The Chongqing Major – Virtus Pro in the finals

Matters got extremely competitive when Virtus Pro and Team Secret fulfilled in the top bracket finals of The Chongqing Major.

Both teams met in the Identical back in the first Major of this 2018-19 Dota Pro Circuit, The Kuala Lumpur Major. And what followed was an epic struggle that would afterwards be rematched in the grand finals of the exact same event.

However, this was a brand new Major, and Team Secret set out early to reveal they were not going to let history repeat itself. 

The two leading teams in DPC rankings clashed early and frequently in game , with loopholes constructed towards crime. Clement 'Puppey' Ivanov and his group basically continued to throw themselves in whatever shield Virtus could set up till they broke down the wall.

The extremely forward strategy worked for Secret since they took the win in a tight match . No momentum could carry over into another match, however, because the CIS powerhouse plowed through Secret's defenses later about the 20-minute mark, tying things up at 1-1. 

Game three was roughly that which everybody anticipated, a fast-paced brawl who had both teams battling no matter who had been at the guide. 

Virtus was able to pull away someplace in the middle of the brawl, but didn't prevent Secret from playing with their strengths. Regardless of their tenacity, Roman"RAMZES" Kushnarev was on fire during the next game and led his team to a critical 2-1 series triumph. 

With their triumph, Virtus will wait the remainder of the contest to find out whether they'll again confront Secret once again, or when one of those other teams staying in the reduced bracket will grow up. 

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