On May 1, MSI 2024 officially started with exciting matches in Group A of the starting round. If Flyquest must be very hard to be able to come back to defeat PSG Talon, T1 is completely superior to Estral Esports. Just pass the Flyquest in the next match, Faker and his juniors will get the ticket to the branch of MSI 2024.
T1 had a fairly favorable launch in MSI 2024 with a 2-0 victory over Estral Esports
With an ambitious team like T1, their goal in MSI 2024 is clearly the championship, not just overcome the boot. Moreover, T1 also has another goal that has a significant meaning of defeating BLG. Even after the victory over Estral Esports, the stars on T1 like Faker and Oner all sent “war” to the No. 1 seed of the LPL area.
Oner, when asked about the opponents we want to overcome at MSI 2024: “That important thing we meet with strong opponents. Now my team wants to confront and defeat is BlG”
Faker also only name BLG that the opponent he wanted to defeat: “We (T1) want a” revenge “for defeat at MSI last year before BLG. In addition, the whole team also wants to bring the best performances to fans”
Not only T1, perhaps the Gen.G players also want a similar “revenge” for BLG. Remember at MSI 2023 1 year ago, BlG had in turn eliminated both gen.G and T1 below the losing branch. Even, this team has victories with quite overwhelming scores like 3-0 (before Gen.G) and 3-1 (before T1). Therefore, T1 (and maybe both gen.g) want to beat BLG in MSI this year is extremely understandable.
At MSI 2023, BLG really “sowed” for T1 when defeating Faker and his teammates with a score of 3-1
Moreover, the current BLG is the strongest representative of the host area LPL. If this opponent is overcome, it will be an extremely strong affirmation of the power of T1 as well as the opportunity to win the MSI 2024 title. Perhaps the T1 players are the one who understands this best so they are putting great determination in defeating BLG at MSI 2024 this time.
Faker and his juniors put their determination very high in defeating BLG in MSI this year
In fairness, MSI in recent years is considered a “evil land” for T1 in particular and the LCK representatives in general. The last time a MSI championship representative has been since 2017 with SKT T1's victory. Then the dominance of the LPL teams when RNG championships up to 3 times (2018, 2021, 2022) and JDG also has this title in 2023. Combined with the MSI 2024 held in the LPL area, the BlG (and even TES) owns many advantages in this tournament.
LPL representatives can be said to be dominating the MSI arena when they have won this title 4/5 recently
BLG is expected by LPL audience to continue the proud series of this area in MSI
Therefore, in order for T1 to “revenge” for BLG and towards the MSI 2024 championship, they need to make great efforts in the near future. In the immediate future, T1 must focus all on overcoming Flyquest in the upcoming match to get the ticket early in the branch. Moreover, this also helps them have more time to study strong opponents to head to the prestigious MSI 2024 championship.