CS: A young talent from Peking University, you want me to play professionally?

"We can see that the last player on SQ's side still has a crucial flashbang in his hand. This item could very well be very effective in this extreme 1v1 situation. It's just a question of how Cobra will respond to this."

In Li Mo's mind, this 1v1 situation wasn't particularly stressful. Although he had a sniper rifle, he was able to use a pistol to his advantage in this round.

Therefore, in this situation, for this endgame, he only needs to shoot the opponent in the body once to achieve a very good instant kill effect, especially when the opponent's location information is unknown. He can achieve an unexpected effect with this pistol.

At this moment, no one on the SQ team spoke, because they were all well aware of the situation. In this tug-of-war between the two, it was fair to say that both sides only needed one shot to end the round. Therefore, any command from either side would only have a negative effect.

At this moment, Li Mo did not show any solemnity on his face. Although he was very focused, he had experienced too many such scenes before, so he did not show much tension.

After moving up the ramp from the CT position, Li Mo's positioning was extremely precise. Although the opponent was consciously avoiding his possible positions on the ramp to draw their firing line, they couldn't pinpoint Li Mo's location. This was very difficult for the opponent. They could only use a flashbang to restrict almost everyone outside the bomb site. However, without specific targeting, this flashbang wasn't very effective at limiting Li Mo.

"We can see that both sides have done a very good job of controlling their positions, but because Cobra on NA's side has more information and knows the opponent's exact location. Moreover, he also knows that the opponent is low on health, so he is playing very proactively. After switching to his pistol immediately, he has been trying to find the opponent's position."

"SQ realized that there was a very high probability that Cobra was on slope A, after all, the information they had previously had was quite clear to them. Now that they realized this, their current position is actually more advantageous, and they also have the opportunity to fire first."

"Okay, after these few seconds of back-and-forth, the two sides will soon face each other. In this situation, the gunfight is basically even, since both sides can be killed with one shot."

"SQ was the first to spot Cobra's head, but he was dodged by the opponent's tactical crouch, a classic tactical crouch!"

When the audience witnessed this, almost everyone was excited. In previous matches, Li Mo had used this move to kill countless professional players; it was practically his signature move.

The last member of SQ, having lost the chance to keep his team alive, undoubtedly showed a look of regret on his face. After all, he simply couldn't seize this last opportunity, and their team's epic battle against NA in the Swiss round had finally come to an end.

"Let's congratulate na on their successful victory over SQ, securing their first win in this IEM. We also want to thank both teams for providing us with an undeniable visual feast in this match. It's fair to say that both teams were at their best, and their meticulous strategy made us, the viewers, feel that this was a clash between top teams."

"Yes, that's right. I believe everyone who watched this match must have had a very strong experience. Because before the match, most viewers probably didn't expect SQ to perform so well against the then-dominant NA."

"It can be said that in this match, SQ completely showed us a team that was at its peak in terms of command, tactical coordination, teamwork, and discipline. We can see just how terrifying their strength is, and we hope that they can continue to show such strong performance in the future."

After winning this round, the commentators were still caught up in a wonderful visual feast and hadn't quite shaken off it yet, since this match had indeed far exceeded their expectations.

In fact, after the match, the entire NA team had a high opinion of the SQ team. Throughout the game, SQ put considerable pressure on them, both on offense and defense. While it was clear that the individual skills of the SQ players weren't yet at the top level, their consistent discipline effectively compensated for many of their shortcomings.

What's even more incredible is that in the most crucial matches, their initially weaker gun skills were still able to shine. This shows that the players on this team actually have a high ceiling in terms of individual ability; they just haven't developed it yet, or rather, it hasn't been demonstrated at this stage of the game.

Regarding today's match, Li Mo also believes that his team still exposed some problems. In some crucial rounds, their playstyle seemed somewhat casual.

In fact, they often demonstrate high discipline and avoid making low-level mistakes, especially avoiding the long-standing problem of greedily engaging in gunfights.

"Overall, everyone played quite well today, but there are some issues we've mentioned before that we still need to pay attention to. During the review process, we need to actively identify the problems we had in the whole game and then correct them ourselves."

The most important thing is to continuously correct these problems in ranked games. If you can't make real changes in ranked games, then it's practically impossible to make significant improvements in competitive matches.

Everyone agreed with Li Mo's words. In fact, aside from Li Mo, everyone else felt they had significant problems in today's match, primarily due to the perceived weakness of the SQ team on paper. Furthermore, it was evident during the match that the individual skills of SQ's players were relatively weaker, with a considerable gap between them. Therefore, their inability to achieve a decisive victory was, in the eyes of the other members of NA, a major issue.

However, Li Mo believes that this is not the case. After all, although the individual skills of the players in the SQ team are not at the level of top-tier teams, their strength lies in their team discipline and tactical coordination.

From this perspective, this is also one of the more significant problems that their team exposed in the previous World Championship. However, Li Mo also gained a lot from playing against SQ, as there are aspects of this team that are worth learning from, both in terms of tactical counter-strategies and teamwork.

After this match, Na had no other matches that day. Li Mo treated everyone to a simple meal. After all, when you're abroad, you have to keep things simple. They don't have much time for entertainment before the match ends, and excessive entertainment can lead to a decline in their individual abilities. In addition, they need to constantly adjust their tactics.

"Now you know how important scrims and ranked games are, right?"

Any team that relies on individual player ability will easily run into problems if it doesn't increase the intensity of training, especially in terms of teamwork and discipline in terms of tactics, and if it doesn't work on developing teamwork and tactics from the beginning.

In this process, NA is clearly such a team, with three world-class dribblers. Moreover, Li Mo's command ability is so exceptional that it's almost impossible to find another player like him in the world.

However, it was precisely because of his tactical arrangements for the players before and after the match, as well as his command throughout the match, that the NA team had previously suffered from the problem of players' inertia in thinking.

If players frequently abandon independent thinking during a competition, they will develop a dependency over time. In such cases, if unexpected situations arise, it will be difficult to solve problems solely based on their own judgment.

In their next match, NA will face their old rivals, Alliance (A). NA has considerable experience playing against A, but this time, A's pre-match preparations will undoubtedly be far more thorough, given their experience at the last World Championship. They must now understand that their biggest rival at IEM will still be NA.

Therefore, in this situation, OA must know that they have made full tactical preparations in advance with the school team A. In the two months before they came to participate in the competition, Li Mo had already led the team to do it repeatedly.

In his view, after the last World Championship, almost all the top teams in the world, and even some fringe and second-tier teams, will do their best to use the time to conduct a comprehensive review and analysis of their opponents. Therefore, if they have no understanding of their opponents' recent tactical ideas and preparations, then there will obviously be problems.

The evenings were mostly spent analyzing and reviewing Team A's recent matches. For NA, the biggest concern in facing Team A again is that the opponent might have a very thorough tactical analysis and preparation. During the match, they need to constantly adjust their tactics flexibly. Otherwise, if the opponent's unconventional tactics work well, they might score points in a row, putting NA in an economic black hole.

"When facing them, we still need to be a high-level filter. Otherwise, just in terms of gun skills, you know their strength is by no means weak. If we don't rely on our own tactics and teamwork to support our rounds in all aspects, and only rely on individual ability to play the game, there is a high possibility of making fatal mistakes if our performance is unstable."

Before facing Team A, Li Mo had already done some research on the latest tactics. In his opinion, Team A had been performing more consistently than before, and their individual players were in excellent form. Their overall team strength was clearly growing stronger than when they last met in the World Championship.

Faced with this situation, they obviously need to be fully prepared. Furthermore, Li Mo plans that if they are matched with maps they are not particularly good at, especially if the players' teamwork, tactical understanding, and item usage are not optimal, he will implement his latest tactical plans to ensure victory.

"Tonight, you guys should practice some basic items, point throwing, and tactical coordination again. Practice them repeatedly, whether it's in ranked matches or when you're running around the map. These are things you need to practice repeatedly tonight, because if you can't deal with the opponent's unconventional tactics during the match, and we get blown up in the score during the regular time of the match, we'll be at a significant disadvantage in the first half."

In this situation, if we can't find a tactical solution, or if we can't avoid the impact of unconventional tactics employed by the opponent on the field, then we'll encounter significant trouble.

When Li Mo mentioned these things, the other members of NA didn't seem too surprised, or even think he was exaggerating, because NA's performance during this period was undeniable.

(End of this chapter)