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The Polish protoss once again proved too big an obstacle for EG's ace and will fight for the $20,000 later today.
Dating back to DreamHack Summer semi-finals, the previous encounter between Mana and Stephano did not end too well for the French. Considered to be the absolute favorite, Stephano then suffered a heavy 0-2 loss to Mana archon timing attacks and failed to make the DH final.
Today, Stephano hit the same brick wall as Mana pushed him to the bronze match after a 2-1. Even more surprising, however, was seeing Stephano just one loss away from not getting any prize money at all as his compatriot and tournament darkhorse NeoAngel took game one in the series. Alas, his Cinderella story was meant to end with a fourth place finish after a run that featured wins over renowned names like NightEnd, Hawk and SortOf.
That being said, ESWC is to be wrapped up with a PvT grand final between Mana and ForGG. Both are entering the series with big prowess in the match-up, although the stats are slightly into Korean's favor as he's 6-1 in TvPs this tournament.
The Best of 5 showdown begins at 17:30 CET today, November 3rd with $32,000 still up for the taking.
