The previous playoff matches were played a few months ago, but TCM has been missing some of their key players so the final has been delayed up until today.
In the semi-finals, 4Kings beat Übersexuals 2-1. 4K started the game by winning Granary, but Übersexuals tied the score with a win on Badlands. 4K were however able to win the decider map Well and made their way to the final.
The other semi-final match was fought between TCM and Crack! Clan, which also needed a third map. Crack took the first map Gravelpit rather easily but TCM was able to recover and won the next two maps, Granary and Badlands.
Tonight's final is certainly going to attract a lot of attention and we are expecting to see a good fight between two great teams. But the question is, will TCM be able to challenge 4K tonight when many of their key players have been inactive? These two played an ESL League match just yesterday and 4K gave TCM a good beating by winning 9-1 on Granary and 9-0 on Badlands. TCM certainly can make a better effort than they did yesterday, but all the odds are on 4K's side.
Line-ups for today's match
4Kings
John Harrison // Abomination
Arto Gröndahl // Agron
Björn Andersson // bybben
Rauli Savela // Darn
Mikko Vilkkilä // Masiina
Mickael Fernandez // Mick
Ruben Ljungdahl // ryb
Team Coolermaster
Albert Otten // Albert
Ahmed Fansa // Byte
Luís Moedas // Coinz
Paul Doyle // Evil
Jaakko Kahima / Jackium
Nigel Manson // Stealthy
Neil Partridge // TopGear
Matthias Kühl // zerox
Statement from Rauli Savela // Darn, 4Kings
TCM did really well last night getting that one round in granary, let's hope we can fix that mistake tonight! No, but seriously we hope they can put up a fight tonight, because I know they can do that. GG GL HF THX!
Statement from Matthias Kühl // zerox, Team Coolermaster
Last night we were all drunk. Tonight will be completely different. Darn is gonna get fucked and btw, Mick should stop hiding behind bybben.
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Originally published on Cadred.org on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:04:33 +0000 by Juho Pättö.
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