick on the torbjorn I'll I'll Trace
12105s	that any time of the week that I don't
12107s	even need copium for that that's just
12108s	straight up good that's just straight up
12110s	good
12110s	straight up a good play and obviously
12112s	for Ireland they're looking forward to
12114s	that matchup with Portugal
12117s	um you know obviously we're seeing a lot
12118s	of the highlights out of that match is
12119s	there anything that we noticed from
12121s	Denmark that maybe could bode well for
12123s	them moving forward besides just pure
12125s	dominance or is this one of those
12126s	matches Johnny where you're just like
12127s	okay it was a bit one-sided we don't
12129s	really learn a lot about either team I
12132s	mean the thing about Denmark really is
12134s	that they picked up this junker Queen
12135s	after team Ireland show it off right now
12137s	I don't know if junkie Queen was on the
12141s	the the Google sheet so to speak right I
12143s	don't know if they hit this with the
12144s	composition they had planned out ahead
12146s	of time that Denmark is going to play
12147s	junker Queen it sort of just felt like
12149s	they picked it up with a fly and were
12150s	like all right you want to play donkey
12151s	Queen we can play donkey Queen and
12153s	that's really all you need to know about
12154s	Denmark they're incredibly talented
12156s	individuals that can play a lot of
12158s	different compositions and they're not
12160s	scared to adapt during the game right so
12162s	that's a really good sign especially in
12163s	the world cup with limited practice time
12165s	we can play lots of different
12166s	compositions so team Denmark looking
12168s	really good so far yeah in Denmark have
12171s	also morph on that bench but those
12173s	really trying to fill all roles
12174s	meanwhile guys we'll set up that second
12176s	match in just a second we got two more
12178s	left on the day of this wild qualifiers
12181s	that we had ahead of you so don't go
12182s	anywhere we'll be right back after a
12184s	break
12188s	I
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12196s	I don't know I keep calling you a wild
12197s	qualifiers man I'm just like
12199s	[Music]
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12245s	[Music]
12258s	[Music]
12262s	foreign
12266s	[Music]
12322s	[Music]
12339s	foreign
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12394s	foreign
12411s	it's me it's me and Johnny in this scene
12413s	apparently good to see you good to talk
12415s	to I don't know if you guys can even
12416s	hear Danny but he's always talking or
12417s	you're hearing him I want to see Daddy
12419s	can we see daddy where's Daddy
12422s	[Applause]
12424s	all right everybody I'm back uh welcome
12426s	back Danny but yeah thank you thank you
12428s	for having me back I just wanted to you
12429s	know quickly chat with you guys because
12431s	you know the Denmark Ireland match you
12434s	know you guys predicted Denmark's win
12435s	and they did and I feel like Denmark
12438s	showed a lot more it wasn't just about
12440s	them like you know they're like amazing
12443s	skills and like they're playing well but
12445s	other than that they also showed
12446s	something interesting right they had a
12448s	C9 so you know everything for the fans
12450s	right amazing games
12457s	what more can you ask from them Danny's
12459s	just Danny's just a chat member that's
12461s	just like as a host that's he's just
12463s	here to just make fun of teams just get
12465s	roast them all down is Iceland playing
12468s	soon let's go where's Iceland where's
12471s	Iceland at Iceland is going to the uh
12473s	going to the qualifiers in June but uh
12475s	yeah
12476s	but uh yeah yeah
12483s	honestly Denmark looked good I think
12486s	Ireland had some
12488s	um some moments as well right
12491s	yeah I I would like they had some
12493s	moments at times like obviously with the
12495s	torbjorn copy that you know we talk
12497s	about like we talk about the echo
12498s	composition potentially working out for
12499s	Ireland maybe versus Portugal later on
12502s	Johnny mentioned that something that we
12503s	could look forward to I'm looking
12505s	forward to seeing that match up as well
12506s	between those two teams but specifically
12508s	with Denmark obviously the takeaway is
12511s	so far that you know Denmark such a
12513s	great team Ireland have things they have
12515s	some potential in the future obviously
12518s	maybe later on because the top two teams
12520s	qualify Johnny I mean that's a that's a
12523s	pretty big margin to work with here so
12525s	if you get knocked down these qualifiers
12526s	obviously that's not good but you do
12529s	have some leeway to work with right yeah
12531s	I mean you're playing Portugal later in
12533s	the day if you're Ireland and that's the
12534s	match you're really looking to win and
12536s	if you do beat Portugal you do Advance
12538s	into the next qualifier phase in June
12540s	and it's a bit unfair comparing these
12544s	guys to Denmark because Denmark is
12546s	arguably like a top eight World Cup team
12548s	in the world like they're one of the
12550s	best teams in the world cup and they
12553s	find themselves here in the wild called
12554s	qualifier right so team Ireland this is
12557s	this was not the match you had to win
12559s	and honestly like you don't even like
12562s	keep it close team Ireland I think they
12564s	have a way better chance against
12565s	Portugal and that is the only match you
12567s	really care about today so we're looking
12569s	forward to that one yeah I mean talking
12570s	about Portugal let's take a quick look
12572s	at the schedule one more time because
12573s	Portugal is going to go up up against
12576s	Denmark in our next match followed by
12579s	our last match is going to be Ireland uh
12582s	which is you know unfortunately lost it
12583s	lost to Denmark but they are going to go
12585s	up against Portugal and that is going to
12587s	be our last match for group a
12590s	Denmark Portugal is up next what do you
12593s	guys expect uh from this match
12596s	hmm well I mean Johnny I don't know if
12598s	you agree but like it seems like for
12599s	Denmark and Portugal the biggest
12600s	takeaway we're going to see is how
12602s	Portugal you know can stand up to
12603s	Denmark if it's still a 2-0 for Portugal
12606s	that might be a big deal but like uh or
12609s	sorry for Denmark that might be a big
12610s	deal but you know we're also looking at
12612s	you know micro things probably in this
12613s	fight right Johnny we're like looking at
12615s	you know how their individual players
12616s	are doing and if they can put up a
12617s	better fight yeah for sure I mean this
12619s	is the first time we'll see a lot of the
12620s	players that will be competing for
12622s	Portugal historically as I mentioned
12624s	earlier Portugal has been a country that
12626s	has had some standout individuals like
12628s	mosasa in the past for example who was a
12631s	great European tank in in the early days
12633s	2016 2017 but now going into the 2023
12637s	World Cup it is a bit of a change of the
12639s	guard for team Portugal and some new
12641s	faces uh on the scene right so I don't
12644s	really know what we have in store for
12645s	team Portugal but this is their first
12647s	opportunity to really make a name for
12648s	themselves and also but I mean uh I
12651s	think things are you know one thing
12652s	that's I guess a plus for Portugal is
12655s	that they did get to see see Denmark's
12657s	play right against Ireland just now oh
12659s	yeah you know maybe that could help out
12662s	maybe strategize what they want to do
12664s	for this matchup that is going to happen
12666s	right now Denmark versus Portugal the
12668s	match is ready so gentlemen go ahead
12671s	see you Danny yeah see you man it was I
12673s	mean honestly I agree with Danny kind of
12674s	here it's always been a debate Johnny
12675s	where it's like do you think I'm gonna
12677s	I'll post you this question Johnny do
12678s	you think it's actually better for a
12680s	team to be on the sideline to be able to
12681s	you know chill out a little bit you get
12683s	to relax you and you get to eat maybe
12685s	study your team or do you think it's
12687s	better to have this game warm-up almost
12690s	slash a real match before you play yet
12692s	another one I mean it depends player to
12694s	player right I always prefer having a
12696s	look at what I'm going to be playing up
12697s	next so now you know that you're going
12699s	to play Antarctica Peninsula again right
12701s	so you know that team Denmark they're
12703s	going to come out and play the Romantic
12704s	composition do you want to mirror that
12706s	composition do you want to face uh
12708s	player faster it looks like they're
12710s	actually going to mirror this
12711s	composition but even something simple as
12714s	this point right you know that Denmark
12717s	might hedge towards the outside of this
12719s	point maybe you can find some positional
12721s	Advantage now going into this very first
12723s	fight and snowball from the momentum
12725s	right mm-hmm yeah I think that's a
12726s	that's a good point you know maybe
12727s	trying to find something to to maybe
12730s	surprise Denmark with but in this
12732s	situation they actually just opt to go
12733s	inside take the similar angles as they
12735s	did before early May wall from there
12739s	he he found the pick I mean nice shot
12742s	from uh from kuruma but not at the same
12744s	time Dizzle also found Shockwave Telex
12746s	did trade back one but that's a nice
12749s	start for Portugal comparatively to
12751s	earlier for Islands you gotta have faith
12753s	in the logs Dustin faith in the logs it
12755s	always works out I don't know who the
12757s	who they're praying to the wood Gods the
12759s	the trees the the forests I don't know
12762s	it's worked out for Kurama
12764s	badly I don't think there's any trees on
12766s	this map it seems to be a frozen way
12768s	you're right but
12770s	Portugal has shipped over those logs
12772s	giving them to Hanzo meanwhile they
12774s	rotate towards that fight again another
12776s	pick from caroma to find kelik's shot
12779s	Cliffs trying to equalizer but Dizzle
12780s	connects on the Doge and we've been
12782s	talking up Denmark but maybe we've been
12784s	focusing on the wrong side Portugal is
12786s	looking amazing they've been waiting
12788s	they've been waiting for this matchup
12790s	they got the read they've downloaded
12792s	Denmark they're ready to go now playing
12794s	the Hanzo composition and Karama is just
12795s	popping off you're finding both entry
12797s	frags in both of these fights and now
12799s	you build the amplification Matrix you
12801s	got a dragon strike to really throw
12803s	Denmark off off their groove here so in
12805s	Portugal this is where you snowball away
12807s	and get the first round here on this map
12809s	purama waiting with that Dragon strike
12811s	ready to go amplification Majors from
12813s	Dizzle is also available Karama drops
12815s	back the rest of his team drops the
12816s	dragon track onto the back line of
12818s	Denmark who was not fully in but it does
12820s	force the ice block from Naga who is
12821s	building towards the ultimate Doge goes
12823s	low so an immortality field from slay is
12825s	committed and Naga Snipes out Kurama
12828s	says that we don't have a Hanzo but you
12830s	know I'll hit those shots from across
12831s	the map why not nice shot from Naga
12833s	meanwhile the rest of Portugal are Dove
12835s	upon with that may ultimate so Naga
12837s	being that Difference Maker gave Denmark
12839s	the re-engage but Portugal still has
12841s	some time on the clock Knight or 78
12843s	nearly for them all right we're done
12846s	playing we're done playing Dustin
12847s	Denmark feeling it now uh okay I mean
12850s	that was that was a nice uh push there
12852s	but Denmark just like getting on top of
12855s	Portugal Doge unleashing the Nemesis
12857s	form and doing tons of damage onto the
12859s	back line and this they didn't really
12861s	stand a chance to get the immortality
12862s	filled out but for the most part Denmark
12864s	they know when to capitalize they know
12866s	when to engage and really push that man
12868s	Advantage so if you get picked that's a
12870s	bad sign
12871s	if you're cold beaming for Denmark I'll
12873s	be the copium Ford Portugal me Kurama
12875s	potentially find those Hanzo picks he's
12877s	proven it already has been able to do
12879s	with the boy on the Hanzo but they
12880s	already rocking to this point they have
12882s	to they commit uh was a male ultimate
12884s	profilment to do but they don't find the
12886s	kill unfortunately the beat drop from
12887s	skelax into the back line as well with
12890s	the overclock you know over topping the
12891s	ultimates of Denmark doing it quite well
12893s	with this layer they do find Dizzle as
12896s	well with the annihilation Naga also
12897s	connects on a Kurama also finds Fleming
12900s	zoo and now Denmark like you said it
12901s	seems like they're online yeah it's just
12903s	such a tough angle to work if your ego
12905s	there with the annihilation and instead
12907s	it's Doge holding down the fort with his
12909s	own Annihilation and fights a pick onto
12910s	Thistle and if you lose your Batiste in
12912s	these compositions that is so much
12914s	healing that you've just lost and you
12916s	just can't maintain yourself in these
12918s	fights so you would really want to take
12920s	advantage of these maywalls flamenzo I
12923s	think he has to come up culture for
12924s	Portugal and find some kind of pick or
12926s	isolate one of the members from Denmark
12928s	Clements are looking for those ice
12931s	blocks like you mentioned they walk
12932s	towards that point now go around left
12934s	side Denmark ready to go on to Ego who
12936s	as he goes forward on towards that point
12939s	just goes on the top angle to spam out
12941s	that back line but Denmark is
12943s	surrounding them at the current moment
12944s	Naga building up that may ultimately
12945s	incredibly quickly the blizzard nice
12947s	Waldo like you said boom pomenzo does
12949s	connect onto Doge as they use the
12952s	immortality field to save him for almost
12954s	looking for those backline shots but
12956s	could not find it because Denmark has
12957s	this engaged it quite well and waited
12960s	for Naga to pop that may ultimate so now
12962s	with the blizzard they find Dizzle and
12964s	nobody can touch the point either
12965s	because they're too focused on fighting
12967s	Denmark will take round number one uh
12969s	it's beautiful play by Denmark I really
12971s	thought that they would have picked off
12972s	Doge there with a great May wall uh from
12975s	fromenso there but instead team Denmark
12978s	they're still alive I did notice you
12980s	know how beautifully Denmark were spread
12982s	out they realized that we can't just
12983s	stack up against the May right so
12985s	instead we're going to spread out on The
12986s	High Ground and really make it difficult
12987s	for Portugal to run someone over and
12990s	over time Naga builds a blizzard and
12992s	when you unleash the blister under the
12993s	point like that
12994s	I mean it's game over they all get
12996s	Frozen and Portugal didn't stand a
12998s	chance but at least they got some cap
12999s	time it's it right more than Ireland got
13002s	from that point
13003s	so far we're we're edging towards
13005s	Portugal I guess so far I mean you know
13008s	Denmark like they were lying heavily on
13009s	Naga to find those those picks and to
13011s	build that my ultimate like you said
13013s	earlier I mean now they have shockwave
13014s	onto the Hanzo previously did well on
13017s	this map as well on this sub level and
13019s	uh now Portugal tries to equalize it
13022s	with their own hostel they've been able
13023s	to find picks previously at the
13024s	beginning of the map but you know maybe
13027s	this time with shockwave on the Hanzo
13029s	it's somebody that can kind of deal with
13031s	that backline pressure from Portugal
13032s	they kind of Stack up together in this
13035s	fight well Denmark was the first ones to
13036s	a grant drop the maywealth and nagas
13038s	maywealth does separate the back line
13039s	but they break it incredibly quickly
13040s	however while they were focusing that
13042s	may while Shockwave has been able to
13044s	find Karama that's a nice opening pick
13046s	for Denmark they lose they actually lose
13049s	calyx in this fight though two EO and
13051s	this fight and now Denmark you know
13053s	they're kind of in a rough spot they do
13054s	get that wall off Portugal they now have
13056s	to deal with Naga with the blizzard and
13058s	everybody is just zoned out from Doge
13061s	they take that point first and Naga
13063s	putting on a show at the moment they
13064s	were just brawling for like a minute
13066s	right there building ultimates and Naga
13068s	he gets a blizzard while Denmark has
13070s	like two percent cap time that's just
13072s	absolutely ridiculous it it is a bit of
13074s	a rough disadvantageous for Portugal
13076s	there because you're sort of stuck into
13077s	the corner like you mentioned Dustin and
13079s	we know like we know both of you we we
13082s	know uh that if you're playing against
13083s	the May and a Hanzo and you're stuck in
13085s	a corner it's a bad deal so Portugal
13088s	maybe some more aggression here
13089s	maybe some aggression they try to go
13091s	forward try to get some space like you
13093s	said but now they're kind of split off
13095s	the maywall from now they're doing a
13096s	great job zoning him up but they've
13097s	actually lived because of the May
13099s	ultimate zone from flamenzo they do
13101s	actually find Naga with that but at the
13103s	same time calyx has traded back so that
13105s	may is no longer in the fight still with
13107s	Club calyx Denmark try to back up a loud
13110s	Shockwave to maybe equalize it in these
13113s	fights as ego goes incredibly low drops
13115s	towards the point neither Lucio Hills
13116s	they have a beat drop available
13117s	no it's not in time to save the Hanzo
13121s	from Portugal and now they have to deal
13123s	with Doge with the annihilation ego also
13125s	goes forward with his own but they're
13126s	down to Hanzo and he went a little bit
13128s	too far forward because now he split off
13130s	from his team Dizzle tried to go forward
13131s	to save him but it's slay on that
13133s	Baptiste to find those two kills with a
13135s	damage output in Denmark didn't even
13137s	give up the point oh the sound bear is
13138s	just a second too short and couldn't
13140s	save Karama and you lose your Hansel
13142s	damage that is so crucial investing the
13145s	annihilation as well and now Denmark
13146s	really pushing the advantage they got an
13148s	early pick on to Karama they know that
13149s	chroma is going to spawn faster than
13151s	everybody else and they secure that pick
13153s	so just buying themselves more time and
13155s	now it's desperation time for Portugal
13157s	10 away for from Denmark from just
13160s	winning this map out they gotta get on
13161s	to the point yeah they have to touch
13163s	this point but against the dragon strike
13164s	from Shockwave how do they do it they
13166s	actually drop down uh ego towards that
13169s	point they touch the actual objective he
13171s	now comes back up to the stairs at the
13173s	Lucio and Tracer not gonna be delaying
13174s	this point but each time they do they
13176s	have to do a Shockwave who drops the
13177s	dragon strike ant Matrix is also here
13179s	Shockwave finds ego nice job from him
13182s	beat drop from Calvin's as well to
13183s	sustain this fight no support ultimates
13185s	four Portugal Shockwave yet again finds
13188s	Kurama connects as well on the Lucio
13190s	Portugal and that's already so many
13192s	kills for Denmark to close out versus
13193s	Portugal ain't Arctic Peninsula goes in
13196s	their favor as they take map one
13198s	beautiful play yet again by Denmark just
13200s	so solid on these compositions and again
13203s	it's tough for Portugal I really do feel
13206s	like they held their own in some of
13208s	those fights but again just a slight
13210s	positional disadvantage you're tucked
13212s	into a corner you know Denmark are
13215s	spreader out on the point and you can't
13216s	get to slay the Batiste you can't get to
13218s	the Hanzo uh Denmark just doing a really
13221s	good positioning for those fights yeah I
13223s	think that you know obviously round
13224s	number one Kurama to find those opening
13227s	picks really gave Portugal that opening
13229s	but you know when that started to fall
13231s	off it was not as much in their favor
13233s	like you said they did positionally play
13235s	well right that is something for
13236s	Portugal they did manage to rotate
13237s	around that point pretty successfully at
13240s	times they extended the fight longer
13242s	than the likes of uh of the previous
13244s	team man Ireland just got kind of
13247s	dominated it really I don't know I keep
13248s	bringing them up this is kind of bad for
13249s	Ireland but for Portugal you know
13251s	obviously they have a lot going in their
13253s	favor potentially onto hybrid right yeah
13256s	I mean if anything if I had to speculate
13258s	I think that Ireland versus Portugal
13259s	later after this match will be a banger
13261s	because I I feel like both teams could
13263s	really go head to head in a nice way but
13265s	yeah in this one I mean it was all
13268s	Denmark really after Kurama didn't find
13270s	those picks anymore just nice ultimate
13273s	usage from Naga on the May for example
13275s	Doge really playing the front lines well
13277s	timing the annihilation secure them one
13279s	of those fights uh there of course and
13281s	just look at this right here you you got
13284s	control of the stairs you technically
13285s	have The High Ground what do you do if
13287s	you're Portugal like you're fighting
13289s	uphill right so it's a very difficult
13291s	position to be in Naga builds a blizzard
13294s	when you have two percent on the control
13295s	timer it's it's ridiculous from from
13297s	Denmark really I guess to to maybe you
13301s	know look at next map reinforced you
13303s	know you won't be stuck in a lot of
13304s	these spots right like it's it's easy to
13307s	say on hybrid potentially with the space
13309s	they could do a bit more right is that
13311s	fair to say that maybe on a more open
13312s	map they would uh they would gain a
13315s	little bit more of an edge against uh
13317s	Denmark yeah I mean there's tons of
13319s	options here to go right if you want to
13321s	pick nombani you can but we've also seen
13323s	Gibraltar today for example uh oh yeah
13325s	circuit Royale if you want to afford
13327s	like a sigma mirror I suppose or
13329s	something of that nature I don't know
13331s	what Portugal's strength really is as I
13332s	said earlier this is our first
13334s	opportunity to really see a lot of uh
13336s	these Portuguese players so I'm curious
13339s	to see what they got in store
13340s	yeah I'm curious as well and uh
13343s	obviously we'll see after short breaks
13344s	so don't go whenever guys we'll be right
13346s	back with that member two see you in
13348s	just a bit
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13369s	[Applause]
13373s	foreign
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13407s	[Music]
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13449s	[Music]
13456s	thank you
13459s	foreign
13463s	[Applause]
13467s	[Music]
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13503s	foreign
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13528s	foreign
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13541s	[Music]
13565s	welcome back everybody to the World Cup
13567s	and obviously you know big big point of
13570s	emphasis here Johnny this is the first
13572s	time we're gonna have World Cup again
13573s	for what is it 2019 right he's been like
13576s	freaking forever four years it's been
13579s	four years that's crazy man that's such
13581s	a long time oh my God it's ridiculous
13584s	and that's what we're this is this only
13586s	the what third the fourth game now that
13588s	comes the fifth game not coming back
13590s	what math
13596s	I was talking to you man I've lost so
13598s	many freaking brain cells just playing
13600s	professionally for so many years
13604s	brain cells talking to me and I was
13606s	about to be really sad no no no no no
13607s	this was Helen heck no sorry no help
13610s	you're like one of the smartest guys in
13612s	the scene I would never I would never
13613s	say a lot of things I was talking to you
13615s	oh that's too much I just thought that
13617s	like talking to you would make you lose
13619s	brain cells do you not feel the same I
13620s	mean yeah me talking to me that's that's
13622s	I'm really paying the price for that one
13624s	don't talk to yourself it's not good for
13626s	you all right
13628s	anyway we're going back into this map
13629s	number two Johnny and obviously Matt
13632s	rule one for Denmark went their way you
13635s	know we saw it points Portugal just
13636s	really were able to get up to 73 on that
13639s	on the round number one you know off of
13641s	some nice pics of their Hanzo player now
13643s	we're going obviously to Havana
13646s	this could this could pose the
13648s	Difference Maker for Portugal as they
13649s	says they've as well made some
13651s	substitutes come through yeah good hunso
13655s	map right but yeah we're seeing a few
13656s	substitutions in here for Portugal uh
13659s	got a pretty vast team if you are team
13661s	Portugal a vast no vast vast meaning
13665s	like that the vast sea you know I I was
13668s	I was role-playing a pirate Justin right
13671s	there I was using the word vast but yes
13673s	I mean you got ego one who played the
13676s	ramatra on Antarctic Peninsula for
13678s	Portugal sub him out get hk3 in and now
13681s	we're seeing some Sigma compositions
13683s	instead Kurama over to the Genji whereas
13686s	I would have expected a Hanzo here
13688s	because yeah well logs but if you want
13691s	to play the sigma with a Genji try to
13693s	finish off some uh some of these enemy
13695s	targets right utilizing the dash for
13697s	example maybe yeah maybe this something
13699s	this is a Portugal been cooking with
13701s	maybe they've been cooking okay yeah
13703s	maybe we'll see if we should have let
13705s	them cook or if we should have you know
13706s	removed them from the kitchen in their
13708s	entirety Portugal on the defense with
13710s	that Genji like you said Denmark uh
13712s	blocked me something different yeah
13714s	Wednesday looks like interesting okay
13716s	why why do you think they're running
13718s	this I mean there's just like two
13719s	different kind of competition Styles and
13722s	mix comps even yeah obviously I mean
13725s	it's it's curious to begin with because
13726s	doge is quote unquote the main tank for
13729s	this team right and they're just gonna
13730s	go ahead and swap so those hook actually
13732s	flexes over to that Sigma but I mean we
13735s	mentioned earlier right that if you're
13736s	Denmark you have those you can play a
13738s	lot of the Winston Rhino wrecking ball
13739s	stuff right but you have molefig on the
13741s	team as well and mold figure is a
13742s	fantastic golf tank player so I think
13743s	they rolled out with Winston because
13745s	they expected uh you know some kind of
13747s	uh Winston composition but they go over
13749s	to the sigma in spite of that and now
13751s	we'll see who can battle it out
13752s	okay yes we'll see if uh Denmark comes
13755s	out on top maybe they're just locking
13756s	with Doge this Frontline pressure shock
13759s	wave to find that back line of the Genji
13761s	or sorry Frontline DPS player up against
13763s	you who had to back up and now the
13764s	aggression is on them I mean what do
13766s	they do what do you do when Shockwave is
13769s	hidden hey what do you do when he's
13771s	hitting these shocks Johnny I'm not sure
13772s	there's much Portugal could do because
13774s	now Denmark I mean they put three on the
13776s	cart now Portugal can't even recontest
13777s	oh he's just head shotting people with
13779s	the logs it's unfair honestly if you're
13782s	if you're if you're a Shockwave you're
13783s	an OverWatch League player going up
13784s	against Portugal like don't play the
13785s	Hanzo play anything else really that's
13788s	why maybe that's why I was going to play
13789s	the somber originally it was just to
13790s	give him a chance yeah
13792s	yeah lip impression maybe yeah the lip
13794s	impression maybe maybe swap things over
13796s	and obviously you know meta obviously is
13798s	the Sombra as everybody likes to say the
13800s	Sombra is one of the best characters in
13801s	the game at the moment but what is hk3
13804s	doing he was trying to go for a bit of
13805s	aggressive angle drop down from the low
13807s	ground was not expecting Denmark maybe
13808s	to be as aggressive as they were with
13810s	this blade so at least that's naga's
13812s	ultimate out of it but it's a Genji
13814s	blade so that's probably the worst
13815s	ultimate on the side of Denmark now gone
13818s	yeah they actually got the value from
13819s	Dragon Blade it's crazy 2023 would have
13821s	thought uh who would have seen it yeah I
13823s	would have seen it but yeah I mean now
13824s	we got Denmark they're really happy that
13826s	they won that fight because now they got
13827s	high ground and this is perfect for the
13829s	amplification Matrix you got a dragon
13831s	strike and agree with flux as well
13832s	ultimates are really lining up for
13834s	Denmark here
13836s	yeah they are they are building up to
13839s	another well actually you have four
13840s	ultimates like you said now Portugal now
13842s	walk out they're still trying to set up
13843s	who win on the Genji or the Hanzo
13845s	meanwhile immortality tried to save the
13847s	Baptist who went forward but it's just
13848s	into Doge who has an immaturity field of
13851s	his own rally was trying trying to get
13854s	there for Portugal as they went for that
13855s	engage but Denmark was too ready to
13857s	collapse with the dragon strike and
13858s	Denmark just seems like they're putting
13860s	on a shell right now it's just one old
13861s	at a time you know they're playing some
13863s	classic ethical OverWatch yeah they only
13865s	use the dragon strike right there so
13867s	they didn't commit the gorillaic flux
13869s	dude okay
13882s	[Music]
13886s	dude they're just committing ultimates
13888s	now Portugal pop gravitic flux also with
13890s	the ant Matrix to try to come back into
13891s	Shockwave I mean they're now out of
13893s	ultimates they're gonna be holding up
13895s	towards that Genji blade for Karama but
13897s	you know now they're being walked on the
13899s	immortality field was used earlier calyx
13901s	is walking forward with the IMAX or the
13903s	brigitta ultimate with the rally four
13906s	minutes and 40 seconds this might be one
13908s	of the fastest havanas I might have ever
13910s	seen yeah they still haven't used the
13911s	flux either they still haven't used the
13913s	flux
13914s	sure in Portugal got an immortality feel
13917s	to work with but
13918s	besides that how do you survive this one
13921s	it's gonna be tough
13922s	this might be really fast
13924s	we're just watching like a Jester in
13926s	court be executed by the king honestly
13928s	Portugal now walks four they're gonna
13930s	have that Genji blade you know maybe
13932s	that could get some value because
13933s	Denmark don't have any support ultimates
13935s	but it will be against that gravitic
13937s	flux which Doge I'm sure is where this
13939s	Genji blade is available by the way Ron
13941s	did swap over to Zenyatta now that
13944s	Griffin oh nice disengage
13948s	into the back line also finds slay and
13950s	Naga goes down that was expertly played
13952s	by the Genji player of Portugal but they
13955s	do get picked off in the open if they
13957s	could find the follow-up kills that
13958s	could be good for them but Shockwave did
13960s	drop the dragon strike tried to find the
13961s	Zenyatta but could not though Doge does
13964s	trade back hk3 they still have to wait
13966s	again for calyx and John yeah just
13967s	stabilize here immortality field was
13969s	used by slay there as well so that's a
13971s	defensive tool that Denmark don't have
13973s	yeah you don't have your tank right now
13974s	that is a problem but just poke with a
13977s	disco door with the Hanzo try to hold
13979s	Denmark off and maybe you can secure
13981s	some value here with the dragon strike
13983s	yeah exactly I think that they are are
13985s	pressing the right buttons at the moment
13987s	uh from a micro level they actually send
13989s	Naga towards that right flank the side
13992s	of Denmark top pop the plate of the back
13993s	line forces that immortality feels a
13995s	nice kick to finish off Naga the
13998s	disengage was too strong nobody was
14000s	there with the follow-up but knock at
14001s	the help that blade out meanwhile
14003s	avoiding the shot from kuhin but
14004s	Shockwave does eventually find him with
14007s	a storm Arrow just getting so many
14008s	opportunities with that shot with the
14010s	left side pushed from him eventually
14012s	finds him Doge also connects on Kurama
14014s	with the ant Matrix so it's ant Major
14015s	versus ant Matrix but they're still
14017s	pushing the cart nobody could touch
14018s	either just the Transcendence to try to
14020s	touch last second I believe hk3 was
14023s	going to be there in time
14025s	to the Rock from Doge connects the
14028s	cancel the kovidic flux now they push
14030s	for doge is building up of his own
14032s	gravitics blocks knocking waiting on the
14033s	back line deflected onto Rod also Dash
14036s	reset on the Dizzle so that's a nice 1v3
14038s	from him slay also connects onto hk3
14041s	after the resets of Naga Denmark will
14044s	close out on Havana with two minutes in
14046s	23 seconds
14048s	give them an inch they take a mile
14050s	Dustin just when you thought they'd turn
14052s	it around with the Transcendence holding
14054s	the card curvilic flux comes out and you
14057s	get hit by an accretion and then Works
14059s	snowballs from there wait Johnny you
14062s	you're you're you're a European man I am
14064s	European didn't you say give them give
14066s	them a millimeter then they'll take a
14068s	kilometer or is that just am I just dumb
14070s	for that like what's going on like
14072s	is that why are you why have you why are
14074s	you not talking to me Jordan where'd you
14075s	go what happened dude come on give me
14077s	something to John is that not is that
14079s	not accurate
14081s	Johnny Johnny okay
14084s	he's he's awesome it kind of makes sense
14086s	I've never heard it all right hold me up
14088s	I'm on my computer I'm a Google can give
14091s	them okay uh millimeter no he's Googling
14093s	it okay
14094s	take a meter no
14099s	I don't think this is a European saying
14102s	my man why is there so many American
14104s	sayings that are just goated but then
14105s	like European sayings just aren't you
14107s	know like I'm just saying as an American
14108s	like I think we have better sayings than
14110s	Europeans
14111s	is that fair or no
14114s	I mean sorry I'm I'm Googling this
14116s	phrase right now I didn't hear you I
14117s	don't think we have that if yeah hold on
14120s	sorry Helix is moonwalking what is going
14121s	on calyx is moonwalking on the paper I
14123s	didn't even know there's an emote what
14124s	is that
14125s	okay they're gonna spawn Camp by the way
14127s	yeah they got these walking modes and
14129s	stuff now in the battle pass I I just
14131s	got uh I just got some voice yeah that's
14133s	crazy
14134s	oh my God I'm not even sure if we can
14136s	call moonwalking he's just walking
14137s	backwards like I said but uh Portugal
14139s	now walk out of Spawn Nice Shot there we
14141s	go that's exactly what you want on the
14144s	side of Portugal the attempt to get out
14145s	of the spawn doors but hk3 still has to
14147s	deal with Doge and Doge on the remotra
14149s	can just keep running into your face and
14150s	the sigma rights not much the sigma can
14152s	do but you know they have to back up
14154s	Denmark still have the sustain in this
14156s	situation in fact they want to go
14157s	forward again with the back one just
14158s	walk past that Sigma show caramba by the
14160s	way swapped to the pharaoh to find
14162s	chocolate but I thought that was a good
14163s	swap for them honestly they have that
14164s	Mercy they have the fair out on the
14165s	field this might be something that
14167s	Portugal can work with here obviously in
14169s	Europe fair play is incredibly prominent
14171s	in general for the side of you know an
14173s	email contenders with Twisted minds they
14175s	eventually will uh win this first fight
14177s	to stop the spawn Camp Farah Mercy is
14179s	also really prevalent in my ranked games
14180s	uh but yes indeed for Portugal good good
14182s	ways to start off there because if you
14184s	get trapped in your spawn with them
14187s	playing remotram a you can be in deep
14189s	trouble by early picks from Kuan and
14191s	Kurama gets the job done for Portugal
14192s	that's such a relieving way to just get
14195s	out of your spawn and don't disappointed
14198s	oh another one The High Ground nice shot
14200s	of gang not in Karama as well on to that
14203s	pharah to find Shockwave eventually Rod
14205s	does get found from calyx but you know
14207s	they're playing this perfectly Denmark's
14208s	opting to run this sort of uh I don't
14211s	want to say cheesy but brawl comp
14212s	Annihilation pop from Doge has to back
14214s	up around the corner to save himself
14216s	because he doesn't have enough heels
14218s	Naka does trade back Dizzle but you know
14219s	Portugal are coming out on top
14221s	continuously Naga does find yet another
14223s	one but Karama has that payload and the
14226s	mercy now here Portugal are playing it
14228s	well so far yeah Shockwave is really the
14230s	only one who could deal with this you
14231s	know try to use the Leicester hit scan
14233s	powers to take the Farah out of the sky
14234s	but
14236s	Karama is playing these angles pretty
14238s	well avoiding the Widowmaker
14240s	yeah doing a good job just avoiding
14242s	those shots like you said now they have
14243s	to push forward into this fine chocolate
14244s	looks for the angles on the Pharaoh but
14246s	as long as peruma plays well he should
14248s	not let himself be seen when it comes to
14249s	on the back into a dragon strike
14251s	connects on to both kelwick's onto Nars
14254s	those trade it back but it might be too
14256s	little too late barrage comes out now
14258s	from Kurama who finds both Shockwave and
14261s	slay amazing work from Portugal the
14263s	capture out this first point yo this is
14265s	looking good for Portugal Cohen and
14267s	Karama I mean that was a phenomenal
14269s	accretion by ak3 into the dragon strike
14272s	you don't see that combo every day so
14274s	Portugal with the momentum and they got
14275s	a gravitic flux and an amplification
14276s	Matrix of Their Own
14278s	Denmark seems a little bit lost it looks
14280s	like now they swap slay over to the Anna
14283s	in Doge now over to the Winston Portugal
14285s	meanwhile doing some swaps of their own
14287s	Karama going over to that Tracer and Rod
14290s	onto the Zenyatta gravitic flux still
14292s	here for hk3 they have the ant Matrix as
14294s	well Shockwave with wall hacks is online
14296s	so now they know the dive is coming
14298s	through Shockwave came through on that
14300s	flank angle to connect onto rot
14301s	immortality field gone HK is trying to
14303s	come back and peel but you know
14305s	sometimes it's not destined to be
14307s	eventually he will be found by both Doge
14309s	and slay as now Denmark will set up for
14312s	a potential spawn Camp so it's a
14314s	fantastic swap coming out from Denmark
14315s	because I recognize okay we're not going
14317s	to take this Sigma duel and if we're not
14318s	going to play Sigma we're going to out
14320s	temper you we're going to play faster
14322s	than you we're going to play aggressive
14324s	the swap over to the Winston and now
14325s	Denmark looking to dive
14327s	looking to Diamond the back line
14329s	Shockwave finds kuhin but they do lose
14330s	kelik's Doge does traded back Naga also
14333s	on to Dizzle has been amazing by the way
14335s	Naga on the Genji I mean obviously two
14337s	stand out obviously somebody has a
14339s	payload I think it's Grandma but
14340s	eventually surely this Tracer will be
14342s	found but you know obviously reinforced
14344s	Naga one of the best Genji's and and
14346s	hanzo's in all of Europe yeah so good
14349s	but now this is going to be
14352s	a ponderous moment for team Portugal
14355s	because if I'm hk3 wait where are they
14358s	going
14360s	they're on a hunting trip hunting fields
14364s	they're using the Nano now on the Naga
14366s	they have that blade up soon those
14368s	should have the Primal Shockwave hits
14369s	the shot on the Kurama they set up
14370s	somebody in the back line now hk3 can
14372s	get slapped it's Naga with the Nana who
14375s	doesn't even want to pop the blade to
14376s	find those two kills saving it for next
14378s	fight and now they're coming back for
14379s	hk3 and although first point looked well
14381s	second Point not as much for Portugal at
14384s	scene yeah it's such a brutal moment in
14387s	time for Portugal because you got this
14388s	acrobatic flux but like oh my
14397s	is actually going to move away from the
14400s	sigma sacrificing the gravitic flux
14402s	because he recognizes that he won't get
14405s	any value with the flux who is he
14406s	supposed to flux here they need the diva
14409s	with the Matrix to get out but that's
14410s	not even going to suffice
14412s	no I mean now they don't have that
14414s	Shield to save the back line from
14415s	Shockwave so it's kind of like a uh pick
14417s	your poison type of situation couldn't
14419s	trying to find these shots onto the
14420s	Genji but gets the integrated and
14422s	delayed now one minute and 40 seconds
14423s	left a bit of a snowball now for Denmark
14426s	on the defensive hole how do you get the
14428s	Shockwave it's a shooting gallery dude
14431s	he's he's look at him go I bet you I bet
14434s	you that he will just dig this tracer I
14438s	bet you that Kurama won't find value
14439s	with this football oh I'll take that bet
14441s	ten dollars on it if he hits this shot
14442s	or if he doesn't or if drama finds the
14444s	kill I'll bet on Karama finding to kill
14445s	potential in the back line bonds Naga
14447s	came back actually to zone out Shockwave
14449s	so maybe it was a bit of an intimidation
14450s	tactic to force Shockwave he's just kind
14453s	of dealing with his trace or this Anna
14454s	in the Widowmaker on their own but now
14456s	they're kind of split you know for
14457s	Denmark this is a weird situation
14458s	Shockwave is now on The High Ground
14460s	flank but the card has been rotated on
14462s	Portugal's fine wish I could have been
14463s	here because he's literally getting no
14464s	value besides what looking for this
14466s	Hanzo and Tracer eventually The Climb
14468s	comes through from kuhin to jump up to
14470s	the high on kind of like a spider then a
14472s	mine on him a 1v14 before is happening
14474s	on the payload so now we have this 1v1
14475s	happening well Naga Pops to play that
14477s	1v1 is still towards the spawn towards
14479s	Naga does get the answer get onto him
14480s	Rod does eventually find him out to
14483s	spawn towards come slay but Shockwave
14485s	again gets a kill what is going on no
14487s	this is like the equivalent they're
14488s	finding kills but the objective guys the
14490s	objective this is a ranked game what is
14492s	going on
14493s	the payload is moving go to the freaking
14496s	payload Shockwave even in calyx dude
14499s	they don't care they literally don't
14500s	care bro at the same time Doge comes
14502s	through now touches that payload to stop
14503s	the payload from pushing kuh and does
14505s	take incredibly low now chocolate just
14507s	wants us back to his team bro doesn't
14508s	care he's just he's being escorted by
14510s	kellex Mr President get down doge is
14513s	here as well to find Dizzle and Rod like
14515s	the security guard in the doorway finds
14518s	both of that back line to Portugal to a
14520s	naval Shockwave to come back to his team
14522s	in safe hands
14524s	just I ah this is a nightmare for
14527s	Portugal over time ticking out can't get
14530s	to the payload
14531s	and that's gonna be it
14535s	watch Johnny don't play like Shockwave
14537s	in my ranked games don't deal with my
14540s	kid like that that was I unruly that's
14544s	the best word I can describe it I got up
14546s	out of my seat for that one I'm not even
14547s	kidding like that was ridiculous from a
14549s	Shockwave in the sign of Denmark you
14551s	know obviously Portugal had their
14552s	moments I think this looks this bodes
14554s	well for them you know it's funny to say
14556s	in a loss it bodes well for these guys
14557s	moving forward but obviously they just
14559s	need top two you're probably not going
14561s	to beat Denmark as is proven right now
14563s	by Denmark blunt maybe forward they've
14566s	built some stuff built some things
14567s	Synergy potentially coming into that map
14569s	or that game number three with uh With
14571s	the Enemy team that's gonna be Ireland
14573s	in that game number that game six yeah I
14575s	think it's gonna be good I honestly
14576s	think Portugal versus Ireland I I it's
14579s	gonna be a banger and that is going to
14581s	be the match to qualify for the June
14584s	qualifier right to get out of this wild
14586s	card group you got going there so this
14589s	next match it's gonna be good Dustin oh
14591s	yeah and I we both agree Johnny that
14594s	like it's always a lot of fun watching
14595s	these even even at times like OverWatch
14597s	is fun watching like a dominant team
14599s	just absolutely demolish the other team
14602s	right like it's kind of fun because you
14604s	know at times we saw Shockwave do some
14606s	ridiculous stuff obviously like you said
14608s	that's not a good look for Widow players
14610s	now they watch this game people are
14612s	watching the World Cup and they're like
14613s	okay Shockwave could do this maybe I can
14614s	no dude chocolate's like one of the best
14616s	hits games in the world that please do
14618s	not throw Johnny's rank games uh you can
14620s	throw mine though but uh not Johnny's
14622s	because I want him to rank up and be
14623s	higher ranked than me I'm trying to get
14624s	to 500 man people people people have
14627s	been making fun of me I'm trying to
14628s	restore I'm sleeping on you they're
14630s	sleeping are they sleep on you but you
14631s	know they're not sleeping on Denmark
14632s	anymore not after that performance no
14635s	way man the Denmark looks super good I
14637s	think everybody expected Denmark to be a
14639s	good team but like is it too it's
14641s	probably too early to say a tearless
14642s	because we literally haven't seen any of
14644s	these teams in like freaking four dude
14645s	it's never too early for tearless dude
14648s	no yeah but this is why you guys get
14649s	roasted every time you make a stupid
14651s	prediction you know what I'm saying like
14652s	it's it's are you gonna okay do it right
14655s	now then Johnny to drop your early
14656s	predictions or Denmark gonna make it to
14658s	top eight for World Cup is that what
14659s	you're saying right now or Denmark going
14661s	to make it the top eight well it's an
14662s	interesting question because Denmark you
14664s	know with this win it deserves saying to
14665s	clarify that Denmark did actually
14667s	qualify uh for the June qualifier with
14669s	this win right they make it out of the
14670s	wild card with this win
14672s	um and they will be playing uh a very
14675s	difficult teams like United Kingdom
14677s	France for example with Ben best ft God
14680s	uh players like that on the lineup
14681s	Netherlands as well that's been a team
14683s	that has qualified for the World Cup
14684s	playoffs in the in the past right and so
14687s	there are three spots to make it to the
14690s	World Cup playoffs in the group that now
14692s	Denmark find themselves in but you have
14695s	to get past the likes of United Kingdom
14697s	and France right that's going to be a
14699s	difficult task so no matter how good
14701s	Denmark looked today
14702s	still not really taking them for granted
14704s	to make it to the playoffs
14706s	that's a good point I think uh
14707s	everything you said I mean that just
14709s	encapsulates what could potentially
14710s	happen but uh you didn't give me a tier
14711s	list Johnny I'm disappointed for you PR
14713s	speech coming through should have been
14715s	like that the other day on Twitter for
14716s	you buddy but uh guys obviously what a
14719s	fantastic series we had today I love you
14721s	John you're awesome so far we got this
14724s	game number six coming up in just a
14726s	second between Portugal and Ireland
14728s	you're not gonna want to go anywhere
14729s	we'll be right back with Danny and
14731s	myself and Johnny
14735s	[Music]
14740s	thank you
14759s	[Music]
14776s	thank you
14781s	foreign
14808s	[Music]
14821s	[Music]
14842s	thank you
14849s	[Music]
14856s	[Music]
14862s	thank you
14926s	foreign
14927s	[Music]
14954s	qualifiers Wild Card Challenge all right
14958s	I got it right hello
14964s	what do you mean you you were you're
14966s	trying it right no no
14968s	no no no don't bring it back up anyway
14969s	Danny what were you saying you were
14970s	moving on we were here wild qualifiers
14973s	it is right I mean hey uh that I mean it
14977s	was Denmark taking the win uh against
14979s	Ireland right oh Portugal sorry
14982s	um and yeah they they seem to be very
14985s	strong I'm gonna say I think putting
14988s	Shockwave on Widow is sort of cheating I
14991s	think I said this for Finland uh when we
14993s	saw sauna on Tracer it's kind of like
14995s	the same Vibe
14997s	it kind of is you're right you're
15000s	definitely right but also you know like
15001s	you know check in PC again for both
15003s	sauna and Shockwave at times right they
15005s	look kind of on the level they're doing
15006s	a little bit trolling though you know I
15007s	think uh myself and Johnny kind of
15010s	noticed you know going for that spawn
15011s	camp and stuff that's definitely a
15013s	little out of the parks a little out of
15014s	the box from them a little out of pocket
15015s	I like it I like it it's showing it's
15018s	showing how how confident you are right
15020s	like you know you're like yeah but
15022s	flanking like that and you're like yo
15024s	hey hey kiriko kiriko come with me come
15026s	with me let's go for the flag
15036s	yeah you're right you're on the Mark I
15038s	mean all right I mean before we move on
15040s	let's get take a quick uh look back at
15042s	the schedule because we have one more
15044s	match uh for the group a of course uh
15046s	for group a we started Ireland versus
15048s	Denmark Denmark taking the win and also
15050s	second match Denmark Portugal Denmark
15052s	got the win and with this win they are
15054s	up to which means they are going to be
15057s	qualified for the qualifiers in June so
15062s	congrats to Del Mar we will definitely
15064s	see more from them now moving on to our
15066s	final match of the day it is going to be
15068s	Ireland versus Portugal and this is a
15070s	very important match because quite
15073s	honestly you guys the loser is out right
15075s	it's Ireland yeah either Ireland or or
15077s	Portugal they're going to be out of the
15079s	World Cup and also I mean I sort of want
15083s	to ask you guys because both Johnny uh
15085s	and Dustin you guys were both former
15087s	players yourselves uh I think for
15091s	Portugal it'll be a lot harder because
15093s	sure Ireland and Portugal both lost to
15095s	uh lost to Denmark but Portugal is just
15098s	coming out from a very difficult fight
15100s	against Denmark and now they have to
15102s	jump back into the game and play Ireland
15104s	right so like how do you mental reset
15106s	because Ireland uh you know they got
15109s	some rest right they didn't have to play
15111s	a match like right before so I'm pretty
15114s	sure they spent some time to like
15116s	recollect themselves to get back into
15118s	the game but Portugal on the other hand
15120s	they just got out of a match they lost
15123s	out zero to two against Denmark and so
15126s	like what what do they have to do in
15129s	order to I guess
15130s	finally get a win
15132s	I want to see aggression I don't know
15134s	about you Dustin I want to see some
15135s	aggression coming out from these teams
15137s	if you take initiative in this matchup
15139s	especially if we're going back to
15141s	Antarctic Peninsula and we're gonna see
15142s	more ramadrame just like you got a May
15145s	speed in there get a nice ice wall try
15148s	to get a pick right don't rely too much
15150s	on the Hanzo and the sojourn to find
15152s	picks I I want to say Portugal you just
15154s	got
15155s	knocked around a bit by Denmark who
15158s	cares shrug it off get in there brawl a
15160s	little bit with the main Walker
15162s	I'm I'm 100 with you Johnny and I think
15165s	uh you know I honestly you're right just
15167s	get get some passion in there get
15169s	excited maybe come back get us some
15170s	aggression you gotta Roar in the comps I
15172s	know you were the hype man
15174s	no I was gonna I know the game's ready
15177s	by the way but I did like I was gonna
15178s	tell a story real quick because like
15180s	story time in the playoffs for the
15182s	OverWatch League we were down Owen two
15184s	versus the Hanzo spark I was sick my
15186s	team was sick on the Atlanta Reign at
15188s	the halftime when halftimes exist we go
15189s	outside for a smoke break because
15191s	everybody you know Korean culture smoke
15193s	cigarettes and stuff we're all chatting
15194s	I was screaming I was getting yelling I
15196s	was yelling all over the place I'm
15198s	getting mad we were down onto the Hanzo
15199s	spark in the playoffs these guys are bad
15201s	and then bye daddy
15204s	and then we come back from the half and
15207s	we still lose 3-0 so I don't really know
15209s	if I was the one to talk about that
15210s	sorry Johnny and sorry good on you for
15213s	inspiring your team and trying to
15215s	motivate them how do you spell spark
15216s	they got fourth they got fourth in that
15218s	playoffs they were hard opponent you
15220s	can't you can't blame yourself oh dude
15222s	we got first of all we got cheese by
15224s	nyxl in the upper bracket that was
15225s	stupid after we beat shock because they
15227s	ran Bastion oh the matches we're into
15229s	the game already oh my God that was so
15231s	fast we don't even have time to talk
15233s	about all this stuff because the games
15235s	honestly don't we go we love to watch
15237s	some OverWatch so this is honestly some
15239s	great uh great uh times so far Ireland
15242s	now running into the back line with pure
15244s	Irish does have the immortality
15249s	both round they're towards the point
15250s	store no reflection off the wall but no
15252s	geometry maybe Karama did not take that
15255s	back in elementary school he's trying to
15257s	find that front line does the Sonic
15258s	Arrow throws the Sonic arrow on to that
15261s	uh ramacha who goes aggressive but now
15263s	out of that Hubble form drops back
15264s	nobody has controlled this point just
15266s	yet Dizzle building up towards the
15268s	immortality or sorry uh window
15269s	amplification window well Amazon does
15272s	get picked off by faith on that Hanzo
15274s	doing a great job now re-engaging is
15276s	Ireland and after a decent showing for
15278s	Portugal Ireland now come out and punch
15280s	Portugal on the mountain yeah and the
15281s	adjustment as well now Ireland is
15284s	playing Hanzo here on the very first
15285s	round here of Antarctic Peninsula so
15287s	recognizing that the soldier didn't work
15289s	out you Flex over to the Hansel and
15291s	Faith finds the opening pick to really
15293s	get Ireland going here and you're
15295s	already building ultimates you already
15296s	have the amplification Matrix you have
15298s	an Annihilation so now it's on Ireland
15301s	maintain this momentum don't get picked
15303s	by Kurama this is the opportunity
15306s	okay let's see if they can come back in
15308s	faith now looking for those shots the
15310s	entire time as Portugal now walked
15312s	through with that ant Matrix like I said
15314s	not also ready with his as both ant or
15316s	one ant Matrix from nut is pop no
15318s	pick-offs until now Ireland gets maximum
15320s	value out of the defensive hold with
15323s	that and Matrix vizzle and the rest of
15324s	forts will try to back up and not use
15325s	any ultimates it's gonna take a fast
15327s	wipe Lucio even wants to die too to get
15329s	back to spawn that's what you'd love to
15330s	see if you support a team Ireland here
15332s	Portugal they do have five ultimates
15334s	coming online but still Ireland only
15336s	invested the sole amplification Matrix
15339s	Portugal you want to find some stability
15341s	here you wanna come to grips in this
15344s	matchup because you just were defeated
15345s	by Denmark 2-0 you got you got to find
15347s	some momentum and get some good plays
15349s	going your side and then use that for
15350s	your advantage and there it is that's
15352s	exactly what you want to see from Kurama
15354s	you talked about this before Karama
15356s	finds that opening pick Dragon strike
15358s	does pop on the sunny gets two at the
15359s	end was at the end of the Dragon strike
15361s	two Johnny what an insane ultimate
15363s	usually I don't see he will die Dragon
15365s	strike that late but oh my God if you
15367s	rarely see value like that from a dragon
15369s	strike that's impressive I don't know
15371s	where Ireland found themselves but
15373s	that's a good Dragon strike from caraba
15375s	you still have four ultimates on your
15376s	side so Ireland 68 and percentage but
15380s	Portugal they can maybe utilize this to
15382s	their advantage
15383s	yeah they're trying to come or trying to
15385s	hold rather you know with those
15386s	ultimates like you said they did deal
15388s	with or they did Force out nut and Faith
15391s	to use both of their ultimates so they
15393s	will be up in this fight ant Matrix
15394s	committed from Dizzle the disengage now
15396s	from Ireland to the low ground do they
15397s	actually want to reengage here looks
15398s	like they do but that animation is still
15399s	gonna be in the fight and same with that
15400s	may ultimate so Portugal is ready we'll
15402s	see if they opt to commit any more
15404s	ultimate to beat drop from GCB they want
15405s	to win this fight and they ought to
15406s	commit ultimates so now Portugal
15409s	re-engaged with uh Eagles ultimate too
15411s	but they've kept onto the beat drop
15412s	which is crucial yeah it's a tough sound
15415s	Bearer for GCB and it's going to die
15416s	later in this fight as well so Ireland
15418s	investing ultimate the blizzard as well
15420s	but just not finding any value I love
15422s	this aggressive play coming out from
15423s	Portugal as well dropping the blizzard
15425s	finding these picks early in these
15427s	fights yes you only have a sound barrier
15428s	to work with now but this is totally
15430s	doable for Portugal
15432s	yeah this is 100 winnable they do you
15435s	know supports they do say you know I
15436s	know a lot of tank players Johnny say
15438s	that you know supports are the ones that
15440s	dictate The Meta because of you know how
15441s	strong a lot of these support ultimates
15443s	are obviously Rod sitting or you know
15445s	with that ultimate in the back line
15446s	ready to go with the drop as uh forward
15449s	Ireland into Karama hitting that
15452s	ultimate then dropping the dragon or
15453s	sorry hitting the shot and then dropping
15455s	the dragon strike now that emersonville
15456s	comes back to save him too and Rod is
15458s	there with the peel perfectly disengaged
15460s	from Portugal to stop Ireland but one
15463s	more fight still they can come back
15464s	karamas Hanzo is looking good for a
15467s	player that is making his debut here on
15469s	on the broadcast a name we're not
15471s	totally familiar with in the competitive
15473s	scene Kurama has really showed up and
15475s	finding these picks early for his team
15476s	this is the World Cup Dustin this is
15479s	showing up for it
15481s	fine and he is putting on his anime
15484s	protagonist form right now looking for
15485s	the chance doesn't find the kill but
15487s	does at least put some pressure down you
15489s	know GCB do your job avoiding these
15491s	shots now Ireland goes forward with the
15492s	ant Matrix of not but it's a bit too far
15494s	back so Portugal have done a good job
15495s	disengaging still having that beat drop
15497s	in the aggressive die if they want to
15498s	use it early and now that gives Karama
15501s	the opportunity to go forward double
15503s	chops but actually gets pummeled into
15505s	the dirt no immortality field to save
15507s	him it was there but a little bit too
15508s	late and now Lovato's been the one to
15510s	try to take up the mantle to trying to
15512s	push back Ireland on their push as they
15514s	almost captured that point they're still
15516s	in this fight they got three here gcbo
15518s	gets healed up by nut who commits that
15521s	regenerative burst but eventually it's
15523s	ego and his ultimate with the
15525s	annihilation to clean up towards this
15526s	point to get Portugal map around number
15528s	one what a turnaround from Portugal
15531s	finding themselves down 68 in our
15533s	opening Round Here on Antarctica
15535s	Peninsula some picks from Kurama The
15537s	crucial Dragon strikes the early picks
15539s	in these fights helping his team secure
15541s	round one here and I mean this is
15543s	looking really good for Portugal you
15545s	find yourself comfortable in this
15547s	remotra matchup and now moving over here
15549s	this round we haven't seen yet so we
15551s	don't know what both of these teams have
15552s	in store we have seen some Farmers here
15555s	in the past Austin and it's looking like
15557s	Ireland are going to bring it out
15559s	okay you know yeah we've seen Ireland
15561s	pull it up before like you said maybe
15563s	that you get some value sign X has been
15565s	kind of the Difference Maker you know we
15566s	talked about in in sports traditionally
15568s	you know you always want that star
15570s	player right reinforce you always want
15572s	that you know pop-off player that can
15574s	carry you at moments for Portugal it's
15575s	Karama for Sinex we'll see if he could
15577s	do that on the pharaoh yeah and nothing
15579s	to really deal with as far as well like
15581s	Kurama might be good on the Hanzo but
15583s	can you log a pharah out of the sky uh
15586s	this is going to be an uphill task for
15587s	Portugal in my opinion
15592s	onto the back line forces Portugal to
15594s	rotate towards the point still having
15596s	that immortality field though is Dizzle
15598s	doing your job holding on to it I
15599s	believe
15601s	another at grenade connects from not
15603s	faith in sinai's Connect for two off of
15606s	that nade but Portugal's not out of yet
15608s	they still got Karama in this fight they
15610s	still have to make on the coastal side
15612s	but against this Pharaoh what does he do
15613s	unfortunately it's nothing that pharah
15615s	shuts him down and Ireland now come back
15617s	with some form of consistency not with
15620s	some huge plays for his team there not
15622s	only the first name to start building
15624s	some uh ultimate generation and putting
15626s	pressure on team Portugal the second one
15629s	with a four-man biotic grenade that is
15632s	going to just help your far end Tracer
15633s	out so much in finding these picks so
15635s	maybe something Ireland can lean on here
15638s	you're starting to build some ultimates
15639s	pool spawn not quite up yet for Faith
15641s	but if you get the immortality filled
15644s	out you're really starting to open the
15645s	door here for signings to get another
15646s	pick onto this hole I mean they're just
15649s	not able to deal with this fair at the
15650s	moment just spamming through yeah that
15651s	counts as they they just can't deal with
15653s	it who's gonna talk nobody yeah I mean
15655s	what they make some swaps Grandma's now
15657s	on the Tracer is that the pick Johnny
15658s	like I don't even know if that's the
15660s	correct play against this car yeah I
15662s	mean it's so difficult because now
15663s	cynics he has a barrage as well you
15665s	can't really negate that damage if
15668s	you're the romato right you can't really
15669s	deal with that and you got deep in your
15671s	face I I do feel like this composition
15673s	is looking rough for Portugal here yeah
15675s	they're a bit flustered oh my god I
15677s	didn't even know Lucy could get up this
15678s	High skates to the top kind of like a uh
15680s	that's like he's just skating at the top
15682s	that was literally installed but now the
15683s	Nano comes through from signx has that
15684s	broad radio nothing to peel for except
15686s	the Sleep drop but he cannot connect and
15687s	sign X finds two as grandma trades back
15690s	Faith but that's only one kill and
15692s	unfortunately in this situation Johnny
15693s	we talked about math earlier two is
15695s	greater than one now Karama has to back
15697s	up and regroup with 70 now on the board
15700s	for Ireland yeah so they swap over to
15701s	the Sombra here it's it this is
15703s	definitely uncomfortable for Portugal
15705s	they're not quite sure what to play ego
15707s	is going to stick to the romantra
15708s	because he has that Annihilation
15710s	flamenzo has to be crucial here finding
15712s	a hack Target that they can dive upon
15715s	and so looking for that hack like you
15717s	mentioned looking for not that's a per
15719s	like a very important Target to shut
15720s	down instead the Lucio to come after him
15722s	but not get
15726s	the same but unfortunately he does get
15728s	traded out however that's so many
15729s	cooldowns committed just to take out not
15731s	that might have done it for Ireland on
15734s	this round to bring us to that round
15735s	number three nut got maximum value and
15738s	as did Ireland to shut out flamenzo here
15741s	we're going to that round number well
15743s	they're still touching okay I'm calling
15744s	it a bit too early but with this
15746s	overtime taking down there to come
15747s	through try to stagger drama comes
15749s	through the touch has to recall out
15750s	though Lucille will be here we're going
15752s	through progressions but eventually the
15754s	overtime ticks down and Johnny we have
15757s	that round number three we have a game
15759s	on our hands Dustin we have a game on
15762s	our hands what a turnaround from Ireland
15764s	they're playing the pharah composition
15766s	and some great biodegrades from not I
15769s	arguably want to stick on the honor here
15770s	if I'm not I'm feeding it no I'm
15772s	stopping over there
15773s	I get it I get it it's the right choice
15776s	I get it yeah
15778s	this is rough because like we're like
15780s	kind of fans now of the game and it's
15782s	like you know how fans will be like why
15783s	did they do support this bro what did
15784s	they do like we're kind of like that in
15786s	the situation but I'm sure Johnny you
15787s	know they've practiced this comp and
15789s	also it's probably best on this map yeah
15791s	it's so hard to get value here if you're
15793s	on a uh you know you guys have a high
15795s	ground to work with it but like you have
15796s	to work around the May wall you have to
15798s	work around the ramatra it's way harder
15801s	to land those biotic grenades so you're
15803s	going to go with the uh the Lucio and
15805s	the Batiste composition instead but it
15808s	looked even on our initial round so
15809s	don't count Ireland up in the mirror
15812s	yeah but meanwhile Ireland
15814s	tries to shut out this choke of Portugal
15816s	but you know they're walking out
15817s	Portugal indeed with flamenzo finding
15819s	that opening pick on the faith has
15821s	started to come online on the May maybe
15822s	starting to hit those icicles that he
15823s	needed to hit earlier and now Portugal
15825s	forcing out that immortality field just
15826s	have to find the follow-up kills in
15829s	which they do so if lamento also finds
15831s	cymax so nice work from that made player
15832s	as Portugal win the first fight yeah
15834s	flamenzo's May is looking clean giving
15836s	Portugal an advantage in these ramatra
15838s	battles right and if you wonder about
15840s	the win condition for these teams I mean
15842s	you want the great angle for your Hanzo
15845s	to deal all this damage right because
15846s	you have to deal with the romater seals
15848s	you have to poke their motor Shields
15849s	down but flamenzo with these May walls
15852s	has been a huge issue for Ireland Island
15854s	needs to find something to get into
15857s	equal positioning equal footing in these
15859s	steam fights he's already looking for
15861s	that back line they're trying to get
15862s	like you mentioned that equal footing
15864s	but it's tough when they're all grouped
15865s	together they try to explode out of the
15867s	choke but against this may while they
15868s	have to slow down now they're surrounded
15870s	off angle of the Hanzo of Portugal
15872s	looking for those shots constantly on
15874s	that background with Lucio button
15876s	Ireland decides to press the press to go
15877s	key they want to dive onto this backland
15879s	or rather play aggressive onto that back
15881s	line but they haven't been able to find
15883s	a kill but until now piraj does find
15885s	Phil Manzo however with the May ultimate
15887s	Karama is able to get pure Irish Eagle
15889s	also connects onto cynics and again
15891s	Ireland is split off they leave their
15892s	team in the dust as Portugal did commit
15894s	some ultimates yeah that was a great
15896s	look from Ireland though they push
15897s	aggressively and they actually find The
15898s	High Ground that they need to win that
15900s	fight but because Portugal won that
15902s	initial fight flamenzo is going to get
15904s	this blizzard a little bit earlier and
15906s	that makes all the difference in that
15908s	fight being able to find a couple of
15909s	picks for team Portugal but Ireland they
15912s	can come back here they got an
15914s	amplification Matrix they got
15915s	annihilation
15916s	they try to go for a different look they
15919s	rotate towards that point to set up
15920s	their Hanzo in The High Ground and then
15921s	point pressure is kind of working for
15923s	them almost there 80 but now Portugal
15925s	has realized the situation they're in
15927s	they off to drop May ultimate from Sinex
15928s	beat drop now built for GCB holding on
15930s	to it in this current fight as the back
15932s	line nut is pressured but uses the
15934s	immortality field as ego commits his own
15937s	ultimate to try to win this fight still
15938s	and they're doing so quite well Ireland
15940s	was too split for the beat drop of gcp
15942s	to get any value and they're already
15944s	shot out they did capture the point but
15946s	this is a little rough now for Ireland
15948s	yeah but if they hadn't captured that
15949s	point I mean the map would have been
15951s	over at this point oh yeah so it's a
15953s	good job by Ireland controlling the
15955s	point there and putting some point
15956s	pressure onto Portugal now they have one
15958s	more fight in them the swap over to the
15960s	Sombra perhaps getting the hack off onto
15963s	Rod's soundbar
15965s	yeah he's looking for that backline
15967s	pressure we'll see races towards the
15968s	point so maybe he wants to wait for them
15970s	to drop and he's doing so quite well
15972s	maywall used for palenzo and also
15974s	counter May while hack comes through
15975s	onto the bat piece so that's already
15976s	used the beat drop is now here for
15978s	Dizzle as well ant Matrix for Ireland to
15980s	continue this pressure as well as the
15982s	annihilation from Pure Irish gives them
15984s	the kill onto ego and to Rod so you
15986s	called it Johnny they had that recontest
15988s	pressure they have the ultimates to
15989s	Recon test with and they do so quite
15991s	well yeah they found something that
15992s	works for them they're not interested in
15994s	contesting that High Ground any longer
15996s	they want to play on the point instead
15998s	and it works beautifully here you have
15999s	the amplification Matrix and you have
16000s	the annihilation this is going to be the
16003s	most difficult fight though crucial that
16005s	Faith builds up this EMP going into this
16008s	fight I'd love to see him just get some
16009s	damage out because they're gonna need
16011s	this ultimate for this upcoming one
16012s	especially with flamen so having that
16015s	blizzard ready to go
16016s	wait he's looking for the hack now to
16018s	crumble Lucio peel is there don't know
16020s	if broad meant to do that but it works
16021s	out in his favor but he's not getting
16023s	maximum value like he said he's
16024s	disengaged on so he's now out of the
16026s	fight as the rotation to Portugal
16028s	they've already forced Ireland to drop
16029s	to the point and it might be too little
16031s	too late for them now immortality field
16032s	to keep them alive but the May ultimate
16034s	was connected from flamenzo and
16036s	unfortunately the Sombra pick is not
16038s	working out in this fight they have
16039s	built the EMP but it's a three versus
16041s	five EMP late they can't even find a
16043s	kill nope shutout GCB goes down Faith
16046s	Falls too and unfortunately that light
16049s	is being blown out Portugal are gonna
16051s	take map number one yeah really
16054s	impressive play there from Portugal in
16056s	these uh ramatrame composition a
16058s	strength that they could rely on here on
16060s	Antarctic Peninsula and obviously
16062s	something that they uh they had over
16064s	team Island who only really found
16065s	success with that for a mercy
16067s	composition but still some good things
16069s	from both teams though we got a three
16071s	map series on our hands so Ireland they
16074s	could claw themselves back and win this
16076s	match of course they're not quite a lot
16077s	of it yet and there are a lot of
16079s	different Maps you could go to to maybe
16081s	make things a bit more comfortable for
16082s	yourself I do think that they want to
16084s	avoid Portugal storm after I make
16086s	composition moving forward
16088s	yeah or the Hanzo I mean it's kind of
16090s	like uh yeah they gotta go back to this
16092s	you can't go back to the drawing boards
16094s	too because they're like mid tournament
16095s	right it's like what do they do in this
16097s	in this game it seems like they want to
16099s	play the Hanzo comp but really uh just
16101s	to be that guy I mean it seems like kind
16103s	of getting dipped on at points from
16104s	Criminal they did win round number one
16106s	so there is some hope there but at
16108s	points you know more than anyone Johnny
16111s	you kind of need your Hanzo to do you
16113s	know what Quran was doing on other songs
16114s	sorry it was so impressive uh especially
16118s	on this first round here I mean just
16119s	look at these first picks this is the
16121s	kind of mechanical scale you love seeing
16123s	in the world cup and you know throughout
16125s	all of these World Cups all these years
16126s	2016 2017 uh there have been so many
16129s	impressive players who have made their
16131s	way through uh the World Cup and made a
16133s	name for themselves and then gone into
16135s	contenders the path to Pro and then
16137s	getting repeatedly promoted right so uh
16140s	it's a great first showing for team
16141s	Portugal and especially Kurama here
16143s	right so a name to keep your eyes on
16146s	yeah I think for you know the side to
16148s	change things up maybe reinforced here I
16150s	think that obviously for for the Irish
16152s	it seems like you know you kind of did
16155s	well with that was they played the
16156s	Pharaoh comp right I mean they played
16157s	the Pharaoh but did well maybe on these
16159s	next Maps they could run that I don't
16161s	know what they have planned but that had
16163s	some a massive amount of success on the
16166s	previous round
16167s	yeah they picked the Bonnie against
16168s	Denmark right
16170s	um they played the junker Queen
16171s	composition and if you speed things up a
16174s	little bit maybe that is something you
16175s	feel more uh comfortable with pure Irish
16178s	was of course playing the tank uh for
16180s	team Ireland on this specific map so
16183s	we'll see if they make a substitute what
16185s	they're going to lean towards here but
16187s	there are a few uh Maps they could go to
16188s	Gibraltar nabani circuit Real Havana so
16192s	we'll see where they end up
16194s	yeah the map pick is really going to
16195s	matter for what composition they attempt
16197s	to run but uh obviously we'll see that
16199s	next map after a bit of a break so don't
16201s	go anywhere we'll be right back for that
16203s	mat number two
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16418s	welcome back everybody we are in the
16421s	Wild Card qualifiers with myself Dustin
16422s	and reinforced Danny on the desk but
16425s	obviously not with us right now we're
16426s	Dana the house exactly what they think
16428s	about Donnie all the time we think about
16429s	Danny 24 7. he's in our heads
16432s	right now he's talking to us he's
16436s	ruining our cast as we speak but we love
16438s	Danny that's why I'm here too because
16439s	we're basically two Danny limbs but you
16441s	know for Johnny obviously the last game
16443s	was uh you know in this favor of
16445s	Portugal for the Irish four team Ireland
16447s	what do you think from what we have so
16450s	far obviously limited sample size Johnny
16452s	what do you think they do on the next
16454s	map which is new Bonnie to potentially
16456s	mix things up versus Portugal who looks
16458s	on fire at the moment yeah we'll see we
16460s	saw some Winston composition coming out
16463s	from them earlier in the day so maybe
16464s	they'll like to lean on that that would
16466s	make sense as well maybe you can put nut
16468s	on the honor for example and that can be
16470s	a go-to strength for you we saw the
16472s	biotic grenades we're super close from
16473s	him and I'll talk to the peninsula maybe
16475s	move over to the junker Queen so you got
16477s	a few options here here you do want to
16480s	really avoid the remarkable composition
16482s	and I don't think we'll see an error
16484s	marker on the body here Dustin
16486s	I I think you're right I think that you
16488s	know at the end of the day that
16489s	composition is a little rough for them
16490s	at the moment but um you know obviously
16492s	you do what you do in practice and if
16494s	you if you've practiced something else
16496s	then obviously you don't want to maybe
16498s	mix things up to that degree but it it
16500s	versus this team you might have to right
16503s	obviously you know previously that
16504s	pharah has worked well for them with the
16507s	overall you know it's in general in
16509s	Europe right now reinforest it seems
16511s	like pharah is like always I guess a
16513s	cheese pick but has kind of worked its
16516s	way around in the meta to become a
16518s	little bit more prevalent you know like
16519s	I mean I don't know how much you kind of
16521s	like think about the Pharaoh comp in
16523s	particular but why do you think that is
16524s	like why do you think the Pharaoh comp
16525s	has kind of made its way around from
16528s	Once being a cheese comp to actually
16529s	being a viable you know thing to just
16532s	run perpetually I mean first of all
16533s	pharah players these days are just a lot
16536s	better than they were in 2016 2017 right
16539s	so uh if you hit you know some extra
16541s	couple of rockets that damage is going
16543s	to be hard to deal with I also think
16545s	that playing against pharah is a special
16548s	kind of skill set because it changes the
16550s	entire Dynamic of the game we all know
16552s	when we play as far as in ranked for
16554s	example it's not a it's not a normal
16556s	Reinhardt head-to-head where you stack
16558s	up as a team and then you you play
16560s	against each other no I mean you have to
16562s	like swap over to a hit scan you have to
16565s	play like Cassidy Widowmaker and you
16566s	have to take these angles it just it's a
16568s	skill to be able to deal with defora I
16571s	was going to say maybe we've seen some
16572s	Far come out on a bunny point a here but
16575s	science is gonna head over to the echo
16577s	instead like we saw earlier
16579s	thing too though right on that note like
16581s	pharah or Echo it's kind of like the
16582s	same sort of play style right when you
16584s	play the echo it's it's kind of like the
16586s	uh the twin sister I suppose for the
16589s	side
16590s	yeah they both can fly I mean they're
16592s	both played similarly in that regard but
16595s	obviously you know the cooldown actually
16596s	there's a quarter for Echo I'm not sure
16598s	if I quite remember that but you know
16599s	the Sombra of flamenzo trying to find
16601s	that back line he has to give up the
16603s	space By the way since Portugal is
16604s	playing a completely different comp that
16606s	they played previously Ireland is well
16608s	aware of that they try to go for the
16609s	hack out of the anchor or onto the diva
16611s	so no peel can come through into cynics
16612s	but the pocket is too strong the
16614s	supports of Ireland doing a great job
16616s	keeping that Echo alive and they
16618s	eventually find gcd with ego on that
16621s	Diva they found their space towards the
16623s	point they've already gotten a tick
16624s	though on the attack but Ireland are
16627s	still trying to land this point
16628s	eventually pure Irish loses his Mech but
16630s	so does ego however Portugal have worked
16632s	their way back in and they built some
16634s	ultimates as well to both unbelievable
16636s	patience from Portugal there as Eagles
16639s	goes to jump of the map perhaps
16640s	resetting to get the mech back before
16641s	Ireland can re-engage but I mean just
16645s	surviving with this honor healing coming
16647s	from afar you got the brig heels as well
16649s	the diva securing the point so Island
16651s	doesn't get too much cap it's just
16653s	really good discipline from Portugal and
16655s	now Clemente is going to build the CNP
16657s	the Tracer Jewel taking place in front
16660s	of our eyes and
16662s	thank you that was good we're heading
16664s	out they back up they they don't want
16666s	that but that's the pulse bomb has built
16667s	for Faith now we're back now Nano Tracer
16670s	onto Karama has the pulse bumper to go
16672s	but Eva bomb zones him so he has to play
16674s	save but he doesn't pull the diva bomb
16676s	from ego connects under Faith who was
16678s	nanoed or yeah Nano to the back line or
16680s	sorry actually wasn't on that fight but
16682s	he does get taken out by that Diva bomb
16683s	and by ego they didn't always use
16685s	somebody else but now Nano wanted to eat
16686s	onto the echo on that front line so
16688s	Ireland still trying to win this fight
16690s	but Portugal has lost rod and that fight
16692s	ego eventually connects on to nut Faith
16695s	now back into the light after dying to
16697s	that Diva bomb previously the copy Diva
16698s	bomb comes through signx eventually gets
16700s	him down to the conference is there as
16702s	well so both dps's are here on the point
16705s	as well as the diva so welcome back they
16707s	come back into this fight after picks
16709s	from synix and Faith they've worked
16711s	their way in can anybody touch their
16713s	Portugal it doesn't look like it Ireland
16715s	will can't point it this match is just
16716s	an all-out brawl just both teams back
16719s	and forth Just when he thought Portugal
16721s	to find an advantage finding some picks
16723s	there with egos to self-destruct Ireland
16725s	they claw themselves back with faith
16727s	Tracer and pure Riders on Diva as well
16729s	just spectacular playable Island
16731s	securing point a here and now now you
16733s	want to build the momentum of the point
16735s	B here trying to push aggressively with
16737s	the Tracer and the echo composition can
16739s	Portugal stop them in their pace
16741s	yeah this is this is absolutely an
16743s	insane you know Brawl on both sides I'm
16745s	getting lost in some of these damn
16746s	fights you know Tracer got hit on the
16748s	other side I'm just confused on who was
16749s	narrowed in that fight but Ireland did
16751s	get the hack or they get hacked pure
16753s	Irish has to back up now does have that
16754s	YouTube Karama what the EMP does have
16757s	this pull spawn where they go in the
16758s	flank with the rally they can play
16759s	aggressive but they haven't been able to
16761s	find any kills the supports are doing a
16763s	great job on the side of Ireland keeping
16765s	everybody healthy nanopus comes through
16766s	so now they are on the aggression
16768s	portrait goes in Portugal goes
16769s	incredibly low have to back up but Sinex
16771s	is there with the grenades gcp as well
16774s	connects onto flamenzo and eventually
16776s	Portugal are going to reset even though
16778s	it seemed like the fight was going in
16780s	their favor originally yeah sinus cleans
16781s	up with this Echo and this is looking
16783s	like a real strange for Ireland no
16785s	surprise they picked numbani this is
16787s	what they feel most comfortable with and
16789s	now thistle has to be careful on this
16791s	High Ground not going to get picked off
16792s	but it did look worse I'm there for it
16794s	but just a second Faith with this pulse
16796s	bomb could come in clutch here for team
16798s	Ireland
16799s	Faith wedding over the top Dizzle though
16802s	on the other side is kind of his team's
16804s	Catalyst two away drops with the pulse
16805s	bomb onto the shield though nice work
16808s	from Rod to disengage that nanoboost
16810s	again on to Tracer of Karama is he able
16812s	to find any kills the copy Diva bomb was
16814s	there actually sorry cynics eventually
16816s	guys
16819s	on the Remake as well from cynex that
16822s	even bomb did find a kill for ego's side
16824s	but that was not enough to stop them and
16827s	eventually Ireland are now in this third
16828s	phase and are looking for the snacker
16830s	kill of garambo three minute 30 seconds
16832s	left on the timer heading into Point C
16834s	here you used a lot of ultimates to
16836s	secure point B there but of course it's
16838s	going to be worth it Portugal swapping
16840s	over to the real Moto now realizing that
16843s	they just can't go head to head in this
16845s	duel but it's gonna be hard to play
16847s	ramatter against this composition cynics
16849s	and Faith they're going to try to out
16851s	navigate him and get to this back line
16853s	yeah 100 agree I will say maybe in their
16855s	favor is the geometry right I guess it's
16857s	like a little bit more of a linear point
16858s	so not a lot of you know hard to come
16860s	through he eventually oh my God that
16862s	beam almost took you up but he does a
16864s	good balance between his shield now the
16866s	d-bomb comes out though because no
16867s	Shield is here and he's bumped into with
16869s	a 2K Diva bomb from Pure Irish in the
16873s	nice flail from Rod or from uh the
16875s	backline of gcp to enable that they're
16877s	gonna they're gonna close this one out
16879s	not as the Nano boost flamenzo has to
16881s	hit a huge EMP here
16883s	yeah he has to hit this EMP coming back
16885s	into the fight it does connect onto one
16887s	but it's immediately narrowed from nut
16888s	so damage reduction comes through on a
16890s	sinix as well as a lot of damage on his
16892s	side but the rally as well from Portugal
16894s	was committed so with practice again
16896s	back up but they disengage it and take
16898s	out Karama whose movement wasn't good
16900s	enough to deal with cynics who is Now
16901s	Melting the front line and Anthony
16902s	grenade comes through in a pulse bomb as
16904s	well pure Iris connects on a diesel who
16906s	was taken low because of it and now
16908s	Ireland you know they've been able to
16910s	come back through with some
16912s	compositional changes they've made some
16914s	great adjustments now on Dubai oh
16916s	they're looking good playing this Tracer
16918s	and Echo composition just a fantastic
16921s	disengage off the EMP and then the
16923s	re-engage the biotic grenade from not
16925s	just coming and clutch hitting two
16927s	people as well and then you clean those
16929s	Folks up this is looking really good for
16931s	Ireland and Portugal find themselves a
16933s	little bit lost here on map too
16935s	yeah I mean Johnny what do you think
16937s	about the that that kind of was the I
16940s	mean sure in sri's phase and then first
16941s	point obviously they eventually lost
16943s	those but they couldn't find the
16944s	solution right I mean Portugal had to
16946s	swap what over uh over to ramachar like
16948s	you said and then once they use that
16949s	Shield cooldown they immediately got
16951s	wiped by puree's Diva bomb yeah it's
16954s	tough for Portugal here I mean what do
16956s	you do now you find yourself on attack
16957s	so
16959s	you probably have to play this Diva or a
16961s	Winston of some kind we have seen some
16963s	you know back in like very early they
16966s	saw some like Ryan or coming other stuff
16968s	I don't think we're gonna see that but
16970s	I mean is this they have to figure this
16972s	Diva composition out and figure out this
16974s	Sombra composition of flamenzo he's been
16976s	leaning towards this Sombra on this map
16978s	and honestly there were some decent
16981s	engages from Portugal there I just think
16982s	Ireland ought to play them when it came
16984s	to the disengages and such so Portugal
16986s	looked to find some momentum here and
16988s	maybe Karama influenzo need to work
16990s	together and find some picks on the
16991s	backlines here on iron
16993s	yeah I mean that's a very good point
16995s	because it seems like you know for
16997s	Portugal side they don't have Karama on
16998s	the One-Shot characters and now he's on
17000s	to the Tracer who you know relies a bit
17002s	on a bit of coordination so Ireland
17003s	playing this chess match incredibly well
17006s	like they are the disengages and overall
17008s	with the echo now I mean this looks a
17010s	lot like when they played Vera
17011s	previously onto the map and now Portugal
17013s	on their attacking side still opting to
17015s	run towards that Diva like you mentioned
17016s	and also flamenzo on the Sombra to help
17019s	Brahma in this dive eventually gives him
17021s	gets him in this back line but Faith now
17024s	has his supports however they have set
17025s	up Karama on this back line flank
17028s	towards that back halls Ireland is aware
17030s	of that so they kind of have a decision
17032s	to make either go for a lot of this peel
17034s	or go for the dive and Anthony comes
17036s	through from Dizzle connects onto the
17038s	back line but Irish or Ireland are
17040s	playing around their supports until
17041s	Kurama finds face so off of the
17043s	anti-grenade from Dizzle gives them that
17046s	opening for Kurama to then come through
17048s	now that Brigitte goes incredibly low
17049s	they could lose GCB but a sleepover on
17051s	to Karama want to sleep can find the
17053s	kill but no they can't the recall comes
17055s	through romanzo does find synix on that
17057s	front line as well Portugal now working
17059s	the way back through this with some nice
17062s	plays individually from Ireland they now
17064s	have that Point Pleasure they're looking
17066s	for a bit more here towards the mini
17067s	Unfortunately they can't find a kill but
17069s	they've at least pressured them off this
17071s	Ireland now go for the ring gauge last
17073s	second they do not they want to now hold
17075s	this court Karama doing what it does
17076s	best finding these first picks throws
17078s	away the post bump doesn't find a pick
17080s	just there but Ireland trying doing the
17082s	decision to hold strong here they don't
17084s	want to go in and recontest they'd
17085s	rather hold this corner not with the
17087s	Nana boost it's going to unleash it
17088s	perhaps onto cynics can they get any
17090s	value
17091s	I don't yeah the Nano into Sinex or you
17094s	know might it probably won't happen but
17095s	a NATO break is actually not a bad thing
17097s	there it is so close they go for the
17099s	Nano on the echo they go aggressive but
17100s	unfortunately they do get hacked on that
17103s	front line sinus gets hacked the nade
17105s	comes through on that front it looks
17106s	like pure Irish wants to aggressive with
17107s	this deep alone again I mean he's done
17108s	it previously in fact they take down Rod
17111s	shield and find that kill nice work from
17114s	them to set up that Diva bomb post bomb
17116s	play but Dizzle does eventually find
17118s	Sonics who is a bit too aggressive on
17119s	that front line they have to back up EMP
17121s	now is available for Portugal Ireland
17125s	trying to make this Scrappy they want to
17126s	surround while they stop this car it
17128s	looks like Pirates is just delaying the
17130s	entire time
17131s	pulse bomb could next from Portugal on
17134s	the inside as Ireland attempted to come
17137s	up with some sort of play here but now
17138s	four minutes and 13 seconds left
17140s	Portugal are on a tear yeah great dnp
17143s	you buy flamenzo there but if your team
17145s	Ireland this point B on umbane it's a
17148s	difficult point to defend uh so you want
17150s	to take as many fights as possible it's
17152s	a pretty decent stall there in the spawn
17154s	for Ireland so Portugal they they got
17158s	four minutes on the timer here but you
17159s	just want to work this one down right
17161s	you got The High Ground coming out here
17162s	to see if Ireland maybe stall them off
17165s	there a bit
17166s	they're sawing on the top Karama does
17168s	have to drop though Ireland aware of
17170s	that cart space they have to worry about
17172s	the rally now comes out from raw to keep
17174s	Dizzle alive but he gets Adrian it
17175s	eventually comes back to his team but he
17177s	might have gone too low sleep Dart keeps
17178s	him alive for just a second but he does
17180s	get traded out by ego so nice work from
17183s	Portugal to send the disengage on the
17184s	inside now a copy Diva bomb lands onto
17187s	the carp but unfortunately finds nothing
17189s	and now it's just Sinex faith and GCB or
17191s	actually gcp is not here it's just synix
17192s	and faith on the card Sonic gets hacked
17194s	and Portugal looks like it's another
17196s	team Fight Win for them as they capture
17199s	and streets Fame and this is looking
17200s	even faster than Ireland you got four
17202s	minutes 40 seconds on the timer Karama
17204s	with a pull spawn and he's been playing
17205s	fantastically so far this series
17207s	flamenzo can utilize this hack to maybe
17210s	isolate the Target that Kurama can maybe
17212s	bring down with him this is this is
17214s	tough for Island because you need some
17216s	stability yourself not is the closest
17217s	one you got to a pulse bomb or Anonymous
17219s	excuse me yeah unfortunately the pulse
17222s	bomb does land Only onto the shield of
17225s	Ireland so you know they've found maybe
17226s	a bit of stabilization like you
17227s	mentioned they are playing towards the
17229s	main now still setting up
17230s	Portugal is Kurama on that flank Ireland
17234s	now Waits towards the cart they got that
17235s	Nana who's still readily available not
17237s	off to use it dizzle's building up to
17239s	him no EMP from pimenzo was in a perfect
17242s	spot but no kill is down from it it's
17244s	disengaged eventually Karama though does
17246s	Find Faith a sleep Dart as well connects
17248s	onto cynics to give them these kills
17250s	Portugal did a great job individually
17253s	and mechanically on the front line too
17255s	forward they're looking for the delay
17257s	nut does have to keep alive with the
17259s	brigitta they find pierronics he does
17260s	they do have this re-engaged one more
17262s	fight there and pure writers is going to
17264s	be the last one to spawn you maybe need
17266s	cynics to touch there on the Tracer it's
17267s	going to be faith
17268s	gonna be faint to touch back in just a
17270s	second he's there to touch leap dark
17272s	does come through Nana boost now on to
17274s	Karama yet again to try to find the Anna
17276s	in the spawn but they disengaged it well
17278s	it's just this Tracer to come touch 2.86
17280s	meters left face goes down Ireland
17282s	really doesn't have a lot to send
17283s	towards this table except pure eyes with
17285s	Diva bomb he does use it but they have
17286s	the card to play around pulse bomb from
17288s	the sign X does equalize it so now we're
17290s	in a Thor versus four also that Ivan
17292s	found egos Mech eventually gets found by
17294s	cynics too so last second Ireland come
17297s	back to stop the push of Portugal the
17299s	great hole there and the self-destruct
17301s	from Pure writers gets the value Kurama
17304s	looking for the a little bit of C9 here
17306s	I don't think you step off the card like
17308s	ever if you're Ireland here
17310s	Ireland Island's playing better than a
17312s	lot of overwatching teams understanding
17313s	that they could be C9 don't don't don't
17315s	wait no no no way ain't no way a little
17320s	too early from him comes back to his
17322s	team but did go for it though gotta
17323s	respect the effort from him now comes
17325s	for that right side flank baby
17327s	they've got EMP Faith doesn't have on
17330s	the front line so it is on the other
17331s	line other side but the rally is now
17333s	here from GCB to keep his team nice and
17336s	healthy meanwhile Rod does not have his
17337s	no support ultimates for Portugal so
17340s	Ireland kind of using the ultimates to
17342s	their Vantage phase it does get hacked
17343s	while he was about to EMP or no way but
17346s	decides to drop the translator in the
17348s	front line and then EMP but he was so
17349s	low that he actually doesn't he's not
17351s	helped able to help his team find the
17353s	value Kurama also finds GCB cynics does
17356s	trade back ego but now Portugal still
17358s	missed fight Karama was I believe sleep
17360s	Dart there's left Dart but he does find
17362s	nut as well after coming out of itsuzu
17364s	towards the card to keep them healthy no
17365s	tank on either side just yet but another
17367s	sleep dart on the Sinex eventually they
17369s	have the Nate here too in Portugal
17371s	they're fighting The Kills they have
17373s	everybody else here in one minute in 49
17375s	seconds left we have a match on our
17377s	hands all both teams have plenty of time
17380s	on the Bonnie this is going to be an
17382s	all-out brawl an island they're on the
17384s	ropes here Dustin they need to win this
17387s	map if they want to keep their World Cup
17388s	hopes alive Portugal with an opportunity
17391s	to close things out Portugal they have
17393s	less time on the time bank so they're
17395s	going to be the first team to attack
17397s	here but I mean I thought that Ireland
17400s	was looking comfortable on their attack
17402s	but instead it's both teams now with
17404s	some momentum utilizing the Sombra
17406s	compositions going head-to-head I mean
17408s	it's it's a difference of place though
17410s	right like obviously on defense or on
17412s	offense you could play as aggressive as
17413s	you want uh on defense could you say the
17415s	same like it seemed like I mean you
17417s	probably could play aggressive but like
17418s	I don't know if you agree Johnny but it
17420s	seems like Ireland was like maybe on the
17422s	defense a little bit more reserved than
17423s	they were on their attacks yeah they
17425s	were a bit more reserved and they tried
17426s	to hold back and hold down the forward
17428s	stall off the payload as much they could
17430s	I do want to say in that last fight
17431s	though I mean it just came down to the
17433s	emps right and uh I think Faith wanted
17436s	to go for his own EMP and go aggressive
17438s	but just when he was about to flamenzo's
17441s	EMP cancel out his positioning and faith
17444s	is forced to reload uh you know relocate
17446s	using the translator and gets him out of
17449s	the position so really it's it's a game
17452s	of millimeters here and uh flamenzo was
17454s	the first one to initiate with his yeah
17456s	that was great work from flamen like I
17458s	said and now they get to go to attack
17460s	yet again so they're coming back now on
17462s	to Ireland who was uh was literally just
17465s	on the defense now Portugal playing a
17467s	similar competition as they did
17469s	previously will opt to go through the
17472s	main potentially as synex looking to
17474s	lock down that point that is the Tracer
17476s	of drama does come through to try to
17478s	touch it and actually set up on that
17480s	back flank to maybe get a dive onto not
17482s	in GCB like they did previously now ego
17485s	comes through to take some space on the
17486s	top but he does get poked down nice
17487s	pressure onto ego forces in the drop
17489s	come back for the health pack and also
17491s	that's no old charge for him too because
17493s	he's grabbing that Health back
17495s	he was under the bridge the supports
17498s	could not heal him it was such an
17499s	awkward angle for Ireland to sign X drop
17501s	down unfortunately floated down to the
17504s	wrong angle GCB though does okay to
17506s	Dizzle and Rod but Karama comes back to
17509s	find gcp who went aggressive and now
17511s	Ireland has made this Scrappy Portugal
17513s	still sends some people towards the
17515s	point karamas here to then pressure
17517s	Ireland back after the launch GCB but
17519s	guess who is here at Sinex in this fight
17520s	Karama does have that pull spawn but he
17523s	doesn't have recall Faith finds from
17524s	Enzo Portugal's not gonna back up and
17526s	wait for him to get back in this fight
17527s	that's really good play by Ireland there
17529s	they're a man down and they recognize
17531s	they have to go for a play nut goes into
17533s	the back line finds a bayonet and GCB on
17535s	the brake Capital devices gets two picks
17537s	themselves now comes down to the last
17539s	fight carava has a pull spawn he's a bit
17541s	low he needs to find a pig
17543s	yeah Karama setting up in that flank
17545s	with flamenzo so maybe that could be the
17547s	Difference Maker as 20 seconds now take
17549s	down but he has to deal with the Tracer
17551s	battle Faith looking for it decides to
17552s	not take the trade school because he has
17554s	the full spawn can he find the killer
17556s	GCB block again is another Diva bomb
17557s	potentially available for Irish but it's
17559s	Sinex to find the kill karama's pulse
17561s	bomb could not find Value cynics comes
17562s	back for him too and they do have some
17565s	tick percentage 54 ego drops out the
17567s	Hail Mary of a diva bomb but cannot find
17569s	the kill and eventually they will be
17571s	stopped but they do have some point
17573s	percentage that Ireland will have to
17575s	deal with on their attacks yeah 54.5
17577s	percentage is the percentage to beat for
17581s	team Ireland very doable for both teams
17583s	here I mean you got two minutes on the
17585s	body point a this is a hard point to
17588s	attack here Dustin and you know often
17589s	teams find themselves in a bit of a
17591s	hiccup trying to secure point a as well
17594s	knowing that you have a 45 or 54 rather
17598s	excuse me percent to work with if you're
17600s	Portugal you know kind of when you have
17603s	to touch the point you know when you can
17604s	have some time to go aggressively into
17606s	the back line Etc right so but both
17609s	teams here with an opportunity to uh to
17611s	win this map
17612s	and you know we also have to mention too
17614s	like it this is their qualification on
17617s	the line Johnny it just seems like you
17618s	know even though they have such a you
17620s	know a lot a decent time being compared
17622s	to Portugal I mean there's a lot of
17624s	pressure on these players right now and
17625s	you know better than anybody new Bonnie
17627s	like you just said is one of the hardest
17629s	points to cap out to cap out on
17632s	especially when there's so much damn
17633s	pressure on the wall yeah I mean you got
17634s	two Max three fights to to really use
17638s	here on uh if you're Island on the
17639s	attack and yeah perhaps you want to
17641s	spend some of that time building a nano
17643s	boost okay well if you don't get the
17645s	value from your nana boost then what
17647s	um it really comes down to a couple of
17648s	fights here and this is team Ireland
17650s	fighting for their tournament life they
17653s	need to win this map in order to be able
17656s	to advance in the World Cup
17657s	you know Ireland try and take over come
17659s	through two minutes left also look at
17661s	this I believe it's flamenzo in that
17663s	backliner was in the back line now
17664s	recalls or no he might still be back
17666s	there actually waiting to set up that
17668s	hack or just poke out some pressure
17669s	while Sonic's on the front line is
17671s	looking for a dive Target with his Diva
17673s	potentially just biting their time but
17675s	in fact it's Portugal that want to go
17676s	first because momento's going for the
17677s	hack but an ego just kind of baiting
17679s	switches comes back to The High Ground
17680s	just wants to get some peel for pimenzo
17681s	but now that he's out of this fight
17682s	you're in a four versus five flameno's
17684s	trying to get healthy come back into it
17686s	but Ireland has their unit the entire
17688s	time rotating towards the point now they
17690s	have everybody here they're all healthy
17692s	as well Portugal are gonna need to find
17694s	one kill that's already one tick to come
17696s	through now ego does touch the points it
17700s	down comes down to The High Ground
17701s	doesn't have the hills Dizzle though
17702s	does find face so that could equalize it
17704s	flamenzo also takes down synix so ego
17707s	did lose his mechan eventually die but
17709s	the rest of Portugal rallied around this
17711s	point to stop Ireland what a huge save
17714s	there by Portugal you're thinking
17716s	they're although almost all the way out
17718s	of it right
17719s	wow ego can't contest the point anymore
17721s	but they find the picks in the back line
17723s	that's able to bring it back one minute
17725s	remaining for Island to capture this
17727s	point and keep the World Cups alive
17730s	oh I mean that was scary now Ireland you
17733s	know get hacked too that's bad that's
17735s	another snagger they got cynics they go
17737s	for a little bit more but a sleep sword
17738s	as well
17739s	this unit has been on fire since map
17741s	number one to give them that kill but do
17744s	they want to wait for cynics because
17746s	that was a lot of their damage they're
17748s	gonna wait here in the main they will
17749s	build this Nana boost the same thing EMP
17751s	from Clement on the front line they lose
17753s	pure Iris so damn fast so now he's out
17756s	of Mech does he want to die fast or does
17758s	he get staggered from the other side no
17760s	Portugal just option off stagger get
17762s	that kill now we're gonna restart
17763s	territory you gotta reset 20 seconds
17765s	here and you need to wait for Pure Irish
17766s	Faith probably has to circumvent around
17768s	here and touch the point you can't die
17770s	here Portugal already putting pressure
17772s	on them and they have Anonymous and a
17773s	postman to work with
17775s	wait tell us to have that pulse bomb
17777s	like I said Karama does they're looking
17778s	for this they're stopping the flank
17779s	they're looking for this flank to touch
17780s	the point they want to stop before it
17781s	potentially can happen maybe they're
17783s	gonna put an end to them early tries to
17785s	pull spawn the recall that was greedy
17787s	Valencia got the kill though so it
17789s	didn't even matter maybe that was just
17790s	to secure the kill there towards the end
17791s	try to go for something cheeky that's
17793s	already one kill now nut tries to go to
17794s	the point they're down one member the
17795s	rally comes through on the front to keep
17797s	him healthy the Sleep Dart no lands on
17799s	to that brigitta the diva bomb of ego
17802s	connects on the GCB Rod also connects on
17804s	the pure iron that's still on to one
17805s	more Portugal are shutting down Irish
17808s	last second there's no more Ireland in
17812s	the World Cup they will be eliminated
17814s	and Portugal get that 2-0 Victory to
17818s	move forward Portugal advance to our
17820s	June qualifier here with the 2023 World
17823s	Cup what a performance by them and
17825s	getting familiar with some of these
17827s	names Kurama of course having a standout
17829s	performance for this team but flamenzo
17831s	as well uh really spectacular work by
17834s	Portugal there holding the fourth down
17836s	on the body to close things out
17838s	congratulations to team Portugal
17840s	very yeah like you said very much so
17842s	congratulations to Portugal to get that
17844s	win obviously have been a good team in
17846s	previous World Cups and now to take on
17849s	Ireland to really secure their spot
17850s	that's a big deal obviously out of this
17852s	group Johnny you know we have Portugal
17854s	we have Denmark in this group and then
17857s	on the other group was Iceland and uh
17859s	who's the first thing to play it's
17861s	cloudy
17863s	they look good I don't know who who's
17866s	better honestly between Denmark and them
17867s	but for Portugal to get that win in such
17870s	fashion it was so close Johnny fantastic
17872s	game we're gonna go back to the replays
17873s	I mean my heart's beating after that one
17876s	yeah a crazy close numbani and I I mean
17880s	it's a shame for Ireland I think they
17882s	really showed some good promising things
17884s	especially in this map the Farah
17886s	composition on Antarctica Peninsula and
17887s	here finding some advantage or momentum
17890s	early on on their attack as well playing
17892s	this dive composition so some good
17894s	things from Ireland uh and we thank them
17896s	for their performance here in the world
17897s	cup but flamenzo on the Sombra opening
17900s	up some of these Dives it felt like
17902s	Portugal were really clutched because in
17904s	many of these fights yeah Portugal they
17906s	were down a member of their team the
17908s	Dives come in from Karama from fromenso
17910s	uh distal with the biotic grenades find
17913s	themselves an ability to close out these
17915s	series
17917s	that that's that's a very good point I
17919s	think that you know if karama's the star
17921s	player in this situation flamenzo is
17922s	that steady rock solid uh role player
17925s	that you kind of need and even even he
17927s	had his moments on May and Ensemble I
17929s	mean that's just like quintessential
17930s	OverWatch at the moment is exactly uh
17932s	the type of player that flamenzo
17934s	flamenzo was he played it so so well in
17937s	Portugal to get that to a victory as
17938s	well as a statement win for them moving
17940s	forward yeah absolutely so Portugal
17942s	Advance into group a or for June
17944s	qualifier now it's going to be tough
17946s	I'll say that because you're playing
17947s	okay the United Kingdom you're playing
17950s	France the Netherlands you have to play
17952s	uh Denmark again so it's gonna be tough
17956s	for Portugal but today is all about
17958s	celebrating advancing here in the World
17960s	Cup
17960s	yeah they got a gauntlet to run through
17962s	I mean that's what's so exciting is that
17964s	all these teams that just qualified are
17965s	gonna have even more to go through even
17967s	more tournaments ahead of the World Cup
17969s	guys this is just the tip of the iceberg
17971s	we're at the very beginning and we'll
17972s	actually run it down in a second after
17974s	we talk to Danny after this short little
17977s	break so we'll be right back
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17996s	foreign
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18042s	thank you
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18071s	foreign
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18089s	[Music]
18098s	[Music]
18116s	thank you
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18163s	thank you
18171s	[Applause]
18182s	foreign
18186s	[Music]
18197s	Danny here joined by Dustin and Johnny
18200s	what a match Portugal getting the win
18202s	against Ireland they played it so close
18205s	Ireland just was so close to getting the
18208s	win but unfortunately it wasn't enough
18209s	it was Portugal taking the win and
18211s	advancing to the June qualifiers
18216s	I mean I think that numbani fight was
18220s	probably my favorite out of all the
18221s	matches that we saw uh it was just chaos
18224s	Danny I love you know me you know me I I
18227s	love us even in the OverWatch League I
18229s	love anything either it has to be either
18231s	chaos or just a Beatdown or other
18234s	domination or chaos we love a beat down
18237s	as well I mean I love about Denmark
18239s	today no and no one between with Danny
18240s	I'm a big I'm a big 3-0 fan or a chaos
18246s	no wait we got it I mean I mean we
18248s	talked about it before right like Johnny
18249s	mentioned how this match was gonna be
18251s	insane yeah like it was definitely gonna
18252s	be the Banger match of the day and it
18255s	really ended up delivering right yeah it
18256s	was so close I mean back and forth and
18258s	both teams really showed some good
18260s	things in their favor so I'll remember
18262s	Ireland playing for a mercy and having
18264s	huge success with it not not on the
18266s	honor really good performance by him as
18268s	well and you know over time when the
18270s	body can be brutal it can be so tough
18272s	just as a player when you've got two
18274s	minutes to work with on the Bonnie it's
18276s	it's difficult but it props to Portugal
18278s	for uh for getting the 2-0 and advancing
18280s	yeah and also I mean Ireland is
18282s	unfortunately dropped uh from the
18284s	OverWatch World Cup now they uh but I
18286s	mean I think they made
18288s	smart switches throughout the whole
18290s	match and I think yeah props to them
18293s	they were they really tried hard and it
18294s	was it was a great match I think uh
18296s	overall for Portugal versus Ireland yeah
18299s	for sure yeah yeah cynics as well
18301s	playing the echo good good swamps yeah I
18302s	mean uh with that being said uh guys
18304s	let's take a quick look at today's
18306s	results we had six great matches so for
18309s	those for those of you that missed a
18310s	couple of them here here are the results
18312s	I'm gonna go down very quick Iceland
18315s	getting the win uh for the first match
18316s	second one Finland uh Finland getting
18319s	the win and also uh the last uh the
18323s	third match was Finland also getting the
18325s	win as well so Finland going uh moving
18327s	on to the June qualifiers along with
18330s	Iceland and for the later half of uh for
18336s	today's match it was then marketing the
18337s	win uh second one Denmark as well and
18340s	third one Portugal uh getting the win
18341s	against Ireland so it will be Portugal
18344s	and Denmark moving forward to June
18346s	qualifiers
18348s	six amazing matches
18350s	I mean I
18352s	now I'm kind of curious to see how I
18355s	don't know like teams like Denmark or
18357s	even Finland how there they are gonna uh
18359s	how far they could go up uh in the
18361s	OverWatch World Cup yeah they could fall
18364s	go far and I mean it's worth saying that
18366s	group a that Denmark and Portugal
18369s	qualify to they will have three spots
18372s	for the playoffs actually but there are
18374s	some tough teams there I mean as I
18376s	mentioned earlier you have to go through
18377s	through France with Ben best Poco FD
18380s	guard you have to go through United
18381s	Kingdom with backbone smex Kai for
18384s	example right so there's some tough
18386s	teams there but for Finland uh for
18388s	example you're playing in group b there
18389s	are only two spots available but you
18391s	have to play Sweden and Saudi Arabia
18393s	Poland Germany so oh man
18396s	these both of these groups are just
18398s	stacked to the brain with International
18400s	Talent yeah 100 I mean like you said
18403s	Saudi Arabia is a very scary team at the
18405s	moment uh obviously with a lot of you
18407s	know emea Talent like in in Twisted
18409s	Minds really have been a good team it's
18412s	scary very intimidating groups on both
18414s	sides but like you said both can come
18416s	out yeah I mean I think you know both
18418s	like whatever it is you know it is going
18420s	to be a tough fight as you uh progress
18422s	further into the OverWatch World Cup
18424s	right but for now it is on group a said
18427s	it's going to be portable they it's not
18429s	the last spot so they are going up so
18432s	with that being said I think it's a good
18434s	time time to have a special interview
18436s	with a player from Portugal we got Eagle
18439s	their tank player uh standing by for a
18441s	post-match interview with me
18443s	ego hello can you hear me hey what's up
18446s	man
18448s	you got me all right cool hey man I just
18450s	want to say uh congratulations on
18451s	getting the win you guys are moving
18453s	forward into the June qualifier so I
18456s	just want to ask you about that like how
18458s	do you feel
18459s	honestly if it was amazing you can see
18461s	my voice is dying we were shouting a lot
18463s	on those voice counts my voice is dying
18466s	but we pulled it off
18469s	um we're doing great I think we
18470s	practiced a lot we have a rather
18471s	unexperienced roster but what are the
18473s	players they came into us we have two or
18476s	three players who have a lot of
18477s	experience who guided us through our
18479s	wins they essentially became like or or
18481s	mentors it was called when it was Kurama
18483s	and she was a played with a lot of
18485s	experience you're gonna see him soon on
18486s	APAC contenders that's a week for
18488s	everybody on the stream right now you're
18490s	gonna see our often going apart
18491s	contenders is really good
18493s	um and our players are very young and
18495s	they had basically almost zero
18498s	experience or background especially a
18500s	very well tier experience yeah they
18501s	lived up to the expectation they came in
18504s	they did their best and of course we
18506s	have we have Kurama if you didn't watch
18509s	Kodama during the whole game that man is
18510s	all Ronaldo every time we needed him he
18513s	was there and he was shining there were
18515s	no more oh yeah
18518s	please brother though you guys you guys
18520s	absolutely killed it I do sort of want
18521s	to follow up on that ego because I mean
18523s	you were mentioning you know some of uh
18525s	the players that was playing for
18526s	Portugal aren't that uh experience right
18528s	so for those players that haven't had
18530s	the experience yet like were they coming
18531s	into this match I'm guessing that they
18533s	were a little bit more nervous so like
18535s	what sort of I guess uh like were there
18538s	any tips from the the experienced
18540s	players on Portugal that like helped
18542s	them get over those nerves
18544s	um I think it wasn't just the oral
18546s	experience players or some of the people
18547s	that were most important on keeping your
18549s	mindset together were our coaches
18551s	definitely we brought in um a different
18553s	coach not a Portuguese coach his name is
18555s	Papa C he has helped us a lot with
18557s	mindset in-game out of game we have we
18560s	have a tremendously amazing stuff or
18563s	managers amazing Donette I've been with
18565s	him for a long time I trust him fully or
18567s	coaches some of the we have Alpha is an
18569s	experience but young and ready to put in
18571s	the work he has helped us a lot we have
18573s	Gizmo right now the man who is coaching
18576s	the top team on na contenders you know
18578s	he's good he has brought us so much
18579s	forward to this spot you can see and we
18581s	have Papa C on assistant coach just
18583s	doing his best to keep this team not as
18586s	a group of five or seven players
18588s	together but as a unit we because of him
18591s	I think we became more than the sum of
18593s	our players you know like yeah I think
18595s	we definitely were nervous at the start
18597s	uh but the moment we got on that Lobby
18600s	the moment we saw OverWatch League names
18602s	coming into Denmark and even though we
18605s	lost every single map we could feel that
18607s	there was an antwer if we got better we
18610s	could match them they were so much
18612s	better than us yet we could feel that we
18613s	had the potential I think every
18615s	nervousness lot of West we knew there
18617s	was all moment to shine by no time we
18619s	got to Ireland we knew how good we were
18621s	we were confident we were cautious we
18623s	knew we knew I think that I think that's
18625s	the best way I could put it
18628s	you said it best like I think I could
18631s	definitely even though talking to you I
18632s	could feel like I could feel the
18633s	Portugal like your team's passion and
18635s	how much you guys wanted and I think
18637s	that's that really wasn't oh yeah in
18639s	this match and making you guys you know
18641s	qualify into the June qualifiers now I
18643s	quickly I also want to talk about this
18645s	match because you guys were playing
18646s	against Ireland uh both you guys you and
18649s	both uh you and Ireland both lost to
18651s	Denmark so was there anything that you
18653s	learned from uh watching Ireland's match
18656s	against Denmark that sort of helped you
18657s	guys get the world to stay against them
18660s	actually coming into our match against
18661s	Ireland uh our coaches make it very
18664s	important do not watch the iron match we
18666s	did not none of us yeah yeah because
18669s	there was no late game adaptations we
18671s	were going to do that it's done we we
18673s	have our plan we have how we're gonna
18675s	play our mind is structured if we come
18677s	and watch The Island Game we're gonna
18679s	start getting ideas we're gonna start
18681s	like thinking about issues and and
18683s	things that we shouldn't care about even
18685s	though Denmark is such a good team they
18688s	will expose mistakes from Ireland I
18690s	think mindset wise and coming into this
18692s	situation it was more important that we
18695s	kept it kept a level-headed mind focused
18697s	on what we had to do then to engineer an
18699s	idea how to how to win against Ireland
18701s	you know I think that was more important
18704s	yeah and uh one final question for you
18707s	ego uh I actually have a question for
18709s	you specifically because I mean every
18712s	every team for in OverWatch World Cup
18713s	their goal I'm guessing is to take it
18716s	all the way and win it all right but for
18717s	you uh ego like what is your personal
18720s	goal in the OverWatch World Cup 2023
18724s	I just want to get better I want to take
18726s	in every single experience I'm gonna get
18727s	from this playing against players watch
18729s	so much better than me and use it to get
18732s	the become a way better and more
18734s	complete player I I personally I was a
18737s	DPS player three months ago I roll
18739s	swapped and started learning a
18741s	completely new role so every single
18743s	match I have against a person who's much
18745s	better than me has been like an amazing
18746s	learning experience from either were you
18748s	watching it from the moment to us seeing
18750s	how they punish me like I think the my
18753s	personal goal is to improve just take
18755s	this experience and use it all fully to
18758s	the max so I can become the best player
18760s	I can be
18761s	damn all right ego thank you so much for
18763s	your amazing answers and you get big
18765s	congratulations congratulations on
18766s	getting the winners and also uh moving
18768s	on to the June qualifiers thank you what
18771s	a guy
18774s	I love it I love it when players are
18777s	like when you could see they're like
18778s	eager and they're like hungry for more
18780s	and I'm very thankful for that and he's
18783s	so he's so humble too I mean just what
18785s	what a guy like I was just I was mind
18786s	blown by the energy Danny I mean I was
18788s	sick yeah ego what what an awesome guy
18791s	and just like yeah coaching and yeah
18793s	that's that's funny because his his name
18796s	is Eagle
18798s	he's so humble Johnny
18800s	mentioned the that they're the the
18802s	coaching like one of their coaches is
18804s	Finnish so he's literally working
18805s	against his own team now because he's
18807s	playing he's working with Ireland very
18809s	different groups in different groups
18810s	yeah but he also mentioned Gizmo and
18812s	Gizmo for people who watch contenders I
18814s	mean he coaches for Wisp uh in North
18816s	American Contender so gizmo has lots of
18818s	experience coaching in the past as well
18820s	so you know it's awesome that they're
18822s	able to invest this many resources into
18824s	their national team and it obviously
18825s	helps them as you can tell by the
18827s	interview so ego just seemed like an
18828s	awesome guy like I want to hang out same
18831s	me too for sure all right well I mean
18833s	that wraps up the whole day guys before
18835s	we head out and say goodbye uh Johnny
18837s	and uh and Dustin any any final words
18842s	uh I miss you Danny and I can't wait to
18844s	see you tomorrow
18846s	anyways how about you Dustin
18849s	yeah I miss you and I hope to see you at
18851s	the actually I can't even say what it is
18852s	I hope to see your Anime Expo man
18855s	hey maybe maybe yeah
18858s	all right let's go
18860s	unite all right well everybody thank you
18863s	so much for tuning in that is it for the
18865s	Wild Card uh I guess tournament and join
18868s	you guys could join us on this channel
18869s	again in June uh when we when we will be
18872s	back for these semi finals with that we
18875s	are all good to go thank you so much for
18877s	tuning in
18878s	goodbye everybody have a good rest of
18880s	your day
18881s	bye bye bye goodbye goodbye
18892s	[Music]
18925s	foreign
18971s	foreign
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19040s	thank you
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[2023] Overwatch World Cup 2023 | Wild Card Challenge | EMEC

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