European Masters Summer 2021: Digest of the first game day

Misfits Premier vs AGO Rogue

In the first match, the Misfits Premier and AGO Rogue fought. Both teams showed a high level of play: drafts and execution were at a high level and up to 24 minutes the situation on the map was equal. Then the Polish team went ahead a little, taking 3 opponents' champions on the fourth dragon, but made a mistake on Baron Nashor and lost the advantage they had earned.
After 6 minutes, the Misfits Premier players took advantage of the situation and took the soul of a fiery dragon, and with it a triplekill for Shlatan. This advantage was enough to end the game immediately after this fight.

Anothosis Esports vs UCAM Esports Club

In the next match, despite being an outsider, the Greeks from Anothosis Esports started to play aggressively on the bottom lane and were able to shed first blood on Ezreal. ANO continued to push UCAM on the map and brought their advantage to three kills, but the UCAM pick was sharpened for the late game, and they also farm more, so the Greeks had only 700 more gold than the Spaniards.
To return to the game, UCAM needed only one mistake from their opponents, but Anorthosis Esports were not going to stop and only increased their lead up to a fight on Baron Nashor.
As in the last game, the turning point occurred on the Baron: Hantera broke into four enemy champions on Reikan, which helped his team to win the fight and take an important neutral object for himself.
The initiative did not immediately pass into the hands of UCAM: the Greeks still responded with dignity to the attacks, however, on the 31st minute they made a mistake when pushing the T2 tower, which is why they lost the game.

BIG vs Fnatic Rising

Fnatic Rising immediately managed to find an approach to their opponent: BIG made a lot of mistakes on the lanes and Nidalee's peak from the Fnatic academy punished them for any mistake, and on the bot, Reikan and Shaya stood perfectly against Kai'Sa and Nautilus.
MAXI in the forest deservedly became the MVP of the match: his spears almost always found their target, and the damage and healing from his skills helped the team stay alive, even after deep dives.
Despite all of the above, BIG tried to get back into the game, taking 3 FNCR champions in the 23rd minute and they even managed to survive in the skirmishes, despite the lag, but unfortunately, the advantage of Fnatic Rising was already too great and in the 34th minute they finished the game in their benefit.

Illuminar Gaming vs Zero Tenacity

The game kicked off with Zero Tenacity catching their opponents on the counter bank, thus gaining an early advantage. The map was equal, and both teams traded objects and kills at opposite ends of the map.
Zero Tenacity managed to get an advantage in the middle of the game on the third dragon: Illuminar Gaming made a mistake when retreating and gave up two champions, and then mumus100 scored LeQu smartly, which increased the advantage to 2.5 thousand in gold.
Illuminar Gaming smartly returned to the game after the fight on the Baron: they managed to fight 4v5 into a profitable exchange and demolish 2 towers and the enemy's inhibitor. This helped the Polish squad to finish the game in their favor in the 30th minute, after Camilla's teleportation.

Macko Esports vs Vodafone Giants

Many expected that the teams would surprise us in this championship with their picks, but no one could have guessed that so much: Macko Esports took Nasus to the mid lane in their first match, which greatly puzzled the Vodafone Giants.
The game began with active actions from both teams: already at the 4th minute there was a fight in the bot, in which 5 champions died, and the total score of the match became 2-4 in favor of the Spaniards. Despite the advantage in kills, none of the teams managed to get the initiative on the map for a long time.
On the 19th minute, one of the key fights takes place: Vodafone Giants were able to take the third dragon in a row for themselves and, thanks to well-coordinated team actions, killed 4 enemy champions. The Spaniards made a big mistake on the 25th minute, giving themselves up to Macko Esports five of them. The Italians continued their victorious march on the map, but Atilla fundamentally disagreed with this: the ADC player Vodafone Giants inflicted a colossal amount of damage, thanks to which the Spanish team managed to maintain tension in the game.
At the 33rd minute, a key fight takes place: Macko Esports come to Baron Nashor, who is already being taken by Vodafone Giants. A fight ensues, in which an equal exchange of 2 to 2 takes place, but Miniduke makes a great move, stealing Seraphina's ult and thereby wins the game for his team.

Karmine Corp vs mousesports

The French managed to get the initial advantage due to better farming, but mousesports' setup was better in team skirmishes than they used regularly.
On the 17th minute, KC manages to take the second dragon in the game in a row and, after a good counterattack, earn 3 kills in his piggy bank.
It was noticeable in the game that the French are corny stronger and better than their opponents and they constantly managed to farm more and better than they earned a huge advantage of 6 thousand gold by 31 minutes. Karmine Corp take 4 opposing champions in exchange for only one and strengthen their advantage, and after 3 minutes they end the game in their favor.

Position of teams

After the first game day, leaders appeared in all groups except B. EU Masters will continue today with group stage matches.