"Сan't logically explain how it happened": Dota 2 community reacts to Team Spirit's triumph at PGL Arlington Major 2022

Team Spirit surprisingly defeated PSG.LGD in the grand final of PGL Dota 2 Major Arlington 2022 with a score of 3:1. Experts, players and other representatives of the Dota 2 community congratulated the Russian team on their triumph and pointed out the psychological problems of the players of the Chinese club.

Two-time champion of The International Sébastien «Ceb» Debs, who played as a stand-in for OG during the Major, wrote on Twitter: «Gratz to Team Spirit, big statement leading up to TI.»

Rustam «Adekvat» Mavlyutov, who commented the grand final on the official Russian-language stream, admitted that he did not expect to see such an impressive comeback from the Miposhka team. «Hats off to Team Spirit. It’s unbelievable and I can’t logically explain how it happened. Again! Looking forward to TI, we’re in for a painful few months of waiting. GG WP,» Adekvat wrote on his Telegram page.

Another Dota commentator, Nikita «4ce» Kotkov, believes that PSG.LGD’s players simply cannot cope with the pressure of large offline tournaments. «I’m looking at this game now and I want to tell you that you won’t see this in any online tournament. It’s a game of nerves, stress, cortisol, adrenaline. I don’t know, call it what you want, but PSG are clearly prone to it. This is the second major tournament final in which the Chinese team is doing some strange things. I think it’s all about external pressure, not that they don’t know how to play,» Kotkov said in a video posted on Telegram.

Oleksiy «Storm» Tumanov, the Ukrainian colleague of the last two speakers, also believes that the reason for the Chinese team’s failures lies in psychology. «Team Spirit become the champions of the Major! They won psychological battle again, because LGD just shut down at a certain point in the game. Gratz!» Storm wrote.

As reported by CyberScore, all 12 holders of invites to The International 2022 have been determined.