G2 Esports crash out of MSI 2023 London after 3-1 defeat to BLG

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It’s all over for Europe in London’s League of Legends MSI 2023 after LEC team G2 fell 3-1 to Chinese LPL team BLG (Bilibili Gaming) today.

Despite the scoreline it was a relatively close series up until the final game, with G2 and BLG sparring evenly for large parts of the match.

From the off, the series was a fast-paced exciting affair with a lot of teamfights, kills and explosive action.

G2 lost game one, but came back in game two. And while it looked like they were controlling game three well from the mid to late game, winning teamfights and more, a mis-fought teamfight at the end of game three saw BLG take the lead in the series 2-1.

Game four slowed things down, as a chronobreak looked like it was going to be issued, just before the seven minute mark due to an issue with in-game biscuits apparently not working correctly.

However, the issue was not able to be resolved, so Riot decided to play on from 6:53 after some time out, also allowing for the players to take a toilet break.

Game four was a frustrating one for G2, as they were split apart slightly in teamfights and weren’t able to get the kills and gold lead the needed to take the series to a fifth and final game.

BLG set to face next opponent in MSI 2023 lower bracket

BLG have now progressed to round three of the lower bracket, where they will face the winner of the round two match between Gen.G and Cloud9 tomorrow (Wednesday May 17th).

Then on Thursday, the upper bracket final will take place between T1 (who recently beat Gen.G at MSI 2023) and JDG.

The result comes after we spoke to Hans Sama following G2’s 3-0 victory over fellow LEC team Mad Lions.

Hans Sama spoke about G2’s confidence, creativity and communication at MSI 2023, saying he feels like every game is comebackable. But today, for G2, and for Europe, it sadly wasn’t.

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Dom Sacco

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.

As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.