Wolves win the cup. King of Glory Professional League Photo courtesy
html On the evening of September 3, the 2022KPL (King of Glory Professional League) summer season ushered in the final battle. This year's spring split champion and runner-up teams - Wuhan eStarPro and Chongqing Wolves met again on the finals stage. The two teams launched an attack on their seventh championship in team history. After 6 fierce games, the Wolves defeated their old rival eStar 4-2 and won the Silver Dragon Cup. Jungler Li Daheng (ID: Xiaopang) was elected as the finals MVP.Before the start of the finals, not many people were optimistic about the Wolves. In several matches in this year's KPL Summer Split, the Wolves have never been able to break through eStar's defense. But in this crucial matchup in the finals, the Wolves were unstoppable from the start and won the championship in one fell swoop. After the game, Wolves players, head coach and others said that preparing for the finals was too stressful and now they can finally relax.
Little Fatty is back, World Championship 5-man group is like "God descends to earth"
In the second half of this year's KPL summer game, the Wolves lineup was adjusted. In the second round of the regular season, Li Daheng entered the roster as a supplementary player and started. Because of his age, after playing with the team in the Honor of Kings World Champions Cup last year, he missed the subsequent KPL Autumn Split, the Honor of Kings Challenger Cup and this year’s spring split.
In this summer season, with the return of Li Daheng, the Wolves' 2021 World Champions Cup winning lineup has been assembled. "I will come back to win the championship." This is the goal Li Daheng set when he returned to the team, and it is also the expectation of all members of the Wolves. After all, their last trophy in the league dates back to the 2017 KPL Autumn Split. In the
playoffs, the Wolves, who were defeated by eStar in the upper bracket finals, advanced from the lower bracket to the finals and gained a chance to win the championship. Facing eStar again, the Wolves vowed to make up for their regret of only finishing second in this spring split. At the press conference before the finals, Wolves player Peng Yunfei (ID: Fly) expressed what everyone was thinking: "Everyone is very passionate and passionate, and they came with a revenge mentality."
General Manager After scoring 3 points in the first half of the final, the Wolves easily got the match point. Although eStar recovered two points in the second half, the Wolves did not let the victory slip away from their hands this time, defeating eStar 4-2 and winning the league championship trophy again after 5 years.
After the game, Wolves head coach Ma Xin (ID: Li Luo) did not hesitate to praise the players, praising them as "gods descending from heaven". In his view, compared to the spring split, the biggest change in the team is the improvement in status. "I think we are becoming more and more confident and firmly believe that our five-man group is the strongest. This is very important."
withstands the pressure , use the most positive way to get rid of the "baggage"
At the pre-match press conference, when asked whether there would be pressure against the old rival eStar, Ma Xin gave a negative answer. After the game, he admitted that there was still pressure.
In this summer season, the "Wolf Stars" met a total of 5 times. Except for the victory in this finals, the Wolves did not win a single victory in the first 4 games. If you include this year's spring game, the Wolves suffered a "six kills" from eStar. Repeated defeats against strong opponents are the main source of pressure for the Wolves. Ma Xin said: "Their (eStar) players in all positions are among the best. During the entire summer split this year, when we played against them, we did not do as well as them, so there is naturally pressure."
In addition, , the Wolves' fragile defeat in last year's spring game also caused a lot of pressure from public opinion, but they chose the most positive way to deal with these "baggage". When it comes to the failure in the Spring Split Finals, they never run away. In a previous interview, Peng Yunfei revealed that the team members sometimes laughed at themselves for being the team that lost the fastest in the finals. When
discussed this topic again after winning the championship, Peng Yunfei's tone remained calm: "Because we still have a long way to go, and we cannot let one or two losses affect our entire career. I feel like Yaodao (Zhong Letian), Save Don’t be arrogant when you win, don’t be discouraged when you lose, and take winning or losing lightly. However, we have to work hard in this process, and we will not regret it even if we lose.”
said, Peng Yunfei and Zhong Letian were in a good mood and talked about the past. Netizens made fun of their jingle."'Your Sword Emperor's movements are ridiculous' is how they describe me as 'died' while walking." Zhong Letian said with a smile. Both said that they found these comments very interesting and looked forward to what new ideas netizens would come up with after winning this championship.
In order to maintain the best condition in the finals, the team members did not eat much before the game for fear of being full and making them sleepy. After winning the championship, the boys said they would plan well and eat something good to celebrate.
Now, with the championship trophy in hand, the Wolves’ journey in this year’s KPL summer season has come to a successful conclusion. During the offseason, the players have their own plans. Some want to rest, some want to keep fit, and some want to lose weight. For the upcoming two cup matches, everyone in the Wolves team is quite confident. Peng Yunfei said: "(We) want to build a 'dynasty' of the Wolves."
Beijing News reporter Zhao Xue
editor Han Shuangming
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