“Madrid, are you prepared?” A single question by Ibai Llanos was enough to unleash the madness in the magical cover of Madrid, where the European final of the European final was played League of Legends (LoL), The online battles multiplayer video game faced two teams of five players and whose international impact has made it the king of digital sports in the world. The Spanish team Movistar Koi, owned by the Creator of Content and Gerard Piqué, reached the last tournament. It was the last frantic weekend event that made Madrid the world video game epicenter. And there the mood of a delivered and very noisy Spanish fans soon vanished with the overwhelming and rapid victory of the German rival, and giant of the continent, G2 (0-3).
In the Magic Fund, Madrid became a temple of light and sound with the Madrid final of the LoL: giant screens rumbled and showed chromatic explosions, visual effects that painted neon air. A crowd vibrated with each death and each ambush. In that scenario, the Pixels acquired soul and the competition became visual poetry: more than a game, it was a sensory show that made this space tremble in Madrid. In the German G2 team, the most laureate in the history of Europe, played Skewmod, Caps, Labrov, Brokenblade and Hans Sama. In the Movistar Koi, Jojopyun, Myrwn, Elyoya, Supa and Álvaro played.
The superiority of G2 was felt from the first game (the first wins in adding three victories). The first map started with both cautious equipment, but with the Germans in command of the situation with measured attacks and firm step. Equality lasted little and the mastery of the Germans silenced the electric roar of the local fans. The same happened in the second game, in which G2 chained several deaths to the characters of the local team already in the first bars. The constant attempt of resistance of the Spaniards failed, as in the third game, in which the Germans imposed themselves with a much more defined strategy.
Elyoya, captain of Koi, identified in tears, minutes after the defeat in the stream From Ibai, the keys to his defeat: “We have not played as a team. We have been missing. The team has not given a good face and today we have missed a chance. We have disappointed fans with the level we have shown. We have not worked in the best way this last way split And that has cost us the series, ”the Spanish acknowledged. And he left a promise to his followers, who expect his participation in the World Cup:” We are not going to stop working. “
Rivalry
The forecasts had already been fulfilled today the two best teams in the tournament, leaders of their respective groups. In addition, they cultivate one of the most incipient but intense rivalries of the Lol League. G2 arrived as the great favorite: absolute dominator of the competition (with only two lost maps) and winning in its path to the Spanish team itself in the duel prior to its classification for the final – a derhrot that forced those of Ibai to play the semifinal this Saturday. A path, that of both teams, practically traced they had in the split Spring – LEC is divided into three competitions (splits) Throughout the year. The Madrid final corresponds to split summer, the third. The Spaniards, who as they now lost the first duel, finally reached the final and sealed the rematch.
With his victory this Sunday, G2 recovers his crown after an atypical season for them, without trophies and with the two lost ends. On the contrary to the hegemony they showed in 2024, where they won the three splits of the year. Germans will have the best seed —Position— of the continent in this year’s World Cup in China, but Koi, with one more final, consolidates a meteoric ascent that with only 3 years in the LEC reaffirms its position as power.
Global phenomenon
With a community of players that exceed one hundred million worldwide, League of Legends It is much more than a game. It is a giant that generates around 1.8 billion euros a year and has redefined eSports. “Getting to the final is always a challenge. You have to be grateful for this opportunity, be able to beat here, with the whole family in front,” said Álvaro, from Koi, after winning against the English Fnatic and qualifying for today’s final. “We have played against them several times, and we have seen them,” he explained. “G2 are very good, and part of the key will be if, any of us must sacrifice for the good of the group, do it. In a final there is no ego.”
Koi was founded in 2021 by former Barcelona player Gerard Piqué and Ibai Llanos, whose media origins are precisely linked to LoL: The communicator began to become famous precisely as a commentator (casterin the slang) of the game, becoming one of the best known in the world. Yesterday Ibai retransmitted the game from the Magic Box on Twitch, and some of the largest channels also followed the competition. The total number of followers, counting other platforms such as YouTube, added several million. Millions of digital voices that led to a phenomenon that does not stop growing and that this weekend has demonstrated its overwhelming success in Madrid.