Finnish color will be seen in the medal games of the Dota 2 World Cup, when Team Liquid, represented by Lasse “MATUMBAMAN” Urpalainen, beat Thunder Awaken 2-1 on Sunday.
16:06•Updated 16:15
At The International, one of the biggest tournaments in the world of e-sports, we saw perhaps one of the all-time comebacks on Sunday. Finnish Lasse “MATUMBAMAN” From Urpa represented by Team Liquid beat the opponent team Thunder Awaken 2-1 in the playoffs of the Dota 2 game “World Cup” in Singapore and became the last team to take a place in the top four.
The series of matches, which lasted two and a half hours, was one thrilling drama from start to finish. The back-and-forth final set seemed to go to Peru’s Thunder Awaken for a long time, but in the end Team Liquid of four Swedish players and Finnish ace Urpala came out miraculously victorious.
You can watch a longer compilation (duration about 15 min) of the game that decided the series by clicking on the video below.
Urpalainen, who is playing his last year at the professional level, showed top performances in the match series and especially in the final set. In the decisive battle at the end, the 27-year-old Finn managed to save his teammate Michael “m1CKe” I’m going, even though this one only had 1 HP or life point left. This trick enabled Team Liquid’s efforts to destroy the opponent’s base to mark victory.
The deciding games of The International will be played at the Singapore Indoor Stadium this coming weekend, October 29-30. will broadcast the matches live on Areena and Twitch.tv.
A viral hit from the Finnish narration
The commentary of the match on ‘s broadcast at the end of the match series was already quite enjoyable to listen to. The two who have been reporting the playoffs for several days now Arttu Hämäläinen and Benjamin Läära had sat in the commentary booth for ten hours straight when the match series ended.
The fourth match series of the day and especially the fate of the only Finnish player in the tournament, Lasse Urpalainen, brought the emotions to the surface, and especially the charming, confusing narration of the end of Hämäläinen sunk in both Finnish viewers and the international esports community.
Twitch.tv clip of the commentary by the Finnish duo (you will switch to another service) has become a viral hit and has already collected more than a hundred thousand views at the time of writing this. Hämäläinen’s “Finglish-like” frolicking in online discussion forums has aroused both surprise, amusement and admiration.
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