Former MSI Champion Surprises with Hilarious Blunder at LPL
On February 15, IG achieved a fairly easy victory against FPX with a score of 3-0 in the LPL 2025 Split 1. This victory allowed IG to secure their spot in the playoffs alongside NIP, who also had a similar victory. This is seen as a redemption win for IG (and especially for former MSI champion – GALA) after they had some poor performances prior.
Interestingly, GALA’s hilarious blunder during this match has been widely discussed following the aforementioned victory. Specifically, while playing Ezreal, he forgot to adjust his runes and ended up using the same Arcane Comet rune page from Ziggs in the previous game. Clearly, for a marksman champion like Ezreal, Arcane Comet is not an optimal choice. Fortunately for GALA, his teammates played exceptionally well, allowing him to secure easy kills to make up for this disadvantage.
The Heartbreaking Reason Behind the Former MSI Champion’s Mistake
For a professional player like GALA, who has been in the LPL for many years, forgetting to adjust runes to the point of losing focus is a hard mistake to accept. Therefore, LPL fans believe that he is experiencing significant psychological issues, which led to such a blunder in the recent match. After some “investigation”, the community believes that GALA’s distraction stems from his recent breakup with his long-term girlfriend.
Accordingly, some people have noticed that GALA unfollowed his girlfriend Yurie and removed their couple’s profile picture from social media platforms. Conversely, Yurie also deleted all statuses and posts related to GALA recently. The peak of the incident was when Yurie did not post anything for Valentine’s Day this year with GALA, leading many fans to believe that the couple had “gone their separate ways” right on that day.
It is worth noting that this couple had been together since 2021, and GALA once made many people “envy” for having such a stunning girlfriend. According to Yurie’s social media posts, she was a study-abroad student in Australia and came from a wealthy family. She once shocked everyone by sharing a bill for “grocery items” worth 790,000 RMB (approximately 2.8 billion VND) on social media. In 2021, she also bought an apartment near RNG’s gaming house in Shanghai just for convenience to take care of GALA.
Perhaps this couple has gone through a significant upheaval or an irreconcilable disagreement that led to their “going separate ways” as mentioned above. It is highly likely that GALA’s spirit has been greatly affected by this incident, which caused his “hilarious blunder” in the recent match. As for IG fans, they can only hope that GALA will soon overcome this situation and regain his competitive spirit in the near future.