Evil Geniuses vs Elephant: Who fails in the tournament?

The group stage of The International 10 has come to an end. Teams from the CIS managed to please their fans and get into the top draw, albeit not without problems. Otherwise, the group stage offered few surprises, with the Chinese teams dominating and South America weaker than the rest.

On October 12, Evil Geniuses and Elephant will play their opening game in the lower bracket of the International 10 playoffs. We’ll find out which team will go on to the tournament and suffer a disappointing defeat and take one of the last places.

Evil Geniuses got off to a great start at The International 10 with two solid wins, but then the team was very unstable. A draw with Alliance and Undying, a loss against Virtus.pro - all these results undermine faith in the team. Of their last five matches, Evil Geniuses have won only one. And a win over Thunder does not look anything serious, as Thunder have not won a single map in the tournament. Evil Geniuses have one day to rectify the situation. Still, as it turned out, they got a very serious opponent and, in terms of names, even more powerful than Evil Geniuses themselves. Nevertheless, it is worth noting that Evil Geniuses quite rarely lose their matches. The guys, even in the failed encounters, managed to cling to at least one map.

Elephants have the squad to contend for the year’s major tournament, but they look weak in their play. Many have noted that there are too many stars in this squad, not allowing them to open up and show their best. The Elephants have already played their way to the bottom of the table, and they’ve even gone straight to Evil Geniuses. The latter has no intention of being relegated in the first round of the playoffs. If Evil Geniuses had a real chance of making the playoffs, Elephant did not. The team was too poor in the group stage and lost four times, which is unforgivable for a team of this level.

Evil Geniuses and Elephant are the two teams that disappointed us the most in the group stage. Incredibly powerful performers did not help the teams to show a confident game, and now we will say goodbye to one of the teams. If the Evil Geniuses did not always look great, but they scored points and could get into the top draw until the last map, the Chinese team seemed relatively weak in this encounter. The bookmakers are offering odds of 1.54 for Evil Geniuses to win, which looks like a good option.