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CFO defeated MKOI 3:1 in the first round of the lower bracket of the MSI 2025 bracket stage held at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada on the 6th, and advanced to the second round of the lower bracket. Also, it is their first BO5 victory based on LCP in 10 years.

In the first set, MKOI started by cleanly taking down 'Driver's Sion with a top dive, but CFO unilaterally won the 2:2 fight in the bottom lane at 14 minutes, scoring points. And 'HongQ's Azir took down 'Jojopyun's Yone, and Sion also took down Rumble 1:1.

The kill score wasn't significantly different, but CFO was clearly ahead in overall operation and took the lead. However, MKOI also reduced the gold difference to almost nothing through team fights. But in a team fight near Baron, CFO, who melted Alistar first, succeeded in hunting Baron and won the final mid team fight, taking the first win.

In the following second set, CFO caught both of MKOI's bottom duo with the help of 'JunJia's Skarner, who quickly joined through Bard. MKOI took down Skarner in the mid lane and took the dragon, scoring points for themselves. CFO cut Twisted Fate in the mid lane and took the caterpillars, and after that, the battles were evenly matched, and the global gold was tight as of 21 minutes.

The balance between the two teams was broken in the mid team fight at 25 minutes. CFO cut 'Supa's Caitlyn and continued to attack, taking down all of MKOI's champions and even killing Baron. In the end, CFO rolled the snowball with the Baron buff, took the lead in gold, and easily won the team fight, making it 2:0.

In the third set, 'HongQ's Aurora took down 'Jojopyun's Taliyah alone. MKOI's 'ElYoya's Poppy took down 'Rest's Yorick through a top gank, and Aurora took down Taliyah again in the mid lane. MKOI minimized the damage by taking down Aurora with allies nearby.

And MKOI, who took down Yorick again, was also leading in global gold by a small amount, but Yorick got a kill when Irelia was ganked by Nocturne. MKOI won both fights that took place almost simultaneously in the top and bottom lanes, and released the Herald in the mid lane, destroying the mid first tower.

MKOI, who had made a significant gold difference, calmly played the game and took the lead, taking Baron first, taking Baron, and winning the team fight, destroying the opponent's Nexus in 27 minutes to make it 1:2.

In the fourth set, CFO was clearly ahead of MKOI in the laning phase, and as of 12 minutes, the kill score was 1:1, but they were ahead by more than 3,000 gold and had stacked 2 dragons. MKOI, whose atmosphere was not good, cut 'HongQ's Viktor once in the top lane.

CFO was definitely ahead in operation, and the only fortunate thing for MKOI was that they continued to catch Viktor and slow down his growth. However, CFO won the bottom fight that started with Atakan, and CFO, who overwhelmed MKOI in the dragon fight at 23 minutes, solidified their victory.

And CFO, who took out a lot of the opponent's main skills in the mid lane, naturally succeeded in hunting Baron, and the gold difference widened to 9,000 as of 27 minutes. CFO, who destroyed the bottom and mid inhibitors through the Baron buff, easily took the dragon soul and easily defeated the opponent, and CFO won.

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2025-07-06