Tonight sees two teams who have yet to have battled out during ESLs Country Championships, whereby Team Germany will face off against Team Latvia within the 2011 playoffs which will be played in a best of three format!
Team Germany
basH, GeaR, .stefan, Thy, kurt
20
Latvia
Mirelin, blindd, line, uubers,
ESL Country Championship Playoffs
TIME
Tuesday May 31st
21:15 cest
15:15 edt (na)
07:15 est (aus)
CASTED BY
SOURCETV
Who will win this match?
Germany (66%, 95 Votes)
Latvia (37%, 53 Votes)
Tie (0%, 2 Votes)
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The seeded #4, Germany will prove to be one of Latvia’s hardest games to date, as they go undefeated during the group stages bring home wins against both Team France and Team Portugal, eventually topping their group.
However,seeded #5, Latvia will not go down without a fight having picked up confident results during their qualifying stages and proving consistency against the likes of Team Sweden, with the match going to the third map of cp_gravelpit (2-0 Sweden) after playing close in both cp_badlands (2-3 Latvia) and cp_granary (3-2 Sweden), eventually finishing second in their table!
No doubt tonight will see German top Scouts, basH and Stefan in action, but will also prove how well Kurt can play under high pressure when up against the determined Latvian, of which consists of a very experienced and more than capable Medic in the shape of Mirelin, who never fails to impress with his perfect movement and the perfection of his uber timing, assisted with the likes of other experienced players in the form of Destructo and AnimaL!
Both teams have made a statement on the ESL matchlink, where Bash had this to say:
So far Latvia has presented itself in really good shape with convincing victories over the other competitors in the first Qualifier-Tournament. A close loss against an admittedly off-classing Sweden underlines their strong form. Although we are the favourite for this match we expect a close match against a highly motivated opponent.
Mirelin responded with:
Germany are the favorites coming in to this, but that won’t affect us and we will go in to the game for a win.
Tonight, there will be 2 casters involved. From VanillaTV, Byte and Greg. Meanwhile, “TheEndOfMayTV” will featured Pledge and Howdeh. All the details can be found in the matchticker, you can go to #vanillatv (quakenet) for banter.
Good luck to both teams!
- Howdeh
Originally published on VanillaTV (vanillatf2.org) on 2011-05-31 by howdeh.
Recovered from the Internet Archive (archived copy) as part of tf2esports.com's preservation of VanillaTV's TF2 coverage. The original site is no longer online. All rights remain with the original author; reposted for historical reference.