Dallas Fuel’s win over London wasn’t statement but example of consistent dominance - The Dallas Morning News

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A 3-0 win for the Dallas Fuel over the London Spitfire Friday afternoon was almost underwhelming compared to the furious run Dallas made to win the May Melee title. There was never a doubt, similar to Dallas’ wins against the San Francisco Shock and Houston Outlaws to qualify for the first Overwatch League tournament of the young season.

London (0-6) is struggling, and Dallas (3-2) is thriving. The Fuel’s win over the Spitfire was never going to be a statement but is telling of the Fuel’s consistency.

“There are a lot of upsets that lower tier teams have been achieving in the past week,” Fuel assistant coach Kim “Yong” Yong-Jin said via interpreter. “So I believe our very fundamental goal was obviously to win 3-0 cleanly. The rest I would say is just minimizing mistakes within the game.”

Kim was referencing surprising results that saw the Philadelphia Fusion, Washington Justice, Houston Outlaws and other quality OWL squads losing last weekend.

The Fuel didn’t want to be in that spot. They know how important each map was. The Fuel wouldn’t have qualified for the May Melee had they lost just one map against the Boston Uprising on April 25.

So getting a 3-0 was the only result the Fuel would accept.

“We didn’t have any specific team-wide goal or anything like that,” Fuel main tank superstar Lee “Fearless” Eui-Seok said via interpreter, “but I guess my personal goal was ‘let’s get a clean, fast 3-0 today and then go rest.’”

The easiest part of Dallas’ weekend may be over. The Fuel have the San Francisco Shock at 5:00 p.m. Sunday. Dallas got an ever-so-important 3-0 against San Francisco on May 2, sending the Fuel into their breakout stretch that led to the first trophy in franchise history.

Dallas was similarly dominant against London. The Spitfire entered the match having never lost an escort map against the Fuel (4-0), granted the rosters of both teams were completely different.

Dallas finished maps with time to spare. Hanamura was complete with 3:45 in the time bank and Junkertown attack was wrapped up with 3:32 left. None of the three maps were ever really in question, and that’s the same energy the Fuel want to carry against the Shock.

And they’ve done that before this season.

“We are a team that has a fast tempo as a very good strength of ours as compared to other teams,” Kim said. “If we are able to pull off what we have been practicing in scrims with our tempo, then I believe that it’s definitely enough to win against them this weekend.”

The Fuel were seemingly unaffected by the June Joust hero pools that took Tracer, Sombra, Reinhardt and Zenyatta out of the rotation. Kim “Doha” Dong-ha ran Echo and Reaper for the most part, with Kim “Sp9rk1e” on Echo and Genji.

Lee gets to play his notorious Winston pick, which there’s precedent for him being the best Winston player on the planet.

Lee said his DPS line isn’t concerned with hero selections, even without Kim “Pine” Do-hyeon on hitscan until he arrives in Dallas.

“I believe there’s no particular strategy or any reason behind it,” Lee said. “They play whichever hero that they are feeling like because they’re both good at it.”

The Fuel remain at the top of the West standings with six OWL points, with Houston and Florida trailing Dallas with five apiece. Both Houston and Florida have already lost in June Joust qualifier matches, so a win against San Francisco would put Dallas in the driver’s seat.

The Fuel didn’t have a great start to the season, but they are a different team now.

Lee said they are a team with a “different level of trust and faith” in one another.

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