Sentinels vs Gen.G – VCT Masters Madrid Upper Final: Gen.G secures grand final spot

We are reaching the final stretch of Masters Madrid and now for a place in the grand final, Sentinels and Gen.G are in the fight. Both teams come from victories in regional duels. Interestingly, in both matches, the region's Kickoff winning team beat the finalist.

Sentinels defeated LOUD and Gen.G defeated Paper Rex. The losers face each other today for survival in the competition.

We will continue to cover the event that could feature a two-time Masters champion for the first time. In 2021, Sentinels won VCT 2021: Stage 2 Masters - Reykjavík. Of this lineup, only Tyson "TenZ" Ngo remains from the competition's winning squad.

Sentinels and Gen.G arrive with confidence for this game in the Masters Madrid upper final. Both teams won their games in the semi-finals and are now facing each other for a place in Sunday's grand final.

There is no history between both teams, but as the stage of the competition represents, the two teams have been the most consistent and convincing in the competition.

A victory represents another day of preparation for the grand final and also the privilege of watching the opponent play.

The match between Sentinels and Gen.G will be broadcast on official VALORANT channels in addition to the traditional watch parties. You don't need to look any further, we've left the official embedded stream for you below.

Split was Sentinels' first map of choice and the start was rocky with each team winning a round until 3-2. From this result, Gen.G took control of the game with several tactical variations on the attacking side. Muchkin contributed to this, in addition to the impact kills in closing and opening rounds, he also scored a clutch.

Everything was going well for Gen.G in attack but Sentinels still scored two more points in defence, ending the first half 8-4 in favour of the Koreans.

The second half starts with an interesting pistol. On the Sentinels side, johnqt discovers space on Split's spike site A, which surprises munchkin. However, Sentinels and johnqt thought they had everything under control when t3xture appeared and made a fantastic play.

From this round onwards, Gen.G took control of the match and only conceded one round. Even before closing the game, an initiative by Lakia to demonstrate the Koreans' confidence on the map. Gen.G closed the match 13-5.

Lotus was the second map and very similar to the first in that it is the balance that marks the beginning of both. The highlight at the start of the first half goes to Meteor from Gen.G, in addition to beautiful individual details, he also added a clutch for his team.

Round for Sentinels followed by Gen.G and vice versa. The story of the first half was very much like that. Individualities were coming to the fore and a sign of this were these sacy and zekken clutches.

Sentinels came out on top in the decisive moments and won the first half 7-5. Gen.G didn't play around in the second half and went after the disadvantage they had in the result. Munchkin incorporated Gen.G's desire to close the series in the second map into the pistol.

However, Sentinels once again felt comfortable on the map and with Zekken leading the team in opening up spaces, they again scored several rounds in a row. From 7-7 to 13-7, Sentinels were confident heading into the third and decisive map.

Unlike the previous two maps, at Lotus Gen.G started better and opened up a 4-0 lead on the defensive side. This sequence of rounds by the Koreans was stopped by an excellent entry by Sentinels at spike site A.

Unlike the previous two maps, at Lotus Gen.G started better and opened up a 4-0 lead on the defensive side. This sequence of rounds by the Koreans was stopped by an excellent entry by Sentinels at spike site A.

This round was an exception as Gen.G quickly returned to the match and was 8-1 in the result. Rounds in which the Koreans' Meteor did practically everything he wanted with Yoru. Sentinels still scored twice, but Gen.G showed a lot of comfort on the defensive side.

With the individualities standing out, the first half was won by Gen.G by 9-3.

Gen.G started the second half by winning the pistol, putting itself just a few steps away from winning the match. Sentinels did not find their footing in the second half, failed to score on the defensive side and thus lost the match 13-3.

In this way, Sentinels will face tomorrow the winner of the next game between LOUD and Paper Rex for a place in the grand final where Gen.G is already present.

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