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This is an amazing crowd, I mean, I can't describe it, I feel I'm emotional right now and you don't realize how big this actually is.
The biggest, the baddest, the hyphest CSGO tournament there will be ESL One Cologne 2015.
This is the biggest CSGO event of all time.
Oh my goodness, the energy in here is electric.
I think this is an amazing time to CSGO.
It's so undefined who's the best team in the world right now.
This just starts from a lot of different countries.
It's also why they're seen as a fan favorite.
There is nothing more amazing.
This is only one that gives you a feel
that you've never experienced before.
Two days of competition, the playoffs, the teams,
they have gone at each other.
The games have been amazing.
What we have now is the cream of the CSGO teams
from around the world.
It's time for the quarterfinals in this stadium.
Ha! You ready?
Actually he's in good position, so he can hit him now.
But he finds it through the smoke.
The Tracer fight gave him his position away.
The bomb man, don't fight only...
Oh! Oh, my God!
Pouring out towards that Acer is Machlalee, single-handedly.
Try and take his injuries, and this could be the stuff of Gary again!
The triple-pump's down!
How they make you back into the side, BroNax will be watching all the way back.
The Quinn side-kitchen slurro will appear on the front, gets himself another one, misses four for first.
Get right, look at that opportunity to try and get something done here.
And as well, he could very well drop the bomb, south just there.
And he gets the second kill as well. Get right, putting it back into this round.
If you got a flush, you can't block as well, so you don't have a safe place to plant.
Then again, if you want to flush, you can't even get this bomb down, he's gonna have to be punching the digits now.
Tells the times to face it against it
Oh, it's beautiful
And now all on the pro match
Five points of health to work with the Virtus.pro
Have made an impossible round
Some-singer
Elf-Tron!
First pro match
Oh, my!
Oh, what a shot!
Oh, what a shot!
Oh, the crash!
It's four seconds!
Oh, my God, this is gonna be a strong splash
He gets one, gets two, gets three!
He can already be covered inside!
That's the fault!
They turn away from their hardest GSM.
He's ready for the shot, but he's not going to get it.
They come down to the natural, more killer.
Who does the game?
Straight on to Kerrigan.
Put it on top of B2, now he'll get B1.
And SDK needs to pay for his own stuff.
No, he's not!
I'm going to straight this round!
It is fanatic!
Thus is Envious, the grand final on the biggest stage of CSGO has ever seen.
There's the flash, that's gonna catch Grimms out, they're gonna pull topscrews.
Envy kick is one, a kick to the straight up, he gets the top of the triple!
The fanatic are not done yet!
There's the opening, but all of a sudden the boxy takes one, two, turns to 180,
But then he'll shoot my shows off.
Oh, we're gonna be in a 2v2, 35 seconds.
The ball being put down by those guys.
9 bullets and he stops it.
He'll keep on going!
Oh, my God!
We're gonna get a few wins that round, and it sends a 3.
When we get to the top, that's where we wanna be noise-wise.
That's where we wanna be at cyber-wise.
That's cheap on 3v2.
They can't stop now.
They love the kill as well.
It's gonna be time to re-frequentate on it.
Happy's on six health and ladies and gentlemen it's going to require a miracle and nothing less for happy to make it out
I don't think there's any chance. Plus you're looking to end this. It's going to be a third title for Bernadette Wynn, a third major
championship in global offensive.
The trophy sits in the center of the Lanxess Arena, 15,000 eSports fans gather to witness
This countless strike history, being written.
A stat is torn apart in every big name.
In countless strikes, one of them offensive.
Gathered here in the life of Sass.
Are you ready to get fired?
I'm gonna get on the track, I'm gonna get hit in the moth, watchin' how they shoot me, but down to the doom, and if I came to Saturn, I'm gonna blow the moth, we're celebrating right now, I'mma toast, listen, let it go!
Now I'm sad, I'm sad, looking at the stars, sitting in my mouth while...
Welcome to the Cathedral of Counter-Strike, wherever you're about to experience this.
We're probably as alone as we are!
We're totally alone!
We're friends!
I can't think of a better way to kind of cap this off than to sit here and watch me as I am, with my friends.
We have won it, go on!
Absolutely unbelievable!
Everyone who came today,
Everyone who cheered for me or Navi
Thank you guys!
Without you, I wouldn't get this emotion!
We are one, this is ESL ONE!
It is a shout out in the years of Thomas Rodney
Every single time!
BUN!
I didn't know this would be so painful for me, but I'm just very happy that still people
are supporting me.
They're supporting me.
The year is 2019 and an arena of 15,000 human beings have such a passion for a video game
someone that played that video game, but they just received a standing ovation in an arena
full of 61 different nationalities and fans.
Five years, the LACS arena of Kalaik has been the prodigious pilgrimage for those
truly passionate about competitive counter-strike.
I love to play here, I never want to skip the tournament, now one day in my life I'll ever
every skip this 30 minute, and it's always a dream to play here.
It's like going in a gladiator game, and you're just like,
there's only one winner, and everybody's fighting to death to lift the trophy.
He's got the first, he's got the second, so I will be gone!
He doesn't plug anything out, I just can't breathe!
You're a bunch of wildlings, a bunch of those raki out there that look every second of it.
I just wanna say something, I miss you for all this good luck,
you are not my thing, you are my god, you are my god!
When it all goes down, I'ma run this jet!
I'm gonna push you all the way down!
We start playing a flowerpot for the win, that's a wretch!
We start playing a follow-up for the week
That's a wretch, you know
I need to hold it down, stand right time
And come alive, get out of here
They might be alive, pretty good
They're gonna die
I hit my soul, got my eyes on the ground
I can't help myself, you can't turn myself down
I'm in love with you, baby
But I let you down, I can't die
I can't stop, I won't die in this town
Get your ass up and pass through the limits
Got these new rappers getting vintage
Rappers get revenge All I really do is use spinach
Count money up and hang up to you in it I was driven, yeah
Had a vision, didn't come and came along and made a figure
Eggers live it, cuz we really live it And I'm afraid, train you all to see me
I get resentable all the time It's an out of possibility
It's an unbelievable, impossible But it might need us now
I'm the one to die, one of the most burns The second half of my town
And it all goes down, top of the wall Spray through, smoke to let all these dudes be hollow
The beat is so smooth
There it goes
It's sand like wet
And that's what it means to work
And if you can't get me in this
You can't talk with no man to do it
You can't team like that
The fame is coming into the tournament
I'm just a little bit drunk right now
No one can dispute it
I'm the best in the world right now
I'm down here in this town
Come on, son.
Let's get it on!
The seed run that is stacked from the earth to the heavens with the greatest of all the facts.
I'm ready to run down!
The fans have latched hands in nicely.
These blame on the swimming dexterity, the business of the dexterity.
It could be far off if that is step-stational.
He's helped now, and it's one of time far and quick on the draw.
Oh, yes, that's it!
Play, and let's draw this!
Oh, and do I get a dream out of that?
I can't even write!
All the boys are trying to break train
Unscrewable, funny from the bottom in the train
Look, when it's like there's fire in my brain
This is something that I've never been explained
But it really is when I'm close to the space
Like a frozen beast on a bus
So the sky's still close to me
We have four teams trying to win to get a place on the stage tomorrow to take a little notch of history.
And now it's down to that last MP9 on Twisted.
14 seconds of damage.
He has a tough choice to make.
You hunt him?
Yeah.
He comes out just in time.
Twisted fighting it.
Oh, my God.
Twisted trying to pull it.
Oh, so are you.
They wouldn't have opened that in an absolutely ridiculous clutch.
Carrying up on the high ground, he takes that one.
Nearly did the bullet right, go straight for the bottom!
Some hands on his own, gonna be found by Karrigan and FaZe!
We'll slay Moistar and get to the grand final!
Against you, Narvi, say to Astralis, and walk away the vases!
They have taken down the Chandra and I normal-
but he won Astralis when he started out in the semi-
as we just said, and our history is due!
Narvi Astralis! The script has changed in 2022!
The strategy, stop him!
He takes the step shot!
SDY has to do it all in the 1v2
Catches Farley, he played with the Zores now
Blame F in the clutch, looking for his third
Quick on the hunt is FDY's
He's ready!
And FDY's, holds his nerve!
It's just Blame
Very light up time, and there you have it!
Dominance in the debut
in the cathedral
Two of them bleeding in turn, and it is...
Oh, what a spin!
Come on, Vic! He's just holding!
He holds his nerve!
But he does not challenge! What is that?
Half the day, he's got the tenacity to close.
But they go and get set up.
Oh, it's a good plush! There's nothing left!
Now he's a 417!
They take on a team that has won everything recently, Katavix and the pro league, the major,
but they want this because they never want that trope.
Not only was the woman here with this,
they become the best team in the world.
Simply, that guy's gonna suck it to talk about another headshot!
He did it!
No way, no way!
Perfected!
Bungalow there!
You're a wrecking!
Rot on to S.D.Y. Perfecto demanded to do it all in place.
Remain, I'm gonna kill you!
It's rest of your life, you fool.
You've got a second aid.
Hey, hey, hey!
Get off the boat!
You have to run him down!
Twist him up!
The perfecto closes by the clutch and the HB.
Cooke kicks his core.
I think there is.
Again.
It does it.
Perfecto pulls Navi into the equalizer in the grand finals.
That's right. Option's very limited.
The whole assault on the way.
And it's running.
I'll be watching as this team recedes into the town.
The question is too easy.
Rocky of the year won't be too bad.
Smoke of the Kid trying to quite prepare him.
That's gonna get him now.
It's going round the world.
He's bigger than me.
They can't find him.
He's distracted.
If he could just do it again.
He's on it.
Rops.
The stage is a piece of the land!
What a blast!
There's Clutch!
Holds Navi into the lead in his grand final!
It's a personal!
And what will do?
Bokey, can you come up Clutch against Perfecto?
Looking for a rinse though?
Clutch!
No kit, and in a couple of seconds, no...
I will see you!
Time for grand finals! All the way, baby!
Light up the fire!
He's huge in that match, but I can't consider that.
He slaps it down to the skull.
That was, look at, he's got his back.
And Facebook, lead the triple.
Facebook are the best team in the world.
Like Cesar, what a fucking idiot.
Never before seen, your champions.
It's space time!
Welcome, my friends, to the Cathedral of Catastrophe!
What is your name?
After 11 years of global offensive, the final one, the ending of an era, a game that has
obsessed us.
Welcome to the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne, 2023.
It's time to get it on!
Welcome to those who've made the pilgrimage here to join their voices
with us.
A place that has dragged fans and players from every reach of the world to come here year after year.
Focus on fires!
Continue!
Don't think this man cannot be stopped!
Sound me off!
You must go off!
You did it wrong!
Time to go off!
Careful with your pen!
To the front!
Always stand by true looks!
I say y'all collapse, now screw the first, we're always in
My team with me right now, my team's on me right now
Well, what should we all out? It's time to reach all out
Can we go back to the vengeance? Time to go start your hinges
What is this thing y'all mention? Time to go stop pretending
Ladies and gentlemen of the Langsess, let's get this grand final started!
G2 manifest greatness in their life's best.
Can you believe it?
A solo stadium to witness.
G2 running behind.
The one who's just in, it wouldn't be possible.
I'm really happy to have them by my side.
It was amazing.
Thank you all for coming.
I hope it's good guys.
It's wonderful.
What is tournament since we have played two other major tournaments, especially SL1 in
Katowice where we lost against the Polish guys in the finals and now we got even one
more chance than it's going to be our first time to charm if you ask me.
I'm just hoping that we have what it takes to win the game.
I think this might be the highlight of the day, don't you think?
It is gonna be Cloud9 and NIP.
Now they're gonna come from here.
Flash once, he's waiting. If they keep at the same time, there's the one kill.
Forrest turns around, CZN head.
Shroud is right there, Forrest takes him down.
Now, it's a triple.
Can you get that quad? He's got five bullets, he misses the shot!
Are you kidding us? Nothing runs for us! Wait! Are you kidding me?
I don't think NIP can actually seal this round. It looked so good.
Just a few seconds left here. Seven, six, left here. Freiburg goes for the kill.
He's gonna pick it up. If Justin exists to survive, he's gonna win the round. There's no time!
Oh my god, Freiburg! Are you kidding me?
2 more shells in this max 7, grenades will follow for us to the line
I'm not done getting it yet!
It's now selfish alone waterfall!
N.I.P!
Absolute Resurrection!
We're always making it somehow in the end, and I'm just super happy.
Super happy
Yeah
I'll focus like I'm on my own, right?
Oh, no!
This is not a fight you'd expect from an...
Oh!
There's another special!
Quick scope, neck broken!
Let me watch more!
We cease to the second dips down!
You can detracting his prey!
An execution, Rocky!
If they can come with me, they can change!
Somebody will tell me we ain't the same!
We ain't the same!
I'll be anything!
Centauras, there should be no...
Right!
Come on!
No!
It's absolutely nothing!
Matchup coming in down!
It's a collapse!
He could be the one to secure it!
You gotta find Soulfly!
You've got case or odds, I know!
And that's why you cheated!
To find Sincuels, you look like one kill!
We ain't the same, we ain't the same
We ain't the same, we ain't the same
Yeah!
We ain't the same, we ain't the same
Don't move with the rest against the grain
I've been tested through the pain
takes into the air side by side out through the camera into this crossfire.
Kiyosuke is not close by to offer up support.
Karagin's still delivering that opener. Now Kiyosuke arrives and Karagin's the only piece that's holding on.
Trying to buy time for his team and it's one of them!
There's a need done!
Karagin!
And so now the go against Tuff and Niko.
The quickie. That might be.
It's me!
He gets there just in time!
He's gonna be clear there, he thought he had it!
This is a tense moment, like, oh no!
Just finishes!
Niko couldn't piece it together!
He's on it here, he tells you what it is.
He gets it, gets it!
What is he with the transfer?
Trying to close in on the left side, drop on over!
This is nails the first now he is the first steps
I cannot speak Portuguese. Sorry for that.
There is no stopping him!
He is inevitable, beginning of counter-strike!
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Welcome to Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major. This is a show match time and I'm joined here by Peter Dupree and special guest.
We have Swan here as a coach of Team Deutschland. Welcome.
Exactly, Team Germany. Thank you very much for your welcome.
Dupree here is with me and we're going to be diving a little bit into international rosters and into the rosters of actual, you know, let's say nations,
which is exactly what we have today.
We have Germany against Poland on the server in the show match,
and kind of excited to see how this goes,
because you've been part of a lot of international rosters,
a lot of, well, arguably one of the most successful national rosters on the sky.
E-moist, right?
E-moist, okay. You're gonna get me there, obviously.
But how are your thoughts? What are the differences in your opinion?
It's very different when it comes to playing in a national roster and international.
I think obviously the language barrier, at least back in the day,
in the day. So that was like the big thing, right? I think I kind of missed like the whole thing that
you could like, you know, present your nation and you would go out, you know, we represented Denmark
and back in the times you would have the teams from Germany and from Ukraine, you'd have teams from
from all over the world that would, you know, go out and represent their country, right? And we took
a step into, you know, international waters. I think a lot of, you know, I think it also just
comes down to the fact that a lot of teams needed like more firepower, they needed more like players,
they needed to have like a bigger pool of players to choose from. I think that's what it comes down
And obviously it's also just a matter of fact that once we've re-entered the stage where people, you know, like in the face it and everything,
people start playing more together, like you actually saw the opportunity of getting more people inside your teams.
Speaking about international teams, this is where you found the most success and that was in the G2 camp.
Exactly.
Can you talk us a little bit through that?
What do you've achieved if someone is unfamiliar?
Obviously there's going to be one player specifically in the final that you've coached and you lifted a couple of trophies.
So focus through it.
Yes, like the most success obviously started in 2022.
At the end of it, we won Blast World Finals,
which also ended the drought of G2.
They were trophyless for a long time.
I think 2019 was the last time.
They won Pro League in Malta.
So that was pretty nice.
And then we started very well in 2023, won Katowice.
And then obviously won Cologne here, which was crazy,
especially for me as a German.
The atmosphere was insane.
And it was also Nikos for us Cologne,
which was very nice for me as well
to help him lift his trophy.
And maybe today I will see him lift his first match as well.
Back to where you want to start below, right?
Absolutely. This was the international roster.
Now you're going to be coaching team chairman here.
Talk us a little bit through that. Did you practice what's going on?
How did you pick up this roster? Are you involved in this at all and how much?
I'm involved as well, but for now it's just the show match roster.
There's nothing official because obviously there's play or break, there's tournaments going on, especially with the BIS grind.
It's a bit crazy nowadays how many tournaments there are, but obviously it is one of the dream German lineups.
Like for me this for the show match was my dream lineup and for me
It's also first time being part of a national roster, which is a bit weird because yeah
I started international I started in liquid and I went to G2
So I was always part of an international thing
So for me it's the first time being part of a national roster as well
And I think it's exciting for the German crowd as well
And I hope the players enjoyed a lot because the crowd will be there for them speaking about players
Do you want to introduce them a little bit? Who was your nerd team?
We have three players from big JDC, Tapsen and obviously Flamie as well.
And then we have two M80 guys, Sin and Flex.
And obviously they also played together a little bit.
Sin wasn't big, Flex never played together with them.
But I feel like it's the best German lineup that you can get.
I'm curious about the rules, because I guess there's always been a bit of a rule
that you can only have a certain amount of players from the same team, right?
So maybe was it like two or three from the same team?
There's three guys, there's three that you can have maximum three guys.
So you can't just...
You can just copy someone.
Yeah, like not pretty makes can just come show up and yeah, you can you can also that just demote someone to be a jacademy and technically
They're not on the same team
Big management has a coax going in there
I just want to mention it because obviously on the other side team Poland and those are the players that
Maybe a little bit older as well and they're like a little bit of a bunch of you know miss from different teams
There's Kiserek from Sinners as well who is international now. He's back into into the well national roster for this
So any special preparation for these guys? I know preparation, but I think they're very good
Especially Kaspersky he's showing all the time that he's very good in tier 2
And I think he starts ready to do the step up at some point
I think they are shooting very well, so we're taking it serious. We want to win
I want to win two times on the stage in Cologne
So I'm hyping them up to give everything so you still the trophy when they show my chance, of course
There's nothing for Nika to pick up after.
It's mine again.
Speaking about Kasper, I think he got nominated as a frontrunner for the rookie of the year.
So this makes perfect sense.
Would you highlight some of the German maybe up-and-coming talents because of the scene
is like a little bit, you know, getting on the older side?
Is there someone even like that?
I mean, for me, it's still Sin, right?
Like he's still young and he's still very good as Nigel.
And I think he's our most promising player because in Germany the scene is also a bit
Unfortunately, there's not that young guy who's coming up like not a six in the old Prodigy, like you see
I can relate
Funny because he said multiple times on the broadcast that Danish CS is also kind of like in a slump
Yeah, it's a slump
I don't want to say
No, that's fine, it's fine
That's how it is
I think Jacob as well came back great today
Jacob, he's probably the front-running like when he comes to talking about Danish counts, right?
He said that's for sure
All right, when it comes to the map, do you have anything, any special thing that you want to break to the viewers?
What are we going to be playing?
I mean, obviously, we're playing the new map, the Cache, which I hope everyone is excited about.
And I love it as well. I think the map was great back in the days.
They reworked it, and I think it's going to find a good place, maybe, in the map pool.
Can I ask you, when was the last time you played Cache?
I was at the E-League Boston Major in 18.
Yes, and funnily enough, who did I play against?
That was me, my team, Foswars. How did it end?
Yeah, we lost 16-2.
Wow, wow. That's how I really pad my back right there.
But, obviously, the last question before we check in with the players, I want to ask you,
if there's going to be, after this major, any map pool changes, which we are bound to happen
hopefully, we will see. If cash comes in, which map do you prefer that goes out?
I hope that Mirage is getting some rework or something. I feel like it's been in there for a
long time and it's getting a bit stale for me. Obviously, Anubis is one of the least played
maps, but you can't always remove the newest map that you bring, right? I feel like they need to
rework Mirage because it's been there for too long. Well, thank you for this. A lot of the
the insides coming from you but but now with Stana with a little bit of a check-in with the players
and what is a ever living historic matchup here we also see team poland making their way into the
lengths itself come here fella come here fella how you feeling going into this match i'm feeling
good yeah yeah is it nervous when you go to play on the stage i mean i mean i've been nervous but
it's like not official again so it's a bit easier yeah but there's still all those people watching
I mean, yeah
I hope we're gonna win
All right, we'll leave it that please carry on come on down. Where are you from fellow? What's your name?
So how much of a how much of a big matchup do we have here in terms of Germany versus Poland seems not wild
I don't know. I don't know
So you're saying Poland can lock this one in win it straight away. Yes, I would say all right Paul's could go home
Or what oh wait? I know this next guy come here fella come here
So you played this game quite a bit. How are you feeling?
Yeah, I'm feeling thank you. It's great. It's such an honor to play in this arena. It's just like a dream come true.
Absolutely that. So in theory we're playing Cache, Poland versus Germany. How does Poland win today?
Well, if Kaspersky and Kisek carry, that's our chance. Because otherwise all the older boys, I think it's going to be tough.
gonna be tough. It very well might be also kind of like our grand final right
so we got Furia, we got little Falcons here who do you got in that? Furia I was
taking it. Yeah yeah it's the storyline I think most people want to see. Yeah I
mean Fallen at the end of his career describing another major it will be
amazing. Another but I mean Niko he desires it as well so it's so conflicting
right? It's close it's close. Alright before we get in this game is there
anything you want to tell the arena tell the fans at home? I just hope that you're
gonna keep your fingers crossed because otherwise we're screwed so just keep
cheering for us please please please thank you so much good luck team Poland
thank you thank you well here we go we're talking to team Germany ahead of
what's gonna be the show match I know you want to talk to me come back over
here fella come on man come here JDC we had to have some German
representation inside this arena talk to me about this I mean what can I say
I'm very happy to be here and I hope the crawl will go wide past Germans and
And overall, we're going to hopefully win this cash game against the Poland.
You know, the Cologne is an extremely awesome experience.
It's one of a kind.
If you never get the chance, you should definitely do it.
What would you tell people that it either never came to Cologne
or they're just watching this for the first time?
I mean, this tournament is one of a kind.
I think there's nothing that comes close to the Cathedral of Counter-Strike.
And today is going to be one of the best days for Counter-Strike in a while.
And it's going to be an amazing final and the energy is just unmatched.
So you have to be here.
Well, then that begs the last question.
Who is going to win the final?
I mean, look, we've got Furio on one side,
and we're looking at the Falcons on the other.
So what are you thinking?
I have Falcons all the way.
All the way?
I had it all the way, yes.
I believe in the Kerrigan magic, and...
So you're saying it's time for Niko to finally win that major?
Yes, I would wish it to him.
I think he deserves it.
Well, good luck up there, JDC.
Thank you very much.
Here we are, back in the Cathedral Accounts and Strike, ready for a major, a grand final
five maps, hello early birds.
What's this early vibe like?
Are we ready for a grand final?
Do you know we are hours away from it already, it feels good in here.
Got to warm us up a little aperitif, a little starter for you.
We have got a clash of two countries.
It is national pride we're looking for to see who is going to win that.
So then, let us talk about our first team that is coming out here today.
They will have home field advantage and I assume they're going to get the cheers to go with it.
They are a team built of players from this country where we are right now here in Cologne.
The team that is coming out, they are made up of Tabsin, of JDC, of Sin, of Slacks and of Faven.
And yes, this may be called a show match, but they want to win it. Please welcome Team Jabbi!
You may not think it, but putting the country of your birth on your chest does make a difference
when it comes to playing a game, because people want to win not just for themselves,
but for their countrymen as well.
And the team they are taking on coming out, they definitely want to succeed here.
So please welcome playing for our next team, Innocent, Spiro, Izak, Kisarak, and Ex-Kofurski.
enough they are walking out here into this cathedral of counter-strike please welcome Cologne is Poland's
So there we go, both our teams have made it out here into Serena here in Cologne.
We're about to get our show match underway.
What a way to warm up on this grand final someday.
good morning cologne how we going
love to see everyone showing up ahead of the grand final but first we have what
could be match of the day harry it could be it could be team part of the team
Germany and of course a little lopsided set up here for the local heroes yeah
I mean, do Germany put together a fantastic team, haven't they?
It's basically a molding of M80 and big combined together, all the German parts.
And so I think they're going to feel right at home here.
Also, this is pretty cool, as you see some of the guys coming out, you know,
these are a mixture of young and old bases for both squads.
But this is a little taste of kind of what the end goal, the end destination is for these players.
Well, for big clan, if things go wrong, so we'll have to see
Both these squads making runs at the Majors being big and M80 big of course, remembered for their legendary comeback.
And M80 punching up into that second stage as well. Team Poland carry, they've only got one major attendee in Kisarang, 0-3 in the first stage.
stage didn't get a plan for the sinners, ex-crucifix, ex-crucifix Spurski, almost there again, but not quite with NIP.
And of course, legend in his own right, Isaac, Polish streamer,
man who's been about town, and a couple of old Polish names in there as well for Sparrow and
Innocent, who are you most excited to see on Team Poland today Harry? Ah, it's gotta be Sparrow.
I remember watching this guy a lot in the early days.
And so, fresh out of retirement, back to the server, chance to play in the Langsons, it's something you can't pass up.
I mean, he's been around the block, played for so many organizations, so it's 9, Kingwin, Ago, G2.
Talk G2, I think we saw Swanee there as well, Cologne winner standing right behind Team Germany.
Back in the building with unfinished business here more winning still to do
Of course, we haven't even really touched on the map yet Hugo. Oh, that's oh is back. Are we excited to see some cash?
Question is we'll be back in the pool Harry
Oh, yeah, I think everyone hopes so like this was such a classic map such a fan favorite back in the day
Lenislav so well to hectic games, puggy matches.
You can think of a couple of teams that would be interested on seeing this one back in the pool.
I mean some German teams have had some great success on this map across the years as well.
I mean dude, like one of our one of our all favorite tournaments in the ESL Meisterschaft.
We have any fans of that in attendance? You know this was actually the last game for Slacks and Favon.
They were against each other on this very map in that tournament.
Now joined up to play for team Germany. Oh
Fine find out who has the nice to your shaft here in this matchup. It's Germany versus Poland
It's a knife round. It's PE cash, and it's a show match for all the marbles and for national pride
Who's gonna try hard more in the knife round? It's a big question
Hold on coming through
Where do you start you want to be the initiators
Do you want to sit back on that CT side, that David side?
Tryhard is a good word, Harry.
It's a big question.
You know, we've seen showmatches across the years, different levels of try.
Some teams really going all out, rumours of the Brazilian squad back at the IEM Rio Major
practicing for their showmatch up against the Swedes who barely held a mouse in the
last six months.
So which one of these squads has been in the lab, has been cooking up the Util, has been
dry running the strategies?
Hello man, all I'm saying is right now, Blemeth and Grexus sweat.
They don't want this show much to go too well.
That's true.
Because there's all the pieces here.
And IGL and Allpert.
In slacks and sin at M&E fame.
I mean, maybe Team Germany, we're fighting over who's in game leading, right?
We have a lot of vocal pieces on this team, a lot of talking coming out.
the game. The game is going to
be a long day. It's going to be
a big day, but let's start it off
right here with this show match.
All right, Germany get to start
on the T side. And they're going
for a tried tested classic
boosting players up over middle
13 Poland.
And then they're going to start
on the T side. And they're going
for a tried tested classic
for Team Poland. It's an early clear out here towards Main. They're gonna try and take this
space away. Slacks and Sin thought about going in. Made a side against it for now. Think maybe
he got a bit of a haste as to the take from Team Poland. The boost is the first to play.
It's the big boys running a mark up through middle. Clapsing upon this A site. In comes Kiserek with
with the backstab.
All right, Sparrow's buying some time.
Oh, he's still got it.
That's Poland on the ball with the pistol.
Yeah, getting it done.
The old boys here in the Poland squad are showing up.
Kisorek really leaning in, giving his martyr a kiss
in the moment. Three kills, it comes from him.
Now, Harry, famously, the German Deeks
were something to marvel at.
They were.
They really were.
We used to, we love the German Dieg.
German Dieg's.
Three of them in the second round.
Germany not overdoing it Harry,
they still won the rifles.
They cooked with that Molotov.
They really did.
Nice, the boost.
That's a nice foothold out towards middle,
but we're talking about the German Diegels.
In comes Tapsin with the first.
Oh, that's why we love them.
One, Tapsen.
Isaac dead.
This is...
Team Germany accelerating the pace
with Tapsen's Deagle providing combat.
He's still not done. Go on.
Sperro's gonna give it to him.
Tapsen's Deagle.
A thing of beauty.
Give us a fourth.
What are we here for?
and the same goes for the
Reclare sees nothing this bombs down. You don't want to save in a show match.
Colline. I think we got a boo every save here.
And it's a once his gun they'll come running. They'll come and knock in.
Chases down this final player. Good luck.
Ooh, not a bad save.
If he can get away.
But they find him.
Big round from Tapsin.
Innocent, found guilty of saving Inshern actions.
Some of your best work.
That's the bare minimum sum of my work.
It's a little push up over towards mid. These four spy wars have started.
They're all trying it.
Dead to kiss a wreck. That's an opening. This is really how we're going to start.
Surely we can't have another OT banger on our hands.
I've been informed regular rules Harry are a play this one could go on forever
this one could delay the grand final all we need is 12 or 13 overtimes
through the smoke, all the steam, good push, wipes out their backlight and with that
just easy left 1v3
this view model you feel ill yeah
I'll give this to Isaac he did beat me on face at the other day
it was a well earned victory right great
I blame my team
said is he right now
he can't believe they've left him in this situation
Come on.
Rumbus love that. Love that.
Go get him.
That's a bit of synergy between JDC and Sin.
But look at the time.
None of it.
Oh, he got it.
He's maybe dead to the bomb here.
He's dead to the bomb.
Oh, he's good.
Don't speak so soon. New map.
New radiuses.
AK save. That's something.
That was a pretty synergized run boost if you ask me.
Yeah, you want to put them together?
ADC, man, and soon they're getting on.
Hit this B.
The future of big clack.
Are we watching it right now in a show match?
Hmm.
Oh my god.
I'm talking English.
Oh, that was something for Kisarak.
Good damage, but up short comes slacks quickly into this A site.
JDC's hooked in and this eagle of Sparrow doesn't find a thing.
Oh.
Tapsen getting a little carried away there with the team kill and that might have given
him the round because now it's down to this Tapsen is going to make up for it.
Oh not one of his better flashes still gets him out.
That's towards the forklift and he's just going to meet you head on.
That's a massive 3k for Tapsen.
Shane one of them was on his team.
It's just Kaspersky definitely one of the biggest prospects right now. I think maybe prospect is
Not quite capturing it was saying you play at a very high level
I will say this there. It's a rough time to be a Polish player named after an antivirus, but here he is
Wrong guy don't ban him
They've loved these eight plays in a constant go-to.
This time keeping it a little different.
They're completely shying away from it and they're going to look to split out through
the door.
You have any utility to help this out?
It's just that Molly on forklift spot there for sin, but you need the reaction.
You need these trades because everyone's repositioning now.
get shuffled up.
I lost a swing in here, JVC's waiting, 8-point in, the peak denied by JVC.
Look out mid, stop by Sparrow, it's down to his A-hit for Team Germany, they've got nothing
left.
A big pick might open up the round again.
Favon makes a cheeky move, Innocent rotates in, Favon caught off guard, off overwhelmed
and Team Polo back on the board.
It's a team ace, it's a team effort.
individual heroics there, just everyone doing their job.
I will say that was one of the...
one of the rougher AXX poor team Germany.
Yeah, I mean, you know, what is the strategy if they've not been...
going over their knees in anticipation if they've not been practicing?
Really underwhelming execute here for Germany,
but maybe they go back to P with something better or going for the pick.
X-Castro is at the wall bang.
And kill through mid.
Double wall bang.
Repeat denied.
Love that.
Gonna see a lot of these wallbangs if this map is to be
added into the pool.
It just feels so potent, right?
Like T side, you're able to spam through that.
Catch players, they try and cross out mid,
but then the CT's able to spam you right back.
I feel like it's a heart for the CTs to get that.
Oh, Isaac, what's he got?
And off to the face.
Slax redeeming himself in this round.
Two big kills.
Finding the AWP on B as well.
Got a lurk in middle.
Slax waiting for a re-peak.
Smoke on the left side.
Kaspersky inside.
Hello!
This backstab for JVC is money!
He's learned his lesson there, Innocent.
Didn't like the save.
The Lancers didn't like it either,
so he's gonna give this 1v3 a go.
Right around the corner, Innocent.
That's two slacks!
Key trade.
It banges his slacks in this round.
It's like watching Searson online.
Big triple kill.
And forced back here for Team Holland.
Oh, yeah, this is the issue of the wall bang.
You know you get baited in you do it as a tee and the CTs it's just an easy shot back. It feels like
Whoever starts the way back moves it. If you're not connecting straight away
I'm trying to commit to it. You're in big trouble. Yeah
All right boost up quick here for me big team Germany
See even you're doing it. Why not catches on right it catches on this could be it JDC up and over
has to play it forward, goes right in, to Kaspersky
Oh, chasing down, don't want him to escape, that might be enough, just right with a D
Look at him lean in, locked in, don't push tonight, flank is in
Listen here quickly, Tapsin not ready for it
So it's two mateys left in this one, slacks and sin
This is where they got to showcase their synergy and they can speak in German now. It's massive
It's burski holding on it from the rafters up here towards heaven teammate in the site
A bit of noise for him that baits them right into the open
I shot but careful they come in for you to be one they chase him down and his burski's having none of it triple kill from him
box in another round, but he
pulled it back and forth we go.
No clear victory in sight.
Fast four rounds traded now.
I don't know how this is brewing
into what could be quite the game.
Certainly is no one's been able to
find that breakthrough yet.
It's been a bunch of just close
rounds, whatever you can answer
back like this.
You know, you just come into all
these forces over and over again.
No one spells super comfortable
in terms of the money. That's a winch is going blow for blow at the start of this
game. Beepop coming in. Break. Doesn't swathe though. Uh oh. Uh oh. They're coming through.
Flash to pop him in. The Sparrow Orb. Maybe not the gun for the job there is this Beepop.
a 14 Germany smoke down in the heavens they're gonna lock out Kaspersky from
this retake and they're out of the north in a post plant they might be honest
something here Germany are locked in right now
not giving away anything for free and let the smoke come up before they cross
into that bombsite and that's a guarantee you know what to do Lanxess
oh hang on he's coming back he's coming back he realized he's gonna get booed he
doesn't want that he's baiting the booze using it against them they don't fall for it
Fabin locks it down. Team Germany love that cheeky little force by B main smoke
pop through with a flash and two for two is all they need on that hit
Now, Isaac, he's going for context, which you have to respect, USP, Kedlar, Tazer.
How do you get a Zeus kill on this map, I wonder?
Spare my my my my retired go here push up
All is shotgun in his hands, but now want to be found even though they start with the wards B
They were hoping it link up with favin. He's been fed to the wolves on an A push
Seeing let's say dynamic CT sides out of team Poland
They're always trying to keep you guessing with where these stacks will crop up and a lot of repushing coming in a lot of re-clearing
Staying mobile
But this is back to the A side for Germany
Re-clearing a main as Poland leave it
Nice shots JDC, I mean this is
This is his major area, this is his Super Bowl
It's not missing a beat.
Certainly his best game in the major playoffs thus far.
That goes without saying.
8-6 top of the board.
Well, Sin's just overtaking him here
and now they're all racing for these eco kills.
Sin being a captain knows how important they are to pump up your numbers.
It's the only thing stopping you from...
You're gonna get in our moves or getting the hate threads, it's one or the other, just ask Harrigan.
I mean, he waited for you to be made the whole round, it never came.
He stuck to his guns on this one.
Come on, Gemini, chase him down.
He said, just try me.
They don't know the secret weapon is still in play. No bullets fired off this shotgun
And maybe that can make all the difference it has to they got nothing
And you don't want to eco in a show match, but you also love a rifle
It's quite a conundrum
And that's why you just go for the Eagles don't you?
Kraspersky and Innocent got the memo, Kiserex pour out his Zeus.
Whoa! What a campfire!
They got camera angles already, the observers man, they do too much.
Mayra is working overtime today.
Explosive here!
Poor sparrow, man.
You're a tired goat.
Yeah.
He's just wanted to do something with this water shotgun for two rounds now one day too many
Come on Sparrow you've been waiting this is what it's all led to
This is one. We're on
Shotgun, that's why he's been waiting to break it out
the game. This is going to be
a real test of the mental
and after team Poland, they're
in the mud. Down seven three
might be my new favorite. Look
at what he's bought here. It's
in the game in the show match.
You are. You must be over the
moon. I've been pushing for this
gun for an eternity. I think
it's it's valuable, Harry. It's
high impact in the right places.
It can absolutely change the
middle an oppressive fire covering fire here for Kisserak.
Here it goes!
There was a gun to spam with, it's this one!
They're a roar!
He's shitting in the sky!
Ah, he got two? What?
I mean, who would have thought that the negative wasn't the gun for the job?
Not me.
Mabbins all the way through and with a miss shot from Sparrow this tech nine closing in. Oh
That was way too close they're all gonna try it nice out for JDC
Doing everything you can to keep this open play
I
Try to figure out how do we knife? Yeah, that's how do you knife an all-per?
No one's on the site. He doesn't have a kid. No, he can't do this again about about it
Sparrow ain't trying it. He's trying to save
Absolutely love this from Team Germany
Germany, going for the knife kill, going to drag the morale of team Poland through the mud.
Yeah, they must just be feeling lost right now.
I mean, remember how close this game was to you?
We were neck and neck back and forth the entire time, but Germany is just breaking away with a hell of a lead.
I mean, Poland, you know, they're in trouble here.
Not only did Germany have the coach advance here,
you know, Poland, they haven't called any time-ups.
They haven't heard from Jab Javicz.
They haven't taken a break, taken a breather.
This game is flying by now.
Are you taking a jab at Jabbage?
No, I won't. That should be you, Shab Jabka.
Oh, JDC, man. He's feeling it right now. Straight out through mid like a speed demon.
And Sparrow, he can only hear shots when it's time to save, so...
Deadman, if JDC finds him...
JDC. I mean, game of his life, perhaps, game of his career, it will go down in history.
Oh, come on, you've got to knife him now. Get him! Team Germany on the big stage, and
they go all the way. Night three half on the T side of VE Cash, and this show match is
It's getting hot!
Oh, well, there's the first bottom track.
He can get a double.
There's still two players left.
He's got to know how important 13 and 3.
Oh, my goodness.
How did they do this?
How did they go through it again?
Well, it's not every day you get to play in Counter-Strike's
Cathedral in front of your home crowd.
Team Germany absolutely soaking up every second of success,
and they are living it right now.
Eight rounds to the T side of Cash in this show match.
Team Poland dealt a rock hand after a winning knife round, and we get into the second half, where the overtime might even start.
Roaring bears, how are you doing this morning?
Showing up in spades.
Nooo.
Come on.
All right.
It's a pistol kill to get things going for JDC.
And they want to know.
I think you might play trigger discipline here telling them to go die for him.
JDC.
Gaming.
Well get shut down.
hiding out though are they found in repositioning and so Polo might have a
chance here at stealing a pistol round away low health bomb going down have a
look at slacks making moves through the back line checkbook out that's cash
money and now a pistol round for Team Germany they can make this a very one
one side of the fair. Oh I thought it already was. Starting to get out of hand here now
for Poland. They feel like they have to force by off the bomb plants. I think I any secret
strategies of their sleep. We saw some well drilled executes from Team Germany and Etsy
side, a little B-POP of pistols, weeks in the lab, paying off. They had nothing else
to do in stage 3. Oh, nice try, but only damage and slacks, mails out JDC. A brotherly bond
building
what is absent up to
he's trying to set the meta
would be the guy to do so
bomb's looking to go B
Sin finally going to get some action. They kind of separated the CT setups into M.A.E.'s
bomb site and then big control to rest. Good division of labor here for Team Germany.
Sat back very comfortably.
to go. I mean, right now, Team Germany are making Poland's T side look like NRG on Mirage.
Yeah, we all like that one. Oh, and nowhere fast.
Absolute slam dunk here. And the forces keep coming.
temperature check alone who we go win in the final later is it going to be Furia
what about Falcons
all right
I'd ask you who we think we got win in this game but I think we know
we know. This is looking pretty comfortable right now isn't it. Gonna try a B-pop but
no one wants to be that first man in because first he gives it a shot. Babin, KDC, ready
to receive but it's down. Just a slaughter. Oh, flashbang dance on the big stage from
Tapsen. He's just trying to order a farm as much as he can and I'd say he's been killing
it thus far from the German D in the second round of the game. You knew it was going to
be a good day for Tapsen.
Absolute smashing here from Big and M80.
You just can't help this guy.
I can't help it.
I see Tapsen.
I see Tapsen under the one thing. I think a big clan.
All right, Fabin, what you up to here, a little push through the squeaky door in behind enemy
lines.
And now a boost to play around this.
This is perfect, JDC.
I pause the blade, wants to end this with style.
Kaspersky and Kisarek coming to terms with the fact that this could be their last round
in the Lancers, Slaggs gets rid of him and now it's just Kisorek, bomb away from him,
Tyne turning against him and Germany closing in looking for the win.
Simply done here by Germany in front of their home crowd, there were never questions with
how stacked this team was but Poland never even get going, they get blown out in the
as team Germany stands tall, a conglomeration of big clan and MAT come together in a perfect unity here in this show match and they stop out, cash.
But all is said and done, team Germany smiles on their faces as they take a dump today.
Yeah, we said it earlier, Blaine F. and Greg's got to be feeling a little nervous here, what with the German squad looking at so lights out.
Could this be the future of German Counter-Strike we see right in front of us?
Oh, at least it might just be the past of Polish CS, a couple of retired players in here as well.
And it's a difficult game for Team Poland, safe to say.
Germany, one-upping them.
And what more can you say about that?
And there is much more to say, really.
Hugo, look at this. JDC, make some noise for him.
Give it up.
That's JDC, top performer.
and he'll get here one day in front of this crowd, but now it's the show match and it's
a win all the same.
Grand Final coming up at 5pm local, of course it is Curia vs Falcons, that is the big fixture,
a best of five, major final, a chance for Fallon to do it again, Nico looking for his first
major trophy and a thousand other storylines, we will see all come to a close this evening,
It's bound to be a big day of counter-strike, and this was just a taster to that delight.
Well, there we go. Our show match is done. This clash of two nations, Poland versus Germany.
Well, I mean, I'm not going to say it was easy in the end, but it was nice to step out here onto the big stage.
Yeah, it's amazing. We're in Cologne, right?
We wanted to win this game and give some cheers for the crowd, you know, so I hope we did a good job.
Did a great job. What is it like? I mean, we were talking about this before.
We've got the ENC, which is going to be happening later this year, which will be all about national teams.
Does it feel different when you're not playing for your normal organisation?
You are playing for Germany, the country of your birth.
Yeah, I haven't been playing for a German team in a long time now.
So, yeah, when you play for your country, it was my second time this time in the show match, of course.
It's always a special feeling because you want to represent your country and do the best for them.
And what was it like actually playing in the game?
When you're playing with people you don't play with all the time.
You've got to try and get some of it together very quickly.
How does that change how you approach it?
Not much change. I think we just made sure we had fun.
Obviously we all know each other, right?
So just have a good time and enjoy the moment.
We're here in Cologne, the best arena in the world.
Well, I think we can agree with that.
What has it been like watching it over the past couple of days?
We've seen some insane counts, right? The noise has been tremendous.
We've got what looks like it's going to be a great grand final coming up.
What has it been like for you?
Yeah, I think this is the best major playoffs we've ever had.
And this storyline for the grand final is amazing.
It couldn't have been any better.
So, yeah, I can't wait for the final.
Best of five also, so it's going to be a great show.
Come on, call it. Who's winning?
Furia!
There you go. Cheers, mate. Thank you very much.
Congratulations. Winner from Team Germany. Thank you very much.
We will have a quick chat over here quickly with our Polish team as well, who came along.
Just a quick chat to see what it was like. Come on over, everybody. Come on over.
What was it like stepping out here onto the stage, here in Cologne, showing match ahead of the grand final?
What was it like for you and the rest of the Polish team?
I guess it was just a life-maxim from us at this point.
It was a pretty good experience. I never got to enjoy the stage as a player.
It's a great honour to actually be able to play.
Of course German precision was too hard today, but I guess we all had fun and it was kind of a dream come true for all of us.
What is it like walking out when you come up the catwalk and you've got the crowd around you?
It was pretty sick and yeah it's just the shame, it's just the show much, you know.
I can only imagine what the guys feel in the final, but it was just perfect.
Yeah, it was something of the bucket list for sure.
And what is it like, the same question as well.
We talk about pulling on a jersey, you're wearing it in the Polish colors right now.
Now, does it change how you feel when you approach a game?
How are you feeling yourself when you're playing?
I mean, it's always pretty unique to actually wear Polish colors.
It was pretty nice.
And yeah, hopefully in the future, we
will have a nice Polish roster for the official championship.
They probably won't be a part of this,
because we have a lot of great players
from the younger generation.
But yeah, it will be pretty special for them, too.
And it was special to me now.
Well, listen, thank you so much.
We appreciate you coming out.
Appreciate you playing.
Thank you very much.
Once again, team Perlin and your winners, Team Germany.
I
Pixel friends?
Hurry, please!
Maybe Acetago's in the play!
I'll never doubt you again!
Prove it.
It's over.
Wait! Wait! You wanted me to prove it!
Well, check out this new look colossus!
I ain't reading all that.
Wait, there's prizes on this thing too?
Two?
Still a carry gun believer though, eh?
No, no, no, no, no, no!
This is... heavy.
Yeah.
Put MPA, okay? I wanna sell secret, this is how I think the game is.
Gonna give me a cheer, yeah?
I can drop you a cheers.
I'm sorry, guys, let's keep it up.
Either Vitality, pick up the ESL Grand Slam right here and now, or we go into quad over time.
Melbourne, this is ridiculous!
We're really gonna try A again.
We're really gonna try and test this side again.
Look at the runway! All magic be caught up!
DORON! Demanded it!
A commanding opportunity!
There's only one man that can stop them!
It's not gonna happen! Surely, honestly, cannot come up 1v4!
One more round, one more round.
Last round. Last round, I gave you.
21.
Last round. Last round.
Go, go, go, go, go, go!
I don't think they're ready to pick up any dirt.
They're on the right side.
But through their pastes, made to work for it, vitality will blunder down and up.
Make the most of their golden opportunity, a period of dominance, marked by the ESL Grand Slam.
The culmination of their efforts.
Rob's got that miners' touch.
Melbourne, your champions, the intensity masters, Higgs of Counter-Strike, this is Vitality's
world now!
It's vicious, having tears of joy. It's magical, it's absolutely magic what happens
The kind of runs we lose, the kind of runs we win, this nuke was insane and I hope everyone enjoyed this best of five.
We had 9-3, yes we lost the pistol round and from the pistol round it started but we had a lot of rounds to close again.
I'm trying to imagine what even happened at the final besides me not performing really well on the T side
but also I think Zywoo has some crazy rounds as well that really helped them come back into the game.
I think we just gave them a way to win basically, I think we had so many situations where we could have closed out the rounds.
Also I think most of the patches went their way as well, so I think it was a very exciting game.
I was very glad to be a part of that final because I think it was one of the coolest finals that we have had recently.
I would sleep like four hours during the night.
I would play until 2-3 a.m.
I would need to wake up at 7 a.m. to go to school.
Five days in a week I would sleep like this,
and on Saturdays and Sundays I would just sleep like a baby.
Wake up, school, play, eat, sleep, repeat.
The same day every time.
I was up in the morning, looking at him,
and there was a grandmother with blue eyes.
But no, he was up, he went to school.
I slept for a thousand hours,
He went to school, he was killed, he had a sleepover, but as a rule, he had a very good memory, he studied very well, so he had a better education.
There were, of course, moments when, for example, his grandmother spent time at school, she went first,
but he had already gathered, so he decided to stay.
And some of the people in the sofa were still in the room and were writing and reading.
My grandma, she's strict when it comes to this kind of things.
They're saying that you look like a zombie, you know.
She's saying the truth.
I know it's true.
But I cannot do anything about it.
Like, I cannot play.
My brother would always try to protect me.
If he stretched, nobody would protect him than himself.
I love my brother, and I'm very proud that I have a brother like him.
Everyone understood that it was a new level.
I saw that moment when he was playing and that CS was his.
He had a motivation, he had a dream.
And here is a big hero, of course, he was going to be our brother.
He needs to go further, he needs to grow.
Look at how he develops.
I was in the woods, it was good.
And it turned out that he achieved something.
What's the story for Falcons of this event?
What's the story for Falcons in these playoffs?
Typical K-Ragen moments.
It's almost redemption, right?
Or maybe not redemption, vindication.
That's probably the term for it.
I think that's super cool also for Finn.
He's one of the greatest guys and he's a really good captain.
And just for him to come here and have this insane run would be like I would be insane
Okay, well now you've had a chance to play with him and play in some close games with him
Do you think it's do you think we called it the phase bullshit, but is it the karrigan bullshit? I think it is
I think it is
Okay, when he saw when he was talking about phase dna. That's not what he meant
Anyway, yeah the way he plays counter strike
So then that means and you guys have the type of players who fit that very well, right?
Like monosy yourself, you know, you guys are gonna get even from the heroic days
You guys were up to nonsense as well, right late rotation super late fake stuff. And so that's up a counter strike
Most again, it's the most fun to watch right and you guys have a similar kind of I
Want to say ability to pull games into the mud like that too even you had that we were talking about this
Or I heard someone talking about this in one of the casts
You back with nuts and saw it's like that trio there you guys were in the answer doing the same stuff, right?
like really fast plays or games that were back and forth.
He's changing.
But it was really good.
I think it was really good.
But it was funny actually.
Is it similar now with the current team?
Obviously different players, but do you feel it's similar with Zora?
No, it's completely different.
No, no, it's a bit different also, yeah.
Yeah, how's it different?
Well, like, you know, you have different players and pieces, but it's Hunter calling
the shots now.
He's not just calling Rush as topside.
You don't play Nuke.
There you go.
There's one way.
We actually were really good on Nuke.
I think it was one of the best ideas I knew.
Yeah, you guys were very good on it.
Yeah, we were.
It's my first tournament in London.
You came from St. Mary?
Yeah.
To play?
First tournament, yeah.
Did you do good?
We will take third place.
Third place?
You were young.
Yeah, very young, very, very young.
We have winter here and people put me in snow.
You dropped yourself?
Yeah, I dropped myself.
There you go.
Let's go inside.
Let's see.
I was born in Simei. This is a small city in Kazakhstan.
I just go to school, play football. Football for me is maybe my first dream in my life.
All right.
We are not rich guys who have good money.
This problem, I don't have a computer in my house and I need to go to a computer shop.
And one time I saved money to go with my friends.
They told me, you need to try to play Counter-Strike.
And you start to play, I think, 25 games per day.
And I want to stop football and I want to try in Counter-Strike now.
I want one from Ireland and they gave me time for free.
I will say to my parents, I don't want to go to university because I want to play Counter-Strike.
Of course, they say no, because they don't understand what is computer games and what I'm doing.
My parents saw it, but when I was 10, they separate.
For me, it's very important when my mom says yes, because I'm not talking with my father for good,
and I have only mom who supports me.
I'm a life-saving entrepreneur.
I had a business in the Abtov.
Everything went well in the mountains,
but at one wonderful moment
there was such a bad situation.
We were thrown away by people.
In five minutes I decided to go.
Dania was very worried.
I think it was a great moment for Dania when he told me to calm down and told me that everything will be fine, that mom is not worried.
And I work on one day, I don't say anything, and I'll take taxi to Astana, this is 10 hours
to drive to Astana.
And message to my mom, say, I'm leaving, sorry.
They give me PC for free and food, sorry, but this is my dream, I need to try.
He leaves, of course, for me it was...
Where does he go? Where is it? How will he live?
and you cannot go because I don't know what you are doing still.
And she let him go.
He told his mother that someone is achieving his goal,
and he is going to make it.
Today I remember he had a suitcase,
he had a handbag,
As if he was in a movie, the bandit came. Incredible!
The first thing he did was to get a tour and a mouse and sit down and play DEM.
To feel the difference in the ping.
This was incredible for me.
When I first met him, he was incredibly charged.
day and we are just trying to improve because for us we cannot do anything in
life without contract. When I take my first salary I'll give to my own money to
my mom when I send my money when she messes me thank you I'm very happy.
Before PGA Astana we were starting playing to qualify and will qualify to
semifinal and we lose against NIP and we go to lower bracket and we lose against
fanatic and lower bracket as well. And we talk about what we do next step.
I told him that I will support him at any stage of his career because for me
Danya is like a light person in terms of vision that he did incredibly well.
He did everything he could, and I was there for him, so that he would be able to change his life.
When I finished MOLADO in the first games on practice, he was destroying us.
I remember a couple rounds where he was moota, killing everywhere.
And then I knew these guys were very good.
Later on, when they told me,
what do you think about only going IGL?
It's going to be hard to replace you into the team.
There's many, many roles.
And then I said, if we're going to replace him, we're going to need a good helper.
Maybe that kid from the practice MOLADO has to be him.
I think I'll think about this one week.
FURIA message me every day what you think about this because I don't want to live in Namco at all
because for me it's very hard to change the language.
My first question to FURIA, I'm opener and he messaged me.
I'm on my mission first. She said, you do this, this is your dream, yes? She asked me,
and I will say yes, this is my dream. When I go to the airport, I saw a fallen seat,
and when I come, I was surprised. I was going for the first bootcamp, it was fun, it was
It was fun.
I didn't speak much English.
I don't know.
I don't know.
A little bit, bro, no.
Zero, bro.
I'll say zero.
I can't say all the geloga.
I want food, yeah.
Yeah, I want food, yeah.
But we're short food, I don't know.
We just wanted to play some games together.
Yeah.
Only CS.
Only CS, bro.
Our first time meeting, we didn't want to do anything else.
We only played Counter-Strike together.
All the time.
First, you're something PC called, but me as well.
Yeah, we have the same start for playing Cybertoffice.
So we're used to face-to-face, like some thresholds.
Counter-strike since he was young, both like...
No money, no money at all.
Have to change the life to Amy, never give up.
We're very similar.
His English has been fluent, it's amazing.
He's been learning very fast.
Over the last three or four months,
he's very top English already.
So overall, I'd say now we barely feel
that he's missing something.
Molotoy makes it look so easy.
I wasn't really telling me much what to do.
It was more about getting to understand what he thinks
and then telling him what I think
so we could really find a way to combine together.
When I go to Arena, to stage,
people are already starting to think about me.
Instead, my body is already starting to go into pressure.
I can't play because my body, I don't know,
I will say hot, very hot, and I'll go to us to talk with Juan.
Okay Daniel, you need to think about this.
If you're still thinking about your pressure now, you already was a game.
You need to stop over thinking, you need to just think about how we can win today
and how you can help the team. And this is moment in your dream.
Because I actually knew that this is a lot of pressure, right?
Like, can he hold the pressure?
The game after game, after the tournament, he was holding the pressure very well.
And it's a 2v5, Molotov wants to play in front of another arena,
and Fallen is going to expedite that bomb drop, and that's it.
He won the tournament with Thunderpeak, then he won.
And they won Chindle, and then they won Blast.
We won Blast 3, yes.
I was incredible, from the start.
Molotov, it's your time.
Oh, it's number three!
And now, my life is changed.
When you believe only when you take the structures,
this is emotions I cannot explain.
I have to respect his decision.
I have to respect the way he is.
And I have to let him be who he is instead of trying
to make him a version of myself.
So it's a little bit of a context of probably being
a dead end represent.
I'll say this is Father and Contra second, Father and my wife now.
I told me that if I had a kid, it could have been just like him.
I actually feel the desire to have kids because I have this relationship with him.
I decided to step away from competitive conference track at the end of the year.
I can appreciate your support over the years, thank you so much.
When you take a microphone at all, I already want to cry.
I think for a matter of fact, it only happened on the day.
Guys, I'm going to announce it today and it's going to happen in the end, that's going to be it.
I didn't really know what to say or what to prepare.
So for me it was hard as well.
I didn't expect such emotions on that level.
When Fulon announced his move for Danya, it was a very nervous moment.
For me, Fulon is a very important guy and he still helped me.
I think Moga has the chance to keep going with my journey and my legacy.
He's got a beautiful his own legacy as well.
I don't intend him to do anything around my steps.
I'm just going to be happy if he is enjoying his journey and taking the most of it.
For me, if I don't have a phone in my life, maybe I'm not here.
I'm not maybe more than...
I didn't realize the son of a star for a long time.
You know, for a long time.
We came to the cafe with him.
And then everyone started to approach him.
I was a band member, and he said,
you don't have many, you don't know what you're doing with me.
And then I realized that Danieka, he's loved,
he's loved a lot in Kazakhstan.
He's my only son, I can't repeat it.
I'm sure I'll never be like this again.
I think for me it's most important to say for me this is always the main human and don't be arrogant.
It's a day ten years in the making.
The grand final of the Major is back in the Lancels and oh my god has the Lancels delivered
this entire weekend.
We saw some of the best competitive CS we have ever seen.
The over times were insane, the clutches were crazy, and I think we're going to see it all
again today because who is on the docket to play the Grand Final with Furia and Team Falcons.
Falcons set aside Spirit yesterday in another thriller match, and Kerrigan, he still got
it.
He's still on his bullshit.
He only had 60 days with this team, and he finds himself in the Grand Final up versus
fallen who of course won a major right here in 2016, the last Cologne major and is heading
into retirement at the end of this year. The stakes could not be higher, the storylines
could not be more intense and the CS could not be more unbelievable. The lunch is always
delivered and I have a feeling that it's going to go 10x today but the last question of course
is Nico going to win his major today here in Cologne. Let's find out.
Checks presents the pre-show
It's Grand Final Day here in Philae, North of the Extreme Masters.
It's the major Grand Final.
Falcons gonna be taken off against Furia. It's gonna be an absolute barn burner
We got colds air down at the end. We got a major champion with us act with us
It's on major champion and MVP and MVP and he predicted the grand final the other day
So that's why he's back. Oh, he did well. You might you might be the best analyst in the scene right now
I think about Falkos and him for it would be the dream final here in Cologne, right?
So in one side Nikko is trying to mean his first major wish caravan related and the other side like fallen
He's trying to start major and third turning in Cologne. Yeah, what are you rooting for?
It's going to be hard. I play with both sides right?
Partially I'm going to cheer for Fallen, especially for the Brazilian team.
I think because he's going to retire at the end of the year, I think it would be a nice gift for him.
Yeah, it would be.
I'd like that gift.
That'd be a great gift.
Do you think a team could do it?
I would take that gift.
Expensive gift.
Any day.
Yeah?
I wanted to start with a question for Cole if we could.
Yeah, go on, baby.
This guy's got the championship mindset.
Your one match is before you won the big trophies before.
Now, I know we're going to have to go back in time a little bit,
But again, the championship mindset never leaves, right?
Apply that, that's a person.
That's an attribute that you carry with you
for the rest of your life.
When you wake up on grand final day,
what's going through your head?
It's kind of hard to say, right?
Because it's very hard to win a major.
But like, when I was playing,
I didn't think about if it's a final,
sem final or quarter final.
For me, it's just one more match.
Like, we need to do our best
and let's see what's gonna happen, right?
Everything can happen, you can win, you can lose.
But I think you need to give your 110%.
It doesn't matter if it's quite a final or final, right?
So it doesn't matter if you win or not,
you need to go without any regrets.
Maybe a better comparison is something like this,
because we mentioned some of the storylines.
There's so, so many, right?
So the biggest challenge here is how do you do that?
How do you just stay focused on the game?
And I guess for you, okay, the majors
are treated game by game.
But whenever you guys play in Brazil, for example,
it becomes impossible to focus on the game.
So how hard is that part?
Just to do what you're talking about
and cut out all the noise
and just focus on your opponent,
your own team and the counter strike.
It's kind of hard to say because like in the past,
like one day before we just go to the bar
and we just do that.
That's the old school way I do it.
We don't do that anymore.
We don't do that anymore.
We don't do that anymore, right?
But like we are old school.
The way that we do, like we don't think about the match.
Like we of course we prepare for the match, but after that we just chew a little bit
We forgot about the match a little bit because we know what we don't want us to feel pressure it
So we just want to relax and enjoy the game. Okay, so the ritual was going to the bar the night before. Yes
All right, that's not a bad ritual
Well, it's a good one. All right, that's why Jason is so popular real within all the scene
Where did we say face that there was nowhere to find it?
He's not ready yet. He hasn't finished yet. We haven't said always he's working now working now
He's on it right now. He's still have the mustache. I think he still has the mustache
I tried to get him to shave it off. He at least evened out. So what's okay?
Okay, it looks better in a suit than a t-shirt. Have you ever noticed that? I haven't okay doesn't everything
Look at it cold looks great right now. Oh, thank you very much. Oh, he's cool
All right, so when Tracy's ready we can see we can check in yeah when he's ready when the video is done
We'll throw it over to him, but not yet. Okay. All right, so if we could start then we've mentioned the storylines
Shall we try and name as many storylines as we get? What Jason no
I was gonna say which one do you want to go with first? This is the thing so we we can there's so many
But we're just gonna have to list them now. I'll do the counting
So the Nico winning his first major is a huge one from the standpoint
He started playing majors back in 2015 inclusion in poker. So he's been going for over 10 years
It's a it's a career-long pursuit. He's had the heartbreak of the Boston final loss
That one sticks out a lot more to me than the stock on final loss
I know a lot of people remember the deal shot, but whatever right?
I think that's just but some of Nico's career if you never won a major would go down as the most tragic right?
It would overtake that it already has if he you know retired tomorrow over something like Guardian
So that's one storyline. That's that one of the biggest storylines of the day the one Yankees probably the most excited about
Yeah, sure
May a monies first grand final of a major. This is his seventh major
He's been grouped as many times. He's been in the playoffs sure that's crazy for a player with caliber
Yeah, well, I think he was also he was pretty heartbroken in some of his videos like crying because he hadn't won a trophy in so long
He the last trophy that Falcons one was beating monosy back when he was on G2 as well
Yeah, the only trophy at the moment
It's been funny because yesterday in the winners interview on the desk. He's having tears of joy almost like he was so happy
That was so great to see and yeah, we'll be a big one for him the whole final streak as well
You know how many has he lost in a row and all that I was gonna go with the fallen storyline next okay?
Well, do you want to stick around on Niko for a little bit longer?
This is where we can really bring Cold into the conversation.
Because he knows better than anybody what it was like playing up against Karrigan and Niko back in 2017 in the SK jersey versus Faze.
You guys played a lot there and you guys always had them in your pocket.
I think you have a couple of losses, but they were best of ones or something.
This is another one of the storylines. Fallen is undefeated against Niko and Grand finals.
Against Niko and Grand finals? Yes. Okay.
Or no, I believe it is. I believe so. Yeah, I believe so.
That's a pretty good drag record.
That's not bad.
The 7 Finals against them in 2017, I think we won all the 7.
Okay, so ever yeah, I think I was what do you put that down to you just had that number you were in their head fallen
You exactly had a call out call Carrigan. What do you put it up to?
I think fallen calls very very well against car again
And then we knew how to play against face very well too. So I think was kind of mix of everything and I think this this final can
Have like more chance for following them than carrying anything so because of that factor. Yeah, I think
Things are always in the head, right? So everything starts from the head
So I think Ergon knows like it's gonna be a hard game and I think it's probably gonna be well prepared for them
Even Niko was saying in the interview a while back is like it was always tough going up against fall like in his career
Probably one of the toughest opponents. He's had to go up against just their style of play makes it somewhat
Uncomfortable for for him to to deal with it. We can read this. Just you want to do the honest
I got you it has to be fallen even to this day when I was in phase and we played against SK
We just couldn't beat them. It was impossible
I don't know why and what he has against me and even and even now when I play against Furia
I don't know why it's so hard to play against his play style. So he's taking it personally. Yeah
I don't think fallen has anything against Nico. I don't think that's how this one unfolds here
But it is some footage of back in the day
Well, look how young we all would have been that's the crazy part
But the within this run there was the wait there was a Sydney event wasn't there down under I think it was the Denmark
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that yeah the pro league won the yeah that directed footage exactly
But that's I guess at this point you guys have bolts. When did Phelps coming Phelps was that year as well as wasn't it 2017
You guys have those hopes in the 17 at the beginning. Generally, generally, I think from you and I bolts came in
Yeah, yeah, I don't know if like four straight later on in that year as well
But that was against the phase with that roster that had the New York run, which was that 2017 or 2018
17
the record that's that and the league and ECS finals so it's crazy that that
happened in that period but these guys still earned them all time yeah that was
when they added Guardian and all of my so I was one of the first super team that
was being built like it blew everyone's minds but you know still couldn't get
over eski I got some good news Trace has done his work he's been around he's been
around he's gonna ask all the fans inside inside the likes of Serena who they
think is gonna win the major grand final tonight fury are Falcons let's see what
they had to say all right so let's do this then real quick I know we were
gonna take a picture but you've come up with this and you've even gone as far as
to put the different team names on here tell me I'd ask what the inspiration is
but how long did this take you? Only about four hours it was just super glue
and some lots of paper as you can see. Like in case you don't recognize the
scale or what this is perhaps you haven't been paying attention but that's
exactly what the teams are competing for today except for the version on stage
looks a little nicer no offense speaking of which who is gonna win that
trophy. I hope Falcons, I hope Niko gets that major finally. I hope so. It's about time
for Niko final in it. It's about time, it's the best chance I think he's got so far.
Outstanding, well good luck, have a good day, enjoy the show even. Okay, you too.
Yo, who's winning today and why is it not FaZe? Furia of course. FaZe? When does
FaZe play? In Cancun. Bet. Bet. Yo, who's winning today? Who's winning? It's Falcons all the
way baby, I mean I love my man Fallen but unfortunately he's just not gonna
I'll lift it for the third time today.
Yeah, I understand.
Falcons, all right, Nick, it's first one.
Where are you lads from?
Australia, we've traveled a long way for this
and we want to see Niko cry with joy for once.
And not the other way around.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
For once, yeah.
Save the tables.
Well, I don't point yet.
Thank you very much, gentlemen.
I use...
Who wins today, though?
No, no, Falcons.
Falcons.
Falcons as well?
Yeah.
Julia, Julia.
Okay, Julia.
So the house divided right here.
Aniko deserve this major so good why does fallen deserve this major because
they have history in mayor the best player and he's brasilian bro yeah
bro you want to tell him let's get it going let's go vamos vamos Julia vamos
Svalgums, yo, bad lady.
I don't know.
A lot of Falcons support.
That got a little bit weird at the end there.
It's nice when it gets weird.
It does.
I like when it gets weird.
It's in the crowd there as well.
Yeah, that feels good.
Traveled a long way.
My shoes, wait, I don't know.
Maybe they'll feel like me.
Anything's possible around these parts, but...
What do you guys think's gonna win?
Falcons, Furia.
Falcons.
And then Furia.
Is there gonna be...
Furia's gonna win?
Yeah!
What do you reckon Jason?
It sounded like it sounded like Falcons.
It mixed back over there.
Yeah, it mixed back.
Look, it's been a long weekend.
Lots of beers have been consumed.
This guy's got a counter on his t-shirt over here.
People are having a good time.
They don't even know what time it is.
He's over here.
There's this tall guy right here.
This guy, look at this.
It's a t-shirt.
Your counter.
He does have one.
That's a lot.
Look, I spoke.
We got through two storylines.
There's many more to come.
What do we got?
So, for Kiyosuke and Molodoy, winning a major in their first year of professional counter
strike.
slightly longer, but we'll say a year, right? We can be flexible with that, can't we?
That's cool. Don't do the same thing, right? No, but one of the two will be doing that today.
You mentioned Monizy's first final. Yeah, I think also chance of redemption for
Tessus right after that real major final against us. He was part of that heroic
lineup and then even, you know, to some degree the Paris major, right? Because
they were, you know, destined for the grand final. They lost to Game Legion in
the semi-finals. So a couple of soul crushing losses there and now he's back
with an opportunity to leave their trophies.
Here's one, Zonic, if Falcons win, will be the only member,
I know he's not a player, but he'll be the only member of a team who has won six majors.
That's crazy.
That's crazy.
That's hard.
And probably with him being on three different organizations, I imagine that's the first one.
That's what Fallen's competing for as well.
With this win.
I think it's also interesting that the Fallen carried in line,
because it might be the end of an era in the sense of,
So this might be the last time we get to 1.6.
There's guys who started way, way back.
Two versions of the game ago, sort of competing for a championship.
I know Apex is still around and he played source, but at the very end,
and then just started to find success once we switched to CSGO.
So definitely fallen, you know, it's his last year.
Karrigan might still be playing, but, you know, there's been a sort of changing
of the guard in the meantime, where, you know, this could put a nice bow on it.
have something to add to that. Whoever wins today, they're both 35, I think. So whoever
wins today will be the oldest player in history to win a major. Before it's Kerrigan tied with Apex,
we both did it at 32. So now we're jumping up by three years, which is crazy because
these guys are pushing the upper limits of what's possible. I understand that they're in game leaders.
I know that Fallon says he's out at the end of the year unless he changes his mind. But for Kerrigan,
we're to believe he has a longer term deal over that falcon. So he could be playing 36, 37. Is he
Is he going to be the first 40-year-old professional player
playing tier one?
He could be.
He even said the other day, he's like,
I'm playing the worst counter strike of my career.
I'm still in a major final.
Like, he's still fighting himself here.
So like, if your individual level is going to drop off
as you get older, apparently it doesn't matter with Kerrigan.
He's just like, I'm just going to win.
As long as you can call.
Yeah.
As long as you've got strong players around you,
and he's made them all better.
That's legit.
I wonder how much the diminishing returns of fragging out
what goes the older he gets.
So that's something that would be interesting to see.
Yeah, we'll see.
But I also think, Cold, you can tell us about what he brings
in terms of the intangibles, right?
We heard it from ONUS yesterday and all this confidence
and the belief that they have.
Like how important is that when you come
into a major grand final?
I think because he's already a winner, right?
He won such important tournaments.
He can bring that type of confidence
that the players probably doesn't have too much.
And about the like, the leader, the leadership, you know,
I think the leadership in grand finals
or sem finals is very important as well,
especially in the tournaments coming in big tournaments,
because you can know how to read the game,
you give the boost of confidence for your players,
you know how to prepare the match really well as well,
so people rely on you a lot, you know,
and especially when in the pressured moments
that people doesn't know what to do,
for sure these ingame leaders know what to do, you know.
And I think it's also,
you talk about these storylines, right?
Well, it was in Copenhagen in 24,
where Kerrigan beat Dong, beat Zai Wu in the quarterfinal and the semi-final,
only to end in sort of a disappointing fashion against Navi.
So that's the one time he sort of wouldn't want history to repeat itself fully.
I think there's even more on top of this, right?
So, Kroger, if I'm wrong here,
but only Kerrigan and Fallen are the major winners in the final, right?
Yes.
And they're both the leaders of the team.
Like, that's crazy within itself, right?
So the battle between those two is something insane,
But then you've got that Nico's story, which I think if Falcons win it overtakes everything else in the conversation, right?
Absolutely. Obviously, Kagan coming to Falcons then winning. Yeah, okay great.
There's three consecutive finals for them now. We'll see if they get the W today.
I think it's just the one thing about this whole, this isn't like his last, you know, like he's on Nico's.
Yeah, he's not going anywhere. Like obviously any time you're in a final got a pretty good chance for that to be the time.
But this is 17-0.
And I don't think that's the problem for Falcons in a way. It's also this thing. Oh, they lost two finals.
Were there even supposed to be in finals immediately?
Yeah.
Right?
But I agree that on the flip side, once you're there, especially, you know, you're playing
up against Legacy in CAC, like you expect to win that.
So here, you know, against all odds, with only two months with Kerrigan, and I don't know,
a total of two weeks of practice, they're in the grand final of a major, right?
Are they ready for it?
No.
But does that mean they don't have a chance of winning it?
Absolutely not.
And these teams have always played close against each other.
That's why I think, you know, we're gonna have a great final.
When you won the first major, how many majors have you played at that point?
I think I played, I think two or three majors before.
Okay.
Yeah, what's Cologne, Confitzenapoca, and...
That's it, then it's Columbus.
Yeah, I think it's Columbus.
Yeah, that's true.
Okay, so that happened pretty quick.
Yeah, I'm sorry.
The Nicos at 17 goes.
I think he's tied with a leash.
Yeah, he's had a lot of chance.
Yeah, at 17 cracks.
As you know, I read an interview where like, was it his...
um, uh, K serato who said he said something like, you know, I hope we win because nobody really remembers second place
And I just kind of started laughing because I was like, actually Nico's got a pretty famous second place
People do remember second place finishes. Not for the best reason. Not for the best reasons. Yeah
But I understand the sentiment and all point that right what's it's all in vain otherwise
I think from the fury angle when you look at who they played against if we're looking at the team calibre in world
Counter strike in the rankings. It's nowhere near as convincing as what Falcons are done Falcons in all of their wins
They've had to grind out games. There's been over times. They've been insane. The level of opponent has been much higher
Each series they've won has been a 2-1. They haven't had a single series that they've won that was a two mapper
So it's always been work and the game that they lost was to bet them and they lost that game 0-2
So that's okay. Well, that's the bump in the road
That's good though with the new in game later
It's only been here for 60 some days 60 some odd days is like getting that many reps leading into it as well
And now you've had so many reps in close games and high pressure situations. You just that that's actually in my mind
That's good
Isn't this where Karagin does his best work, though?
When you think about some of the most crazy Karagin moments in history,
it's when they held the whole JKF stand-in, or, you know, there's been other standing moments.
Yeah, exactly. Right? And to me, I think Karagin is the best caller when things aren't set,
right? When things are a little bit more all over the place.
An improv caller.
Yeah, there's no doubt about that, right? Whereas, I look at Fallen,
and I guess you guys can all talk to this better than I can,
but to me, he seems like a great facilitator, right? You know, if these players want to do
something he knows when to give them the time to do it when to not when to call and and he gets the
most out of his players. Whereas the same with Karrigan, but I think Karrigan is like more on
his feet where the role that Fallon used to play and even still now because Yakin does the space
taker, right? He has to rely on his pieces to do the job. Whereas Karrigan, he's more in the mud,
right? He's more in the in the big picture, right? So there's a bit of a difference there.
I feel like Karrigan has that effect of like at some point during the game,
a few feels it's like slipping away or they need something needs to change. He like will actually
take complete control and he'll call them out of the situation. I know Fallen when I
was working with him on Liquid his whole philosophy was like I'm gonna handle the big picture
stuff, this is what I want done, but the individuals get all the freedom in the world to figure
out how they want to get it done. So I assume that's how he was with you in the game.
Yeah, correct.
You know what I'm saying?
Yeah, same thing. Fallen knows how to play very well and he knows how to structure the
team very well as well, but they give you freedom to play. It's not like you go away,
go away but my way no you go away in your way right so and I play with Kerrigan but
it's just a short time and Kerrigan knows how to call the game like he gives
more freedom the entire game he knows when we need to approach something you
approach the way that he wants but he doesn't control the entire game like he
usually like get more info's and do the endings that he's thinking on the wrong
you know so I think it's kind of type of different play style. I think for me it's
It's just going to be chaos, you know, falcons thriving chaos.
And on the opposite side, we have fallen in fury, who are all about patience, controlling
the tempo.
Yeah, controlling the tempo, like punishing the aggression.
So I thought I was so happy about the game fury I played yesterday, because the way they
played up until yesterday, I thought whoever is on the other side in the final is going
to blow them out.
It's going to be a 3-0.
It's not going to be close.
But yesterday, for the first time, they played a game that was similar to how they played
at the end of last year, when they were the best team in the world and were a contender
for the major trophy, right? Especially on those T sides, like it was really, really
good. It was like the fury of all. And I think that gives them now confidence going into
this Falcons matchup that they have found themselves again. They have found that level
that they've had individually and as a team that they got towards the end of last year.
I feel like I'd say the same thing about Falcons too, though. I feel like both of these, this
is probably the best we've seen both of these teams playing this year. Like this is all
For Falcons, yeah peaking at the perfect moment like literally as you say with fury like out of the semi-final
You're peaking into the grand final
They're getting they're definitely getting more out of their pieces at the moment
But the thing that I find curious about the tempo conversation and the slog that it's been falcons versus that of fury
I is I don't think fury are going to be able to play that game today
Like and that means they're gonna then have to play the way that Falcons one Falcons are gonna draw you into those situations
Because Kiyosuke is gonna get a double kill
Yeah, and like honestly is gonna hit a quickscape with the open the situation where you should win that fight
And now you're in it. Who's the best player Furia has played in the major?
Syntax.
I didn't want to say it.
Strap card, right? And I mean called you can testify to this like sure you're playing you're doing your things
Everything's going great, but it's different when you go up against in your day electronic playing pit on inferno
Right like or simple like being a game record. So how much does that matter?
Also to the level you can display like who is on the other side. I think for it
Then having had any hard matchups. I think in 90s it was the most hard one
Yes, I'm in probably but I think like in the other side focus that they had a tough tough opponents right so they got like spirits
They got by Tarii like if I'm not in the group and have been on the group
So I think focus come to this match with more confidence
Especially because they beat the best teams in the world right and the food as well
They're gonna be in high pressure because they didn't fought anyone like in the Taiwan scene
Now they're gonna have a they're gonna be able to fight Falcons
So I think it's gonna be very hard this situation for Furuya
But I think they can they can do it in a way these teams are similar to each other
I believe in one thing whereas they will both
Their styles both work better against other top tier teams then they do against tier two teams
Right because against lower tier tier teams. You can just play more vanilla
You know, you don't need to do this next level stuff. So sometimes they outplay themselves in those games
But once you go against other really good players and really good teams
That's where these ideas play a big part and you're trying to outmine game your opponent and then it becomes more of a
Psychological warfare sort of a thing. So that's why I expect them both to show a really strong level today
Yeah, and I mean I think both that I mean all the times they've had matchups this year
There's their games have been so close like most like the majority of their games are like within two rounds of each
14 out of 22 maps have been either 13 11 or have gone into overtime like that's pretty crazy
That is pretty good
I think that's your point too where it's like fury doesn't get it necessarily play the style they want because those games
They get to that point are gonna be chaotic are gonna be slog-fest are gonna be mistake-ridden and that's where keregan thrives
That's where he gets better on this yesterday. It's just interesting watching him give Aurora enough to hang themselves, right?
I hear you guys. Oh mentally implode. Okay, that's great since our is tilting everyone like it's up teams dead
Well, thanks for coming. You just saw it happening in real time
I went to watch back some of the game last night just to see fury
I was like this is actually worth my time watching this like it really was a roar. It just faked it's getting a way
That's tough. Sorry, which is a shame. No, the dust too was better
But I think also this whole conversation about Karrigan's fragging and his stats and all this here's a stat for you
Falcons are great nine overtime maps since Karrigan has joined the roster. They won eight out of nine
That's pretty good
When could you ever say for a nico team that they get better the longer the game goes that the
the higher the pressure that the better they perform.
Haven't seen any radar screens.
It feels like a rhetorical question from Yankee there.
It does. It feels like one we don't need that.
We've been set up for.
Yeah, but I think that conversation is one that, you know,
it happens when you're in a Falcon's jersey, right?
There was going to be more focus on that.
Jason, historically, you know,
loves talking about the community pressure.
People talk about also his KMR player has never won a major
or a big tournament with this much KPR.
And, you know, but if you look at the KPR for the whole team,
So for the rest of the four players, before Karrigan joined and after he joined, even with his
like, lower performance as a team, they're still fragging more.
Well, okay, I bet this is not the only thing that my wife, you know, if you look at him in isolation,
you're not doing anything, but look at the whole team and their numbers and it's much better.
All you need to do is win. They've played 18 series since Karrigan's coming, they've won 14.
Yep, that's pretty good. It's a good record.
Also, they played five series against top five teams. They've lost one against Spirit in the grand final of Astana.
They beat the Navi-Furia Vitality and Spirits here before in this year.
They were one and four in those series, only beating Vitality with Nucleus at last.
Lost to Parivision three times.
You like our numbers? We got plenty of numbers.
That's a lot of numbers. Yeah, those are beautiful stats.
Yeah, what's the time check here, Jason?
We got less. We got about five minutes. I'd say five minutes, six minutes.
All right, all right. Well, we haven't involved the audience behind us yet.
Not too much.
How do you not do this?
I don't know, because we've already asked them who they think's going to win.
That's really the only question of the day.
What about MVP? Who's going to get MVP?
MVP, Colt, Mr. MVP.
For me, I think it's going to be Uri. Uri is playing very well.
Uri is going to be the MVP.
That is a bold underdog.
He's been clutching hard.
He's the highest rated player at majors with this lineup.
On playoffs.
Uri has been incredible.
Even yesterday on Nuke, there was two back-to-back rounds where Fiora was at 4v5 early on.
He's just multi-killing.
That one on ramp where he clears on towers on top of the boxes.
boxes, so yeah, it's been crazy how effective he has been.
Who are we most worried about in the mental department collapsing from the other team?
Molodoy.
I was going to say Molodoy as well.
He has a, he drops off already in the playoffs as well compared to his major group stages.
Yeah, and it returns to the conversation of him not really going up against any resistance.
Because it is.
It's played against an awful lot of monocy.
It is reminiscent a little bit of how monocy was initially, right?
That you just get too emotional, you play too much on your own, not as much with your
teammate.
He hasn't had that experience yet and then the pressure will fall and being there in his last tournament and everything like that's a pretty big question mark.
In the sense of an inexperienced player if they go down at some point, go down earlier Falcons is on like a four or five round run,
that's when you see an experienced player is trying to do a little bit too much.
That's where you see Mollinoy swing out a little bit wider, taking a deeper angle, getting picked off one more time.
I can see that collapse coming.
Yeah, usually these type of players they want to get momentum for the team, right?
So that's why he went to aggressive plays and tried to get momentum for the team, especially when the team's not doing the ideal.
I was gonna set, uh, hold up with a, not a nice one there.
No, for him, it's nice, but the other guy, it's not.
Okay, we'll go for it.
I was gonna be told, how did you get the best out of Showtime?
The player.
Player?
You remember Showtime? See, this was the joke.
Because I remember there was a bit of tension there.
That guy, even if maybe he's bad as me, so, uh, he gave it a go though.
He gave it a crack. Sorry, Showtime. Sorry.
But that wasn't nice.
How'd you get the best out of Tucker? That's what I wanna know.
But, when Taco was playing with me, we usually know how to play very well together, so we
just said things, we knew everything we would do during the game, we created new things,
we waste a lot of our time to put into the game, to create new things, to do everything
together, so we said everything.
So who played on our bomb site was kind of like knew what to do, which made the initial
throw up to us, and it was kind of hard to play with him as well in the beginning, because
or like you understand each other very well,
you need a long time to understand,
to keep talking, keep doing things together.
But the other side, when we go to Fern, F.O.L.L.N.,
everything was a mess, so I want to push,
F.O.L.N. said, okay, I want to do that,
I was like, okay, they didn't have anything set.
It was very different play styles during the time.
I want to ask you, maybe sounds a bit counterintuitive,
but do you end up doing the last prep
for a best of five, then for a best of three?
because there's so much that could happen and you just sort of end up saying
you focus on yourself and figure out what it is that you guys want to do
and don't worry too much about your opponent.
Yeah, during the final you already use everything in the tournament, right?
So it's going to be a mind game and you need to very well prepare what you're going to do
and you change things very fast during the game.
Your paintings in the game change very fast too.
It's not something you planned before the game, I think everything's going to be organized
during the game.
How's your start feeling?
About the feelings.
You need to have that feeling from the game.
Let me ask you one more question about Best of Vives, because I know you've played a couple
of the long ones, a couple of the crazy ones we've had, I think in Epicenter and Seventeen,
one of the pro league finals as well against G2.
What's it like, as you said, with the prep, but what's it like just in terms of your own
individual exhaustion and your mental capacity when you get to that fourth, that fifth map,
and it's been an overtime, it's been close games, how does the team get through that?
because that's when the protocols start slipping, that's when the mistakes start happening.
Yes, keep focusing on the game, especially when you play a BO5, the entire BO5, all five maps, it's kind of hard,
but at the end it's your job, right, so you need to be very well prepared for every game.
You need to be very good mentally, mentally wise.
So I think at the game, you just know they're going to commit mistakes and you're not going to commit mistakes,
and you don't need to feel pressured, you don't need to be mad if some mistakes happen.
I think something that we spoke before the game, which was like, for example, we would play against like spirits
For example, we would say like don't gonna do some some stupid shit during the game and don't get mad
Don't get frustrated and sometimes gonna happen
But he's gonna happen for our side as well
So sometimes code gonna do something crazy and they're gonna get mad and we need to capitalize on that
So like mentally wise we were very good at at this point
Boston a minute or many any final thoughts in this before we head out
I have nothing people have asked me several times today who I think is gonna win
I really have no idea, right? I have no clue, right?
Normally I have a bit of an inkling. The only direction I start going is I haven't seen Furia play against the top tier team
I've seen Falcons play against plenty. Yes, if I'm going in with form of Counter Strike based off the head-to-heads
I would lean Falcons way, but there's no reason like it's any given Sunday for a reason, right?
So this is the day and it's the hardest but you can only play who's in front of you
That's another another thing that's I go on against Furia too. So I just want a game that delivers. That's it, right?
We've had such a great tournament up to this point
We've had but this has been a biblical proportions, right?
I know we're in the cathedral
I know we got that theming but the counter strike that people have got to experience whether it's the last couple of days of
Stage three whether it's the counter shot that's gone down over this weekend
It has been out of this world beautiful
And if we get anything that lives up to slightly that hype then we've all had a blessed day here on Sunday
And we're gonna laugh and I screwed it up earlier. So one more time is furia winning
Is falcons winning
All right, cool. Let's go find out. Grand finals starting soon.
Hello again, Kerrigan.
So again in a major final, again a chance to make even more history than you have already
in the past.
What's everything like in the camp with the guys ahead of this all important day?
Yeah, I think it's funny, right?
We are different people, right?
We have two people, one revenge, Tessus and Nikuta had one and two chances and then two
of the guys have never been in a major final before. I've been a few times but yeah not
so much victories but I think the mood is great. We all looked in. We know Fjord's a
great team so just looking forward to play probably another overtime here and there again.
Tell me a little bit about how you have lived through the grueling matches you have already
played in the Lancers because none of them are easy. They all came down to insane rounds
including you pushing through the smoke and killing two. It's just been crazy.
Yeah, I mean, it's part of the game. I think for me it was very important
When I joined the team, we don't need to play perfect series
We need to find a way to win the game and sometimes that's perfect series
Sometimes that is just how the game goes and if it's chaos the enemies are creating then let's be part of the chaos as well
Right, and yeah yesterday. There was some funny B retakes. There was more intuition really fast thinking and
Believe in your team is gonna do the right thing behind you and we did that many times yesterday in crucial moments
So I'm super proud of the guys.
After being under a lot of pressure
on the still against spirit and mentality,
those teams you normally don't beat
in a third map in any majors.
But maybe it's saying something that you did.
Now yesterday I asked you about what you think it is
about your leadership that can make this core
really perform together.
And I asked Tess's and he said, well,
Kerrigan always makes us put the team
ahead of the individual and he's always mentally
very strong in the most difficult moments
which is leading us through.
So I just wanted to relate a compliment.
Well, thank you very much, Tezos.
You will get a weapon drop today.
Talking about weapon drop, did you get the monosy drop
and op for you also yesterday?
What's going on there?
I was confusing.
I got the op drop and then I was like, OK,
he wants me to run in.
But the moment I zoomed in the door,
I could feel therefore there was monasi holding.
But it was me.
So it was a great bait.
I've never seen so small shoulder peaks in my life.
Normally when I have op, they just want to strafe me.
Final question.
And tell me a little bit about how important this day is, of course you're back on the
stage with Nico in a major grand final, reminiscing to Boston for instance, right?
Tell me about kind of how poised you feel today to make history in the Lenses.
I think it's an importance nowadays.
I think every day we have been playing a great team.
Now it's in the final.
For me, the final is over 50-50.
It doesn't matter how we got there.
It doesn't matter what we did yesterday, before yesterday.
how we performed today in the present moment so for me it's as important to the guys be present
don't think about the outcome don't think about next round think about the round you in the moment
during the emotions control them and believe in your teammate and I'm ready and I know a few
years ready as well and yeah I hope the the fans out there will enjoy the game. Sure they will thank
you and good luck. Malodoy let me borrow you for a couple minutes here but nice drip first of all
I like the shirt. Tell me about the shirt. It's nice.
Ah, you know of Svodae?
Yeah.
Jersey?
Oh.
Yeah, it's New Jersey, but no, I'm kidding.
This is kind of, I don't know how I'm gonna say it.
It's kind of like a warm-up shirt.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So, let's talk a little about warm-up today.
You're coming into a grand final, a best of five major grand final.
21 years old. Is it surreal? Is it crazy to you?
Maybe, yes, but some people are saying I'm young,
For me, I'm not already young, but maybe crazy, because I'm not playing much in Counter-Strike
Hallow.
I've played only one year, and for one year I'm playing now Final.
It's kind of crazy, yeah.
That is crazy to put in perspective for your first year of Isha for OCS, and you're doing
it with Furia, too.
When you got in the project, did you expect that you'd be at the Grand Final today?
I couldn't say I expect, but I believe, because it's my dream.
Look Niko's trying to win it. You guys are trying to win it for Fallen
But what does Furia have to do? What do you have to do to walk away with a trophy today?
I think we need to play just our game and try to all best and
This is time to fight. What can I say?
Well, everyone's asking what are you listening to? I'm listening now. I mean I'm the monster. How does that go sing it to me?
I think I'm crazy
Monsters out of my head that one. Have a good day. Good luck
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Settle your debates, search your profile on CS stats, and turn on tracking to see all your games.
Is this real life, or is this just colex fantasy? Usually we're pretty combative on these things, Hugo.
But I think today we can put our differences aside, because at the end of the day, the Counter-Strike is going to deliver.
We're all winning, no matter what happens. I'm going to run you through my team, but we're actually on the same side today, Hugo.
Hugo I have a Falcons heavy roster. I've got Nico. He's chasing down the major after an over a decade spent trying to accomplish it
So he had to be there. I've got test says he's been so reliable. I've got Carrigan
He's the go IGL and my word is he cheap and then I've got the fangs of fury at around it out
What's what's your squad for this second final similar situation instead of Nico?
I've got Kiyosuke instead of the fangs. I have Yuri and Yukinda
So I still got a hard-headed entry here that definitely shows up in grand finals in Yukinda and Kiyosuke
Who's just been performing admirably in these playoffs dragging Falcons the distance yesterday up against team spirit Harry
This legacy on the line on both sides of the stage
It's hard to pick a favorite in this matchup a best of five
Fallen chasing greatness ten years on from Cologne 2016 major and Nico looking for his first trophy
I got to ask you, what is your fantasy?
Who's winning today?
I honestly don't know which is cooler between fall and rocking up and like defending his
last major title in his final year of play with the next generation of talent from Brazil.
Kaseyrao finally getting his major after all these years or Niko, man, and Karagin, and
Karagin.
That reunion, Monacy finally getting there.
I think I'm slightly leaning the way of Niko.
I think it would be such a sick way of kind of finally finally getting him that that major
trip especially when you consider the teams they beat to get here right vitality into
spirit to fury the hardest major run ever and when he's been favorite he's not been
able to do it but now yeah what a what a gratifying ending or fallen does it again I'm his final
I'm so happy with both I'm so happy with both this is why we're on the same side today
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major, live from a city flooded with counter-strike legacy. Because back in
2016 it was Foulon who inspired a generation and in what may now feel
like divine intervention he returns to claim back his cathedral. Not only a
decade on from his last major trophy but from his last major grand final, Foulon
sets his eyes on the challenge one last time and attempts to bring his team the
ultimate to passing gift. But this will require every ounce of energy, because if
you think Furia are hungry, just take a look at the Falcons. They said just one
more superstar, but turns out it could be Karagan who finally unlocks that
glory. Monosy calls him the Magic Man. Can he make a miracle at the Major? We are
poised to write one of the most epic chapters in all of Counter-Strike
history and joining you along for the ride is my absolute privilege to
introduce you one more time to the analyst desk. My name is Ferris Beers, joined by Yanko and Moses.
Gentlemen, we have had the pleasure, the privilege of covering so many major grandfathers, but I don't
know about you, Jason. This one feels a little bit different today. Yeah, I mean, there's something
really unique about it when you have two guys like Fallon and Nico on the stage and both of them
chasing their own version of history, chasing their own goals, Kerrigan as well as up there.
And so it's one of those things where you normally have, like, I normally come in and I have like
someone I think is going to win with my head and someone I want to win with my heart and I don't
I don't know which way to choose this time, like both of these guys have done so much for the game, all these guys so much for the game that it's hard.
It's crazy to me how much hype there was about this event, you know, coming back to the cathedral, making it a major after 10 years.
The expectations were sky high and we've delivered, I mean the games have delivered, right?
Like somehow it, you know, all the hype was warranted, we've had incredible games of Counter-Strike and it's all leading to what should be an incredible final as well.
have delivered. The players have been incredible. Oh, they've delivered in buckets and spades. If you
take a look at the Falcons route to this very stage, I think Hugo said it pretty aptly. Probably
one of the toughest roads to the major grand final of all time. Not one of the toughest, the toughest.
If they end up winning this tournament, this would be the greatest run in the history of the game.
You're beating, who did we go coming into this tournament? Everyone was in agreement. The three
contenders are Vitality Navi Spirit, right? They're in a group of their own. And then you talk about
Falcons inferior some of these other teams maybe well they'll they beat an all three of them back to back to back to book a spot in the
Grand Final
It's not me. It was the nightmare bracket
That's the bracket you see that kind of layout and I know like players don't they don't necessarily think this way
But you on some level you're just kind of like oh god like this is this is everyone
No, we have to go up against throughout this entire thing all the best teams in the world
I'm saying it to me in stage three yanker
You know this is where Falcons they perform against a very best and I was like man this guy's coping
So damn hard to read it.
I thought you were right actually.
Yeah, and then there's Furia and they run, you know.
But you can't help that.
They take what the round they did because they took care of business when they needed to, right?
In the Falcons round there's a loss to Bed Boom where Furia played them in the game after that
and took care of business and booked their spots in the playoffs with a 3-0 victory.
So it is what it is. You can't take anything away from them, but it does add some context also coming into this matchup.
Yeah, I think what's nice about Furious, I'm with you on the run that's the lesser of the two in terms of its impressiveness,
but the eye-test of Furia after that Aurora game, after they took down 9-Z,
just eye-test-wise you see Furia and you're like, that's a team that's really playing strong and really playing well
and a peak at the perfect moment coming into this grand.
That's the thing, right, for Furia, it was kind of the question of, okay, it's been a bit of a rocky road in 2026,
and in 2025 obviously a great case up until Budapest, that redemption arc has definitely come through,
but when we look at the side of Falcons Man,
there are so many storylines we need to dive into.
Not least, Karrigan, Niko, Reunited once again.
Tell me your memories of that, that boss to me, Janko.
Hi, it's going, Janko.
I mean, that was gut wrenching.
Me and Jason were working it as well,
and we were sitting at the desk in the middle of the arena.
From 11, from 14, 8, or whatever it was, right?
Because you need to be ready for the GG moment,
and then it's going on and on, and it's slipping away, right?
but obviously it was such a long time ago
where both of these guys have matured just so much.
I mean, not just in their Counter-Strike roles,
but just as men, you know, in their leadership roles
where now it's a completely different Karrigan
and a different Niko that you're seeing on that stage.
Yeah, I mean, even Karrigan's kind of said, you know,
but, you know, in that time period,
they kind of split apart after losing this major final.
You know, he's lost a couple more finals.
He's won a final.
He knows kind of what the experience is.
So it's been a very cool conversation
between those two of being like,
Well, our paths kind of split off.
We thought we had to kind of go away from each other
to find that success.
And now they've come back to each other
to help each other get that one last goal.
It's beautifully poetic in a way.
What are your, I mean, I imagine you talked to Nico
after that defeat in Boston.
Do you have any memories of what he said after that one?
Just shell shocked, really, from, you know, what's happened.
Talk to Carey.
I remember more the conversation with Carey than actually.
Because he knew everything that went wrong
after the game was over, right?
And they just couldn't find the answers during the game.
And it's easy to blame Karrigan for that,
but there's other players on the team.
There's a coach there.
No one had answers, right?
And I think it's losses like that.
And man, both Karrigan and Niko have
had some of the most heartbreaking losses in their careers.
I mean, Karrigan, this is his sixth major grand final.
He's only won one of them, right?
So those are the worst losses that you
can have in your career.
So to have the perseverance, to keep at it, to keep going.
Now reunited, you have another opportunity.
What more could you wish?
Which one was worse?
And you lost to Ian Janko.
Boston, Boston.
I lost to Ian Janko.
Boston, it wasn't even close.
Because just G2 making that final,
that was a testament to Nico's greatness
more than anything else.
I mean,
He was a hard carry mode at that event.
The semi-final against Heroic in his performance on Inferno
is one of the greatest ever that you will see
of a player individually,
like dragging his team to a victory.
And, you know, they just were nowhere near a match.
as a team to that Navi lineup.
So I think Boston is the one that stands out
because this phase, that phase lineup,
could have been one of the greatest ever.
If they win Boston, if they win Katowice,
that grand final against Fanatic,
they already have the Grand Slam.
They have their major, you know,
would they really break up at that point, probably not.
But that's just how things went another way.
And they just had to wait for it
and it's gonna come at a different time.
And that's the thing when you look at Boston as well, right?
Guardian, he never got his, he never got his major.
You don't want Nico to become a record player.
Oh, no, it'd be an absolute disaster.
We already know he's the greatest to not have a major at this moment.
He's going to go down as one of the greatest players of all time
whenever he eventually ends, and he's still got plenty of time left in his career.
But, man, I think at this point in his career, if you're Nico,
you have a very keen understanding that these opportunities don't come that often.
I know he's going to be around for years, but just getting to the grand final,
we just went through the route they took. Look how hard that was.
That can happen again, and then maybe you don't beat Spirit in that close affair.
Maybe you don't grind your way to the Grand Final.
It's crazy messed up, isn't it?
I mean, Karrigan's been on this team for two months.
Two months?
I know, sixty, two, three days?
Two months, and they're in the Grand Final of a major.
Like, that's way ahead of schedule.
Yes.
You know, like, there's nowhere,
when we talk to him, coming into the press,
he's like, we're at sixty, seventy percent as a team.
Like, you didn't have time to do more than that, right?
The maps, all that sort of stuff.
But now you're here, right?
Like, so you're not gonna be like,
ah, it's fine, we're not that ready.
You know, we don't feel like we can even go.
Absolutely you feel like you can win this game right and your focus is going to be on that
I think Karrigan even pulled a little bit of a blade too like remember when blade after they won Copenhagen
He's like we skipped some steps in this roadmap
You know we weren't supposed to lift this trophy quite this soon
And even Karrigan came in and said his eyes and his kind of goal his kind of mindset was set on the next major
Not this one because he just come in so recently
He was spanked so much attention to the team counter strike that his individual level hasn't been has it been risen
So he was just like the next major is the one but we're here now might as well take advantage
But before we do continue the Falcons side of the conversation, let's check in with Niko
ahead of his third major Grand Final.
It's a historical day for Niko and for the Falcons as they play in this major final.
Another chance for Niko to get his major, so first question has to be how are we feeling?
How's the pressure and how are you dealing with all of it?
So far so good.
I'm feeling pretty happy.
Very excited about this one, you know, getting another chance at, you know, completing my
dream is it's a nice feeling and I'm just happy that I'm sharing the stage with
these guys we have been doing something very very amazing so far this major and
I hope it's gonna continue today as well. Tell me a little bit about being
reunited with Kerrigan and him only really having 60 days to make this
happen. What is it about this partnership that you've all have with
Kerrigan now that's making you really go above and beyond? Yeah I think we have
worked excellent before as well, until a certain point, but I think now we have both matured
insanely and I think now we have really good common language that we can speak to. I think we are
both way more open than we were before and I think we are very good at discussing the issues and
solving them pretty fast and he has full trust in me, I have full trust in him and it's been great
working with him so far. I think there is not few if any that could lead the team to a major
the final with just, you know, what, 60 days together, right?
We had two finals so far, now the third one.
So it's been a great experience so far.
Tell me a little bit about some of the moments
that usually do not work out for Falcons, right?
Where you're in these important moments
and you have an advantage and you let it slip away.
We've seen less and less of that.
In fact, we've seen a lot less of you guys mentally checking out.
It seems like you always seem focused to the very end.
Of course, you've had a lot of crazy games.
So do you think you're adequately prepared
for the pressure that a final is going to bring?
I think we are.
I think the only thing we have to think about today
is just winning.
Doesn't matter how we lose any of the rounds.
Doesn't matter if we throw any rounds,
because we have thrown all the rounds this event,
but we never crumbled afterwards.
We always managed to find a way to come back,
and just because it's the final today,
we cannot let it, even if these rounds happens again,
we cannot let them have a bigger effect than they had
in the previous games.
So this is one thing that we have to be careful about,
but I have full trust in the guys.
I think we have worked a lot, we have discussed a lot of these issues we had before and as
you mentioned, a bit thin coming in, we were on a good trajectory so far, even though we
have lost those two finals, but I would say that those two finals were a big lesson for
us and if we manage to lift the trophy today, those two finals we have lost will not matter
at all.
In the end, now it's just about also just enjoying as well.
It's very important that we enjoy the moment.
We have had some crazy games and we have to embrace this moment.
It's been amazing to watch honestly but you're up against Fury now it's fallen and I know
in the past you've said that even when you were in FaZe you had trouble when he wasn't
SK beating them right?
So how do you look ahead to that challenge?
Yeah, I have insane respect for Fallen.
He has been one of the greatest leaders in the world for quite some time.
But I think it's a bit of a different story nowadays, we have already played against him
couple of times, I think we have won last three times if I'm not mistaken, so I
think it's a different story, but he also has a huge storyline, you know, going
for him right now. It's his last year playing professionally, probably playing
last time in this arena, so it's gonna be a great moment for both teams, whoever
wins, but we are ready. I think we have learned a lot playing against Korea. They
have shown some incredible CS so far this event, you know, they almost had no
troubles getting to the finals so they're probably riding very high with
the confidence so I don't say that we cannot let them have a good start but we
have to be very sharp from the beginning we cannot let them carry this
confidence very early on but I have full trust. It's getting a little bit loud in
here so I'm gonna let you go but the best of luck today Niko. Niko was a
Lincoln Park fan in the end doesn't even matter if they've lost their grand finals
before this one as long as they win the one today Jason he talked about the
the trust that Karrigan brings to the team as well,
builds around the players.
That was kind of echoed in the enemy we had with Aelia yesterday
on the desk, right?
He was talking so much about the trust that he brings.
I think that's exactly why we've seen them kind of make it
to two grand finals leading into the major,
and exactly why they were able to kind of play so many
of these close, grindy games, these really tough games,
is they have that faith.
You know, in some of their past lineups,
we've always had the conversation before Karrigan joins up.
There's not enough trust in who's doing what in these situations.
Someone's missing a detail.
There's not enough faith that things are going to be picked up.
Everyone's trying to play outside of their means and push the issue a little bit.
This team is just playing so well together.
They're playing, you know, they're waiting for their moments to strike.
They're not trying to force any situations.
And they seem very calm and composed.
And it's been messy, it's been scrappy, right?
But they've been getting it done.
And that's always been the case with Karrigan on FaZe Clan, right?
And he brought some of that magic with him, right?
Like, they would never go 3-0.
It would never be super clean.
But it would always be crazy.
It would be crazy entertaining.
He would find a way to get into the grand final
it was on these big stages where his teams have always played their best
pounder shot. You get a big stages the first in a major full monestee that is in
a grand final which seems almost criminal when you think about the impact
that guys had and it's been since what? late 2024 since he even earned a trophy as
well that's pretty insane. Yeah I mean he's been one of those guys that just
kind of popped about it like literally popped up out of nowhere. I didn't
really I didn't even hear his name until all of a sudden Fury picked him up and
phone was like yeah I played him once and I just said he has to be on this
So this is gonna be a really tough test for him. Yeah, and I think these final droughts for monasy in reality
How many of those could you have won or you were supposed to win like these ones recently against let us see?
Yes, but I think a lot of these
Past encounters a lot of these strings
They don't matter as much to me because you saw Freya monasy yesterday on this test like you've I don't know if you ever seen him like that
Like maybe with the G2, but in Dallas maybe.
Maybe, but definitely not in a very long time.
So all these things that have prevented them from winning and that have been problematic,
it feels like now they're gone because of that trust that you guys have talked about, right?
And people's focus so much on Karriguz's numbers, like we've said it before,
nine overtime maps since he joined Falcons, you win eight of them.
You know, and he brings so much in terms of intangibles that makes other guys better
and that makes them more resilient in these close games.
I mean having it all for like this that can pop off like just the up in general just creates so many of those opportunities
So yeah, you add in the way he's played and you add in the experience
He's now been able to build up and I think also I think it's a testament to playing with Nico for so long and following
Nico to this team
There's clearly some factor that that relationship that monestee just has wanted to latch on to and that's helped him grow up as a
Player as well
That's going to be a very satisfying if they can look this trophy together with the journey
They've been on since he joined and came into professional counter strike
That's that's gonna be a highlight of their lives. Maybe we should touch upon the stylistic approach of Falcons in this one
You picked out a couple of moments that maybe exemplify the kind of clash of stars we're getting in this
Yeah, the chaos from Falcons, but also the individual prowess. That's something that fury hasn't really paid so far in this tournament
So from the spirit game yesterday couple of rounds period takes long control right Falcons aren't really playing for it
They leave magics alone fourth player rotates towards a so this is a gamble from Falcons magic
throws a little bit of a fake, just to keep the players there, and the rest of the team is focused
towards that B bomb site where Tess is on his own. He throws a bit of a too deep of a smoke,
gets traded here, and this should be the round. But you see this smoke is a bit too shallow,
it's missed from shadow. So here comes Kerrigan through the smoke, no one looking out for him,
finds two kills, creates the chaos, jumping in, you can see the people with the other players,
Those Flanks Magics, they're tougher than they look.
She doesn't get the kill on Monosy.
Now Kyosuke is running in, it's a fast free take.
Monosy takes care of Magisk, and in the 2v1,
Niko makes a play through the smoke, and they end the round.
And this one small miss right off the smoke
creates an opening for Kerrigan to make a play.
You need to be careful with these rounds.
You're gonna get punished against Falcons for these mistakes.
So I was watching that play back at the hotel,
and I love that from Kerrigan,
because he just understands the moments
that are needed for him to create impact like he understands if they're going to win that round
this is his window of opportunity and it is just throwing caution to the wind and if it doesn't
work you do look stupid but remember he also comes from a time he's been playing I think he said for
like 25 years now old school player back before stats even existed so he has no problem going
through that smoke because he's just like this is the only play that will let us win. It feels like
every game on on Dust2 they they win rounds that they're not supposed to we have one more example
from from that game right and it's just things have been going their way in some of these key
moments right the other the opponents make maybe a little bit of a mistake but
it's then the individuals from Falcons that really carry that momentum through
yeah let's bring it up because it's not an isolation that these chaotic
moments happen here it is right and you can see the score is 11-11 at the
beginning of the round Spirit is just going to go into an A split they want
to take short control they're gonna have two guys towards long it's a pretty
straightforward round after they use some of their early utility Kerrigan is
alone and long, and he's just going to get, you know, destroyed here by T'Nir.
And now they don't have control of short or long.
Spirit has two mollies that they don't use.
Molissi is stuck inside.
He should be dead to rights.
Like they should be round over.
No molly, he gets one kill.
Nico steps up.
This is a huge fight.
He's playing against T'Nir, right?
And the second one against Zontex.
Cavalry comes in, support comes in, and the round is over.
And that's like such a clean round for Falcons in the end.
The dominant round.
Why?
Because you didn't molly side.
If you took long control, you're thinking he's going to be a car,
don't only say he has room to play around it,
and Nico's stepping through with two huge kills.
And I think that's also a good way to look at it too,
in terms of how impressive it's been that Falcons has gotten this strong
and this good with Kerrigan so new,
because the spirit's in a similar situation with Magix coming in,
and you can see how easy it is to miss those critical details.
Like, missing those Molotovs, I bet they don't miss that
if the scoreline is like 8-6, you know what I mean?
Like, earlier on in the game, that's there.
But in the pressure moments, when Kerrigan has just done that to you,
You've done your dirty at the B bombsite two rounds prior.
Yeah, you feel some pressure, you feel some heat,
and you forget that you have a molotov to chuck into the sun.
Yeah, it's something that Karrigan can just kind of master
out of nowhere, seemingly against any opponent,
which is where I want to come back to your original question,
Janko.
How well do you think Furia are going
to be able to deal with this?
That's going to be, for me, the main story about this game.
It is a clash of styles where Furia, they're the opposite.
They want to be patient.
They want to bait out reactions from you
and then punish you for reactions, right?
Like, that's just something that they're very good at.
So, it's in that mid-round, we're gonna find some of those clashes here in the game on Nuke against Aurora, right?
You're going to see fast smokes outside, the kinder just going outside on his own is gonna use them all to pretty standard stuff and now he chills outside.
And the rest of Furia sort of fall and just shows himself, right, to simulate maybe something happening towards A, and now they're just freeze.
Now they're waiting for the CTs to make a move, right? They want to punish that, nothing happens.
Okay, let's execute ramp. Nice little opening here. They're going to trades and Tyres, right?
And you can see now that pressure is soul-fly.
He was all the way in garage.
Ykinder gets pretty much a free kill on him, and now they can sort of slow it down again.
The pressure is on the opponent, Fallen wants to fake towards people, gets punished by Voxic,
and now the awareness, you know, from Molo-Doy, like he actually jiggle-peeks here, doesn't get caught by Major.
Look at K. Serato. I mean, he's making a play.
Like, they're just so good at finding this pace.
This is a crazy kill on Mokadia. Yakinda is all the way in door coming in from main
and even at the very end in the 2v1 they don't rush it.
Like Major is closed, they don't just like run out to kill him.
They're playing together, taking their time and going to win the round in the end.
Yeah, and I think that's going to be an interesting thing to see how Falcons handle those sort of situations in that pacing
because I think it's going to be a good indication of how they're feeling and how they're calming
and how like their problem solving inside the server.
Like you see Sofla there kind of just kind of come out of big garage and try and make a rotation on his own
on his own, or is Falcons going to do that, or are they going to kind of group up and
say, okay, here's a play being made over towards Ramp Room, just as an example, where Fury
is, do we want to group up and now go find your kinder on the other side?
Do we want to work as a team to eliminate that part of the attack and that lurker and then
create some freedom on the map to work the XVX situation?
It's hard because, yes, Fury hasn't played great teams, but they played great Counter
Strike yesterday, that's the most important thing, right?
So if they can play on the same level, they'll be fine in terms of matching up, it's just
going to be a game of who executes better but if they start off slow if
they're not you know sharp coming into the game like they can just get
destroyed by the Falcons. That's unscoped for a second and take a look at
Big Picture Furia and the big man himself it's fallen probably one of the
trailblazers of all time right you ask people in Europe you know who's your
inspiration it's an eco that she devices maybe even a Markalov if you
thrown it back but if you ever ask anybody in Brazil it's always falling it
It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter who it is. It's always fallen and there's a good reason why.
It's actually, it's so incredible what he's been able to do. I mean kind of jump starting the Brazilian scene at the early days of CSGO
and now kind of coming back with the next generation of Brazil to kind of give him one more on his way out.
He's just been a beast and he's been so good and so adaptable and such a deep knowledge of the game.
Like how many other players, this is one thing that I've always given device credit for when those goat conversations come up
because not many players can be this good in two different roles.
You always bring up devices. Yeah, you like that. See, you got a marker on it's your fault. I mean like the idea that fallen member
He's not even all thing anymore. He's like he's switching into the anchor positions
He's picked up the rifle and he's still delivering for this team
And I there's got to be so much respect you give to a player who can be that
Adaptable and maintain a high level of play in the professional scene of character tells you how great his leadership is that even
Relinquishing all these other roles and duties like he is still such an invaluable
part to the team and it has been incredible you know four years ago we
were talking about the last dance and they're going on a sort of a farewell
tour you know with Imperial kind of bringing the band back together and
it's like sort of over then he gets an opportunity to join this FURIA team and
finally link up with Yuri and Kei Serato you know and all of a sudden they
start getting good once he takes control they start winning some tournaments and
now ten years later he's back in another major final in Cologne and then he's got
the eye for the talent on top of all of it and plucking, plucking Mollardoy out of nowhere
and he's like, all right, let's, let's party.
Yeah. We talk about sacrifices. I mean, Fallen, he's talked a lot about ways to have to sacrifice
outside of the server. Obviously his commitment to the game has been lifelong, but inside the
server as well, relinquishing the all pink duties to give to Mollardoy is just so sacrificial
and insane. When you look at a kid that has only been on this roster now for over a year
and wasn't really had anybody's radar before.
No, he was on Jason's favorite team all of the time.
I want to talk about it, I want to talk about it.
Yeah, it's crazy, you know, there's a parallel there between Fall and Aniko,
because both have relinquished something, right?
Like, Aniko has relinquished some of his role with the addition of Kiyosuke,
and Fall and obviously relinquishing Diop is a much bigger change, right?
But he did it for good reason, because Molodoy is an electric player,
similar to Monocene that way, where there's really, with an op in his hands,
you believe that anything is possible, and he's been instrumental for them in their run
towards the end of last year, but honestly he is the biggest question mark for me coming into this
final. How is he going to deal with the pressure of playing? He already has a little bit of a drop
off when you get into playoffs at majors versus his group stages at majors as well. So like the
evidence is there statistically also but I think more than anything it's going to be yeah how do
you handle the pressure in terms of your decision making, in terms of your positioning, in terms of
what players you're going for. I think those factors for Mollador are going to be the difference
because he's going to get punished if he does too much. Like Mollas, he's not going to let him get
get away with much in the series. Yes. This is very few, Furia, you're like, thank you
Yuri for existing. All reliable. This guy just even fallen said it yesterday after the
game, you know, like this guy is just unbelievable when it comes to the majors and the major playoffs.
Like he's just been so impactful and he's struggled this year. His level has fallen
off from, you know, the form he was in when they were winning tournaments. So for him
to hit that form back to peak now when they needed the most has been such a
huge game changer for Furia. We've even been listening to Dupree kind of
compare him to Zipax back in the green room at various points throughout this
event as well. He doesn't use his teammates names like this. He does not. I mean the
clutches that he's been coming up with against 9z he bailed them out like
he's the reason they're in this grand final without him. I don't know if they
win that series in the quarterfinals and we might not even be talking about this
situation so either performance he's out for the squad is that you can't even
can't even really overstate or overstated excuse me. Yeah I love how Coldzera and
your pre-show as well just said okay I think he's gonna be in the MVP as well
and that's so admirable for a player in Yuri's positions right we're looking at
normally maybe the Orpahs maybe some of those more aggressive pieces we'll be
getting it but like he's been coming up clutch so many moments already. He's the
fourth guy you mentioned on that team. Yep. You talk about Keisaratu and
Kinder and Molodoy first, but he's quietly been really delivering for them and has
had a great tournament, but the reason why we talk a lot about the Kinder and
Molodoy is because they are the aggressive pieces for this team, for the most
part, and they're the ones who have to deliver openings, you know, for fall and
to make his style of calling sort of viable even, because if you can't find
those openings and you're constantly playing from behind, there's very little
you can do in terms of improvisation.
Pick two, it's like one of the lessons we learned from like some of the old
fanatic rosters as well like the old-school ones is like if you want to
be those aggressive players like you tender like what gives you the
confidence and the faith to go make some places that you have your more
passive players who are going to deliver for you like if things go wrong if you
screw up if you just lose a fight whatever it might be you've got a guy
behind you who's going to be able to recover a 4v5 situation and play the
situation intelligently and Yuri provides a lot of that safety net and a
lot of that confidence over the more aggressive piece and we can see that
clock ticking ever closer which means it's time to decide what maps we are
playing in this best of five do you think there's anything maybe opportunity to
go a bit haywire with the bands in this one? Honestly it did cross my mind is
there a universe in which Furia Vito is a nubis over ancient but I don't think so
just their permaband and also because as you can see here the last time they
played the nubis was in Cluj that was in February yeah so it's been ages that
they've played the map and sure that's not great because you're rusty a little
bit you don't have official reps but also that return of confidence on it but
also on the other side of that you have a lot of things that people haven't seen
So it's hard to prepare for Furia on Anubis, like you don't know what they've been working on outside of that.
Anubis and Dust have been the two maps that have worked really well for Falcons in the playoffs.
Obviously Inferno and Nuke is where you gave an advantage over to the side of Furia and there is no funny business.
They get rid of Ancient, Falcons get rid of Overpass, no surprises there.
So we'll see what Furia decides to pick it off.
Like it matters also which side you start on and they do go for Mirage because starting T side Mirage is better.
Yes, they're having to start on T side, Nu.
Yeah, and I think actually a little bit of a tough video for Furia,
in my mind in this one with Overpass being a ban as well.
There's the Anubis kick, Falcons, they've talked about that plenty,
the win over Navi gave them tons of confidence and it's been going well for them,
so they're going to be feeling strong and Furno is next up.
Furia, maybe like all the other teams trying to punish that Karagin 2-Suke combo,
that's not looking too weak any longer, is it?
Yeah, and it's funny, you know, now in the end,
Nu wins a big decided, but Falcons get to pick the side,
so they'll start on the CT side.
Also notable, all five maps of this grand final, Fioria is starting on the T side.
And we were talking up until yesterday that their T sides have not been that hot,
but yesterday they have been, they've cracked the code for yesterday,
but this still will put so much pressure on Fallen.
Like he's gonna have to have a wood plank, he's gonna have to be able to improvise on the fly
against this, but I'm sure it's going to be an aggressive CT side.
And that's much more tricky versus Falcons than a war, right?
Not to dunk on them one more time, but this is a different level of a defense
You're going to be trying to brutalize yourself through. Oh, yeah, that and I mean you added you add in the fact
That I mean it's just it falls on his shoulders to get them good starts in these games
You know you want we talk so a lot about the mentality of some of the players is like you now
You have to start T side every single time if you don't get good starts and you T side goes flat again every single map
You're digging yourself out of a hole. That is the nightmare scenario
But this is where we get the two main guys in terms of storyline actually go up against each other on the server
Niko is the controller of the CT side for Falcons, so he's gonna have to be the one
who's gonna have the reads, have the call-outs, have the reactions for his team and
I hate to say it, his grand final record in Falcons has not been great, just to put it nicely
He's been missing in some grand finals, definitely not having the impact that he would like
Sometimes it's on T side, sometimes it's on CT side, so really he needs to sort of exercise those demons
Here in the cathedral if he wants to win his first major well
He's got to do it against his biggest even because fallon's what undefeated against Nico and grand finals as well like he
Yes, so it's like today
Yeah, your brain going head-to-head from CT side for Nico to T side for fallen
But you've never beat him before and you already know that he's given you issues all through your long long career
Yes, and so much pressure for Nico as well because I mean some people have turned him as the biggest major choker of all time
This is an opportunity you don't know when you're gonna get again
Every match is an opportunity to prove them wrong, right? He had a great series yesterday against Ferds, stayed in it, you know, in that round that we showed, he had eight kills, round 20, he ended up with 19 from that point on in overtime, so kept his pool and delivered some great rounds for his team.
He's playing, playing good all major, we haven't really seen a slip out of him either, which is a great sign, I mean everyone on that Falcon side seems to just be playing at a very consistent level, this is going to be very tough for both sides, this is actually crazy, I don't know which way it's going to go.
And that's exactly what you want if you're Karrigan, you need all those puzzle pieces firing on all cylinders
If you want your game plan to be executed to perfection as well
Yeah, and we're seeing him unlock Kiyosuke as well in the playoffs like this is the best playoffs
He's had against the best teams on the biggest of stages, right?
It's just been across the board everyone having their moments tests. It's a couple of massive clutches yesterday as well
You know both us two games against spirit and vitality
It's just a highlight reel, you know, and has been all players long.
I think like for Kiyosuke, someone we haven't really touched on much.
I mean, the impact he's having for this team is crazy.
This might be Keregan's actual best contribution to this team as Kiyosuke stepping up.
We are almost at the crescendo of the 24th Counter-Strike Major.
On one side, a major maestro returns for one last shot a decade later,
and on the other, a man who desperately needs to break the curse.
It's time to open up Championship Sunday.
I
I
Composition. The assembly of players into a curtailent structure.
A system of parts bound by fundamentals, constructed to perform.
Setting the rhythm.
Fortifying the assemble.
Orchestrating the arrangements.
Positioning the colossal impact.
Striking in the perfect moment.
Strength measured in individual prowess.
Success achieved only in harmony, a symphony of synergy and power, in which each instrument
You step out of the shadow, into the spotlight.
Ten years since these halls were blessed with a major.
The Cathedral, revered by players as a monolith of competition.
Today, legacy and major forms the true endgame.
Please welcome into the Cathedral of Counter-Strike is Falcons!
Entry, Kaisuke!
Anchor, Tessus!
IGL, Garagann!
AWP, Monocene!
Rifle, Niko!
And their opponents, please welcome Fiorino!
I
Entry
Anchor
IGL, fall on!
AWP, Molotov!
Rifle, K. Serato!
These cathedral walls are etched with legacy, a feat attempted by so many but accomplished
by so few and no one knows the weight of major defeat more than the Falcons.
Between three of their players, eight major Grand Finals played, but only one trophy ever
claimed by the now captain in Karaghan.
It is a nightmare that has played Niko for his entire career and one that he wants to
slam shut tonight, Yanko.
And these are two guys who are in contention for the greatest ever in their positions.
Also two of the players who have some of the most heartbreaking losses, but a stage like
This is an opportunity to turn it all around. It's an opportunity to go from greatness to immortality
And you have to think of it too every single decision these guys have made in their career every single failure that they've endured
Every single trophy they've lifted every single loss they've had to suffer through
It's all led to this moment every single decision putting them on this stage to create history
Inside the lengths of Serena and the first time for so many in a major grand final at that on the side of furia
Everybody other than Fallen does not know what it means to put their hands upon a major trophy
How are they gonna deal with the pressure tonight?
It's fitting that we're in the Cathedral of Counter-Strike fair because that was a hail Mary from Fury a building this roster together
And boy did it pay off they found a diamond in the rough in Molodo. They reinvigorated the Kindar
But Fallen his leadership, that's how you deal with the pressure and Fallen's already had history once
He's already created and once back in the day 10 years ago
He's got another chance to do it now for the young guys on his team guys like Yuri and K. Serato
So much of their career has been breaking out of the shadow of the legacy that fallen created now
It's about matching it now
It's about rising to the occasion with fallen meeting it and lifting that trophy can see how much care good wants this one as well
Just by the emotions on his face
Yeah, absolutely and
Motivating speeches. I think what's he saying to the team enjoyed the moment boys. Give it your all no regrets
Tonight's a major legacy realized or reclaimed either Niko's first or Fallen's final inside the Cathedral.
Cologne calls for a major champion.
The stage is set in the Lancers Arena.
Two narratives colliding under the same lights that have ground legends for over a decade.
A major once more, ten years later.
This is a moment in time we will never see again.
Galoon!
I ask, I implore, put your phone away, get comfortable, sit or stand,
But BASK in the history being written before our very eyes!
No matter who wins today, Counter-Strike history is being written.
I can throw endless stories and statistics at you, and we probably will.
But you, as a human being, understand the magnitude of this match for all ten players on that stage.
It will end with either sunrise or one story or sunset for the other.
Let's play Counter Strike!
Mr. Windo, could be paced on this. Connector follows.
We're going to take the Biff mid-Yukenda.
That is the smoke for Info, it does spot bodies up top mid.
E-Split.
There is the smoke available for Niko, what's the timing?
It's gonna force attention.
Draw it away from the short side, but is he able to chip in?
First blood is drawn in this grand final and is thanks to Monosy's USP Apogee,
Jekinder, Gaptoe, Spiky, Asuke.
I don't know why he won't back, they're dropping into the site,
this pressure for both of us, Karagin's got to stand his ground and Karagin's got one.
Karagin, denied, but it's only K-Sorato.
the game. Too many bodies on
the team side start on all five
maps. If we go the distance here
today. Yesterday against Aurora.
They set the tempo. It was slow.
The run like no other, the Vitality spirit, back to back to back, now Furia, the final
of the five, top dogs in Counter-Strike to take down, been a hell of a run, every series
they've won, 2-1, nothing has been easy, let's give it an eco now, so a moment of respite
to just settle in, right away with the dig in hand, you want to see this kid get going early.
Clear focus towards that B bomb site, Karagin's home.
It's first two rounds of play.
We're taking that time with this one.
For mid control, four Falcons.
That's us playing retaken. Now Karagin knows, they're coming his way.
He's in HE, has to lift it, that target will stand his ground, the FB7 fills the feed!
Triple!
Now they stop the plant, yes they can!
Two nail guns come out for Fury up.
If sometime before we see this molotov AWP, fortunately Thamkins don't want to have an
early stage as a leader.
Stand it over now, window top cap.
See what pace this game follows.
Suko stands away. It's actually a 4A star. Two window, two A-side.
Haragin soloing B.
Just feeling each other out with the defaults. And then to go into the smoke, Yuri.
Up to BAM. Two to five, ten to be tough.
This is not comfortable. He's actually electric to tuck in.
Did they get the info to make subscribe?
Barrel. Barrel poking out and Tess says, finds himself the upgrade, removes Uri.
Now on over extending, four Falcons playing the numbers.
Reaching the set up, looking for support over towards B.
Kisuke joins Karrigan. This would be an A finish.
Tess says up close and personal. Kassarado clears up House, Flash forward and a fight.
You want to fight more?
More proactivity on display.
Those steps they know they're close
The co-intestants side-by-side for this test
Fall into swing
Proof the head tess s
Finding himself a second Molinoy noted pressure now amplify the case Serato's presence on the palace
25 seconds Molinoy still got that bomb on his back in detail. He's found tess s
It's huge! He keeps his right from con!
Modesty has to stand his ground up on ballers!
Kiyosuke chips in!
He removes the threat! Just Molodoi!
Should be dead! Not without a fight though!
Kiyosuke versus Molodoi!
Ten seconds.
He has to fight! The fight! Kiyosuke!
So down brave!
The pressure was on Molodoi and yet it's Kiyosuke that brings the fight.
I love it. I'll leave it at the plays.
These punk stars.
The win your rounds, they can lose them as well.
Honestly getting tricky with the Nade.
They draw the fire.
Kondo knows he's up against it.
He needs to get the sign.
He needs to start punching the collar to Kiyosuke.
That's a confidence builder early for the kid.
Light investment.
Case runner with an AK.
Run else with pistols and the ball takes it out of the picture immediately.
No chance to find the heroics.
Look at him go, straight out the ramp for a duel.
A warning shot fired off.
Tess has relased the info, he's trapped Tetris.
I'm not able to find that headshot.
He's got the gun back in his hands. Let's see if they can do a little bit of damage here.
The goal of this round changes.
Ignite.
Took a lot of it to get nothing done.
Hagen has the support, the Crossfire set up, and they should be able to sweep this one under the rug.
Lovely start for Comfort for Kiasuke and Karagin.
Puts the cherry on top, 4-0 comfortable start, and a smile on the face of the world's greatest showman.
Polaroid and Monacee equip their AWP's.
If you can get off the starting box as the snowball continued downhill, that was all
over towards A. The suitcase starting A, that's the short play up now, the position for this
one.
So it's very in the setups, Falcons, early.
Some deep fury, I'm guessing.
The rifle rounds so far, they have been playing heavy A.
So game plan clear.
Here they are, definitely playing at their own tempo.
There are no rush, they're not forcing these fights.
They slow around, spilling it out, see if Falcons overstepped the mark.
We'll start to congregate back towards A. I'm on the back of 4-0.
Yuri through Palace, Molotow comes mid, connecting with K. Serato.
This Palace push again.
Yuri.
Gonna try and relinquish control from Tess S and does take his head off.
First blood for Furia.
Now it's about converting off of Yuri's hard work.
his first frag at this grand final.
But it did pass Kiyosuke though.
Flash is more effective, fall him up to back.
He's done very well on the Galanis.
Modesty combat opening up close.
Finds an immediate trade onto Furious Captain.
28 seconds bomb, not committing.
Running around Palis as you can to kill him.
Should be easy, Vikings.
Yeah, Modesty catches Furious looking the wrong way.
They haven't got the time for this.
Yakindus just now putting the bomb through Palace.
It's impossible to break. It's lost the shadow.
Knows where Modesty is.
Fxk, I can't hit! Modesty does!
Three kills deep!
From the kid!
And there's no chance for Yakindu!
No time!
And no rounds for Furia!
Thought that was going to be a bit of a difference.
Naked Yuri finds the first opening kill
of the Final Four Furia.
But all in vain, this is big moments, the early stages of this, A and 2.
Arshelby territory, as we are yet to get a plant in the first five rounds of play.
It's good to see Monocy in this form.
It's promising for Falcons in their hopes in this best of five.
He started early, everyone's on the scoreboard, Kiyosuke had his 1v1.
Haven't even had to say Niko's name.
They're really tough for Furia to be able to pincer in with this solid pace.
They don't even have the room.
They're getting stuck to the chokes.
Now they really just want to get on the site and get that bomb down.
It's going to be Tech 9's aplenty.
Five of which, hoping you two in.
And they're looking to try and test B again, but every time on these pastures or line of
They started two towards me carrying a Kiyosuke, but on the rifle rounds, it's been carrying it left to his own devices
So good read from mr. Anderson in the early stages by hedging his bets
Something punchy has to come out of fury and out and that has to bounce they need to get the bomb down
They need to start putting a little bit of friction
Cache not out of control just yet off the Alpkins, but if they can get a clean one here
Will set themselves up nicely for the remainder of the half five
out the game. This is a dream start. Execute lined up. Mum's in Texas, both playing towards
ticket. So in the air, the flashes will follow.
What's Monace's reaction to this? Send Yeri, ship delayed, at least. What the trigger whistles
one past the hip as the tech Knights of Flats taking space. Getting across the sideline,
jungles big. Now pressure onto the CT. Oh, a quick trick! Up the wrist! Monace trying
to stand for two! It's important back from Molotov.
smoke. Okay, take that CT territory. Niko is the one there. He's got support.
Karrigan. Oh, it pokes his nose out of the smoke, does Niko! And it scores all three off of the premises.
Not the sign you want to see from Molo early.
Here's the man we've seen. So final surround, he's very short career, looks shaky. And Niko,
he doesn't waste a moment. Now, smoke comes in, he beats it. On the cast ahead of it,
that's confidence on display. They do get the bomb down. They do make it a threatening round.
They just need to find a finish.
There's composure. It's going to be a long day after office for either team.
All by us for vote.
They're playing for a mid-crunch here.
You've got Karagin in case you go both close short, Eko and Tessus floating around stairs
and connector, and honestly it was window.
So look to harass, ask Furia to take the next stage of map control.
reaction will need to be Yuri out palace once it's identified it's a mid crunch your extremity players have to activate
Cannot skip a beat
Because mid will be a brawl comms will be crazy comes
Exactly what model I was waiting for Kiyosuke waltzes across into the crosshair
Moldova provides the opening now fury need to find the finish convert upon this opening
On that map, Pickup Garage just starts us off. There's a clawback from Niko. Just on the very edge of the smoke, the oscillation gave him vision.
Tests us up to back. They lie down, the modesty draws attention and it's the meat grinder once more.
The synergy, the unity, undisplayed, baits them in. Good from your kinder, runs him down, no trade available.
He's got Yuri still palace only now starting to activate the bomb is next to Nico to the flames make it awkward
Save from the flames
Unless he's called Yuri gets nothing done and that opening kill translates to deadly squat
If you're saving you taking a second time up this early or do you just have yeah
So five rounds left in the half. Very limited friction. That was only their second opening
kill. Didn't get close to the site again. Just having a real tough time being able to
breach into any of these situations and yet they're playing the game their way. They haven't
pulled the rip just yet and started going for faster maneuvers using chaos as their friend.
They know that's where Falcons do their absolute best work.
The multi-kill potential.
Look at this world.
Hagen's found himself with superstars once more.
This just looks way too easy.
Half those spikes don't even look in the right way.
Honestly, it's a neat vision to deal with Yuri.
They are gonna show.
Only one AK into this, it's a little heavy.
That is dangerous.
Kiyosuke's having fun in the grand final.
18 years of age, major, grand final stage, open LNA, it's quick.
With Kiyosuke's chip in, he's already removed Molotovic, the rest of the rifles congregated
towards that rampside and he goes under pressure, Kiyosuke combines, he nearly had Yuri, good
output there, Kiyosuke, two kills deep, still alive and kicking on that connector smoke,
spamming away, fallen, susceptible, and Yuri low, didn't have to do something ridiculous,
two players. You've got to get past Modesty's AWP, but he ain't missing. He knows where you are.
Oh, and he tracks Fury first, fallen unable to provide the trade. He is a dead man planting.
The pain and the misery continue for Fury. There's always a question.
What must Fury as a form going to look like in the finals? The road
to the final day of play. It hasn't been treacherous. It hasn't been the type of teams that Falcons
have had to take on day after day. They have battle-hardened. They are prepared, and right
now they are dominating Fury up. Partial, Max Losbon is working for them short. We're
running out of rounds in this first half. This is looking like a landslide. Yeah, this
he's side. It's nothing but uncomfortable for Furia. But Molodo is taking a risk. It's
always Yuri. This is the best bet they've seen. Slips into the blind spot. Tessus has
no idea how he does. Yuri's been spotted. Niko will react. Molodo is on his way. You've
got to find something. Molodo will. Removing Niko's head. Trade from Tessus through the
box. Unable to provide the bomb. Scamp is over. Fallen brings it through. Tessus, Tinko
There's a Molotov-A, they've got the advantage.
On their ninth attempt, it looks good for Furia.
I can give this a go, they can go fishing, they have plenty of cash,
they can hang around, they can be in use, they can wipe the board.
This isn't just for the rounds.
Boys want the Info-Made-In.
There's that, it's U-Tilt, North Attention CT.
Kiyosuke starts to activate, and there's what took me target.
That's Mori, that's Molotov-A, that's Furia's first!
on it. Take home his sixth major title as a coach. Levels above the rest takes
his first tactical timeout. Confirmed with a squad, it was double orbs invested
upon, but they have sold back. Carrigan's just coming in with an M4.
The timeout giving them opportunity to change their mind on the follow-through
and to keep a bit more residual cash for down the stretch.
consecutive rounds mandatory for fury if they want to make a salvaged half
possible.
He kind of just bought head armor, freeze time, and just ticked away so he
could have been going into this without the protection required.
Spam did Ole Miss, Kiyosuke spams away, monocie up into the vent early.
Molotov goes searching towards B.
Spotted. Oh! He's quick today! Just like always and then his counter part.
Mr. Molotov finds Karakin on the jump spot, modesty primed and ready.
Turns to flash in an instant.
And true to his name's sake, he's hit him real quick here.
Oh! Run down by Yuri!
Okay, the site is lost. Retake on its way. Molotov jumps spot brave.
Are they backing away?
And this one might be the safe.
Kisuke going to play through the underpass. If he can get anything done, Niko holding the rotation through window and test test just making sure they aren't being flanked.
Dikinda has turned into the lurk of this. It's going to be important if they can wipe the board.
So good response from Mollidoy and even better parting from Yuri.
That was brilliant.
Understood the assignment.
That's just delivered a second round of fall fury.
So consecutive.
But how much can they hold on to?
Kisuke.
We're going to take some with him and Mollidoy tops like a fly case, a rod and he's still
bent to the death and will.
That's the AWP picked up.
Is it?
Yes, it is.
I'm gonna make sure Momogod has that all, because he is providing.
They're chipping away at this now.
Listen.
Like I said, our plans are good. We are in quite a good position.
This route is very good, good comms there. We need to have this kind of intensity on the route.
Call on the preproduction.
I'm asking for intensity.
Traps it up the middle again by the sun.
Looking just to find this mid-presence.
Said like in the plans, it is this tempo.
It's not in your face.
Haven't been brought into the mud.
They kept themselves clean and now Niko starts to search.
Is he a kinder?
He had to really get going.
And he's removed Niko.
Now he has Montessy trapped and bailed out for the AWP.
That's huge info. Start taking space on A.
Oh, the spam finds him low and then well.
Molotow is Cortes.
A late resurgence.
From Yuri, Akiyosuke, and there's so much scrutiny.
White screen, K-Sorato fades his to black.
Nothing from Montessy in this one.
Should be safe to collect.
This time the hunt will be on.
Yikinda again, creeping and crawling.
He's going to be here in the sound cues on shot, fallen.
Starts to make a move to take these away.
That loss bonus 2400 going into the final round of the half.
This will be the difference between AWP or not.
The Falcons are holding onto this.
The monocity keep finding openers.
It's going to be integral.
You have to protect the AWP and his Karakin that has to do so.
Your kinder, look deadly in the first kill this time, call off by the angle of Karrigan.
More where that came from, back turn up for play at modesty, trying to hold onto his off, looks good for it.
He's the flashbang.
Gotta run it down.
Oh, he peeks on in!
Didn't think he had the time, fast surrounded, not AWP for the last round of play.
Good with the Maltes, good with the Openers.
Four of each so far. It was earlier the kid.
First major grand final for the man, and I'm sure it's
one of what's going to be many for youngsters.
See what kind of stride they can deliver today.
Because the stories are dominated by the big names.
Let's back and fight. Eko, Molly DeWay.
Don't want to commit. Modesty.
There it goes down. Your kinder starting to heat up now.
exactly what you want to see.
Back to back openings from your kinder to try and recover this half damage inflicted without smoke from Niko.
But Tessas and Kiyosika have taken ramp control. The bomb looks like it's set to
finish over towards B. You can hear Yuria considering the flank. They're blocked from now.
It's the bomb on your kinder. Yeah, he can't be holding on to that. This is getting sketchy.
Why is he giving him the bomb? Your kinder's got two mines. He wants to
hold the flank but if he loses the bomb this gets really awkward
good angle for it nails Tessus however
has to burn a smoke just to get out Karagin could walk in on the fade
spam away Kiyosuke is gone
okay it was a flying star from Falcons
now the bomb can't go away
Fiora, clawing four consecutive out of this star.
Just Niko to get past.
Bomb goes down eight, Niko surrounded.
Holder wants a kill, loses his head for it.
a time for this one 13 HP the bomb already ticking on the wrong side of the map he's gonna have to brute force
8 to 4, first map on this grand final has only just begun but Furious showing a fierce tenacity
just to find four
I'm the star of the universe, I can't do what the fuck it's all about
I can't do what I'm doing, I'm the star of the universe, I'll be never gonna get back
I'm the star of the universe, I can't do what I'm doing
How did you do this?
Can't have saved him with the AWP!
8-4 on the half, Falcons laughing, Furia clawing 4 out of the first half of Mirage and it's Furia's pick.
We're getting ready, we swap the sides, it will be on the attack now for the Falcons and the defence for Furia.
Are we doing it like this? You're having a good weekend!
Best of all, Determined.
Just how close this map can be. Furia.
Have you taken the momentum?
That's going to be five straight with a pistol conversion. Set yourself up nicely.
Nicely, Yukimda plays in the lip of window, looking to block a smoke.
Molotoy and Keisurado got a pry out short, they're playing 3 heavy B to help out the professor.
Keisuke top mid, Monosie as overwatch. Now again, over towards the apartments alongside a Tensas with the bomb.
Retake A set up, Meheji for the B play, and they'd be right.
Two in the sky.
They're smoked.
Con deployed.
The runway now open.
But this is what they're positioned for.
Monodoy to get one.
Kaiso Arto to throw the block.
Yukinda with that smoke break play.
Well, it's time for a similar to the first pistol.
They haven't found the headshot.
It's Ashley Miko.
There's Monodoy, humbled after one.
Uncomfortable for the professor.
And he's gone.
Uckens preaches the side, Kiyosuke with the double kill once more.
He is having a blast here on that grand final stage.
Yui has been clutching but this one seems too far gone.
Kiyosuke agrees.
Triple in the pistol, smile on his face.
on the major grand final stage.
And right now, this is exactly the recipe for success for Falcons.
You've got Monosy and Kiyosuke towards the top of the scoreboard with their output.
Over here, you see the plate getting overcrowded.
You can do breaks, but then ends up shoulder barging with Yuri.
Caused some big issues, the block smoke, the late into play.
And this one, this one, one of the easiest kills.
Kiyosuke is going to get all game long. It's forced by Volfuri up.
I have damage done to have a hero rifle dropped into the mix as pistol heavy, 3 digs, 2 5 7s
and light utility for the blocks.
We have to hope to corral falcons.
They split free to receive them once more
Eagles good at this range, but Kasey Rath is been unable to connect to the head
Oh, the boy has no and the damage inflicted will be converted hold your horses
Honestly bleeding out to six HP
How do you find a finish you call upon your star?
Will it be Niko? Will it be Kiyosuke able to breach this site?
Audible to Monodoi now. Information relay, bullet connects to the kev.
Kiyosuke.
Got a lot of responsibility in this round.
And time runs thin. Monodoi knows that. He'll be caught out.
He'll get the Infos, boss the bomb card. He might even remove it.
Monodoi down to Kiyosuke, but this is furious round!
Just Niko to get past and the focus rings, clipped immediately!
This is what you want to see from Molodoy, we're getting on both sides of the server,
the young Bugs, the stars of the future, playing right now and delivering.
That gives us a game.
That draws Furia back into this.
It'll be the fourth back from Falcon short, but that's a 1,400 loss with no plant.
Bigs from Molodoy.
Great output, another multi-kill from him.
and they slowly just chip and whittle away at Valken's.
Well, I'd conquer.
It's gonna have to be an individual output.
Just like that!
To get this one going.
That is a scorching headshot out of Molisey.
And they made more of that. Molodey takes the space.
A lot of information, not noted on the cross.
So, man disadvantage short.
but heavy in the weapons and
how do I space cannot go understated.
This is huge. This alleviates so much pressure.
The fact that he has mid on his own.
They can't go underpass to window or connector.
They're not coming out top mid to short.
Means you can focus sight side. You can get unfallen on beat.
How do I keep picking up potentially some steps over towards spawn,
but there's no rotation.
It's unlikely lost in the source.
This case around it plays retake.
Harrogans got a smoke.
We'll try and facilitate the plant with that.
Scottle's into the site.
They don't have a kit.
Let's go expose it.
Yeah, works.
Harrogans denied the plant.
Keeping them at arm's length, using those rifles at rain!
Oh!
Honestly, you put a deal in your brain!
Your kinder's gone!
Gears suitcase!
Okay!
Everyone's got a penalty deed!
Hold this grand final stage!
Kiyosuke and Modesty just running around like it's a pug!
Holy!
Fallen to do here right now with a counter over to what CT spawned.
I hope he gets the hold onto this.
The pug gods combining right now. You've gone home turf.
Giving them a rush.
The major stage and they are delivering absolute bangers.
I don't care what they can, they're gonna get out of the dodge and they're gonna get double digits first.
Falcon's flying high after what felt like a fumble.
Please, Mr. Production, can I see those again, please?
Here is the winner.
A shrug from the kid, he knows he's done them dirty there.
What is this?
Oh, I don't understand.
And again, not just once but twice.
The lightning strikes in the cathedral!
Third timeout call from Furia.
Just a casual day, just another Sunday.
Hasn't left Furia at rock bottom.
This timeout, 30 seconds to...
Up with the move, you've got three M4s, the two pistols in, but fallen, and Molodoy.
Molodoy on the D, we'll see if he can hit some zingers once more.
That could be the knockout blowing out number one.
See how quickly that rock just got pulled from underneath them.
Can we get it back and forth to fair?
Nothing consecutive in the second half yet.
Only three rounds deep, but a five round gap.
So I might be with more pace, give Fury a chance to push you around.
Identify there's no mid push, not underpass pushes.
Alice, that's the place.
Tess S has to deal with this.
with this. Oh, he's absolutely nailed it. How's he got two there? Perfect pre-aim.
Mechanical ability. See Molotow there wiping the sweat off the brown. Not happy with that.
5v5 in the low byte. Game state possible now. No chance. One dude.
There's our palace. As for you, you're in a downward spiral.
That blocks my call down.
Still over a minute left on the clock.
Moldo will find himself an upgrade shore,
but they need to be hammer-stacking the right side if they want a chance.
I'm sure Falcons will send in a probe.
So much youth, so there's no reason to rush to finish.
and he's going to make his life miserable, forced into the fight on Monacea.
K-Storato alone versus 5, gives it his best shot, and run down by Kiyosuke,
Falcons up to 11, and they break Sun.
K-Storato, K-Storato, K-Storato, K-Storato, K-Storato, K-Storato, K-Storato,
K-Storato, K-Storato, K-Storato, K-Storato, K-Storato, K-Storato, K-Storato,
Falcons up to 11, and they break son!
Ho ho ho!
The money's done.
And the map, sir.
Can't see Furey getting back into this one now.
Good. Let's stay in the game, okay? Let's keep bringing the energy.
Okay boys, it's super important.
Yeah, if you want to...
No matter what happens.
Yeah.
If the...
That's to be the eco.
That's off from Monacy.
There's a Zeus on Molodoy.
He wants to take the fight, pressing forward.
Now noted, and this is for 12.
So I can five USPs and a fun gun.
Not getting anything done with this.
Carriage in. That's being done with the attacks.
Eco.
Oh, cops are dinked, but that one's safe as houses.
And you read the next victims and yes, okay
Gladly take those off your hands. Thanks for coming. That's 12 for Balkans
And this is a bit of a statement in the early stages
They find any fight in the final throws of this
Nice. The guns can't back out. No kit. No orb. Lots of problems.
Pretty mid smoke start. That's telling of space, but oh, this is fast. This is going
to be an A-clackdown. Here's your entry consmoke and A-splitting.
You got three bodies here, Perfumeria, Gearsuit, K.
It's a level to drive forward, K. Sarato, you've got Tessus down.
Or rather, Yikinder onto Karagin, but there's Niko Garnes while they...
That is to hold on to this A site comfortably.
Honestly, you can run up, down by Molodoy, double kill from Yikinder,
and Molodoy retrieving it off the trees, nice.
It's a long road back into Mirage.
Remember, 12-5.
say if they're able to pull this one back at all this is good heads-up
counter strike they try and shift the tone a bit more pasty bodies in the
right place a good set up there
hedging correctly yeah that's a confidence builder and second it
required to break the money of Falcons this time one of a default spread
Monacy on the prowl.
Good angle from K Sarato, avoids that old bullet.
There's a fight for your kinder on his terms.
Flashed in by K Sarato, he dips.
Scaves, but survives.
How do they operate without Kiyosuke?
can't carry good find anything he goes for a risky move hope to find a timing
Yuri gets a freebie in the back one takes a lot of space here that's gonna
shore up this a defense
all the way over towards ticket you wonder if the conversation of a save is
beginning so 50 seconds to what they can find Molly in you can that has to
respect that OHP cannot take the tick obviously hoping for a rotation test
He's gonna set him up with a flash. We'll get up to head to head here flash from tessus
Nobody home Niko's coming back to join this it will be an A-play
So much uncertainty. It's so little time
There in their corners attention drop tessus. I'm singing up Niko. This is good. Your kingdom has no idea
Hey Serato adjusts
And there's a Fury around.
Modesty down, they get another.
All five staying alive.
This is how a comeback begins.
We're in its infancy, but one brick at a time.
Remember, Fury have taken all three of their tactical timeouts.
This was beautiful alley-u.
Dodged.
All done from Kiyosuke. Again, eyes back on.
The character as you mentioned is making a plate. There's a hero, AK in the mix. Kiyosuka 18 kills deep.
This one's a knockout blow if you can find impact and the pistols can capitalize.
Kiyosuka and Monoski putting in a shift right now.
No rush, want to give themself the best chance. They'll take their time.
Let him search, let him work.
Once my good invitation to move ever close up. Staging area and that H.E.
would have been nuclear.
All in there though.
Okay, trade available.
Ballot on bat.
Oh, he gets ball.
Ballot, a little smile
brings up to his face after that one.
The boss has been
ultimately quiet up until this point.
Stunts the progression.
Denies the plan. Absolutely no chance.
A four round gap and I said,
he doesn't get any more time.
One more after this.
We've got one footfall, one mistake, one step too far, one missed shot.
I'm going to take this away, we move on to their map choice, the nub is coming up next.
We haven't seen a curia play about map all tournament long.
black box the mystery you don't want to start your major final 0-2 down
get a fight for your right on your map pick is double orbs to profess up
that's a back in his hands alongside a molotov
four man a star
flash the ready for an apron she excuse me the flash spot lows very unable
to find any Tessip. Passive.
The left honnesty search through pounds with this AWP.
Once they put on mid pressure, he can post up on the line
and scope into woods jungle. He can catch players in rotation.
You two start middle of line on for both teams.
E pressure, ball on, flashed off the line.
Figo confirms it with the molly.
Tough to re-pick that.
But the rotation doesn't come in.
Paulin doesn't call for aid. They're sticking to their guns. The set-up is strong. Monizy takes that line.
Remain posted hoping to catch a rotation.
This utility to try and force their hand into Monizy's hole.
Now, Monizy give Monizy what he's looking for just away and into the angle. Monizy prevails.
That one is necessary.
To keep this CT come back flowing.
28 and counting, bomb scooped up, back of Karrigan.
Assembles his troops towards the B site, Fuller's got back up on the way.
Nikko gonna be trying to find the flank and there's Fallen's up.
In 20-26, one of the flank, tests us into the site.
They're not ready for follow-up with a goddamn knife!
He's taking it back down! He goes down anyway!
We've got a 2-1-2, folks.
Just Mirage in here. Yuri and Yakinda are a mile away.
It's got to be perfect. Yuri taking his sweet time. Time ticking.
Time they just simply don't have.
Falkins for Mirage, Yuri the last man standing, no time for this clutch, too many corners,
too many targets, Falkins take map one!
The only decision found, map one on the board, 10 years in the making, is this the time Nico's
story changes?
is. We're just getting started.
The devil works hard, but
monasy works harder on this map.
This might be his first major
grand final, but it looks like he
is a veteran up on stage tonight.
High impact from the word go and
a lightning fast start from the
Falcons on Furia's map pick.
Yanko. That was a compelling
showing to kick off this grand
I mean, he came ready to play definitely at the beginning of this.
And you know, Mirage is a map that was actually Falcons' pick against Furia in a lot of those best of 3s, right?
Like, that's where they thought they had an advantage, didn't find much success on it.
And it isn't really a staple pick from Furia.
I think it was more targeted for Falcons in this particular game,
but in the end, that slow start on T side and the 4s by in the second half really sealed their fate on Mirage.
I think the monocly dominance early on, especially at that 8 bombsite, he was doing really good on his second timing,
shifting over to the A site.
I mean, they had a... he had so much freedom in so many different scenarios.
I think that's kind of part of what activated him.
As you mentioned, the slow slow, Janko, I like the timeout from Sif,
because he was saying, we're actually creating the opportunities we want, but we're not seizing them.
And you had a lot of moments where it felt like Furia players weren't taking as much control as they could have.
So, monocly had free reign to just decimate the attack.
And it's not a miss to understate how much confidence that takes.
from a guy like Manus, he could view that from the get-go on their opponents' map pick, right?
Have you seen what he was doing? Like, he's playing like close ramping, he's jumping up on the balcony here.
I'll take a date off the balcony.
Going back, going forward, like, he's under tremendous pressure, being closed on from multiple angles,
right, and just stays alive, just keeps hitting shots.
Like, this is really important, like, this kill on Tufal and in that round.
If he doesn't get it, if he dies, they get more space, they get the rifles,
and Falcos maybe end up losing the round.
so he was just so incredible for Falcons early on.
Yeah, he really was. Actually, I think kind of how good he was in his success at the A-Bombside
is what kind of caused Falcons to let those last four rounds slip away,
because they kept feeling like Falcons, or they kept feeling like Fury was going to shift to other parts of the map.
So on second timing, instead of going to A-Bombside, Modesty's going towards Short,
he's going towards the P-Bombside staying in Window and then out of position.
But you could see when he gets, when the moments come, the deco round that he has is absolutely mental.
Yes, like he's just there to step up when he's called upon. Should we just drive straight into it?
Obviously instrumental for the second half of this one. Yeah, because you're feeling after an 8-0
You know if you told someone 8-4 half city side, you're feeling pretty good. Yeah after you're up 8-0
Yeah, 8-4 doesn't feel as great to win t-pistol. Awesome
But then you lose the second round as well, right? And you feel like this is where furious gonna make a comeback now
The momentum is on their side to see the buy for because they have almost nothing monosy. That was absolute
And then a good job of utilizing the time, maybe a bit of a mistake, the setup from Furia,
Molotov is staying on mid, well they have two guys B, like A is pretty open, but okay
they can leave it and play for the retake, denying the plan, but then it's just, want
to see again, right?
Like, shows up one more time, hits another disgusting shot this time when you're Kindar,
and from this point on it's the team play from Falcons and finding some more, uh, uh,
Deagle kills that really saved them in this round.
Like you said, with the setup the way it was, playing that kind of retake gave all these pistols so much room to get close up to the choke point.
So I mean, that retake gave the recovery mission to get that back, never actually got started for Fury.
Because you're just trying to take a step up con and you've got Kyosuke on top taking shots of you with the D.G.O.
Like you have no space to operate in, and Falcons was very, very good at being assertive in those scenarios and not giving Fury a room to work with.
First time in the Major Grand Final for Kyosuke as well.
So we've got to give him those flowers alongside Manasi for coming alive in some of those later moments.
Yeah. And then just how he's used, right?
like he's being put in positions where he can just have fights and have angels and that's
I think what you will see him have the most success.
His mechanics are incredibly strong, right?
And maybe he hasn't progressed as much as you'd like in terms of, you know, game understanding
and some of those more sneaky plays, but that comes with experience and that comes with
time.
You can still get a lot out of him if you use him properly and I think Karrigan has done
that.
He's been one of the most vocal guys about feeling way more comfortable underneath Karrigan
since he's joined.
a number of times that he's loving having him with him and I was just cracking up watching
the game because he just had a big dorky smile on his face that whole time.
Like he had, there was no stress for him.
He was like modesty was carrying through the early rounds and he got a kind of chill and
then you just see him starting to get a little bit better and build into the game and big
grin on his face and I'm just partying.
Yeah, and that's exactly what you want when you're in a high pressure situation like that,
to not let it get the weight on your shoulders, right?
And that's easier said than done.
Yeah, and it has to be said Falcons are the best team in the playoffs in pistol rounds.
9 and 3 coming into today, 11 and 3 after the first two rounds and Kyosuke is a big part of that,
like it feels like every pistol round he's getting multi kills, whether it's T side,
CT side, and for a team that doesn't have a deep playbook yet, you know, those good starts really
go a long way to them winning maps. Especially against a team that has had some slow starts in
these playoffs as well, like it's like exponentially building up some pain for Furia there when you
have those. Yeah, maybe we should go back to the beginning then to see what a rough start for
to counter to that rather, slashing the path of the Falcon.
I mean really big mind games early on, so a 4A opening from Falcon, they're targeting
Yuri in the mid-round, right, wanting to clear ramps, they find them in this round.
We're not going to chill, 5-4, so what? Let's clear ramp as well, get some more control,
alright, don't see anyone now, they sort of reset and Tessus finds one more kill.
They do a good job here, Fury, of sort of bringing it back and still finding a couple of kills,
Making the round really close. This was monosy just while doing crazy stuff really again feels like he saves the round
They're in a 2v3 at that point make it a 2v1 really quickly
But in the end it's Kyosuke when this one-on-one clutch just closes it out
So that's a 4a opening into an abscotch into a ramp
Reclear where Furia is playing default it comes back to a following gun round same thing, right?
Just this time Yuri isn't there on his way back. He actually finds Tessa's so number advantage Furia
But again, they regressed towards ramp and now in a 3v5 he gets the trade kill, right?
Nico is holding his flank here, great job. Finding one more, Monacee is still active, still explosive and back-to-back gun rounds
You see the exact same thing happen.
And this is one of those rounds where I talked about I think Fury was in a decent enough position
But like everyone seemed very hesitant to do anything with those positions like you're kind of staying at top stairs
You're kind of just waiting, you're a little bit afraid. You don't know where they're looking next
next you don't know what the crossfire so no one's kind of taking the courage to try and create an opportunity to actually win that round of
Your fury and you're giving me a monocle time over at the top of a ramp like to figure out exactly what's happening
Nico said oh I got stairs he doesn't have to worry about that can jump up and take out palace
So you kind of get frozen in position and you're just exposed to the Falcons deep and honestly that's what we talked about
Myron can't do that. Moxie can't do that
That's something you just haven't had to deal with and you can see how small the margins are how quickly the round turns on its head
And for all the criticism that Zonic gets as well, that was really good preparation from them.
Those are just reads early on and how they opened things that gave them such a huge advantage.
It's interesting actually from the side of Furia, because we see from a lot of other teams,
they're honestly just going where Karagin is on their T-sides.
They're just targeting him to some extent, he's been struggling in this tournament,
but for Furia it was sort of the opposite. They wanted to win around Dona, I guess,
I guess first before they switch it up two minutes before we need to go to break
So I've got a pose the question about a new bus coming up a good point from you
We're talking about in the green room
Yanko for a have to start on the CT side of their chosen start on the T side of this a new bus
How tricky do you think that is going to be for them?
I don't know because I haven't played it in ages
So it's going to be a matter of how good are the things that you worked on in the meanwhile
But also how rusty are the players in micro things right clearing angles?
Jacking stick things timings like Falcons have been incredible on Anubis this whole tournament long
Yes, it's all been over times, but they've always found ways to win especially on the T side
Yeah, and also I mean if you're if you're and you haven't played it much like how are you gonna handle some of the aggression that Falcons brings out
Dropping out a window pushing canals modesty gets a pick you're playing four and five Nico gets another killer playing three and five
Are you able to actually recover on this map in those scenarios?
Mirage you were able to kind of turn some of those rounds getting close have a chance in them
But here on Anubis, I don't think they're gonna have the experience. Yeah
I mean for a moment there it looked like we were in a danger of just fury are getting stoned
So it's a great sign
They won those four rounds in a row in the first half feels like if they don't lose to that deagle round in the second half
Like we get a much much closer game
So I think they've managed to recover after that shocking start to Mirage
And I feel like they can put up a better fight on a new case to be careful of that CT side aggression coming out of Falkens
What else is a must for fury have to be delivering in this one?
I mean, I think yeah, they can get some nice and attitude back
I think the conversation they'd be having in between these maps is like all right guys
That was that was the grant that was the grand final map like that's what it feels like welcome to the big stage
Like this is where you have to settle things up
I want to see your kinder start activating more on that T side to open things up and help create some opportunities
And then you're gonna have to see if they have again not gonna have the experience
But do they have the know-how on a new bus to do this kind of slow tempo style where they can pull the defense back and forth
Well Falcons off to a flying start in this best of five grand final
But that is gonna be key moving forward as this is a marathon and not a sprint
that choice of Anubis awaits after this break.
We're here at the IntelliTent, it is the IntelliTree Masters, it is Intel and Acer Predator
that have brought a whole bunch of toys out here for us to kind of scout around, kind
of scope out, check out all the bells and whistles, in doing that I got Mac here.
Mac, what are we talking about?
I'm telling you that I've found all of the best CS2 influences from around the globe,
I've brought them in to not only deliver the Predator Orion 7000 to the stage for the
Major, but all of these new toys that you see on the screen right now as well.
Let's have a quick look at one. There's a new mobile handheld that has come out
This is the predator Atlas 8 it's got the Intel Arc G3
Extreme in it, which is the new Intel Arc processor and it runs like a dream every game you want
Counter-Strike as well, and I believe I've got one for you to have a quick look at as well if my friend vital
Wake up come here quick in here. There you go Tress
Get your hands on it.
It's got a bit of everything.
Watch this.
Got a bit of fun.
Call it dexterity.
Yep.
So anyway, yeah, this is pretty high-def.
Pretty looks good.
It's real.
It definitely does.
But that is it for the handheld.
I hope you enjoyed walking around in Lego.
But same time, I'll take that off your hand.
Okay.
Because I thought it might fit in my pocket pretty well.
But also, we got more friends.
Kay, what's good, man?
It's been a long time.
How are you feeling?
Yeah, I feel great.
Better now that you're here.
Aw.
That's so sweet of you.
you've been on this intel project for a long time now you're getting to play
with some of the toys what do you got yeah i got the ace of predator helios 18
ai this thing is an absolute beast man i've been playing on it for a little bit
now and then i mean it handles everything very easily
so how are the how are the frags looking oh it's it's looking about actually you
know what x now about as good as nrg played against big so man that might
be one of the most embarrassing things i've ever seen happen on land in my
entire life what do you think yeah um yeah i you know being from n8 i agree
Yeah, absolutely.
Well, Acer Predator Helios 18 AI, but that's not the last stop.
Thank you very much, Kay.
We're going to move swiftly past the man in the banana pajamas.
I suppose that's what's going on here.
Fai.
Hi, Fai.
That's good.
What's going on, Fai?
Yeah, so I'm playing here on the Predator Orion 7000, the big boy PC,
over here at the Intel booth.
And, you know, I'm therapeutically shooting some bots inside, you know,
really restoring my soul with big FPS.
So are you saying, and I mean, it should go without saying,
The Acer Predator Orion is the official tournament PC of the Intel Xtreme Asser, so I think, right?
Isn't that what I've been told?
Yeah, absolutely. Like, at least for the newer models, those are on the big stages with the Intel Core 9,
285K inside, and the Nvidia 5090 as well.
Just crazy specs for the top-level competitions.
So fast, you couldn't catch it if you tried.
Fai, you enjoying Clone?
Absolutely. Clone is Counter-Strike. You've got to make the pilgrimage out here.
Well, look, we gotta get the rest of this grand final going five.
Thank you so much for your time, and that'll be us heading back in.
Hey, hey, it's a quick chat.
I want to talk about a little bit about this map that just happened in the post.
You said, actually, that you are getting good positions despite being one eight down.
Is this like due to game plan or what was happening on this Mirage?
I think we made good choices strategically.
Our players are just maybe because of the pressure of the game,
not making the best individual decisions in terms of trading,
in terms of collapsing the sites.
Our trades are very bad inside.
I don't feel like we were behind them with the choices.
We had good chances with the hits that we prepared,
but honestly, individually we were just not getting the kills that we needed.
In one of the poses you mentioned, you need more intensity.
Can you explain a little bit more what that means?
Yeah, the reason we are not getting those trades that I said,
is also because of comps, so I think the comps played a big part in that.
So in the first round that we won T-Side,
MoloBloy had good intensity with the comps and all that,
and I think that would help us win more rounds.
What needs to happen to bring this back on the Nubis?
Yeah, we just need to have a good start, honestly, starting T-Side.
If we win a chance in this map, we have to win a lot of rounds T-Side.
So I'm hoping for a good start, and with that we can maybe close them.
Thank you very much, see you on the server.
It started like any other day.
Well, there it is. Of course, wait till round 12. You can tell if I'm... whatever.
Ah, fuck.
Straight up fucking long.
Show your band, brother.
Mate.
I don't think it's cheating.
What? You think what?
Maybe you're just... washed.
Washed?
It's not that. This guy's gonna be bad for cheating in like two weeks.
I was phasing C.S. out naturally, but on my own terms.
Oh, by the way, check that guy's profile. You're still looking clean.
claim. Okay, sure. It's the injustice that kills you. It's still nothing. I knew what I saw.
You think that's legit? You think what he's doing is legit? What I felt.
I don't care what you have to say, it's just a weird way for me to find out your morals.
Hey, good, bro? Yeah. Everybody good, bro? Oh, there it is. Yeah,
sick crosshair placement. Absolutely perfect. Look, Jason, I spoke to the devs. The accounts
Which wants to run? I need the name Jordan.
I'd like to scout.
As the years passed and priorities shifted...
You're gonna be fucking kidding me. Jason, I go out to work every single day to put food on our table.
And you can't even be asked to feed our fucking baby.
Are you kidding me? You need help. You are.
The ghost of that moment haunted what little free time room is still nothing.
Hey, you used to keep it touch with Jason?
Of course not.
Shame.
I'm fully off the deep end after this happened.
Every single day when you're with a fake fucking baby.
Not fair.
Jason, you are what?
Everybody is telling you.
The doctors knew what was killing me.
What's that?
It's holding off or something.
Just...
Not hell I was surviving.
Please, please.
You're cheating.
All right, Cologne, how you doing?
The question is, is the pressure too much for Furia?
They want more than anything to give Fallen the parting gift that seemed only a dream
until yesterday.
The pressure of the moment.
Will it consume you?
Will you become a shadow of yourself or will you rise to the occasion?
Anubis.
Anubis. An unseen map of fury at this major. We haven't even seen it since February.
Horses of Falcons who have taken down all of the Majors front runners on their path to this grand final.
Falcons have the opportunity to take their map and give just one map away from Glory.
What?
Is there a finder? Are they
exposed for an easy path to a
major final? Can't pick your
opponents. But the Falcons have
only taken down the best. Oh,
yes, they are catching straight
the way at range. Doesn't deter him from going for a look and he nearly caught Yukinda. Doesn't
hit the head shot. By the sword. By the sword. Those are the players that Kiyosuke and Monosuke
were making. The electric counter slot shrank. The explosive nature.
Haragin is owned with a lot of work to do. What's his reaction when Yukinda throws that
Molotov? You have to swing to win. Fight or flight?
It's all the rules. It's drawing the rotation. Oh, the pre ain't great from Odyssey. Accelerating
canals. Modesty strings together the double, but they see you go ahead them. He knows what's
up. He's going to be there quicker than they may anticipate. It's for them in case Serato,
the professor and his most loyal student. That's a good shot has Nico reeling. Marcy partners
He's got the kit.
Battle on two fronts here, Chad.
Carrying him with that kit.
Four left to take it away.
Does so in a quick double.
He's caught in the open.
Niko able to take him down.
Two-one-two.
Keisarato doesn't want to overplay his hand.
They don't have the kit.
Morissi's got the headshot.
Oh!
Morissi's down!
Dadi again!
The kit keeps on delivering!
That was meant to be the first pistol there from Furia.
that was meant to be then set in the tempo, set in the tone and he shrugs it off again.
These kids with the pistol so far, Kiyosuke and Monosie have just been unleashing the
fury.
Yuri was so far away, so disconnected, has to swing, thinks they're sticking out and
And that one is fumbled. That is not the way you want to start your opponent's map.
Force fight.
Care for your kinder.
A lot with the Kalil.
Karagin on the jiggle defense.
How quick is your kinder? He's close to the screen.
Karagin still gets that info safely.
He does significant damage to Karagin.
A little back onto your kinder.
They had a look down the reroute.
Try their luck out middle. They've forced utility, they've kept the pressure, but they keep on moving.
You know, info from Caserato there.
Very active.
My falcon's constantly probing looking for these jewels.
I have to acknowledge mid at some point.
I see Pornico will have to head back, tempo or camera.
It's more of the same as slow pace, Sid wants intensity, Sid wants trades, Sid needs 2 rounds.
Makiya Suke is making it difficult with the loss of Yakimda. Uncomfortable for Keisaratu, he's box dead, he's trapped.
Trying to bail him out is his captain, fall and drops him just to one. Problems for Furia.
Fully invested in just one kill.
Maybe another
Anticipate Nico just standing and delivering out in the open 20 seconds Yuri needs to force the plan here just to go down
So what a walk away from this round without the lost bonus 15 seconds gonna walk in a carrier
It's not easy as you like. Oh, here he gets something for his troubles, but that'll be that
That's the beeline now
On the top, a little bit of shine, he can pass forward, he's just getting punched, and then a 2-0.
I believe the extra pressure going around number three.
17th attempts from that man right there.
Two major finals. This is the third.
The way this is starting.
Looking like a great attempt.
hand to hero AK on your kinder. Fall and drop that across.
They're waltzing in.
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Kiyosuke Karagin combining triple shut down.
That's a third convincing.
Waltzeniko, yes.
Often described as the best to have never lived in a major trophy.
I'm reuniting here with the big man, the greatest showman, because of unfinished business.
Wise man once said, he's better than most that have.
damage done to Carragadale.
Tassus and Monossey, the starter pressed in towards Main.
So 2-1, 2 of the defense.
If you're going to keep limping into these rounds after the first 45 seconds of transpire,
they're going to have an easy time so that the players that have come before, these guys
hit harder than any team they've played in the Major so far. Flash at the ready, Tessus
gets a swing. Nothing found but the comms you can see just flowing at an all-time high
for Falcons right now. They are locked in, chunky onto Uri. I'm going to test this A
site. They're playing retake on B. There will be so many bodies to deal with this.
You may have bought on this surely test this is gonna chop off. Yeah, okay
Just the one a trade from your kid and necessary, but he needs more and it's Nico that goes swinging
Once down your kinder maintains control they're gonna commit
Hooked by the smoke. What do you do at 40 seconds? Maybe the space from fallen could be a difference maker just the tech nine
Or the former champion
I hope in a prayer that he goes overlooked on this sweep.
Instead, far back here, soon came policy flushed out.
He still gets one.
You're in trouble, Montanoi.
No time for this and no head.
Got a slow start in the map number two.
Big smile on Nico's face. This couldn't be going better right now. That read, beautiful.
There's so many bodies to deal with this and you can see after the trade comes in, the
expectation is not there. You can get in call with Nades in his hands and they are playing
with such confidence. The belief from Falcons, an all-time high, preconceived final since
This car again has done that jersey.
Haven't lifted a trophy, but you can forget about that.
They take it home today.
Sit in early again and understandable.
Probably scenarios that feels like they're forcing the issue
and this is because they're playing into round so late.
They're not taking chances early.
They're not trying to push back the fight on their own.
So partial by.
Offs Burners building, no plant since the pistol.
Just need signs to get going early.
Anything.
Masi, an old E-box, smoked off, will break.
Restraint from your Kim, that doesn't cross.
I don't know the arms there, but he did fire off a shot, 8 and 1. He has started these maps so damn hot.
He's a man determined.
I doubt with his skill.
His future.
The brightest in Counter-Strike.
His flicks. The fastest.
Repos now over towards A-Wood, 10-S-S. Again, they continue to move.
Ox smoke lands
I'll try and boost over this. So it'll keep monosie and tests this
Out of the play is the beast fit
starting to take shape
This is pressure for Karagan
Is the B site of vulnerability is it something the fury can exploit or can Karagan hold?
His bomb site he's got the help of Niko Kiyosuke. Karagan's gone. So is Kiyosuke Niko trapped behind the smoke
Unable to contribute fury I have found a vulnerability
A crack in the armour!
Deep CT smoke, that might just signal this.
Gaps around it, a chance to take a look, but Furia will not overstep the mark.
They've got the man advantage times two.
Gonna give it a look.
Tess is going to swing it on in. Finds a clean hatch on onto Yukenda.
There's Niko, K-Serato, biding his time, playing around the pillar.
Nothing for Niko here! K-Serato in-straws it!
Fury around the board.
That one feels necessary.
Don't forget what Sid was saying.
He wants T rounds and they need a lot of them.
Starting holo early out of then Mirage.
Consecutive will break the money and now
given a position to draw this back to just a one round game.
Surging forward, good parking in from your kinder, ball in.
Guardian, agile.
And that crossfire was never going to be easy to break.
But now we're not hearing each other, okay? We're going to stress what we're going to do.
I don't hear this blowing communication. Let's focus off, let's hear each other and let's confirm.
Confirm and do what the plan is.
You're kind of asking for a bit more call and response. You've got a question from Nico that doesn't go sound completely unnoticed.
I'm hoping to win the round in an opening freight.
I won't be given another just back into something standard.
A couple of smokes still to block within this round and no change in the approach from Furia.
Slow and steady.
Obviously the alt-mobile as ever.
More often the noise in the right place at the right time.
How does it transition this? They're going to search forward in middle.
This looks brutal. This looks deadly.
Carriken up close and he gets behind that trade.
He does find the headshot necessary. Dicks back around the wall just in time.
I'm not playing retake, but you can.
This is going deep towards CT.
Nico able to respond out the hole quickly,
and Kcerato looking to apply a bit of pressure
towards the A site.
He has no U-Till, so we'll have to deal with his body and bullets.
Kcerato spotted out towards the K, drops in.
No rotation drawn, he is vulnerable.
He cannot afford to go down, or the A site is lost.
Kcerato's provided.
That's what hell of an open-election from Nico.
Easy pick for your kinder gets him in the back of the head. You get that not dead
Just run down by the collage
The man he's teammate start taking a bit of responsibility in the comms will who take it in the fragging department
It's Molotow and your kinder. They're the opening presence of this team. Now the way that they're approaching these rounds
They're not giving them opportunities to do it on their terms
It's gonna have to be slow. So if Falco's want to play these more aggressive rounds
Then they're gonna have to sit back way and then any set up is available that money is broken
Okay with one flash to set up middle
Just some damage can be done, humble finances, all fury, but they won't be destroying this
into just a one round gap.
So he takes a jiggle, he spots something, the under pressure, it starts to move, Karagin
falls, one more need to be picked up.
They still have this flash, they can get the guy over to what's being echoed from CT,
We'll try and set up the other three.
Only now, just making its way over, so everybody will be responding to this in time.
That's that one flashbang Yuri anticipates. It just starts to unload.
Most of all down one frag, but that's a fury around a freebie.
Makes it just a one round game.
So, almost straight out the gates.
Three from three pistols over the map and a half so far.
Finally a bit of resistance.
And nearly enough to force Sonic into a timeout.
Number eight up next, Honnesty, Kansas AWP, Molledoy, Miss Sane.
We've seen them try the aggressive play out the hole, pushing to Kenali.
You want to try and deal with these B plays.
You need to play on the front foot or on the back.
Give them the space, hold it into you two. Hope you have a polished retake.
There's a boost that.
It's been using an awful lot
throughout their maneuvers.
Plays over to the mid doors,
trying to catch players scaling up canal.
We'll see if that cheeky play comes in.
But if you're a viewer, you've been watching the demos,
you know, what's up.
This is a black box for you.
I'm gonna play this all major long.
Let's get the ring rust out of the way
and let's get this one underway.
Pace this time.
Shifting gear.
Tempting to test Tess as early is he ready as he got lazy
They wanted to pounce the U2 was set up for the follow through if they found that frag
Now they have to reset still no harm no foul pressure applied rotation drawn
We know the comms will be scattered Falcons now it's monosy and kiyosuke on B
Dude, heavy hitters are not number one.
Rasha from Yaginda.
It's Kiyosuke's responsibility.
He wants to flash a fight ahead to head.
Yasuke wins out control.
Maintains control of his territory
as they come right into the crosshairs of K-Sorato, deadly for the first.
Kiyosuke holds his ground for one.
Modesty's low. Wounded on the B site.
Hold it!
Trying to chase him down. In the meantime, Carrigan finding Uri.
He fell into the 3 on 3. It's Niko, borrowed onto the A-side in the absence of Tessus.
It's the Mali! It's the Mantle! He's forced into this fight, Monosy!
Oh, Molo-Goi! Plotting and ready!
Stepping the right direction. You don't want to mess this one up.
Carrigan swings on in. Looking for something. Flanks. Nothing.
Another bomb can be planted, and it's Monosy on low HP.
Demanded to come up, clutch on this shot, that might be it.
He knows he needs to hit the first to start to string him together.
Olam's already trying to cut him off at the pass, he's done it straight through the canal.
He's in through the E-box, he's making sure that Monty cannot hold onto this AWP.
There's 2900 loss bonus into the next.
We have the same conversation back on Mirage, hold onto this or you won't get it again.
At least not into the next round of play.
You just got to take calculated guesses as to where this hunt comes from.
Cacerato might get this info on the org's location. He's already passed the sight lines of monosy, but he's quick on this trigger
Moves one holding on to his AWP seems to have found a path, but a straight into attack nine
Surely a dead man. Mollinoy makes it so. Link with three kills
Access to the A site granted by the Sniper
Tricks a fall from either team all tied up and again the money and a miserable spot for the Valkyries
They won't have to take the partial
I'm playing out more like a
chess match than a roll.
Shots from Moldova.
The fact they didn't win that
opening map. He was performing
well. He was doing his duties.
Yeah.
set up again with just these pistols. Can't get looking to block on beat as it's to do
the same on a really trying to be jarring on the CT side. You have to make moves in
the pocket and there's that boost. Don't know with the pistols. You can catch a sleeping
and will block may.
got another one. Try to act bigger than he is. Everything covered
for Furia right now. This one has the main push. Kinder has the
canals push. Then you've got Molotow watching middle. So as the
smoke fades, the rotation comes in silently. Another one lands.
It's fallen seen enough because you want to call them off.
That's one hell of a star from Honesty's Desert Eagle once more.
Curia, help Falter these side arms on Mirage.
40 seconds, this one's going to heat up.
Trying to sell A's, K Sarato. Look at the reaction he's causing.
They've pulled Falcons away from the site.
Even Karrigan's starting to depart. K Sarato catches that reaction and now the site is free.
Beautifully constructed.
Kaseiratsa was selling and Falcons bit down hard.
So sticking with their guns there, you like the calling, let's see if any damage can be done.
Smoked off and reblocked. Very unlikely, Kaseika, should just hold on to this AK.
The rest can try and do a bit of damage before the round is done.
Boosting over to give them a vantage point.
This will be 5-2 Buria.
Start to put together a respectable T side.
The head-to-head between Fallen and Carrigan while back in 2017, Fallen had his number.
Going to do the same again, almost 10 years on.
The mind games between these two.
Got some rich history here today as Nico will find a second AK for their troubles.
I'm just going to hold them out in future rounds.
Those AKs mean they can play the long game with a couple more buys.
Carrigan feeling exploited will bring in an orb.
Once he gets his AWP and we're ready to lock horns.
Smoke beer is going to fly a lot of pressure to Carrigan.
How does he want to deal with this?
That's just versus fall in the first five.
Stays dynamic, stays nimble. That's falling.
And that's the round.
Three is still another.
Six on the chop. They're really rocking and rolling now.
Again, no answers. They're here to play.
That one, slow start, short.
It's a good timeout from Zoni, referring as the coach.
Because of those saved guns, extra cash for Kiyosuke and Nika, they can be in all drop
to monosy.
It's like the only emission in the bay might be carrying it down on an MP7.
They're able to get what they need, but they need to break this streak.
The pistol is great, the follow-through was there, but now this is a landslide of rounds
up against Shot.
Niko with the chip in, and Kinda also in the Fandango.
And Sheldon, he's no slouch without rifle in hand.
The retake, a go with a man just advantage, always a tough call to make.
Again, looking to brutalise this V-side, Keisurado locks our early question towards A. They're
They're going to try and find a fight early.
Cairns are right at the cross.
Gonna be good, Utah.
Doesn't catch Cairns.
He's a high lad, and he does once again to move up.
Instant from Nico.
Accelerates with a trade and then some.
He doesn't allow you to move it back.
You might assume you'd go back to site,
but he was born of a scalp, ripped off of Furia.
Huge from Nico.
better hanging around for that fourth and play the numbers now.
It's annihilated them in this one.
Not only in Uru to try and piece it together.
Test is the sacrificial lamp.
Okay, playing a block. So the gap spots it out, drops it and
ready for the run-through. So there's information. That was the bomb spotted on
the radar.
They can give this a go, Furia.
It's money for a buy into the final rounds.
Look how much trust they have in Niko.
They're going to have to make a move.
35 seconds.
Play a U-Till, but you want to go contact.
You want to announce your presence at the last moment.
You might lose the sight.
You've got demand advantage on the retake.
Oh, they got called off the front U-Till.
Niko Heaven.
So it arrives.
We'll call for the backup.
Modesty attending to camera.
12 seconds.
He's just late to disrupt this plant.
He's going to make life miserable.
And it already is.
And Modesty's fried.
Drops out from Heaven.
And sends more of that into the hell.
Quad kill out Niko.
They stopped the route.
Now they have a chance to tie things up.
I can turn this in a home turf
See this one again
Instant to the stairs anticipates the response of your kinder and then pushes the envelope
Altacious play I'm winning the news. I'm no doubt about that
Tess S. Let's add a royal monosy post up in the hole catches
The timing but not the shot
Hang it around
Oh, what? He was blind!
Doing it without vision, Yukinda! Takes the scalp, takes the head, Kiyosuke dead.
Molodoys found an extension of their advantage, but look at Karagin.
He's taken one, surely four! Has him on the backstab.
Sanya's last round could be two, two V4, and this is for the lead.
A necessary lead.
This black box of a new base, hold on!
I'm just as if you ushered in go down south of 40 seconds plenty of you two here as well
Kassarado can join us as an extra smoke in play for one of these choke points they really
have a 2v4 in them but honestly this is the long rotation this is going to be agonizingly
late.
Temple, not an option.
Hey, Sarota, needs to come and join the site now.
Oh, stacked up on E-box.
Another time.
This is necessary for Fury up.
You need to catch fire.
You need to find that 7th minute.
It is going to be there.
As for the mix of Sergeant, just Nico, trying to get a couple of extra for the scoreboard.
Oh Lord, Yikinda denies and he is doing everything for Furia, fighting now, on their feet!
There's the flash, that's gonna catch Cribs out, they're gonna push off through, and
they can't guess what, but Cribs with a fight up, he can't get down the triple!
That's fantastic, I'm not done yet!
Can you believe it?
He's been saying he's been playing his worst CS, but he's calling his absolute best
Let's put that to the test on the T side of Anubis
Let's put that up against Fallon, Spester 5 at record 16 played in history
This is number 17, but he's got a 14 and 2 record and that one's sinking
And the head to head between the two of them 4-0, Godzera taught me that
Now you've got yourself
Fury up and bear their teeth for their first pistol of the series
Set them up nicely to find the close.
We trade picks to start this best of five.
We guarantee us four maps of play at a minimum.
I think we in Cologne deserve exactly that.
I think we, the Counter-Strike community, are begging for that.
Find up for a B-pop.
The Kinders already dropped down middle.
Nobody home rugs. Nobody can out.
It's Yuri to respond on his own.
They have not got the bodies here.
Wato will rotate in.
Yuri denied any sort of vantage in this initials.
I don't know if the smoke bomb can go down.
And there goes the opening kill.
Moloy poachers knows our tempo.
Tessus puts a glock bullet into his.
Yukinda, this is important.
Monty's not anticipating this.
Oh!
It conflicts on in!
Effortless brilliance!
Problems for Furia.
Big problems.
Aiman's getting into this.
You're not.
Nico's here to escort you off.
Time takes.
Hetshot found.
Nico takes down Fallen,
and there's more where that came from.
Running at Yuri.
He's going to take with Destiny.
The scoreline's close, but these rounds haven't been.
Clear can't either way.
Only a couple that have gotten gritty.
Just the four spies in the second half have piqued the interest on Mirage.
Bosh.
I'll see if we can find that one happening again.
Niko.
So just forward takes the mount, confirms the rounds.
We're going to be good. Please, Mark. Let's go. We're playing very good right now, bro.
Let's go. Let's go. Heavy B-Lean. It's a 4-1. Spoons for smoke. That's not perfect. You'd
love it to be a little bit deeper. It's avenues in and that's exactly. I thought it was a
Camera smoking, Kinda has to block again, he might be too late, he is.
There he is, Kinda's already ahead, turns the flash, in front of your kinder, but no
help on the way, you need help now.
Okay, so I was gonna kit, have to wait out this utility, but there's more where that
came from.
Two more smokes, and one's just being replenished.
Do you even wanna go?
looks like they do. Kiyosuke gets a lot of information. A-storage occupied.
First signs of retreat. Just looking to take something out of this round. Instead, they lose two.
Nearly a third case of ransom. Finally puts down that Mach 10. Just a couple of kills, that's all you get.
But Falcons have found an equalizing round.
I was going forward. Wait for
back instead of accurate in the
site. Everybody runs in,
protects the president case
Serato gets on the diffuse.
They try and steal that one out
from under the nose of falcons,
but not today. Nice idea.
Continue to. I mean, serve
themselves in these rounds with
hero rifle buys. Okay, Serato
was carried across looks like a very similar approach as far as a main pressure is concerned
yeah this is a big one for K Serato
just in the wrong place they're gonna get out and maneuvered
there's no way they're gonna be able to rotate in in time they're just gonna have to hold on to this
This is the two calls in a row where if you fall and you feel you're just being completely
outplayed, you can't get anything done.
That's us, he confirms multiple parties were stacked on B, he falls and runs in this blind
spot and does put him down.
It's a rifle you can retrieve.
I'm going to now be implanted.
Two more smokes again.
All the Utah they need just to keep the wolf from the door.
The Panther in this case.
Only fountain and go or hold onto the goods.
I think these latter is the better of the two. Yeah, okay.
This is the right player. They're loitering like hanging around. They're into mines.
Are they giving this a go?
Surely not.
Surely not.
They're going for it.
This last second defuse there, and what the pressure?
They might lose it all here.
Falling on to another.
No one's on the defuse in time.
K. Seraf is trying to stick it.
K. Seraf is trying to stick it.
This cover!
Oh, no!
They lose it all!
Down to the final few seconds.
They give it a go.
I take them all with them.
A second bite of a cherry, and it's bitter.
Trying to just really use this kick factor.
Some great shots from Paul and Shaw,
but they can't usher him across in time.
It's desperate.
Falcons take the lead.
Milliseconds.
Attempted robbery in back-to-back rounds.
Furia again with another slow start to the half.
They had rains down on Fallen's Dome.
They'll be in combination with Uri for the B-Defense, but Molodoy,
rotating peace will join them.
So some conditioning from Karagin.
They've on site.
His affections up against the floor spy.
Now mid control to be taken.
Leaping forward takes the space has support.
the
passive approach to the mid-hold.
Any science starting to fill the pressure up.
Deep walk of restraint on you to a front barrier.
46 seconds.
That's to be it.
Hey Serato, we'll help you have another smoke to be thrown in time. Does look like it's just arrived.
In the nick of time. Fight on mid though your kinder's gone. Just K Serato on this side.
You want the lender hand? Catches the timing through the smoke. There's K Serato on.
Then Yuri on the backstab. Bomb being planted.
Jump straight into the flames. Modesty tracks him.
There's fallen miss shot, hang on onto the right for you,
you're going to carry it in the modesty side by side for the post-plan.
On this retake, Uri, monodoy, trying to forge a pass back into the side
that you don't find a necessary shot, but modesty, you can find a necessary clutch.
All up to the bait.
Uri, have you got another clutch in you here?
On the ground!
Stay range! The answer is no!
You can't get past modesty.
17-9.
This kid was born for moments like this.
Did you see the genuine euphoria and elation when he was talking in that post match interview?
He couldn't hide it.
This is where he wanted to be.
This is where he was destined to be in the grand finals of a major.
Winning clutches that force a timeout out of your opponent.
right now still nothing in the second half of play for straight again
partial bite for for fallen rest with wider equipment do we get a late
resolve I don't think that's a song really a test is didn't see him it was
off the pixel all across immediately the unknown well that's space but that's
the biggest gun out of play
Tessus doesn't take eyes off. He will not clear this.
Take 4th smoke off me. There's no way Tessus clears this.
And for Orleans unable to find it cleanly.
Back on the way.
He arrives, Karakoff, swings on out, Tom.
One three bullets.
He only needs one. On to Tessus.
Oh no, through the bricks. Tessus is still alive, but still finds him.
Nico took down the A anchor.
A pivot available.
You can't just get to find the bomb.
Silently walking around a Nubis, a high stakes match,
and there it is, the package on its screen.
Now spotted by Kiyosuke.
Fallen's got a flash call for it.
Got to find that right moment.
It's your time.
Modesty finding Uri activating in middle.
They're all coming for that bomb.
You can do, you might have to give this up.
He's a dead man to Nico, swing on the roadside, slowly.
Confirms he has to conceive.
Not to see another!
Finding them!
When it doesn't seem like anywhere for an AWP to be finding frags, he's found two just standing in the canals!
And they've rotated towards A. Your kin is going to be the man on the scene, but this is with the 5-7, those rifles, they can't be picked up!
Fallen's two!
Twenty seconds!
Facing contributions!
It's a good position, he's got there in time.
Will he be overlooked?
Awkward smoke, Nika's going to try and plant on the corner, he can slowly stand him down.
Yeah, deny it! Eight seconds!
It's huge from your kindergarten, Kiyosuke! Five!
Fall! Need to be planting on the floor, just sit down!
Just in time!
Can he clutch? Didn't hit that, needed it onto Monosy.
A reluctant shake of the head, hand off the mouse, Molodoy accepts defeat.
Absolute buzzer bit right there.
Yes, okay, if he'd have faffed around, if he'd have lost just a second on that Retrieval, that would have been a fury around.
He's near misses, faster to fuse.
Now the plan everything is working for Falcons at the moment. Miko, Monizi, Anki, Asukai. That's everything. No one's missing. Everyone's contributing
And they're keeping it calm
That's one that could tip the tables
Tilt the mental
But ten for Falcons
confirmed
This is that modesty first, and the fact he's ready for the second on the angle.
Look at the clock.
You're kind of stuck in, doesn't swing, you have to go deep for the clear.
Could be a big difference, Mayka, but that was just the partial, backing with the guns
now.
Fury are getting blanked.
Game of streaks so far.
Halken's giving us a tea side tutorial.
Cylinder, unannounced.
3 man squad running for this jiggle on 4
WEN! And he has fallen to the orb of monosy!
You're in victory act but only one humbled by Tess Eser's amiss shot!
Molotoy can't make that mistake twice!
You're able to find Tess Eser's face the shot,
spotted out that's big from your kinder,
catches Karagid, confirms nothing else there!
Monosy into Molotoy!
A necessary double kill from the Kazakh!
Triple whistles it past the year.
Niko's there and a smoke in the face.
Nikenda secures it.
First round CT side.
And the money, it's tight for Falcons.
These rounds have not been easy.
1900 going into the next, they've got a decision to make.
The force by in now.
It's going to be a hot spot.
You take the eco, you get out something a little bit more into the next.
It looks like they're going for the shove.
And the focus on the rifles or the firepower...
Oh, okay.
I can try to calm things down.
Well, this round will serve to do the same.
One flash, two AKs, three pistols. That's it for the Utah.
They've focused on the weaponry,
and it makes sense when these players are hitting so damn hard.
This is your chance to tie up the game. You win this, it will be an eco. This is the most
important moment of the half so far.
And they're going to keep it simple. You can't fury it, keep it clean. Just sending
Kiyosuke this precise demon on the right foot into the A site.
Kisarato sideline in there as a second out of Kiyosuke.
This was the must convert.
Now it's the must retake.
Garagin large mid and they're not even going to give it a go.
Kiyosuke.
Remember this name.
This kid is the real deal.
What a luxury it is for Karrigan to be able to call a four-spy with one flash and be able
to contact in to the A site because you have some of the sharpest pieces in the Counter-Strike
world.
There's no nuance here, there is bullets right between your eyes.
And he clicks quicker.
This is time off the time.
The discussion was, Averia have not played anybody of this caliber throughout their run.
That's not about the strategies, it's about the firepower.
Some rounds are one with brains, others with brawn, and that is the latter there.
But these are still clear rounds, we've had one, it's looked like it's found a little bit of chaos.
Two, if you consider that, Averia forced by where they started to capitulate, the crumble, the fumble.
now it's just two rounds away the Falcons to be two maps up
tape on side to leaky sieve although it's the man to make the difference
I think it's super-absolutely dominating firemen, too, and opening jewels.
I don't see how many more he can find.
I feel like the double orb's deliberating to try and stop that from happening again.
They called upon Molotoy to try and hold onto the A-Side, it's been hard to maintain their grip.
Those flames won't last forever.
Awkward. As is vision.
Relay.
Now he's under so much pressure.
Got the staging area, and once they've had this room and been able to execute,
they've gotten away with bloody murder.
What's the call care again? 45 seconds.
Honestly, with Util on A.
Blocked.
TSS faking the B site, very informed. We'll have to stay planted.
Your kinder, Moldoi, in case they're under to defend their honour.
Got the numbers in the right place. It's time for K-surant to put some numbers on that scoreboard.
They're coming towards this bomb site and he will be in the flames looking to stand.
Can't deliver. There's one back. Important on the awp. Quick from Kiyosuke. It's just cracking next.
One back. You can do it. Can't handle it. The bomb will be picked up in time.
Yuri losing his head if he's not careful. Tessus takes it away from him.
And the bomb does once again in the nick of time. Go down.
Mr. Two of them again. Monocy, 20 and 10. Kiyosuke, 18 and 14.
And they're just stripping them limb from limb right now. The stack's good, but they
are being outclassed. The individuals on one side of the server are hitting so damn hard.
This is a joy to watch right now. And there's kind of cool brilliance.
much of a story about Kiyosuke and just this prince that was promised in the big
games he had the habit of disappearing. Karagin arrives as does Kiyosuke. Is he
the catalyst or is it just coincidence?
Final tactical timeout call from Sid. 12-8, four rounds required just to draw us into overtime.
Similar state of affairs, back on Mirage.
That bite our fury up
Stem app choice up next short
Looking out of their depths
Half of the players in this final remember being major stage on the Sunday
Tragic record, the other two. Some of the best to ever do it.
Looking to shepherd their young teams to the promised lands.
Can Karagin keep this to a one round half for Furia?
Always a new look, always a new idea.
All these A-plays, they know they might be softened up mid.
That's exactly what is being resembled with the CT setup.
Kinder and Float not pressing forward, K-Shot and Molo both tucked in close A.
Now the pressure on Fallen and Uri.
The fight is coming, it's just a matter of when.
Kinder's actually found a decent time in the press forward close towards the doors.
So Lavin still looking to make some moves.
Fallen has to hit the first shot here, but might be smoked off.
It's all about the timing. When does Karakin go for his wide swing? Signature move.
Will Fallen be able to track him?
It's Kiasuke that moves first, applies pressure to Yuri on E-Box.
Fallen, primed and ready. Nails it onto Karakin.
And now the space is taken. Will the site fall as well? Or can Fallen hold on?
Hold on.
Scuttles are smoke getting swarmed.
Oh, it's a flick.
The modesty better.
Finding the kinder.
Bombs can go down once more.
Nothing for Kaceratu and Molodoy.
Going through the CT side.
A little bit of U-Tilt.
Riding's on the wall.
It just looks certain.
Valken's one kill away.
This date with Destiny gets closer and closer.
As Furia continue to falter.
A calling masterclass from Captain Karagin.
Eight rounds to close it down and the dream gets closer.
No one deserves a major, your honor.
You do everything in your power to seize it
and we see if you've got the minerals to achieve it.
One more map.
The star is quite literally aligning for the Falcons and now just one map away from that
major title.
Munisee continues his reign of terror.
Kyusuke opens up so many crucial situations and if that wasn't enough, Jason, we've got
Niko with bads of impact.
If you were a Furio, you were just in for a bad time on this map.
Oh man, they were playing so good top to bottom. I mean, Falcons was able to do so much on this map
and I think we started to see some of that issues in Fury and not playing it all that much
but Falcons really had a field day once they got onto the T side.
Karrigan in complete control and he loves all these new toys he's got to work with.
Perhaps there was a level of concern for Falcons as a new player because
I mean they played so many rounds on it, right? Like how much more can they do?
What can they show? What can they bring that's new to the table?
On the other side, Furia, you haven't seen him in a long time.
You can't really prepare necessarily for how they like to play.
But if you were wondering about that, Karrigan has had the answer all day long.
I mean, that was just another masterclass from him on the T side of Anubis.
And it very much helps when you've got the game plan.
It's working almost to perfection.
And then you have the individuals adding that flower on top.
Like, that's just a perfect storm for Falcon.
Yeah, you mentioned the names.
I mean, you have Modesty, who once again controls the game to such an degree
that you're able to get a pretty good start out of the gate.
And then you also have Kyosuke stepping up in the critical moments.
We saw that hero, AK, at the end.
The two entries is absolutely bonkers.
Niko, with some of the rounds he turned on their head and just playing very well.
Yeah, I mean, they said it in the cast, I 100% agree.
At the moment, the individuals on Furia cannot match the individuals on Falstaffs.
Should we just dive straight into a Niko moment from that first half?
Yeah, because the first half did get dicey, right?
I mean, they had a 4-0 start and they're going for some silly retakes, perhaps.
Money's in the bin.
But, you know, six rounds in a row for Furia and Falco still keep going at them.
Like David stayed aggressive, here Niko gets the trade, anticipates the position of Yikindar
and he doesn't fall back even in the 4v3, you know, they struggled even in some of the man's advantage situations
so he just keeps the aggression on, keeps the pressure on the side of Fury and I think this is also Niko
sort of trying to fire his guys up maybe a little bit, you know, you're losing six rounds in a row,
the energy isn't at its highest and just around like that really was a difference maker.
It shows the mindset that he's operating with right that's what that's what he's telling the rest of his team is like
This is the mindset we have to have like that's because that's not just like a crazy piece of aggression and a crazy push
It's actually just an intelligent moment. He's like I have a great opportunity here to actually secure this round even further
Yes, he plays it smart it nails the shots and I mean that that's a brilliant brilliant sequence
He doesn't necessarily have to go for that extension right, but it pays off for him. It's crazy
It's one of those frets a great play if it works. What is he doing?
But sometimes I think the moment in the game, right, you're feeling like it's maybe slipping away a little bit.
Your opponents are getting a lot of confidence, so you want to try and bring that back.
Take Mabus into your own hands for sure. What is he doing as well in the second half alongside Karagan?
This was a beautiful clutch coming up.
This was just pure chaos, right, in the first gun round, and they lost all their guns in the round previous with that last second defuse.
So the pressure is on because of the money.
Kiyosuke gets the first kill on that A-split through camera, right? They go through this smoke
Niko as well here, we see the trading and this is where you know the pressure is mounting for Furia 2 K Serato
Uncharacteristic for him, you know misjudges where the bomb is being planted dies in a silly way and now 2v3
Keregan huge kill from him and after that
Monasi in a situation that he does best just a 1v2 clutch and the
The reposition that he has after that AWP shot swapping out to the AK and moving into the bomb,
so you can see they think he's over at the pillar this whole time,
like until he pops up and gets that one more kill.
On the stage, you hold W, you don't shift, there's noise, it's a little bit chaotic,
it's a little bit crazy, and Monosy just is able to book him.
Yeah, I feel like Yuri actually played that pretty well, you know, but he just got outgunned in the end,
and Monosy didn't even have head armor, so one headshot would have done it.
I want to say something positive about Fury,
because I actually think they did a good job in that first half recovering from a 0-4
going on 6th straight and kind of negating one of the points we brought up going into that was the
ACT aggression from Falcons and it punished them a couple times in those first four rounds
but after that Furia just stayed back was like be aggressive you can throw all your stuff make
your moves we're going to be nowhere to be seen and we'll play the round after that and that was
a really cool adaptation for Furia you add into that I think the poor economy management of Falcons
they actually we talked about the greener you mentioned they got away with a lot in this in
that opening half and you look at that first half and there's a lot of like how this matchup should
look like for Fury is what was happening. You know they wouldn't lose players early on to the
Falcons aggression, they'd find the weak side, you know, they'd trade out, they would just outplay
them really in a lot of that, but it's been two things. It's been the pistol rounds, all four going
the way of Falcons and good stars to every single half, and then it's been the individuals so far.
Fury guys have had their moments here and there, but all three stars are showing up for Falcons.
Well, let's finish this one off then. QsUK with facts about big impact moments to end this one off as well.
Yeah, Jason pointed out the Hero AK round and this is just sort of, hey, let's see if we can make something happen here
They full bought but only two guns and that's a disgusting entry on to K Serato
Then one more on your killer and it's round over and he did this really in back-to-back rounds, right?
Like they're just going at it again finds K Serato gets the second guy too
And I mean he talked about it like once you put this guy in a position to succeed and you're using his strengths
Like he can be really really good. Yeah, Kerrigan's not gonna mind running in being the dumb guy who gets shot first
That shot that Kisuke hits on Maladoy from we saw him Maladoy's POV live. That was so nasty
That was so he didn't have a chance to react and we've been talking about Maladoy for like a year now
He's one of the fastest offs with God and he just had no opportunity
And it's such a shame when you know you're bringing up some of these points of fury
The fact that they are able to kind of semi recover that first off and you come onto the second and you're able to get one round
on the CT side like that's that's rough. I think it's just again like the
individual thing and it's not just that it's the consistency now across the
maps and across the whole playoffs that we've seen it in like in order like we've
seen these guys I kind of drift away it's been a conversation for multiple but
here at this event none of them are shying away from this the attitude of
Nico to go push up and get that extra kill all of it's there confidence
supreme and these guys are not missing this opportunity on the stage. Yeah and
I think it's also now you're going into a map which I thought was gonna be the
first pick for Falcons. I think Falcons thought the same. Like everyone's been targeting
their Inferno rights, it's been a struggle over towards that B bomb site on Falcons'
CT side. So this is where you feel like Fiora has the biggest advantage potentially out
of all the maps. Like this and Nuke would be the two big ones we would point out and
say like they would have to win those in this final.
Before we do dive into that third map, we've been talking a lot about the individuals,
so I think it's only right that we check on them with our DHL MVP.
Who will be the DHL MVP? You decide. You can participate in the DHL MVP vote as it happens.
Make sure to be tuned into the Twitch stream and be ready to have your say.
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Up for grabs here in the Grand Finals. These are the front runners and the kickings of Jason with a little bit of honesty.
Yeah, just a little bit of modesty. Nothing too crazy, he's just been dominant, pretty much opened up all the maps, the AWP is on point today, impactful moves, impactful movements around the map and just reading every single situation, and he's just been so influential, really hard at the moment for Fury to get past him, he's causing them so much pain on their T side.
180 rating so far and plus 10 round swing, I mean, he's been lights out for his first final.
So admirable, yeah, considering it's his first time ever in a major grand final, alongside Q2K.
A guy who talked about the vibes and what Kerrigan brings, like he needs a good atmosphere in the team to play well
and I think you can see him just being more relaxed, right?
And then not stressing out, just playing the game, sort of taking the opportunities that come his way
You can see a lot of Chris headshots from him and also had really good impact on Anubis
Yeah, and he just seems to be like a heat seeking missile for Kerrigan, whatever he needs something, that's the guy, he's fell on his number
Third and final option.
Have a sneaky suspicion.
You might be going with this guy.
It's your boy.
Yeah, he's had a good final so far as well.
We saw on the CT side some of the kills.
T side as well.
I mean, for now, all the Falcons players are just having their moments.
They're doing what needs to be done.
And it's good to see Niko, who has been struggling in Grand Finals in Falcons, Jersey,
turn it around in Cologne.
He's getting a lot of help right now by the first two guys we just went through,
awesome to see because it also gives Niko a chance to kind of relax and play his own game and not feel like he needs to do too much which
You know at the time his former teammates have said that's sometimes been the issue. They fell with him
He even cracked a smile for you
I didn't like that he cracked that at 4-0. I was a little bit early
Chill man. We got a lot of these stages where he's been heartbroken. It's about time. He's in for a good time
We're gonna be looking forwards to that map 3 of Inferno in just a few minutes
But not before we get a quick coach check-in. Kersi of Sonic
Danny, can I get you for a second?
Can I get you for a second?
What a start obviously.
Another map where you started really good, both placed around.
Can you talk us a little bit through what happened on the newbies?
It's the same thing that happened the last couple of days as well.
We get to have two good start and then the rest of the half we can't really find solutions.
But always end up the same way.
We have to do another comeback this time around.
I think we had a really solid game plan on T-side, mostly around what we have been playing.
we have been playing the last couple of days so yeah it really feels like there
is no real weakness but if you have to step one thing up for for Inferno what
would it be? Stressful comps. Stressful comps? Anyone in particular or is it from
everyone? That's a team thing that I'm not sure. With the
weakness of Inferno a lot of teams were picking it against you right now you
have to face it in best of five what needs to happen for you to take this
3-0. I have to play to win or not to lose. I have to keep making moves, keep playing our game, and yeah, not be afraid to
to be in the head some big decisions. Thank you so much for this.
Yes, Iko Anzoniq, alluding to it right there, been a bit of a punish pick against the side of Falcons.
Is there an opportunity then, Janko, for Furor to get back into this ground? Absolutely, and their best opportunity.
They can just stay alive in this final, right? Going to that extended break,
Reset the maps coming ahead. Yes. That's two is in the pool great for Falcons
But the other two should be the advantage for fury. I think the scary thing about it is you're looking at that weakness
And it's not something we always talk about Qsuke, but he's playing so well right now
I don't even know how much of a weakness it is now be good now actually is like that was the map when he joined the team
We're all like we kind of knew that he was gonna struggle, but he ain't struggling today
Well gentlemen, it's almost time to get back into the action
But not before we had things to a very short break when we return
And potentially the last map of this best of five Grand Final Falcons have anything to do with it, but it is going to be a tough challenge.
It's Inferno up next.
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This ain't no Swiss. No best of three. Preskip to semi's.
This is single elimination.
You wouldn't push, would you? It's a heartbreak.
Well, I ain't fucking doing it.
Think of the Twitter backflash.
Stop your worry, boys.
This one's on me.
Find as many survivors as you can.
Remember what Papito said, Bitesets always with you.
Fuck.
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
Keep your head!
Keep your head!
What are you waiting for?
Oh, my God!
Ow!
Sorry, I don't have it.
Why?
Why did you search for me?
I think we got something.
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10 long years since Fallen was in a major final.
A final play to the Lancers, no less!
Does it really end like this?
Out with a whimper.
Karagin and Niko reunited and they have unfinished business looking to do it not
just in style but by making a statement on the most stacked side of the bracket
they slave the dragon deprived vitality their legacy and now are just one map
away. Lexus, I want to hear you!
Policeman History could be very well at the end of this map. It could be theirs, it could be the Falcons.
And who doesn't love internal?
Four pistol wins so far from Falcons.
It's time, Furia. It has to start now. It is literally now or never. Best of five for the sweep.
Got it before, but not in a setting quite like this. Keisarato. He's been looking wobbly. Yuri the same.
It's time to turn that around. Three-man B-stack on the defense.
Nikenda, Fallen, and Molodoy come to control.
He's left already hoping for a reaction. Just an honesty investigator.
And that's what K-Syranto needed!
Takes the head off of Molodoy, finally stops him from doing damage on the pistol.
Nikos here, Nikenda's head popped.
More where that came from, from Nikko and there's USP. Molodoy jiggled out.
Smoke on the cross. Fallen, Molodoy, up against Nikko.
Flash connects force and tucks behind the new boss doesn't hit that headshot and this Molodoy that does
Once right on the lurk
Inclamps the security
The insurance policy the way that this one can't go wrong smoke scuttled in questions ask harrigan searchers
He's going to find absolutely nothing.
You got Molodoy flashed there, spotted and flanked from K Sarato.
He wants to make sure he gets it.
He's going to lose it in the smoke.
That's clean from Furia.
They found their pistol when it mattered the most.
I don't know if it's been a time to pick.
Yankees saying he's surprised not to see this one first.
Falcons once upon a time.
on the time. This was the weak point.
Kisuke.
Feel like a man on the moon having to play Inferno.
But now he's got some comfort and in this final,
Kisuke and Monosie are not missing a B, conversion.
Tegrel to the boss back in.
Another heavy B lean from the defence.
Rajenade to top the arm to apply pressure.
Horses and boiler control being taken early.
Nebulae and Diligent not overstepping the marker block. Smoke top mid.
Brazilians will secure some map territory early.
I'll see it has that deagle.
If you miss Mirage, you missed a scorcher.
Change of view till top banana. I'm only in a smoke.
to the back. Stick into the
stack. Fallen, starting to
hedge back. This car again.
His brain. You kind of look at
the search forward. That's a
lot of answers. You've seen way
too much. How does character
will get there in time. It's a race. Kiyosuke making the move as well.
MonoZ in the site, 34. Here's the steps. U2 landing.
They've got the bodies here, Kiyosuke. Oh, we nearly found two there.
Molodoye necessary trade, 25 and counting. Tessus joins MonoZ on the site.
You've got to get a move on. Keisaratu taking his time. His back turned.
Well, it found onto the camps. There's Molodoye with more impact.
Humboldt by the Tessas! 5-7!
Tessas! Has he done enough? His case is off to an end!
He's got a plan! They're gonna run at him!
He's in so much trouble. Nico and Kara gonna run at him.
Snipe by Sion in final! And they're gonna make this one count!
Major stakes! Major pressure! Major problems of Furio!
They get the pistol! They can't find the conversion!
And this is clunky!
Tessas!
bring some pace. We can't have that slow crawl, that temp in play. It feels like they're not
allowing their players to get into the game. That was their key to success against Aurora.
They put him in a vacuum. They let the pressure melt the mental.
Well Falcons, they'll play late, they'll play early.
Heads up, Counter Strike, and they're ready to go. They'll shoot hard.
The box smoked towards the Marble.
Ysuko has one more where that came from.
It's not funny to mark.
Oh, it couldn't be better.
Straight through the smoke.
Removes your kinder.
Forms the rotation. Niko cheating over.
over.
This has never been a major
final with history this rich.
This keeps up. This is not a
biblical proportions.
Must be the eco now.
Great weather. Stun off the
round just to spam through the
smoke.
Takes down his counterpart on
the other side.
It's desperation at best.
I can bring it out of his best.
A technical timeout.
That is the question.
An interesting response.
I feel like we have an arena divided.
Surely every fan of Counter-Strike that's been watching over the years has seen both sides.
The story on one, the dedication of those furious loyalists, Kei Serato, Yuri, eight years in those jerseys.
The professor announces retirement and they go on a run in the Lancers Arena where he found his major trophy in 2016.
on the other, Karagun and Niko reunite to finish what they started so long ago, surrounded
by weapons, Kiyosuke, Monosy, Tessess, Langsess, are you cheering for Falcons?
What about furious?
And arena divided and we get back into this major grand final.
to the eco, to the excitement and stay tempered.
Auto in with a dig.
Should just be a casual third.
And this lovely investment.
It's tough to see them getting anything going.
Doesn't have to overstep the mark and offer up the head.
Got full banana control.
Easy as you like, need to go.
The jug up, that's got to the U2.
final. Counter strike is great as shown in.
You know how many have gotten away. I'm looking at home right now.
No one calls that up. In uncertain times.
Carrigan's done it. He's going to run down but he'll stand all until live up.
Three out of Karakin, might lead to a plan, and let's see if Suke has other plans!
Fallen! Just a clock in a headshot, denied by Miko!
Guns out, no one on either side, once he's definitely got the cash but there's no need.
Bring that beast up, he gets that stuff up, after your kinder, near lethal damage, gonna
have to get him comfortable, fragile, a little bit of shit damage back onto your kinder.
This is going to be a main state on this first half of play.
Consistently, can Falcons maintain their banana control?
Re-route of Kyosuke, he's likely just going to hide on a Nevean pit.
Saniko and Kago will both try and put that void and then we'll get to see the in-game leaders read of the play.
Working on the banana control now, there's a molly up to the mouth.
It's a deep one in the pocket.
Missy freed up on the rotation, and a double pit set up on A. So they are selling long.
40 seconds
Sorano takes top mid control. It will be the B-play
You got a two-on-two
Tessus and Kiyosuke what a mile away you get time to set up your post-blonde Yuri and K-Sorato
Both fangs
Now you told to displace them this one's gonna be tough neither side of the site
Nobody picking nobody giving Kiyosuke a chance to rip off their head
The foreigners sharpened these fans into a deadly point
They serato removing Kiyosuke finishes what you can to start the test has brought down
They convert a must-win round!
They've done it, but they've done it.
The full rifle's out for either side,
but there's plenty of cash to splash.
Four Falcons, the full buyback in,
and Modesty will get his AWP. This is crazy.
Kid, it must have known something was up there,
but that is an insane shot for the rotation player.
Uri, you take down the boss, sure,
but you better make sure you convert this round,
and they do.
and also play on the
off starting B. Boosted up
fumble down bubble clunky.
Let's go. Oh, I see unable to
provide the flick takes heavy
flat damage. wonderful
Carriken from the HG.
Quickly grouping there was a
lot of movement after the up
just by the skin of his teeth, one HP on Yuri.
He gets the frag necessary
and they breach the B bomb site.
That was tough, that was touch and go.
That Molly landing, the choice is
fall back or flush forward and they take the fight.
Gippa Kiyosuke to one.
Looking to hold onto their guns.
Okay, with just a famous,
would love to get his hands into something.
A whole lot of media.
Over towards B, Fury have no reason
to leave that side.
We understand what we've retained.
He noted the orb, and honestly fired a shot.
Another good idea.
Everyone else is fully equipped with how
the rounds have unfolded so far.
Starting to see a little bit of fire on the faces of Furia.
That's us to do damage.
Everybody stays alive.
That's self-tight up.
forget how Anubis started.
Polly back from Moldova just takes the place, standing in a urie there to contribute.
He's been taking the eco behind the saves.
This is still a very tough round to win for Buria.
You know that the orbs in play.
You'll see usher's tests as forward.
So all the rifles starting on the A side.
K-Serato.
Dumps his U2. Look at your kinders pace on this.
He's going to be ahead.
It's perfect.
But the rifle tests comes through onto K-Serato's.
Neeko's on his way.
Kiyosuke bushing smokes.
Karagun unable to provide the spam from Neeko.
Significantly.
Oh!
Oh!
Oh, the Carrigan's USP takes three!
The headwatcher, the headhunter!
And now it's fallen to try and rectify to save Fiora.
How's he done that in the Chaos Carrigan Thrives?
Carbon smoke fading.
They've got a kit, they've got time.
Fallen in a 1v3.
As he's got it in him, as he really had this, you'd have to beat the off-shot
Monacee, so ready, surely not, and Monacee will steal it away, Carrigan's done him dirty there!
Absolutely monstrous, putting the Carrigan!
I've lost for words to describe the insanity of that moment that is both
USPs defending the site, the three saved rifles all start on A.
They chip away with the spam, they're slowly being passed it and then he just unloads the
USP.
A spray and pray, but he's got to click every single one of those.
Setting his team up for success in their most unlikely of fashion.
The Howl Mary to bring in one of the best to ever do in mid-season.
A last ditched attempt. Their eyes were on Singapore.
Well, their hearts are set on Cologne.
And if that doesn't shake you, Furia, I don't know what will.
Those three frags.
Just a starter pistol.
Shell-shocked, our Furia.
Can't they respond? Can they hold on?
Some damage dealt to you, Kinder. He wants to make a break.
But Kiyosuke beats him to it!
Charges down with Arnaud, a trade for Molotoi! That's carrying it again!
He's got the help of Niko!
Paula trying to chase him.
Tryna push him, pull his down range. Not too much is connected, and Niko gets out as well.
Got the bomb. He can't just charge this.
Oh.
Hand off, yeah.
Hectic testers flouting with aggression. Case arrest was ready to receive.
He can actually furia if they can't pull off this 4B3.
That's well six rounds for Falcons.
There's a huge CT half.
You can go searching.
They don't stop moving.
So determined.
Constantly making their move.
Oh, hang on.
Wait a second.
But you're being spotted on the apartment.
Oh, if you can keep Monty's attention, never mind.
I'm gonna make him, really like him, I'm gonna make him alive, but now I'm gonna make him a Niko's frag.
I surely won them this round.
20 seconds.
I'm trying to pivot, didn't know Niko would slip the net, and now he's doing it again.
Gips down, wrap around, 18, now 15 times, flying.
You've got to run, you've got to run, but you've got to hide Niko, take set another!
Just a fight, just a fight, head to head, in case you're on a dive!
He's chasing it! He is chasing you!
Patrick absolutely insane rounds.
He couldn't quite believe it himself.
He calms himself and brings the team back in line.
What a round!
Oh, the boob was spotted. The boob was spotted.
They're playing ahead. Tessus looking away. He's about to be bombed by the
prop behind Tessus. Tessus in and oh yes, yes, yes, yes, Tessus. No dramas on your
side, so the unsung hero is just against the eco, but he delivers what needs to be done.
Six rounds, the CT Hall mounting.
And Furia not able to capitalize on their advantages.
Another bite.
It's battered.
It's three galoos.
It's two AKs.
They've been playing from behind this entire series long.
This task too tall.
Kiss him, you till.
That's clunky out there.
Significant nade damage done to Karagan.
How can you not be robbed by the rounds you have lost?
Nade damage done to both Kyusuke and Karagan.
again. Say cheese or it's flamethrower accounts but it's unconfirmed.
Cut the facts of that into the call. You don't know if you hit your mark. Long smoke but
a mid one. Dons at the same time. They are reading your mind. Kisuke on his own.
Hagen on a quick rotation through speedway.
Suke respects the fate of the smoke. Backs off and will play his life.
more smokes. Make it three. It's you to a juggle.
It's limited you to open the finish.
Our faculty sitting pretty.
Again.
It's right back towards being time.
And that's where this will be the final blow.
Thirty five seconds.
Oh, what?
Another one snatched with a smoke. Another one away.
Niko finds the opening.
Kiyosuke trains his falling captain.
There's more from Kiyosuke.
He can get back.
Gives him a little bit of room.
Here comes the flash!
Here comes the flash!
It is Kiyosuke with the headshot!
Can't transfer!
Fallen, a chance to plant!
Yuri's not with him.
Completely disconnected.
How is Fallen?
Fallen's a dead again for the smoke!
It's like the man upstairs wants an eco to win this one!
What?!
That's the sound of an emergency!
This is that's a moment, the sun feel like a contest, 13.8, 13.8 we find ourselves at
seven three sit second tactical timeout has to be the partial behind the AK the loss bonus
it's maxed out for the final round of play short
you're going to defend major hopes and dreams going in the second half you'd love to snatch this
and the next just a sixth sense. Revenition is a perfect right now this is looking like a well
oiled machine not missing of the our falcons they can't be stopped they can't
be stalled that bomb goes down that would be the difference between full by
or not I need to find some punch the kinders been unable to swing
unable to breach
I'm reaclamoring for a fire starter.
You can honestly remain vigilant.
I can't do anything crazy either. I'm going to force the issue, not having to make any
magic moves. Use the default set up right now to on the long side, test us to anchor
down to over towards B and this one by the book.
Full set piece.
Gotta be perfect. Honestly with the open side this is perfect. Couldn't have
opera his caliber position only will make life difficult for Tess S honestly
through the flash through the flame it's gonna be back and forth one on the case
Aranta I got a second Nico with a double of a chance for but Monticey down
Molodoy gives him something to celebrate and it's just the part not the round
Karakoros is here on their way.
So quick on this.
He's stolen the AWP of Modesty.
And he puts it to good use, but there's Karakoros!
Denies!
Puts on a show!
Takes a bow as Falcons
ripping the heart out of Fury's chest.
Fury are not even going to get a chance to breathe.
You can see the X-ray and additions.
just charging down banana and when stalled out while everyone's blind by the time they're established site clear
The bomb gets planted and the two of them are already channeling up short
There is no way they are ready for the quickness of that rotation. This is 8-3
This is the CT side and this once was a Falcons weak point
Not today it isn't
Every single member of the Falcons is delivering
Carrigan top of the table with Kiyosuke and Niko
It's a self-debrate. You need a flash. You need a something.
Okay, Serato to make the move.
Oh, what a nade! Some heavy damage, you can't do that.
He lands up two, Karagin stood for one, and it's actually from the grave.
Kiyosuke's nade. K Serato finding Tessus.
They should have the beast sight, and they've got Niko.
I think Serato being tracked by Monosie.
He's beneath you, K Serato. At least gives Furia something, just for...
Just for to work with or is it Falcons in 3?
I
to fight Grand Final. Hello, cologne!
Imagine that, given two minutes in front of 15,000 fans,
hundreds of thousands around the globe watching
for your minds to wonder.
It's so close now.
Falcons with a roster assembled for one thing.
That thing is trophies.
That trophy could be theirs.
Upon the conclusion of Inferno, let me hear you like staaasssssssssssssssss!
This was me and nothing but now the conversion.
Oh, 5 from 6 isn't bad.
Oh my god, Niko nearly found something there. They might finish it off.
Fall in, watch your head! Picks on him! Now he's dead! Molossi makes it so!
They're pressuring him. They want a stand-up bag. Another one from you came to shore, but there's Kiyosuke.
Applying the pressure, running out of caseurato on the fallback, taps ahead, removes Tess S into the three on three.
Already looks good for another Falcon's pistol. That would be the beginning of the end for Furia.
One HP. No one healthy.
Practically a certainty.
They're walking on in, that sinking feeling in their stomach.
They feel this round is already lost.
Can anybody save them?
Monosik gets run down, but there's Nico to support.
Hang on a second, it's just Nico.
No HP, someone has to hold.
It's Molo Doi, they haven't got the time.
They haven't got the time!
And they both go down with a bomb.
That signifies this one's done.
Fury are out of their depths.
And Falcons are soaring high.
This is hard to deny right now.
It's clunky, it's clumsy.
They're blocking each other and they're getting each other's way.
Losing track at the time
They're gonna force in for their honor that's five out of six in the pistol department
That's one way to make this a quick day at the office
To many fans that consider it long overdue
I always put my resistance in patches, but it's like hitting left, high, and dry.
Clutch factor on fury up.
No more.
I can spot the smoke.
South maneuvers into the mid rounds.
In the darkness on the A site, out in site, photo, they have no intel.
They're hoping and playing.
It's not this B finish.
We can get some answers.
Oh, anticipates the flash.
Oh, flash Carrigan with his back turned.
Finish it off, even anticipate another one!
Crazy from Carrigan!
And in the meantime, up short.
Yuri, you've got to get some in here.
Does so. Dips into the apartment smoke.
Still, there's Keisaratu as well.
They crush them!
These successes, they felt short-lived.
It's hard to get excited for Fury.
That's a big round. Sure
Both teams have won the pistol lost the force in map number three of this series, but you really need to get going
They can't allow Falcons to get up to double digits
They know they're gonna be force flying in here this is their best opportunity again every single one of these maps
It just feels like they are playing from behind
Obviously being quiet on that number three
He's got that eagle
They ain't missing much.
Three quarters might well placed with the defence.
Okay, so we're on a good choice.
Well, it's pushed out all the way.
He's all the way in that grill.
Goes off the flash, right next to each other.
Fallen does overcome. He fires two!
A second into the smoke!
Catches Karagin!
Triple out of Fallen! What was that?!
But the damage is done.
Now should be one.
Right on Conker right now.
Tessus finds nothing up brackets.
30 seconds.
How often you see fallen going
for plays like that?
He knows it's demanded of him.
Kidd is on the side on his own
right now.
There is a Molly in play.
Kisuke could use that towards
coffins.
It's going to be back side.
Yuri's rotating over.
No smoke.
It should be able to deal with
this.
Yuri should be good for one.
over no smoke this should be able to deal with this Yuri should be good for one
on that cross you get to draw attention in the open there's Yuri
both the captains both the in-game leaders with some miraculous moments
Harry gives with the USP still trumps this on the Mach 10 all the nose you got
away with murder pops the team flash here fully blind jumps down pivoting
around, deals with Niko and then just unloading. Somehow finding two more frags through the
smoke and now they're down to Niko. This will become a two round game. There's not a lick
of investment. No U2, no D.G.L.
The blocks. And you have to keep this one near spotless. Nothing else is acceptable,
and it's a double curia.
Again, another passive set up over the wall.
We'll see how long they want to operate like this
in the hands of both teams you need to play a little bit more certively against the line
of eyes against the echos this is by the book. I want to give them an opportunity and Furia
have been playing KG. Crazy. It'll drive by on the hands of it's
I don't know if some of them are
coming that short side. I'm
going to you. You've got this
right? You've got this. Yes,
indeed.
I will scavenge back that in
force. We upgrade out of the
Famous and he will bring in his
all. And he has been putting up a
fight. He's 18 and 10.
As far as his team's concerned, he's felt like a recently consistent presence.
They bought enough time for the other steel. Your kinder's just being knifed there. Oh, come on.
Hamster up by his own and now left off just 16 after the opening cell phone.
He's not going to hit it, Tessus, jiggle bait.
Only two on the site.
Esurano right now is 10 to the B with Fallen.
They're about to be erupted on.
Yuri and Molodey to defend.
right now is tense to be with Fallen.
They're about to be erupted on.
Yuri and Volodoy to defend.
It's another test.
Or not, perhaps.
Fallen's in front of the harmful.
He doesn't remember sending a test as the professor.
He knows what's coming.
Debate. Do they book for free?
Yes they do, they're on corners, only the one!
A necessary trade for Kiyosuke Avengers Niko.
Locked on B, 47 and counting!
I'm gonna get the smokes for the execute.
Oh it's all on Cacerato and your Kinders flash.
He's got two here.
Has to be perfect.
Could get booked by the Util, could get bopped by Kiyosuke.
There's so many ways this can go wrong.
He's been hurt!
I know where he is!
Flash in!
There's another one where that came from.
It's gonna have to be perfect!
does nothing in case Arata meets help.
Back in the site, 5 HP, Tess is wrapped up for through the smoke.
Kiyosuke finds the kicker in rotation.
Double digits calls.
Valken's name.
to be able to return the AWP keeps
carrying at arm's length and
dance away.
and those saves give them something to fall back on in worst case scenario but it cannot
be consecutive rounds. Third and final tactical timeout from Sid.
The area are on the ropes.
Struggling with the openers, with closers.
Gonna have to start going for rounds now, retakes.
Become mandatory if they cannot hold onto their sights.
They've only found five opening kills in this map so far.
That'd be the first factor that needs to change.
Neko for banana control.
On the car.
H-E-Up.
I'm here with the flashers, in case of emergency.
Nothing off the jump spot.
That way of view to either way, something to run thin or bounce it's bad, look at the connection.
Again, they're not playing for any of this brackets control, we highlighted this in earlier
rounds.
You're essentially inviting yourself to be executed against on A. You're not trying to
shave one off, you're giving four, excuse me, carrying it, an opportunity to execute in a 5v5.
It's a well-timed long smoke, but it might not stop the fall, come in.
It appears as though it has rerouted that. It's going to force them through, boil it ashore,
but they're still trying to pull back to B that they are. They continue with this A plate.
It's Yuri Keisarato with Moledoy. The cast draws blood.
takes down Kiyosuke Strong with the sniper 19 frags and counting Molotoy wants this
Pressure on the shore side now Karakoff entry parthing overlooks the corner Yuri profits
There's a lot of info for K Serato, Mika goes swinging down to the... oh! Both of them!
Molotoy parters out with K Serato and keeps the dream alive for Furia!
Karakoff looking a little bit agitated now we saw a similar scene on a new version it didn't cost them
He takes the time out.
Stiko had an opportunity to talk to Zonic between maps.
We're on chaotic comms.
This is the moment where you have to stay calm.
He's so close yet so far.
Three rounds of counter-strike. Need to be over in an instant.
Well, the comeback can be on.
The question is...
How do you stay calm?
The stakes don't get higher than this!
What are they saying?
These weapons are leashed.
It's the Furia family.
Plus their fingers and toes.
This will be the end of the Falcons' money.
Oh, Kiyosuke, Shaz is mononoyed!
A quick headshot!
Forlorn, playing a dangerous game on that half wall will not re-peak.
They have to do it without their superstar sniper!
All the scoreboard will read 11 and the money will not be broken!
Forlorn and Yukin are partnered up on the side, they are accelerating, Karagan wants
to go, threatens it with a tech 9 bullet and a block smoke forced.
He's very uncomfortable, Pencerado plays 3 strong on B and he's picked up the AWP, that
is not a good sign.
That leaves it all on Mr Clutch.
Right now he needs to do Mr Ancap.
I mean, it's basically a clutch at 1v4 until your kinder gets that.
Pivoting, they're pulling this rotation. Two smokes for the B-execute.
One for Conference, one for CT. Fallen's first orange is extremely low.
Paragon knows the orb's been retrieved.
Kiyosuke on his entry, parthing. Kairosuke, catching flag. Still able to find one. Balls the trigger. Tessa's gone.
Kiyosuke needs to find him trapped with the boxes falling. Kiyosuke, double!
Kairosuke, the same on the Yorkie Kingdom, walking through smokes!
Falcons have breached again and his Kiya's suitcase with three.
Yuri's giving it a go. Yuri's giving it a look.
He fancies himself a clutch.
But Falcons fancies themselves at 11th.
Did you tell him the water didn't like him? He saw it.
You all know what that means.
The
The ship brute force that Kiyosuke is bringing on these tea sides is insane.
Just let him off the leash. An all-perpeaking mid, and he does this.
I had the monitor reaction after the combat. I took my chance. I had none.
Kiyosuke ready for absolutely everything. It's devastation on the faces.
Just two more rounds. They can buy in. They can give it a good go.
But it might be three straight 13-8s.
That one leaves a mark. The H.E. finds two of them.
They won the opening incision.
They cannot operate on the back foot once more.
Finn the herd.
Nico once more! He's found the opening!
Look in the sidelines!
He has to watch this round play out.
Six frags, 17 deaths.
Unable to find a mark.
Now, if you're Falcons, all you need is the conversion.
All you need is a plan well executed.
Here's something from the Brazilians leading on out.
And Karen getting received.
Kei Serato.
The confidence just isn't there.
Fallen to try and save her.
And they're not going to go down.
I've got to save if they can.
They're going to give them 12.
I'm going to let them take that match series and major point.
just one more required. This is going to feel like the longest bomb timer.
They're not even hunting. They're not taking any chances.
This puts them one away from everything.
How do you keep your head in the game?
have a couple of M4s, you have the AWP
Round 21! And Molotoy tries to make a play once more, not going to be deterred by Kiyosuke's headshot!
Fyze off gets back.
Honestly, looking for an opening.
You're getting to him now behind the boards, catches Flak from the HE1 back.
Fyze fallen.
I think it doesn't know about Faulom, I'm going to be a reaction, get some info for free.
1-4 count on his T side, all you need is one more and he's removed the head!
The head, home show!
The Godfather of Brazilian Counter-Strike is down and now he can pull the strings from the grave!
The Falcons want it!
They've got the advantage!
In this moment, in this round, in this cathedral, every headshot is a prayer!
I'm not stupid, all the boys missed it, Tess has had it!
A little bit back, case the roster got to get a suitcase!
And the press of us has long awaited glory!
This day is theirs!
This day is his!
Ten years!
In the 17th time of the last game, Nico has his major!
No longer will he be haunted by Boston!
No longer tormented by Stockholm!
Because he is forever a major champion in Gullum!
Anagonizing wait!
But this!
This is pure euphoria!
The top of the Counter-Strike world!
Dreams finally realized!
a reunion with Captain Karaoke.
He said himself he shouldn't be here,
and now along a major trophy in his cabinet.
Tessus, redemption for Rio, the unsung hero.
Honesty.
Must eight finals in a row.
And finally, he has tasted victory.
What a path to this glory.
Everyone they thought could beat you in your wake.
Nothing, vitality, spirit and finally fury.
Every single top dog thrown to the wayside.
Kiyosuke, what a weapon.
His first year of tier one professional counter-strike.
And they make that walk.
Hello? You know what time it is?
I don't want to have any voice left as we celebrate something truly special.
You're Intel Extreme Masters.
You're cologne major champions.
It's all theirs!
Valkyries!
Well, here we are in the centre of the Lancers with a man who's just lifted a major trophy.
Turns out Nico, the third to the charm.
Yeah, I don't know what to say.
Just listen to that.
Thank you guys thank you so much there is no better place to live this off here I swear
to god I need to collect my toys let me ask
question was it worth the wait? Definitely but guys I think I'm a prime example to never give up okay
never give up on your dreams never give up on your life okay keep believing okay you're gonna
achieve the things it's gonna be hard it's gonna be painful but you will get it you will fucking get
it uh I want to thank thank my fiancee uh she has been through a lot with me and uh she was a big
billed throughout this major and especially today and she deserves
trophy as much as I did so thanks to her thanks to my family and thanks to all
the fans but most importantly this team is really incredible I could never
imagine that the game in the final would be the easiest one so I'm just I don't
think I can explain how happy and relieved I am right now. If you could give me one
words for that moment you walked down this count wall the trophies in front of
you you lift that trophy in front of 20,000 people if there's one word what
is it for that moment I think it's really hard to describe it in one word
but take as many words as you want them I don't know but
just it was all worth it again it is all worth it I think let's take a moment
moment for Nico. He's a major champion! And I think we have to talk to a man as well.
And I've been interviewing you over the years. Ups and downs, great moments. Moments that
weren't so good. What does it mean to have joined? You weren't part of this team when
you first started. What does it mean to now be a major champion here in Cologne, lifting
this with Nico. It's a dream come true the story this year for me has been so
hard then I get a call why not do it with Nico coming here and help him win a
major trophy and I'm so proud of the boys. This is the hardest road I ever had
to win a major only one once but just generally this three days so proud of
the team. They played so good. In a lot of ways he talks about you know he's had the
failures it's been a long time the third time he got here. You've been on a run of
making it to Grand Finals that didn't seem difficult making the finals it was
just the next step. Does that make it sweeter? Yes of course I look the teams
will be together now we lost to them in the Copenhagen Final, Spirit lost to them
in the Shanghai Final, lost to Vitaly in the Budapest Major and now we want them
to win this trophy. Yes this is so beautiful. And what's it mean for team
Falcons? Is this the start? I mean first 60 days are pretty good. Let's see how
the next 60 goes. 60 days goes. Well I think once again let's hear it for
Carrigan. I, Jelly came in and I think a quick word of
honesty as well. I mean congratulations. What does it feel to be able to call
yourself a major champion. What again what? What does it feel to be able to call yourself
a major champion here in Cologne? I'm fucking happy guys, I'm fucking happy. There we go,
that'll put an end to it. Everyone here in Cologne, we've made it, it's been an insane
tournament. Please put your hands together for your major champions. It's Team Falcons!
a dream over a decade in the making finally a reality for Niko on how poetic that it ends
on Inferno the map where in his first ever major grand final back in Boston it was swiped
to wait for both him and Karagin in the final moment.
It has been the hardest and longest road to get here.
But, Janko, in the words of Niko, it was all worth it in the end.
You know, Fred, he just wanted it to be the most difficult run
in the history of the majors for the one time
he was actually going to go and win it.
And how fitting that it's an inferno
where he actually still has some of his old roles
and some of his old positions
and can still impact the game
and what an incredible run for this team, Falcons.
And he was there for them at every map in the series too.
They performed so well, I mean, even if he's not blown up
the scoreboard the way we used to see him be able to do it,
just being that safety net for his team,
that reliable force, and then having them, I don't know,
it's crazy to watch it, it's incredible over all the years,
seeing all the struggles and all the moments
that have been so difficult for him.
I can't even imagine what it's like for him at the moment.
And how much he's had to sacrifice along the way.
I'm not even talking about the roles in game,
but the time he has to spend away from all of these people
come here to support him that he loves. This is his moment. Absolutely and I mean with the family
there and everything you know he's given everything to this game and I think it also shows what he
said with OJ that you just have to keep believing you cannot give up no matter what happens like
you have the power to change your story and for all the heartbreaking losses it would have been easy
to give up but he persevered, he kept at it and now he can finally say he's a major champion.
On the other side of things of course this is going to be a tough moment for the side of
Florea. A valiant attempt at taking a stab at the Falcons but unfortunately a 3-0 of the not
in their favour and for Fulham 10 years later unable to keep that dream of lifting a major
trophy here. The Falons also one of those guys who has the same kind of a mentality as Nico
in terms of never giving up and still pursuing it.
He's got another chance down the stretch of this year
and obviously the way Fury played in this major to get to this grand final,
I think you're going to look at them and say they are poised to have a very good second season of the year.
At the moment obviously this thing isn't going to be taken away by anything
but I think this was a very impressive performance from Fury through this event
and the strides they've taken across the season.
Absolutely, I think if you told them they were going to be in the major final beforehand,
they would have taken that for sure.
It's not that they played terribly in this game, but everything just filled distance for Falcons in a way
I mean different players stepping up just finding ways to win rounds to stay in the game
Waited a long time for this moment and the reunification with Karagan as well
We've been talking about this duo coming back together
60 days is all that they've had
but Hargan gets a second major under his belt.
Watch this KPR Freya, please tell me what's his KPR?
How many kills does he have today?
I told you the only stat that matters is the win-loss record, and it may have started with booze,
but it ended with wee-woos.
I love the words of Nika too, leading out into the back of the team,
but he's been on this grind with for the past however long it's been.
All these guys who have stood with him and all the improvements that they've made as individuals
Zana going through his own trials and tribulations as well and this team the growth of Kyusuke
This team came together so quickly
Kerrigan was the final piece of the puzzle, the missing piece of the puzzle
And how incredible it looks when it just falls into place and everything clicks
I think our next stop on this incredible journey is to find out who is our DHL MVP
Thank you for your interest now, 9 to 1 ounce
Who is our DHL MVP
And it gives me great pleasure to tell you, IT'S MOTTO SEA!
So, what's just a major champion now, but a major MVP?
What has this journey been like for you, all here in Cologne in the past few weeks?
It was an amazing journey with the team on this tournament. We were trying our best.
We made a very good show today and we were on the full tournament. So I'm very happy we won.
You seem to be playing with a freedom and a joy again. Is that because Carrigan's joined the team?
Yes.
Well, it's wonderful to see you smile. Anything you want to say to these amazing fans here?
I just want to say thanks to all the fans, thanks to my close ones, to my friends, to my parents and to my family for supporting me.
I love you guys.
A fine way to wrap this up, here is your DHL MVP, Monace!
He called Carrigan the Magic Man yesterday, but this one was a magician inside the server
tonight.
His first ever major grand final, his first ever major trophy, and now his first ever
major MVP all at the right of age of 21.
It's incredible to see this guy's journey throughout Kamistrak.
Not a bad start, is it?
He's been incredible.
I mean, since the day he stepped into a professional team and stepped onto the big stage, we knew
We knew we had the skills, we knew we had the talent.
This guy has the ability to go down as one of the best offers of all time.
He can eclipse a lot of the greats that we've had in the past.
And this is that first step. Ending the trophy drought and now getting this under your belt.
I think we see Montesey with this crazy level of confidence moving forward.
I'm excited to see what comes next.
And the level of resilience he's built.
I mean, it's different circumstance but still eight finals in a row.
It's no easy feat. And remember how he started this grand final.
His first major grand final.
He was absolutely unbelievable on Mirage and these finals, these games can be a lot about momentum
and he gave his team so much of that early on.
Yeah, he's such a momentum shifter for sure.
He's the power at the start of every single half, just unbelievable.
And I love the fact that, you know, again, I just want to latch on to that fact.
I think Modesty's career from here, I want to see him become the best operator of all time.
And he's got a great example next to Manika who just gave you that speech on the stage.
You set that goal because now you've got a battle for it.
Now you've got to grind for it.
And he's got all the chances in the world.
Yeah, if you want it, you truly can achieve it.
That's what basically every single individual on the side of Falkens has proved tonight.
We'd be amiss for not mentioning Kiyosuke in this conversation as well,
in the same focus, Manasi, in his first major grand final.
And what a way to get the trophy tonight.
I think it's also just an example of, you know,
you can have all the ingredients you want,
but you need to have the right chef to cook something nice up.
And with Kiyosuke, you've just been using him in a slightly better way, right?
but not having him rely too much on having to come up with plays on his own all the time,
just simplify the game for him because he's so incredibly talented.
He's so incredibly skilled with his mechanics and when you can utilize that and put him
in a good spot, he can provide so much for your team.
I want to talk about Tess as well because there's obviously so many big names on this
team and he's always feeling like the unsung hero who's kind of the last to get mentioned.
Absolutely awesome at this event, the way Tess has played for this team and just being
in the nature of his roles and the things he has to do for this team so many times he's shifted
and sacrificed things that are his priority to make sure that the team can click and work exactly
the way it's designed. He sacrificed a lot inside the server for this squad and he deserves all
the plaudits as well. And now every time he's good for a culture too, like just such a solid
player and listen on a team with so many space-takers and you know players that need a lot of resources
having someone like Tess is really invaluable and he's had his critics but only things that you
hear from his teammates are he's a crucial part of our team. Yeah doing the
sacrifice for the greater good of the team I feel like that's maybe what has
shifted a little bit with Carrigan coming into the fray there is a clear
vision for everybody moving forward. Yeah but let's talk about Carrigan I mean
the guy wasn't supposed to be here for you. He didn't make it initially comes
joins Falcons last minute two months ago and now he's a major champion for a
second time in his career. It's almost unfathomable what this man has been able
to achieve. Look at him just staring at that trophy. His name will be etched on it. We've
also got Ilya, our DHL MVP up here on the desk once more. Congratulations! Describe
what's going to your head right now, man. I don't know. I'm just so happy, guys. I'm
actually so happy for, just for everyone. I don't know. I promised, I promised that
Me and Niko will win the Major together and the dream has come true.
You delivered so well. You had such an incredible game today. I mean, man, I have to imagine this team being combined.
Everything is just feeling absolutely perfect for you guys.
Yes, everything, everything, the whole combination of us in this game today, everything that we are doing, we are just fighting for each, for every round.
every round, this fighting spirit that we were always following during the tournament,
we made it today as well.
You were in your first major grand final and from the first round on Mirage you were so
aggressive, you were so decisive.
Was that the mindset coming into the game?
I don't know, I mean yes, kind of, but we were just doing our things, usually that we
were doing, we were playing on the intuition as well, we were trusting our instincts and
And we were just playing the game, adapting to the situations that we were doing against
us or the control we were losing.
We were just playing tier S gameplay.
What was it like on the day, if you even remember, what was it like leading up to the game starting
today?
What are you going through your head?
How are you imagining this playing out?
How are you preparing yourself for this situation?
I got an advice to stay calm, to not be too over-hyped because you just made the grand
final yesterday and I think this advice is really helps me to start the game
today. I think just staying calm, staying in the present, not really thinking
about the future. The future rounds, you know, if we're gonna lose or if we're gonna win
doesn't matter, you know. We're staying in present, we're enjoying this moment on
the stage of this beautiful tournament and major, of course. Can you tell me
about the final moments in that Inferno when you realize, oh my god, it's
actually happening. We're actually gonna walk down that catwalk and lift the
No, it just clicked, it just clicked immediately. When someone got the key, I don't remember who already, no, I don't care.
We just won and we won, and I just started screaming, Nikko, I see Nikko, I almost started crying.
Look at him.
He picked you up?
Yes, yes, yes. I don't know, to be honest, I'm sincerely so happy for Nikko. Like, literally, just for him.
I don't know, for Abril of course, but for him, two times more, you know.
He's waited a hell of a long time. How much have you spoken to him about that?
A lot of times, we spoke a lot of times. But I don't know, I just, I could imagine in my head the path that he took, you know, like this path, he has never won major in his career.
And I just tried to imagine from how long he's been playing in CS, you know, and he still doesn't have this tournament yet.
And you took quite literally the hardest path to get here, like Karagam was missing off all the teams that you had to defeat to make it to this moment.
Do you think this will go down as the hardest road in history of Counter-Strike?
I think we definitely had the hardest road when I saw the breakup. I'm like, okay, Vitality, okay, Spirit next, okay.
After it was like, Furia, okay. Let's go, guys. Let's find out if we can win. No problem.
I mean, we can play against any opponent, we can lose against any opponent, we can win against any opponent, I felt like.
I felt like, and yeah, we just believe in ourselves.
That's what this guy's been saying about you all along.
He does say you play better against the higher level of position.
Do you think that's true?
Yeah, for me, I don't know.
Sometimes when we play against the teams that we usually don't face,
for me, it's a bit not easy or sometimes uncomfortable, you know?
They're always surprising because they're the teams who are watching us the most,
you know, they're preparing against us.
They're learning our game, but we don't play against these teams too much,
so we don't have too much data on them, you know?
I wanted to ask you about Niko in this final, like his track record in finals with Falcons hasn't been the best
and now you're going into a major grand final, the pressure is at its highest.
He ended the final as the highest rated player and had his moments on all three maps,
so did you notice anything different about him today?
No, actually no. We're all calm today.
To be honest, all five players today, we're all calm.
We are very confident from the beginning of the game. We knew we can do it,
So we just needed to take the control of the game, as what we did on Mirage.
And, yeah, I mean, we didn't have the best win rate on the Grand Finals.
Me also, 8 Grand Finals lost in a row, or how many? I don't know, 7, 8, but it doesn't matter,
because every other Grand Final shouldn't affect the next one, you know, so...
Yeah.
You should always focus. The new Grand Final is the new chapter.
Can you tell me a little bit about a couple of your teammates?
We focused so much on Niko and Kerrigan, and for good reason,
but you have Kyosuke, who stepped up to an unbelievable level at this event for you guys.
Can you talk about the impact he's had within the team and how he was playing?
Yeah, in my opinion, Maxime grew up a lot.
Since he joined the team, he obviously needed experience,
but now I just feel like he controls himself when he needs to go for action,
or when he needs to go aggressive.
He understands the game very well and he can give a lot of difference.
As what he did on the Nubius, when he was searching a,
killing a mother with a dog, killing someone, trading people.
I think he grew up a lot and I'm very happy for him as well. I told him you're gonna be very good a
Man that we haven't really mentioned at all. That's the guy standing behind you. It's on it
He's just added yet another major trophy. Yes cabinet. That's insane. Obviously now the most whip while he's just broken his own record
I guess I
Don't know whether the decrees gonna be too happy about it one
But either way what kind of impact did he have in this grand final at the time outs keeping you guys cool?
Guys, Lonec is the greatest coach of all time.
Now he won how many majors? 5?
6.
6?
6!
6 guys! 6 majors!
Oh my god!
He won 6 majors, you just cannot believe the amount of...
Yes, this amount.
But yes, he's bringing a lot of impact in our team.
He's making us work together so we can be synchronized in the game.
We needed to understand each other more and I feel like this tournament it came.
tournament it came it just clicked you know yes Finn joined us like one two
months ago but we worked a lot and he was the guy who was always forcing us you
know pushing us to do better and better because yes we're a bit you all
sometimes in the game you know we can lose a lot of rounds and I love you I
don't know how to say more because yeah you just need to sleep you called
Karagan the magic man yesterday yeah you were on the desk with us in those two
months you've been on the team did you did you ever imagine the first time he
came into bootcamp first to be put on a falcon shurzy that this would be where
you'd end out the season with him I didn't know but I believed I did not
know I thought let's see let's see what this guy what this guy can do you know
I'm like let's find out yeah he's a magic man again if he's going through the
smoke killing three guys you do you speak on the fire now I'm I'm saying
stay alive stay alive he's killing three I'm like what is happening boys again
it's happening for sure he has some good karma you know so he has very good
energy and things working for him and for us very well.
Just one final question for me, anything that you want to say to those who have supported
you for so so long, those who have stayed in the arena to hear from you, what do you
want to say?
Yes, guys, today sorry I'm very emotional and it's very hard sometimes to control, not
control but understand what I'm saying you know but I just want to say thanks to all
the people who have been supporting us since we were going through obstacles, you know
Yes, we didn't have the best results for one or two years, but we never give up, you know.
And once you put the goal, once you have a dream, you should never give up on this dream,
because you should protect it with your all heart. And yeah, I'm just, I'm just happy
you're here right now. I'm enjoying the moment with you guys, with you, with everyone.
It's absolutely amazing what you've achieved, minus the congratulations. One more time,
I'll let you get on your way and have some amazing celebrations. I'm sure with the team. Congratulations. Give it up one more time
Congratulations. It's just a bunch of team minus you
Lovely stuff coming out of Odyssey
That was one of my favorite MVP interviews of all time and of course there had to be earlier
Quick fist bump. Oh high five. There we go. Um, absolutely. No, that wasn't on camera either way
Congratulations minus leave. Congratulations to the Falcons
The emotions are running high in the arena for good reason and no more so the minus here
Yeah, that's I mean yeah, you can you could just tell there's so many thoughts so many emotions that stream through hard to put him together
I mean especially you watch someone like Nico give that kind of when he's lifting his trophy and having his conversation same with Karen
It's hard to keep it all in track. I mean very mature also from him for such a young man
Right, so you have the thought process of it doesn't matter what happened
You know, there's always the next final the next tournament you can't kind of get too emotional about things you have to keep believing
leaving. It really is as simple as that, right? You gain nothing from dwelling on the losses
of the past or the bad moments that you have. You need that belief in the future that you
can turn things around and they've just had the greatest run in the history of the majors
to lift this trophy.
It's been such an incredible journey to witness unfolding here and so many of the family members,
I'm sure you recognize some of them, Yanko as well, in the audience, it's insane to see
the amount of support that comes out from Falcons.
Yeah, you know, this has been their whole lives.
I mean, Nico started playing competitive CS when he was,
I don't know, 11, 12, you know,
when he started first playing, then going to tournaments.
His parents had to go with him.
He was too young to go on his own.
I mean, I remember turning,
he had to put the books on the chair
because he was the table.
That's how young he was.
He came to land tournaments, guys.
I'm not kidding.
There's gotta be a picture of that somewhere.
And from, you know, not being able to have enough practice
because school ends at 8 p.m. for him
and all these things to so many big games,
so many big moments.
I mean, it took him until 2023
to lift the Katowice trophy, the Cologne trophy.
And now in 2026, would you want it to be anywhere else?
Never anywhere else other than the cathedral.
I mean, he said it himself, Jason.
He's had to put so much on the line
to make this actually come a reality, right?
Like, we're almost speechless looking at these images,
thinking he has finally achieved his accolade for himself.
When those tears start welling up and streaming out,
as you just realize, it's that thought of all those things
that you've had to give up to get here,
and how hard it was to do it in those moments.
And how hard it is to continue doing it in the moments
after you take and suffer tough losses and difficulties
and obstacles, as Monty, as he was saying.
So yeah, I mean, this is that point where it all comes together.
And as he said on the stage, this is what all makes it worth it.
You finally actually achieved that goal.
And all the sacrifice now, you get
to look back on it with tears of joy.
Finally, the dream realized for the side of Falcons.
But unfortunately for Furia, that does mean they go home with the silver medal.
So let's get a few closing thoughts, courtesy of Fulham.
It's just that sad somber part of the story where it does come to an end for the runner-up today.
And that is Furia.
I'm here with Fallen, first and foremost, Commiserations, but before today, you were undefeated in finals versus Niko.
And that changed. I'm sorry.
Yeah.
But I give them props for winning this game.
They played very well, very hard games.
looking without watching the game is back there was always a crucial moment
where some things dipped away and our chances to really win a match kind of got
harder and harder and yeah it's sad but at the same time I'm happy for Niko he's
like messing winning the World Cup honestly like he is very good at
counter strike it's one trophy that he was looking for the most and he was
able to do it in such a fashion like what can you say they they've been every
single team to win this tournament, they deserve it.
So all I can say is congratulations.
And of course, sad because we could not do it,
but I'm happy for Hiko and the guys, regardless.
Absolutely, absolute class there, obviously.
And when I started thinking about this game,
we go over the techniques.
We could talk about one out of six pistol rounds,
this, that, or the other.
But when you play in front of this crowd,
it's a different beast.
Gabriel, you played in front of every crowd
I could think of on the planet.
And what could very well be your senior year
here on the tour?
I'm sorry I didn't end up the way I did, is there anything you'd like to say?
It's amazing to play here, a lot of Brazilian people are around the world coming to watch
the games and it hits hard, it hits differently, the emotions are there, the pressure is there,
even if you play for 20 more years, I was going to be special and unique to be here in front
of everyone, doing what I love, playing computer games, a lot of people watching at home, so
you know, are still leaving the drink, even though we're not the winners today, I think
I think we won a lot. We put our team back at the top, we are second place here.
It was not easy to get here as well.
So, looking bright to future ahead. We have been playing better counter-strike.
And maybe we still can win some more trophies to the future.
Thanks everyone for cheering.
277 rounds played before Inferno. 15 maps and all comes to an end here.
You don't want to say anything in Portuguese. There's a bunch of Brazilians that love watching you.
It's crazy.
Of course.
Guys,
Unfortunately, we didn't win a major this time, but it would be the first one of my friends who wanted to win a tournament for FURA.
Cacerato and Uri, who are very good players, Molodoye, Kindar, Sid, all of our commission.
You guys deserved it, but today we have the best opponent.
And in the sport, we have to know how to look at each other, not only with our lives,
sometimes with the opponent we can play better.
We will be able to return to the future with more opportunities.
I hope FURA one day can lift a major.
I will work hard for this.
We give you a lot of strength. Thank you very much.
years where you know that's the lesson that he's here to pass on to the guys
like Malador the guys like K Serrano and Yuri of you know I have been to these
situations I've wanted and kind of pass on that idea of yeah you're gonna have
to grind a little bit more it is gonna be a challenge every step of the way and
make sure that they're gonna be on the right path for when he leaves and I
think what's you know in a game like this where either side could have
established history as well it's just you know fallen has a unique perspective
in that he knows the end is coming he knows it's gonna be at the end of this
year so I mean that's got to be a little gut wrenching yeah it's an
unfortunate how the final unfolded for them, right? Those bad starts all the time,
especially on a map like Mirageous. There were details, they had their chances,
it felt like in almost every map, but whenever the key moment was supposed to
take the stranglehold of the game, something would fall apart. Falcons would
find a way to win a game, and in the end, this will be a great experience for them
moving forward.
How does that frame for in your perspective? Obviously we're now going into the player
play a break but coming out of that how does it frame the fury out there?
I think it's honestly the second half of the year can be incredible right like
you have Falcons obviously winning the major only two months in with Kagan but
fury I had found their form right like they're looking like their old selves
spirits is still improving with Magik says the IGL they were on a 13 match
win streak until Falcons beat them in the semi-final vitality is still gonna be
around no matter what they're coming back with the mavi we'll see if they make
some moves in the off-season to upgrade themselves as well but I think there's a
lot of teams out there that stepped up this event has absolutely delivered
and you're just hoping for another great season of Counter-Strike. I mean look
how many close games we had and tough playoff matches as well like we know
like coming out of this how many teams can compete with each other and how
many teams are right there and especially with finally halfway through
2026 Vitality falling off that perch where they were so far ahead of everyone
Now the whole field just opens up.
And I want to give a shout out to Molo, though.
You know, we were saying he might be a question mark
in terms of the pressure.
Will he crumble under it?
And or what will happen?
You know, he rose to the occasion.
Like he played his best, did what he could, right?
But for such a young player and his first major grand final,
I think he can be proud of his performance.
We get to see these pictures of a shout out chef as well,
up there on stage, but also Nico as well,
finally with his trophy too.
Carrigan didn't promise that to him. We can bring up the tweet. Do you remember this? He said the god-wife will get his and
Yeah, he actually managed to make it happen. Amazing. Yeah, I mean yeah, he made it happen
I think that's one of the most beautiful, you know
There's something crazy about Counter-Strike where all these just like
Coincidences and these just stories kind of come together at various points like the idea that they lost that Boston final amount
He had to return after all the growth and all the learning and all the development both of these guys have to do apart from each other
That's just something crazy that Kerrigan gets to come back and they get a reunite and they actually get a complete
The the problem that they started so long ago. It's just so crazy like last year in Katowice the last kind of weeks
I'm doing an interview with them on media day
Like we're just like talking sort of wrapping up and then and they're kind of alluding to it
Yeah, things didn't go our way. Who knows what the future holds. Maybe we have to maybe we team up again
You know joking we and laughing about it and everything and then a little bit over a year later
They're back on the same team and after two months they finally, you know, exercise their demons
They've become major champions and on inferno out of all maps on T side
They find a way to close it out
I mean just shows you what a journey it has been for both of these guys
Nico just latched on to that nugget in that interview. He just latched on to his guy this time. I'm back. Let's do it
It's me and I did. It was so good idea to be checking in with the race for the ESL grand slam
We can take a look at obviously one of the bigger tasks is to get that championship one under your belt
Falcon's gonna be doing that obviously with Navi winning back at Atlanta
They're also in with the race as well
Can't be complicit within the year obviously just with a how the events are unfolding throughout the calendar
But the Falcons that's a that's another very tasty treat to be looking at. Yeah, and it's really important to have either
Crack or cologne in there, right like that
You need one of those to be able to complete the ESL Grand Slam
But I think they're just you know, gonna be taking it one step at a time right similar to how you alluded to blade saying
This is a bit ahead of schedule. I think it's the same for the Falcons
But you know, finally the millions and the investment has been worth it
Right like just bringing all these players together
And for someone like zonik, you know his face so much criticism
Oh, yeah, some of it maybe some of it warranted but a lot of it unwarranted
You know, this is a guy who's a proven winner who's built teams from scratch was led national teams
International teams to major titles and I thought I think Falcons were as well today
The more prepared team coming into the fun. It's fun to do with ESL Grand Slam. We get to move the goal post on eco
He's now the greatest player to never have an ESL Grand Slam
Come on, I mean just framing Falcons for the rest of the season obviously the other side of the player break as well
now. We're talking about them as being just one of those top dogs. One of those teams that are
going to be so hard to put to bed. Obviously, as you alluded to, Jason Vitality, I'm sure they're
going to be coming for every single person, but mostly Falcons because they're the ones eliminated.
But after seeing Apex is like, you know, tweets in his Instagram post, like he's coming out of this
break hot, like he's going to be coming and challenging. And I think that's going to be the
interesting next step for Falcons is if you if you come out of this break and Falcons continues
playing well, continues lifting a few more trophies and they become the team to beat. Now,
Now, all of a sudden, you have that cross under back,
the way that Vitality had to get through the whole thing,
so you just have that next challenge
right around the corner.
This is them at what they say, 60%, right?
So, you know, obviously they'll become better with time,
with more practice, but I think that's all for a couple
of days down the road to even start thinking about it now.
They're just going to be enjoying this moment.
I pose a question in terms of that kind of
all-per-year discussion.
I know we're only halfway through, I know we're only
on this side of the play break as well,
But I mean, honestly, he's now God if he are there
in terms of battling for that, no?
Oh yeah, I think all the time.
I think, you know, I thought of,
he's had a couple of quiet years after he popped in,
but like, you know, he had that whole race one year
with Zywoo, with Donk.
We've already seen him in those conversations,
in those challenges right there with him.
And again, as I mentioned earlier,
I think he's gonna be in that conversation
constantly moving forward in his career.
There's, we always talk about like,
there's this weird thing that happens
when you finally like lift the trophy
for teams that kind of struggle to get there.
You lift that trophy and there's a whole new level
confidence and everything just starts to feel a little bit easier. Well, this is no mere trophy,
right? This is no like run of the mill trophy, major trophy, cologne trophy, the kind of level of
comfort and confidence you get within your team after accomplishing this. Falcons can be wild.
Sometimes it just unlocks something within you, right? And I think that belief that what I see
was talking about, you know, throughout the tournament in every single game, no matter what's
going on, they had that belief that they don't need to do anything extra, anything more than
what they usually do and trust the things that they have and play their brand of Counter-Strike.
And that's gotten them a major trophy. I feel like it's only just sinking in now.
I might not see it as far as you saw. I'm kind of basking on the floor,
holding that trophy that you sport so long and so hard to earn. Also, the amount of people up on
stage with them, getting pictures, that just is a testament to how much support these guys have
all around them and how much they've had to sacrifice in order for these guys to achieve their
dreams. This is what Karrigan match we talked to him at this event. It always seems that you don't
No matter what's happening online, there's always a ton of Falcons fans inside the arena.
And I think that's a big thing too, winning solves everything.
You're going to bring some of those fans back and obviously some of these players are just like, they're the most fun to watch.
Like how could you not have enjoyed the things that Kyosuke, Monosy, Niko were doing inside the server today?
Karrigan throughout the playoffs, USP plays, running through smokes, saving moments.
He really is the great entertainer.
I mean, there's just something about him leading a team on stage that gives us the most explosive counter-strike
in the most incredible games, the types of rosters and teams that he's gotten to grand
finals, even in just CS2, right, like you look at that phase roster, they were in the
grand final of Budapest, you know, like so once you get to the stage, once you get to
the highest of pressure scenarios is where he does his best work.
I mean it was cool seeing him on the stage as well, talking with OJ and just rattled
off all those major finals losses, all those teams right at the top of his head, like you
know just as a competitor and somebody's chasing down a championship like that's the stuff that's been driving him
That's the stuff that's been fueling him that thought on his mind every single day every single time he steps into a server for practice
It's all about getting revenge on those teams that denied you the glory in the past gentlemen
I always just don't want this moment to end but I do just want to say a massive thank you to you both for joining me up here on the
Test I mean, it's crazy to reflect back on 2016 the last time you were both on the desk back then
How crazy
Oh, it's gas to the final.
Oh, of course you are. Of course you are.
How can you keep it to reflex upon
upon these last 10 years?
It's so nuts, you just think I thought we'd go.
It's so nuts how often this event just seems
to deliver the moments and I think that's
been like the special, the pedigree, and the players
of all Lachanda that and when everyone
who's part of the scene comes in and the players come in
and say this is the most important event,
the biggest trophy, the one that we absolutely have to have
when the fans are always here filling up
the rafters on a Thursday night for a quarter
Like everything has come together and everyone has worked hard even the fans to the production staff to the to the EFG staff over there
Like everyone has made this event the glorious occasion that it's become and it's just something about you know
You're thinking we've got an ounce and cyclone is such a great event on its own. Why does it need to be a major again?
But after 10 years, you know getting back in here and and the special moments that we've had over the course of the last four days
With the games. I think it's definitely blown
everyone's expectations out of the water.
It's one of the best, it's not the best venue to play Counter-Strike,
and we've had some incredible games in here.
Yeah, I just want to take a moment to thank everybody behind the scenes,
because this is one of the few events in the calendar
where you talk to anybody behind the scenes.
They have a story of why this event is so special to them.
It's not just about the players, it's not just about us.
It's the project managers, the content team, the engineers,
the rigors, the producers, over in Stockholm as well, the observers,
product team, everybody that works so so hard to make the cathedral what it is.
Of course we'll be back here next year but when it comes to Cologne being a
major we hope to see you within another decade.
Yeah, I mean, it's major, so everyone is excited, of course.
Everyone is excited to play the best we can, and, you know, we worked like nothing's going to change.
It's the only way to go, so every day we're trying to get better at the game.
I'm super happy to be here to get another opportunity, you know, another shot at, uh, maybe, you know, getting an idol.
If you don't try to break the perfection, we'll do exactly that.
Go home!
The opus paradise, monosy wait, somebody else will fall forward and never add doubt in the clutch.
So much damage, look at that, two to three down in the flames!
That is exactly what I'm here for!
Give it to me!
Fuck off!
And it's certain now that Godfather of Brazilian Counter-Strike will be in attendance for the playoff ceremony.
This is their moment, there is the killing blow, as dark games reach new heights.
Let's stay in the game, okay?
Let's keep bringing the energy, no matter what happens.
We're going to win, yeah, let's go.
No, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
The ball is in for the DG, the DG.
The King is gone, he can still get.
Okay, everyone's going to dirty team.
This guy's right in front of the stage.
Test his into the site and already for full,
I'm going to drop down.
No, no, no.
If they get a foul ball, we're going to stop anyway.
You're in the last place, Landy.
No time for this clutch.
Too many corners.
Too many foul bits.
F**k, it's taken up wrong.
No one's on the news in time, Kaserato trying to stick it!
Kaserato trying to stick it!
This cover! Oh no!
They lose it all!
And Jack Kaserato!
That's the coming out check!
The War of Malice, and he puts it to go to Europe and there's Karagan!
The blood, the noise, puts on a show of long-awaited glory.
This day is theirs, this day is his.
Never give up on your dreams, never give up on your life.
Okay? Keep believing.
I'm in the Falcons booth, of course, they're celebrating at Glanty Barrenay, we didn't
get to talk to you yet, you're a major winner!
What the fuck is happening?
I lost my voice, but oh my god, I knew it, I said to all the media, we're going to get
second place, but I told the team, and especially to Nego, the whole tournament, I know that
now is the time, and we're going to win it.
It's Britain in the stars, and it's meant to be, I just knew it.
It's crazy because you're right, I think we all kind of detected it, because usually
you know around Falcons there's this, oh where are they gonna fuck up, no offense, but like
when is it gonna happen, but that feeling wasn't there, what are you attributing that
to?
I don't know, this kind I think, like Kerrigan, I just knew that, when Kerrigan came in the
first tournament we played with him, I just knew there's a very good chance we'll win
the Major somehow, it's just typical his bullshit.
Yeah it is.
Can you tell me a little bit, if it's possible in this moment,
kind of reflecting because you've been fighting for this for a very, very long time.
You've grabbed real ups and downs in your career.
You've had times that you've been very close, but then so far, and even in this roster,
it's been difficult, right?
So can you kind of verbalize the road that you left behind that led you here?
Yeah, it's been many years, and most of those years have been in heroic with the Danish lineup,
where we tried for four or five years, and we didn't succeed.
We lost in the final in Rio and there was one of the toughest moments in my career for sure.
And I promised myself that night that if I ever get into a grand final again in a major, I'm not using it.
Today I didn't contribute that much, but team-mates did and they shined like never before and I'm so happy for myself.
What else have I ever won and I'm just so proud.
I'm also super super happy for you. Are you going to party tonight?
Yeah, I mean this is the point that there's not beer here yet but...
Here, I know, I'm gonna let you go and I'm gonna talk to your coach, congratulations!
Oh!
I wanna talk to Zanik but he's on the phone with children.
Congratulations!
Thank you!
Tell me a little bit about, from your perspective, right?
How long this road has been and how much this has stuck?
I think it's difficult to find the words at the moment, but I'm so glad, I'm so happy,
so happy that I can give that to Nico as well. I think it's a long time, deserved, not been easy every day, been a fight.
We generally had a lot of criticism, but you know, we wanted to prove everybody wrong, and I think today we did it the best we could.
Congratulations. I'm gonna head over to Sonek. Hello. Congratulations. Another major. How does it feel, man?
I feel great. It's been a long time since we've been in that position. I have been. It's been some tough years in Falklands, to be honest.
But, yeah, never stopped believing and just happy. It was one of my main goals, actually, when I joined.
I also had some thoughts. When Nico was two, if I could do something to help him get that major, so mission accomplished.
It's interesting because everybody we talked to the first thing they say is that we could help Nico
Can you tell me a little bit about how that was such a motivations for everyone?
I think it's first and foremost because of the person he is the player he is
It's just wrong in my opinion if that guy doesn't have a major and you know, I think a lot of the times it could have gone his way, but
He just has to have a major I mean before he ends and if I can be a little part of that journey
But for this tournament he deserved it himself. He was outstanding in the entire tournament.
We know that you reacted to the fact that Vitality wouldn't be getting their third consecutive
and that made you a little proud because of your own records.
You now again add another notch to your belt.
Tell me a little bit about... I know in the scope of things it's not that important, right?
It's about the singular wins, but for you to solidify your legacy even more, it must mean something.
Of course it does. But I can also feel that I'm getting a bit tired.
It's been some long years and the kids are getting older.
You're not saying that you're going to leave us soon are you?
I don't know.
My wife is standing right there and it's always up to her.
We take it season by season but yeah, I'm getting a bit tired now.
I get it.
Well enjoy it tonight.
You absolutely deserve to have a great party for everything that you guys have achieved.
Congratulations.
Ah, Chef.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
So if you're not aware, this is Chev, he's one of our amazing observers, one of the best,
but he's also close with Nico and really wanted to falcon stew in, right Chev?
Of course, I really wanted Nico to win the final with this major, I don't know, I'm so happy.
I lost my energy and thanks to Rush because he's taking to doing this final that I can watch.
What's your relationship with Nico for the people that don't know?
We are the best friends.
Yeah, like, he was like 13 when he was starting to play with me, then now it was like, I don't know, seven years already.
I'm so happy, I don't know.
Don't worry about it. Thank you, chef.
Okay, yeah.
Sorry, short one, Nico, because I just talked to Chef and how happy it is for you and that's
one of your best friends and I just wanted to ask about generally all these people that
are so close to you, right?
If you feel all that energy and if you're stressed for them also because I feel like
that support means so much.
Yes, yes, of course, they're a huge part of this.
My family has been through a lot with me, but just my fiancee, she was the hero for
me this event.
She really helped me a lot.
She knew what I was going through in the past two events where I really underperformed every
second.
And she has really helped me a lot throughout this event and especially in the playoffs
and especially today.
So it means a lot that they were here, right in front of me, that I could even see them
and see her.
But again, you know, the team, again, we have done something amazing, you know, to have the kind of the cleanest game that is in the final is just, I could never imagine it, and just super proud of everyone, honestly, the mentality that we have had for the final was incredible.
Yeah, I mean, a partnership is so, so, so important. We know how much all of your partners and your family give up to support you guys.
Speaking about the final, it was pretty straight forward, right?
Would you have rather had it to five maps in quadruple over time?
No, no, I take this. I'm super happy that we could close it out on Inferno,
because I don't know, when we started playing Inferno, I had a little bit of flashbacks,
but we stayed composed and I'm happy with the way it ended.
That's it, I think. Thank you so much. I hope you have a great evening and you can bask in the glory
you can wave to the camera and that'll be the end of us at IAMCologne. Thank you
everybody for watching, thank you to production for pulling off an amazing
event and congrats to the Falcons, our major champions.
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I'm not a fool.
I don't want to see you coming out alive!
I don't want to live in pain!
No!
No!
I don't want to see you coming out alive!
No!
I don't want to live in pain!
So let's test the acoustics!
What the heck are we fighting for today?
Why the fuck is this happening?