as far as I know, any team is allowed to have two teams in the same league if one of them is gc

If they replayed the round because of Sheydos, the rules are totally shit. Riot needs to review their rules and the refereeing. I didn't even want KOI to win, but that rule is absurd.

It's totally clear that Latam players overheat a lot. This may be because of ranked manners and because this works when facing other Latam teams with less firepower. The 9z guys have good aim, but they throw a lot and peak terribly.

He is very impactful with his aim, but I don't think he has enough experience to read well more experienced teams. The question would be if he can be better with a more experienced IGL in the team.

Impressions on the first map (from someone focused on LEV):

C9 kind of surprised LEV with the aggressive Neon and LEV granted many first deaths (I couldn't see the kills, typical prefires I guess). This made the defense very difficult. In attack, LEV started great, but Kingg made a big mistake pushing a smoke against an eco. On top of the anti-ecos approach (which I think is not the best on this map), I believe LEV calls are sometimes too slow or bad. For example, when Taco obtained a first kill against Leaf on A, the team waited on A main until 40-50 seconds (C9 had the information). Then, they silently rotated to C but Runi used its utility when he hear them. LEV immediately rotated to B with 15 seconds left. I don't know, but it seems obvious that with the man advantage, you have to trust your execution, play refrags, and all of that. If you rotate to B making noise, C9 has a higher chance of holding you because they are closer to B than to C.

What's my conclusion?

• C9 is a great team (top 3 for sure) and leaf is goated right now (top 3 in Americas).
• LEV's playstyle may hold them down sometimes. Sometimes they are too aggressive on defense to obtain information even when they are on an agent different than Jett/Chamber (teams can exploit this by looking for early kills). Other times the attack is too slow. fns read them a lot in 2022 (even though I wasn't aware of these observations at that time, maybe it has relationship).

+1, I think other teams already catch up and Lev is not realizing that (it seems). They need analysts/strategic coaches to improve the antistrating other teams are applying to them. With that said, I think their mental resilience is their biggest weakness (can't close maps/no many registered comebacks). If they don't figure out that, I don't see them becoming a real contender for any tourney.

I am not 100% sure, but I think the name "Finetwork KOI" is valid only for the LOL team, as it is an exclusive sponsor.

LEV, vamoooos

It is not known, but I am 99% sure that the staff wanted to drop some players (delz1k) and Mazino was considering leaving (better coach in Lev). Keznit didn't like this and he left, he is emotional so it makes sense. I think he wanted to continue with the same roster.

Yeah, I think the team has the potential to beat a team like FPX, but not in their current form. They looked off because their game plan was not succeeding and they started to play guided by their emotions. But as I mentioned, I think this is all due to more structural problems (coaching, style of play, players adaptability). With all that said, FPX played very well today and looks like a contender as it is.

Being a Kru fan, it's sad to see. Many mistakes are repeated over and over again, they allow lurking, they don't have very good map control, they peak 1 by 1 when they have advantage or sufficient info. The truth is that the team hasn't evolved significantly in the last few months, I think the coach is a problem, but the players and their playstyle might be too. Onur really made a big difference.