20:00 CET - EG face dd. in The Defense upper bracket

Seven hours after the publishing date of this news, we will know wether EG or DD get to face Na`Vi for the first slot in The Defense grand final. Whoever loses has to work through the burdensome lower bracket, in which four teams fight for survival.



EG enter the playoffs after a 4-1 score, sharing the lead in group B2 with Na`Vi. Except founding member Fear, the team naturally pieced itself together and reestablished the winning collective that dominated the European online tournaments as MYM until The International lead to a massive change in the clan scene. The only missing player of their golden area, MaNia, now stands on the opposing front. Although the organization is a different one today, EG stack up countless hours of shared DotA and Dota 2 experience.

In The Defense, EG showed consistant performances so far and look a lot better than what the 13th rank on the GosuGamers board may convey.




What makes today's match interesting is that MaNia will get to face his old colleagues within a solidified lineup that gained enourmous strength ever since the attendance of the Intel Challenge SuperCup playoffs in late summer last year. Following another impressive showing at ESWC the young Danish squad gained the attention of SK and ended up being sent to DreamHack, their fourth LAN in 2011.

In the first group stage of The Defense, DD suffered two losses, but made the cut following the, at that time, dominating mTw into group A2. What then occurred was a surprising turn of events as miGGel and co found their shape to go on a 5-0 streak leading the way into the playoffs.

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The match will be broadcasted by host website joinDOTA, whose TobiWanKenobi will once again sit down in the commentator's cabin. Find the link to his stream as well as the GosuBet below.