Dota 2 News: The International 2018 Day 1 Review 

OG vs PSG.LGD [1-1]

This was a heavyweight match. OG is one of those teams that enter the tournament every year neither as a favorite nor as an underdog. The result of any OG game is unpredictable. While PSG.LGD entered TI8 as a clear favorite to win the championship this year. OG can be the King of Majors but PSG.LGD had a pretty good run through-out the whole DPC season. LGD owned OG in the first game as the match ended with a humiliating scoreline of OG 14 – 42 PSG.LGD. In the second game, OG managed to come back with a close win and make the series a draw as the game ended with a score line of OG 41 - 30 PSG.LGD.

EVIL GENIUSES VS VGJ.THUNDER [2-0]

EG the former champions of TI came back stronger this year as they snatched the series against VGJ.Thunder with a clean 2-0 victory. EG won the first game against VGJ.Thunder with a scoreline of EG 49 – 38 VGJ.T with Fly’s Phoenix, RTZ Clinkz and Sumail’s Alchemist. The 2nd game was humiliating enough for VGJ.T as the game ended with 41 kills for EG while just 14 kills for VGJ.T as Sumail finished 14-2 on his Mirana and RTZ finished 11-2 on his Spectre.

Invictus Gaming vs Mineski [1-1]

IG vs Mineski was really close according to me. Even the games had a really thin kill margin as the TI2 champions won the first game with a scoreline of IG 23 – 17 Mineski. And Mineski won the second game with Mineski 26 – 24 IG as Mushi finished with 15-5-8 on his Mirana.

The Group A series 1 ends with 3 draws and EG’s 2-0 victory.