On the bus, the Guapi people were looking at the scenery outside the window with great interest.
Although the prosperity of Paris was well known throughout the world, the same thing as Berlin and Hemerider was that they rarely saw very tall modern buildings outside their windows on their way here.
This was slightly different from what they had imagined. In Asia, the more prosperous modern cities were, the more concrete buildings there were. On the contrary, in Europe, whether it was Berlin, Madrid, or Paris, there were some differences.
According to Choi Jung-yeon, Paris also had many tall buildings, but most of them were in the planned western suburbs. On the contrary, there were very few tall buildings in the city center. Perhaps the Europeans were not so interested in the steel jungle.
The team's hotel was located on the Île Saint-Louis. The Île Saint-Louis was a small island in the middle of the Sena River in the center of Paris. It was very close to the S9 finals venue, the Accor Hotel Arena, in the 12th arrondissement.
As two natural river islands on the Sena River, the Île Saint-Louis and the Île Sidé were connected by bridges. The Notre Dame de Paris, written by the great writer Victor Hugo, was located on the Île Sidé.
It was almost noon when they arrived at the hotel. The hotel was close to the Sena River. It was a very exquisite four-story European-style building. The walls were surrounded by green vines, looking very poetic.
After the rooms were assigned and the luggage was put away, Li Xu opened the floor-to-ceiling window. Outside the window was a small balcony surrounded by iron railings. A gentle breeze blew, and the Sena River was reflected in the warm sun.
Li Xu stood outside the balcony, feeling the sunlight on his body, and stretched comfortably.
Generally, high-rise hotels did not have balconies. This was also the hotel room that Li Xu was most satisfied with in Europe. He especially liked to sunbathe on the balcony when he was bored.
On the Sena River, the warm sun was slightly tipsy. In the eyes of a couple, it was a very romantic scene.
Li Xu looked at Li Ge with slight resentment.
It was a pity that it was not Guapi next to him.
"Why are you looking at me?" Li Ge looked at Li Xu strangely.
Li Xu casually said, "You've become more handsome."
"Really?"
Li Ge grinned and happily ran to look at himself in the mirror.
Li Xu couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Li Ge was a person who was prone to indulging in false lies at times.
After lunch, the group began their planned itinerary. First, they crossed the St. Louis Bridge to West Dairies, visited the world-famous Notre Dame de Paris, and then went to the Eiffel Tower in the War God Square.
While the others were happily enjoying the fun, Li Xu was seriously recording what was fun and what he needed to pay attention to along the way.
Choi Jung-yeon sneaked a peek and saw that Li Xu's notepad was full of notes. She was a little surprised. "You're working too hard. Everyone is taking photos with their phones, but you're taking notes with your phone?"
Li Xu snorted. "I won't forget if I record it on my phone. When the time comes, Lin Yuqing and Sister Jin-hee won't miss out on delicious food and fun."
Choi Jung-yeon looked at him from head to toe. "You're so good to Miss Lin."
"That's how relationships are. You either do your homework beforehand or carry your notes with you."
After saying that, Li Xu proudly waved his phone. "This is my notes."
"What about Miss Jin-hee's? Have you prepared your notes? "
Li Xu pursed his lips and waved his phone again. "Do you know how to use one for two purposes? This thing can be used for two purposes. "
Choi Jung-yeon's expression became strange. She looked at Li Xu again and again.
"What?"
"What's your relationship with Miss Jin-hee?"
"Friends."
Li Xu added, "Very, very good friends."
"Is she pretty?"
"Of course."
"Hehe."
"What are you laughing at?"
"I'm not laughing."
"You're laughing."
"No."
… ….
Two days later, the entire SKT team was immersed in intense training.
Although it was called training, it was actually just three practice matches on November 6th. Their opponent was the LEC team, Schalke 04.
After thrashing their opponents three times, the coach, Kim Jung-hyeon, felt that these practice matches were not worth much and did not invite any other teams.
The eliminated teams had all gone home, and there were no other friendly LCK teams to invite for practice matches. The remaining two teams that had advanced to the finals could not invite each other for practice matches at this time. Furthermore, the local European teams were on holiday after the end of the season. It was not easy to invite Schalke 04 for practice matches.
In fact, it was not a good thing to play too many matches with opponents who were far inferior to them. Without feeling the pressure, it would not help improve the team's tactics.
It was just like how some people started out as kings and spent years in low-level games. Although they felt good at the beginning, they would slowly find themselves integrating into the game.
SKT did not hold practice matches, and could only do some simple ranking to maintain the players' condition or to study the match recordings for tactical guidance.
As of now, SKT's opponent in the finals, FPX, had a unique style among the teams in the international competition. They did not rely on individual strength to win the competition. Therefore, it would be valuable to study their tactical habits in the competition.
In fact, if one had to say which team's style was the most similar to FPX, it would be G2, who had been sent home by SKT in the semifinals. Both teams did very well in terms of teamwork, but there were obvious differences.
Wunder's ability to withstand pressure was not as good as FPX's top laner, Jin Gong. Jankos's Schrodinger's form was not as stable as Tian's. Although Ah P's performance in the bottom lane was not bad, the difference between the two teams' support was still very large.
Relatively speaking, G2's only lane that was not worse than FPX was their mid laner. However, Doinb was not a mid laner who relied on his skills to survive. He relied more on his experience to link up the team.
He did not know how to compete with his opponents in terms of laning ability. Whenever he had the chance, he would play jungler, support, or clear the lane to support the side lane. This old fox had turned his mid laner into the second jungler.
For a team with such a distinctive style, it was easy to say, but not necessarily easy to defeat.
One had to either crush them in the lane, or perform better than them in teamwork.
After studying FPX's recordings, Li Xu did not think that he would be able to crush FPX's top laner in the lane.
The opponent's ability to withstand pressure was one thing, but more importantly, once they felt pressure in the side lane, FPX's jungler and mid laner reacted too quickly.
Currently, SKT's fastest support was Li Xu's lane. His radiation towards the mid lane and jungler gave the opponent the feeling that SKT was always one step ahead of them.
However, in terms of support, Li Ge's mid laner was not as good as Doinb. This person often ran to support the side lane without eating the lane. Li Ge rarely did this.
Moreover, Doinb's mid laner was most of the time heroes like Rambo and Titan. These heroes were simple and violent, and did not give the opponent much room to maneuver.
Li Xu was a show-off. If Titan directly called for three people to overtake him, he would still have to kneel down.
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