Professional player Yegor ".Ark" Zhabotinskii commented on the upcoming match between 9 Pandas and LGD Gaming exclusively for Telecomasia.net.
“.Ark” said that 9 Pandas are much weaker than LGD Gaming:
LGD Gaming is the hope of China. Great drafts, great performance, I really like the playing style of the players, NTS is in his prime. However, there is a lot to discuss about 9 Pandas: the drafts are terrible, the performance is terrible, and the players don't play as a team. In this context, 9 Pandas are much weaker than LGD Gaming. Besides, we should not forget about the draft penalty, so my prediction: 2:0 in favor of LGD Gaming.
9 Pandas will face LGD Gaming on October 21st at 2:00 GMT+3. The losing team will go to the lower bracket of The International 2023.