Currently, the MSI 2026 is taking place in League of Legends. This is a tournament for the best teams in the world. Also participating is Team G2, the current European champion, based in Berlin. They faced off against T1 and demonstrated that EU should not be underestimated. Faker praised them as well.
What a match it was? Currently, the Mid Season Invitationals 2026 are happening, which is the most important tournament before the World Championship, the Worlds. Players from various regions compete against each other in a tournament system. In the second round of the Loser Bracket, there was a match between G2, the current European champion, and T1. The teams were as follows:
G2:
- On the top lane played BrokenBlade, who is currently probably the best German player
- In the jungle played the French player SkewMond
- On the mid lane was the legendary Dane Caps
- And on the bot lane played the Frenchman Hans Sama (ADC) together with the Greek player Labrov (Support)
T1:
- In the purely South Korean team, Doran took the top lane
- Oner played in the jungle
- LoL legend Faker fought on the mid lane
- And Peyz (ADC) played together with support genius Keria on the bot lane
Although T1 has a strong reputation as world champions, G2 managed to prevail immediately. They won the first two games of the match and, after a loss in the 3rd game, were able to celebrate victory in the 4th and qualify for the next round.
Faker also talked about the match in an interview.
It was not the kind of loss we expected
What does Faker say about the loss against G2? After the match, Sheep Esports conducted an interview with Faker. He admitted to some mistakes. First, he says: It was not the kind of loss we expected, that’s why I am disappointed. It is disappointing.
According to Faker, T1 spent a lot of time analyzing G2’s plays, but the games did not go as they had expected. When he was asked about T1’s draft, he explained: Regarding the draft, I don’t think we were perfect, but I believe the main reason for our loss in today’s game was that we all made a lot of mistakes in the game.
Faker also spoke about himself and admitted that he could have done some things better. Although he praised G2 in the interview for their team movement and coordination, he also said: Even though we lost today, I honestly didn’t feel like we lost because the opponent was that strong. Personally, I believe we just didn’t play at the level we intended to today.
With this loss, T1 was eliminated from the tournament. G2 now has to face the North American team LYON to reach the semifinals. At the time of writing, it is currently 1:0 for LYON.
What do you think of G2? Do you believe the team has a chance this year to win against the top teams at the Worlds? Feel free to share your opinion in the comments. In the course of the EMEA Masters 2025, we were able to conduct an interview with the German G2 player BrokenBlade: A position in LoL is considered particularly boring, but one of the best players from Germany explains in the interview why that is not true
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