﻿Team SoloMid﻿ narrowly escaped the clutches of defeat in their match against ﻿Cloud9﻿ earlier today. But on reverse sweep later, TSM has earned ticket to the grand final in St. Louis. This will be their first time back in the finals since the 2017 Summer Split.





The rivalry between TSM and C9 never fails to disappoint. Each organization’s legacy was put on the line in this semifinal: TSM was looking to return to their past dominance, and C9 was looking to win their first championship since 2014.





This series was looking like a clean 3-0 from C9 in all respects. Aside from the game score itself, TSM seemed lost and unable to play out their team comps in both games. But the breaking point came in game three, where Søren “﻿Bjergsen﻿” Bjerg put up yet another hard carry performance on his signature Akali pick, putting TSM on the scoreboard.





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From there, TSM clawed their way back into the series to bring the match to game five, where they were able to eventually close out after getting a pick onto C9 jungler Dennis “﻿Svenskeren﻿” Johnsen, eventually taking baron.





TSM will prepare to face off against ﻿Team Liquid﻿ next week in the finals. Between Bjergsen and TL’s Yiliang “﻿Doublelift﻿” Peng, whoever wins will also be in sole possession of the most LCS championship titles ever.



