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Chapter 971 - 532: Suffering from Targeting, the Pain of a Gold Medal Coach (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 971: Chapter 532: Suffering from Targeting, the Pain of a Gold Medal Coach (Please Subscribe)

Inside the Mist City eSports arena.

The first match of the best-of-five (bo5) finals of the League of Legends LPL regional playoffs had just ended.

The audience, after watching the match, were thrilled to the core.

Even Ding Yue’s heart fluctuated with excitement. This first game was really too spectacular. His FY team fought fiercely against the LC team, gaining an early advantage through the collaboration between the top lane and jungle support.

But then, the Dragon City LC team immediately struck back, snatching the advantage for themselves.

The two teams went back and forth in a melee too close to call. It was the most thrilling and bloodiest match in the LPL region this year.

In the end,

the FY team still managed to win the final team battle through perfect cooperation. After taking the victory in the team fight, they surged forward into the enemy’s base, directly taking down the opposing team’s crystal nexus.

"Director Jian, this Dragon City LC team is really tenacious and strong. Setting aside team loyalties, I thoroughly enjoyed this match,"

Ding Yue said with a smile to Director Jian Zihao beside him.

"Indeed, the resilience of the Dragon City LC team is extraordinary. It’s clear that Jiahao and his teammates struggled a bit in this first game, but they still presented a fantastic match to the audience, which is also quite good,"

Jian Zihao replied with a nod and a smile.

Throughout the intense battle, Jian Zihao could say he was sweating buckets.

He was genuinely afraid that under Principal Ding’s watchful eye in the audience, the FY team he led might lose the first game.

Fortunately, the five young members of the FY team didn’t let Jian Zihao down, winning the first match in the end, causing Jian Zihao’s heart to pound with excitement.

"Yue, if we keep playing like this, I think it’s possible we might play out the whole bo5,"

said Huang Youjie, who was nearby.

Truth be told, setting rivalries aside, Ding Yue really hoped that today’s playoff finals would go to a full bo5. With the strength of the FY team and the LC team, a full series would definitely be extremely exciting.

For someone who enjoys the game League of Legends, how satisfying it is to watch a closely matched and exciting game goes without saying.

But as the owner of the FY team, Ding Yue of course hoped they could finish in three matches—it would be best if they won 3-0 because then his FY team could advance to the S series global finals starting at the end of September and the beginning of October as the number one seed from the LPL region.

"Let’s see, it would be best to take it down in three matches,"

Ding Yue nodded.

At this moment, the five players of the FY team returned to their team’s lounge after leaving the stage.

Upon seeing Jiahao and the other four players, Ding Yue immediately praised them with a smile, "Well done, everyone. Keep it up in the next match."

It was obvious that after playing the first match, the five players’ faces showed signs of fatigue; indeed, that game had been too tense.

Especially at one point in the middle, Jiahao even thought they might not be able to turn the situation around, but fortunately in the last decisive team fight, his brothers held steady. With perfect coordination, they managed an extraordinarily beautiful team fight, with Jiahao’s ADC performing to the limits in the battle.

In the last team fight, Jiahao’s ADC faced threats from two enemy champions targeting the back line and yet, even under such pressure, Jiahao’s ADC, with his brilliant play, still managed to achieve maximum damage output, ultimately leading his teammates to victory.

"Keep it up!"

After shouting words of encouragement, the five players each took their seats.

"Come on, let’s review the match and aim to do even better in the next one."

Director Jian Zihao immediately began the post-match review with the five players.

After each match, the coach needs to lead a brief review with the players, and a more detailed review follows after the full game. The main goal is to summarize and see where they could optimize for the next match.

However, as the draft phase during the matches can change in the blink of an eye, Jian Zihao could only summarize the opponent’s strengths and weaknesses.

From the first game, Jian Zihao had indeed discerned quite a few things.

The mid-game break quickly passed.

After finishing the review with the players, Jian Zihao began preparing for the second match.

During the break, Ding Yue took out his phone to briefly check the online support and netizens’ opinions on today’s game.

After the FY team won the first match, the calls for them to clinch the championship grew louder.

After all, in the Spring Game and the mid-season global championship, the FY team had made a name for itself; in the past six months, the team’s popularity had soared.

The popularity of the five young players, Jiahao, Feng Jin, Qian Yu, Yao Jing, and Wang Shilin, had also grown significantly.

Especially ADC Jiahao and gold medal support Feng Jin, who each had millions of fans already. Achieving such success in a little over a year, their progress was undoubtedly linked to Mist City Arts and Science University and naturally, also to their own efforts.

Even if Jiahao and Feng Jin were to retire from professional gaming in the future, their streams would surely attract a high viewership.

Very quickly,

the second match began.

In the draft phase of the second game, the Dragon City LC team once again targeted several core positions, making choices that allowed Jiahao and his team to obtain a lineup they were particularly good at during the summer season.