Maelstorm gave his predictions for the first day of the ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 playoffs

Famous commentator and analyst Vladimir Maelstorm Kuzminov, in his telegram chanel, expressed his opinion on the upcoming ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 playoff matches, as well as predicted the outcomes.

Team Secret vs Team Liquid

Liquid are clearly out of shape, I'm not impressed with their game at all. I think they can play much better, but among those who are left they are far from the weakest and certainly stronger then Team Secret. It's scary to imagine what will happen in the mid. And in general the battle of these tags always evokes some nostalgia for me.

Tundra Esports vs BB Team

It's more complicated here, at least for me. I didn't expect much from the former before the tournament. I don't expect much from the latter after the groups. Ideally BetBoom Team should win, but they seem to have not trained and practiced at all before the tournament. That's why they don't know about builds, strategies and in general don't know what and how anyone plays.

Team Falcons vs Secret/Liquid

There are no special options here. Falcons are the favorites. Anything can happen, but I think we will see a fantastic game from MENA team and win.

According to Maelstorm, Team Liquid will have to fight with Team Falcons where the team ATF and Malr1ne will win. Also the analyst believes that BetBoom Team will defeat Tundra Esports.

Playoffs bracket ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023

Recall, before that we wrote about the funniest case at the tournament, where Falcons players stuck on the cliff in the match against G2.IG.