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RERUN: Aurora Gaming vs BetBoom Team - IEM Cologne Major 2026 - Quarterfinal
08-21-2026 · 16h 31m
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Expectations of a brawl here today between these two.
The first time for nine players in that lancess arena.
Bullnitch, the exception.
A former champ leads his team from stage one to the big stage.
And it starts on Nuke.
He's going to be forced off half by one of these.
Yeah, okay, Ricardia. Got a quick decision to make.
He does turn the flash, does try to put some bullets down.
Rain, he's till Adair is still with him.
Ooh, and down the vent.
The audacity to go for a vent drop on your T-pistol.
Offline's trying to cut him off for the pass here.
Okay, you're right. Softlight at least there.
Flamus has got one on site.
He knows where Woxic was,
because he's found two on that P2K.
Down the vent. Softlight's between rotations.
They don't know where the bomb's gone.
They've lost him.
They're now segregating.
Woxic's contributions have equalized what was
a heavy advantage for Betboom.
Has he got more? Oh, an opportunity. Whistles one past the ear.
This is how you gain your stage legs, winning rounds like these.
That slow, agonizing mid-round pressure on the T side as that clock runs thin.
Yeah, should be able to get the bomb done here with these.
40 seconds.
We'll hit the clock at a moment's time. They're not wary.
What's around the corner? Door swings open, sound cue given, bomb gets punched in.
And now the rotation is on Soulfly.
Nature rookie quick.
On the secret descent and walks it down the vent.
Boomage.
Stays proactive towards the decont door.
Partnered up walks into Soulfly, will announce their presence with a swing at the doors.
No kit.
Time continues to tick. Boomage getting cheeky.
Making his move.
Fires off a bullet.
A warning shot. Flamas low HP.
This could get weird with the doors now closed.
The cricket on that diffuser, don't forget.
I forget, 10 second.
Forced to fake it out, trying to draw attention.
Flammer's playing that waiting game.
He knows the box on their side.
Oh, and that's the head shot to see.
Like, there it is.
Backburn take pistol.
So they've been struggling with all major long.
It hasn't cost them.
Now, stage one, stage two, stage three,
and now the playoffs.
Who would have thought it?
Couldn't ask for a better start as well.
Kill distribution, teammates.
And look, it got a little bit messy there.
Woxic double, bringing them back into contention.
Had to do with the vent drop.
But something that I think that they're a very good at,
it's because they're a mix, is playing out these mid rounds.
And that seems a little bit crazy,
but their responses are never set.
They're having a piece, everything together.
The officials that these boys have,
with this five-man roster, are only here in Cologne.
That's mad.
With a force fight back from Aurora.
Woksik on the scalp,
looking to take a tag or two in yard.
You can't be snappy on the sniper.
SMGs as well, so tucked in top,
ready for a pop, and it's just magic towards ramp.
And this week he doorsmoked a third, here comes the utile.
SMGs towards that path itself like completely unprepared.
How quickly does the site fall? Flamers double entry, maga, four lobby.
He's got boomage to contend with. Does find damage, but the support is there.
Till ades. With double.
And this force might get to warra nowhere.
Nice pick up from Woxic from heaven, but now his position noted.
He's getting hunted from behind and Magnet is spotted on that van.
Perfect close, we'll move everything away from Aurora.
Okay, it'll be the eco now from the Turks.
Right now for both teams, it's about overcoming the environment.
Same game, same maps, different setting.
Now that Aurora have struggled with these arena games,
today would be the perfect time to overcome that.
Yes.
An opportunity against Beppu.
team of faces who maybe you're familiar with maybe you're not it's boomish who
leaves the charge here really big performance from him in stage three
who got some D was invested upon this if magic can find a head does deliver
nice find on to Zorty heavy barrage back and an opportunity for more
magnet jesus is playing scared that's what you want to see noses an unarmored
deed and just takes the peak he's been playing some great counter-strike
throughout the major run. Flamme's lighting up the scoreboard, Voxic's turn.
Rammel's off a shot and they're burnt. They're yet to take the space as they're hoping for.
There's still grounds for this to get a bit uncomfortable. Right another Deagle head shot just like that.
And the Zebelius starts sweating.
Pressure amplified.
It's like Mayne. There's Billardes. A claw back onto Zatare.
Wow, Woxic.
His walk on the side arm has been stunning.
Anticipates this close with the gap.
Boomage gives it a go.
Double that, a boom.
And Wokardia sling it off.
Boom.
You always hit the headshot necessary.
Can you do it, Wokardia?
He's got the game.
He's got the opportunity up against the experience of Boomage.
Two bullets.
Season X.
Oh!
And Wokardia!
This is a fire!
This is the future of Turkish counter strike.
counter strike getting started early. Holy! I thought you want to see that's a deco.
This man's been playing lights out. That's a deco.
Desert Eagle finding the head. The push through the smoke is so ambitious and then he walks in
on to boom. Back in his aim there just two bullets. Doesn't even worry about the reload.
Imagine, loves the way that one feels. This is what you need to see and this is the fire starter.
Money, not great for Bevan with the buyback.
Couple of AKs at Gulliland to this lock, great.
Bag, bag, early.
Oxy's been able to get that sniper out, so you see him in combination with Santarez
on the yard holds.
This whole flight of the Major Rookie will be tested over towards Rampus, the anchor.
We've got Maga and Wakandir in combination locking down A of the yard.
Smoke wall dotted in.
It's supposed to be taken by Magna, Magna, Jezny has a tail here.
The bomb is part of this cross.
Gatwoxic!
Shatters Magniges' skull on range through the tip of the smoke.
So Flamme has rotated down to plug this gap.
Has the supporters in Taros who's rotated over as well, so too strong on beat.
It's Woxic's AWP that's repositioned. Flamme has to breach this.
With the Tekken 9, if you miss that first, you can get run down. Flamme has got the movement.
He's got some support and a missed shot from Woxic has to dip away conceits the space
There's plenty of it isn't there look at this they're all moving
If they're up to get up heaven they might try and call the bomb back up the vent
So still with plenty of time on the clock. There's an opportunity for these rotations. Oh scary for Woxic now
He's only got one bullet in his orbs. He's getting run out by those side arms does peek on it
Boom goes down on the reload surely that's tempting to go for it
Flammus does, finds him, removes him, Zintara is trapped on the dark corner and Flammus takes his head off!
I've got a 1v2, but is he ready for another body up close?
Fake.
Wicardia does, swing it open, confirms he's off the bond, Magic coming in should have an opportunity here on the crouch and Flammus
Sees him behind the site.
That's not dead!
Magic bowls him over!
Team effort really, Wicardia the only man that doesn't feature in that round.
beautiful stuff there from Wotsick though picks the opener gets the information on the cross the rotations well on and
They do get the bomb down. I should see partial by territory for them here
So good use of his last bullet. He stood his ground
Flamers gave it a good go sure, but of course till it does getting caught by some Torres
And that's the name that ended it
This is actually bought in full right now with a galil
So you're just gonna try and keep a bit of pressure on the finances or is there follow-through from the rest of that boom?
Yep. All right, they go for the force. Okay.
I thought they were gonna be holding on to hats here and maybe taking a save with the 2400 loss coming into the next
But they're gonna shove this might be a top pop or a round rush. Okay, another test for Aurora inbound
Flamers springing his steps strides forward. They're eating me through the flames!
Magic is most out three!
You test this utility and you're left with nothing you put all your pennies into this.
Oh, should be able to get a plan. That's huge. That's huge. You do need a plant.
Don't fly. Try to cut him off there. You can plant back side.
Oh, he's getting the cross. He gets the bomb planted. 600...
Oh, no!
Didn't feel like he had the time, but no longer will you get the extra cash.
Madge is going to be loving that. Multi-kill. They just run through the Nade and incendiary combo.
That's a good start for Aurora. All off the back of that Eco.
So now three consecutive rounds. That with no cash.
These bombs doesn't go down. And you know it has to be the Eco on the other side.
So, Magniges cancels the plant. They don't get that extra splash of cash. Imagine he joined himself from the desk.
He's having the most fun. Going to take home the W here today. We'll see if that rings true.
A couple of pistols invested upon four Divas and a P250.
Some light smokes for this.
One sick just staunch outside alongside his entire, as they want to fight.
You can see that. I don't know he's across, I don't think.
Oh
Eyes wide from Zintara's why is that shot outrageous?
He surprised himself with that one your reactions just pure instinct kicks in I
Want to see that one in the replay?
Slow that one down a single bullet quick switch one back
Just gonna pop this one up now one man defines already goes down imagine on a bit of a run ten and three for the big man
Taras making a move for yard control.
Emboldened by what he's just done to them on the eco.
Late smoke walk.
We know there's a rat in the system right now.
Oxygen supports Taras but that smoke will remove the orb threat.
He can break this so he might be able to find a pick regardless.
Maggages made a step. Zintares is on high alert.
And clearing all the supportive flashes.
Brilliant! But not the kill from Maggages! Zintares pulls it off.
Vision restored just in time. Boomwich does find the return.
Moxib will pivot into the topside. There's a lot of action towards Dilladez on Squeak.
Trap with the bomb now. With the orb on the angle. You are in trouble.
There's a three on three.
Extended in a dash, awkward bomb.
Things twice about smoking it, that's the right decision.
He is kind of trapped, the Molly will make life miserable for him.
He's got to get out of there, but that's the extinguished.
That's why you hold on to your smoke.
And again, might be their objective here.
It's a good call.
And he gets down. Boom drops, Zorty sticks around.
Should be an uncontestable plant a soft light is down there hang on fighting lobby glares out salty
Room unable to plant now soft light gonna get past it does control the spray does provide three HP for boo
Woxic making no secret of his stampeding feet in the vents
Mitch have you got anything left
Is the bomb plant the silver lining or can you do something obscene?
They're just going to stick it, they're just going to stick it, no chance!
A bomb plant, just the silver lining for that one.
Tough round, but they do salvage that plant, which is going to mean they can go into another
buy round.
Wouldn't be too surprised to see a fierce tactical timeout now, and that flash destined
for this.
The shot rattles off, Magnajez aware this is possible, but catching that in the replay with how blinds and taris was, it's a massive ogre for him and Magnajez unable to find that frag.
They've been on the back foot. 5-2, 3 round gap, comes back in. More pressure on door.
Okay, looks like it's quite pacey, we're trying to find solace and safety in that smoke. This is hectic.
Up close, Wakadia the one to provide the opener, Flamme is caught out completely.
Dilladez dis-populated down to Wakadia.
You've got no territory whatsoever and you're just losing body,
Slammuss and Dilladez sidelined.
It's Magmajez with a forward position.
Magya down to Zorty. That's a nice one. Back to the 3 on 3.
They're not looking at him.
Woxic's safe as he drops off the ramp.
There's an off-dote. It's the shot necessary.
So does Wakadia for number 3.
Just boom it again. Thrust into the clutch.
Woxic down! Quick!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
He's back!
Saves back, but he puts the bird on the board!
Whew.
Snappy aim from Boomidge!
Well, this man knows what he takes in the big games.
He's a champ of his own right.
He's been off our screens for a couple of years,
but making a statement there.
This one came from nowhere.
These rounds are crazy because Beppin was trying to-
Whoa!
Showing me these little vent drops, little balances.
the 180 from boomage, firing the boys up with that one.
But I think the comms are flowing quite nicely
for Aurora on the other side.
There's a few of these rounds where the rotations,
these vent drops have come in
and as a player who's always ready for that move.
So can Aurora hold on after losing that one,
dropping the ball, image snapping it away?
This does take that time out.
In fact, it's a clutch means that the rounds
not go on as the way you would hope
as the individual's having a value out of that one.
Still plenty of money for Aurora to come back in with a full buy, but lost bonus, bottom
of the barrel after that 5 round run.
That being with this, they can break them.
And that conversation about saves if we get there.
Yeah, but will it be another hectic one on something?
We'll have you up to find a convincing foothold in this round.
You got Woxic to get past.
Wow, straight through the box, Zorty humble to 44.
Someone break and a flick from Zorty, finds his counterpart, removes the orb.
Full yard now, Fort Baboo.
taking it across. Magic relays that information.
Time to look at the breakable bars.
He's got the angle. He's got some...
Oh, problems now! We have big problems!
Every frag flowing! Keeping it clean!
Five alive for Batbun! Just Santares to get past!
We've got plenty of time.
And now he's got the first, finding the headshot on T'Zorty.
Precision on display.
Second from Santares. But is there more?
Should be a dead man.
Two-inch, yeah, court from Heffern.
And you already highlighted what that might mean, Chad.
Yeah, the money's all over the place here.
Zintaros and Soulfly, they're the low end.
They're around 3.3, 3.4.
They could justify the buy here because they can bring out the AWP,
but it looks like everyone wants to get on the mic with the timeout
and discuss the purchasing power.
The buy is starting to settle in.
Magic can drop the M4 and operate with same lighter to anchor over to the top
and the same for Soulfly, so...
And they push the pennies around to make this one look pretty.
Really important frag from Zorty as well.
That's the most impactful we've seen from him.
Yeah, he's the first opener of this one so far.
Fresh phase for 28 years of age, a bit of a journeyman as far as the Russian scene
is concerned.
So, this is massive, and that one, it's going to be a fast, this is high risk.
Maybe there's a juggle out of sport.
Swap that out with Magier.
See what the call offers up because they don't have the utilt to block everywhere. They only have one incendiary
Where are you gonna use that? Well right now it's on soul fly so likely for ramp. I mean it's nothing behind nothing to squeaky
The pepper four rounds t-side already. They're putting in a shift
Another one woks it concedes another opening death this time at the hands of magna jazz
A great find. Confident work. Zintara's on the AWP and walks six absences and able to remove.
At least one.
How many more? The question, how close are they?
They're gunning for them. They can hear the retreat of Zintara's. Dillardes relays.
Zintara's pivots.
Looks like they want to squeeze the Heaven Hell control again.
Zintara's just blocked. He's about to get a root away.
This could come as a bit of a shock doesn't hit that flick off the ladder for more but that space for Dillard has to continue to just
Hover up
Unaudible yeah, they're coding for on the side doing a lot of talking here
60 second
Advantage could get better. We're cardiac trying to return to the back side can't find the head shot can Dillard
There's we're cardiac able to do so provides an equalizing frag
It's all about that finish.
Centauras have found a good line for this.
Jiggle from Flamas, brilliant.
Fates the shot, triangulates the position,
and Boomix the one to profit.
Softfly has taken that lobby space.
How aware is Flamas?
All this possibility.
Who's responsible?
Has he pipped the perfect gap?
Didn't spot the barrel.
Pushing on in.
A jump scare for Flamas.
Anticipates.
Sorty!
Beautiful from Softfly.
The boom still alive, and he's been clutching up a storm.
Can Boomich do it once more?
Boomich!
All right!
Putting on a show in the arena is Boomich.
Two out of three so far.
We'll just keep it counted, this man.
Soulfly reads the plate.
It feels like he's made the difference,
but they line up for Boomich, and Wakadia
can not adjust that one really will send echoes into the finances of boom it
she's enjoying his time under the Sun he's playing his best counter strike
that's in and fall for the man right now we've seen Aurora Wimbus and Eagles
before and we can't hear he was the man to kick things off yeah he's got that
hot hand on the Desert Eagle even that one connects through the concrete
I can't give him another one of these, but still five rounds T side nuke
It's not about the confidence level of losing to Ecos
Which the point man outdoor as the bomb and he's back to it as alongside
So I'm ready to crunch in towards lobby the timing. Oh, he's so damn good
It's the gap the cardius desert eagle the unstoppable force on Luke
Finally fell, damage inflicted, Satara is there to match the output, found one.
And there's a tag softened up, they can't get past the Eagles!
Aurora does it, Eagles lock it in again!
And Makaria leads the charge!
Somewhat of a prodigy, finds his staged legs and pulls home a necessary sixth.
Yeah, well, smash this final round of the half, go into the break with the lead
and take a breath, enjoy the moment, take a look around.
One of the signs for Aurora though I'm liking here is the moves that are being made.
I understand this is a tight game, the image has been clutching up, but the individuals even Centares
they're not looking burdened by the pressure, by the environment right now.
Not a 12, like broken for that move.
Easy pickings, Centares, well aware of the potential move from Dilip's catch, but is he ready for another?
They're popping top.
Already knocking on the door from main side.
He's been spotted though, removed by Santar as for his second top of kill from the Turkish Terminator.
They're all struck at the spot, they're lost in the source!
Not how you wanted your half to end, just congregated sitting ducks getting plopped.
Insorty, he's not long for this. Wow, the Rora takes seven, we will swap sides.
This is only the beginning, folks. Varsquad are final in the Lancers and it's already delivered.
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And now they're going all the way to the top!
And now they're going all the way to the top!
And now they're going all the way to the top!
How does he do this?
Call the save Ribbonosti with the AWP play!
Wicaria Ali flows like a butterfly, deadly with the D.
Two D.Co rounds wins, keeps the CT side-haul respectable.
Bedboom got to be satisfied with five.
And Boomich in his two clutches, 1v3, 1v2,
keep Bedboom competitive at one of this quarter-final.
And he's loving it. He is absolutely loving it. You've seen Boovic find his feet immediately 14 frags keeps that boom in it to win it
So you took for this gonna be top flush they going fast. Okay, we got pace
To retake top setup. They're in the bubble go down. Okay. Oh
Wait, they thought they had more space than they did but we need to retake this site and the kit is in heaven
No plant still
Oxy delays it
Now the fights from the elevation they boost up Santara as he feasts on two
You got to keep hold of that kid now on magma jazz scoops it up
Not easy to get back into this
Roar up diligent on the set up head shot from the cardiac. Yeah, his pistol work continues
Locked to the face so I closes it down and a roar up take a fantastic start
That's super meditative again to the top side see nobody's home and this is a scary site
Yes, it's entire as there's a massive smile each place in an arena game
You are in for a world of hurt that sure he had I know was he has an eco was absolutely
Revolting from this man and if it's entire is and we're cardiac are both in form you are in trouble
But this is okay. We straight in the top we boost heart. We're gonna stuff the choke a heaven
Let out that raw the pride of Turkey doing him proud right now forced by back for that boom
Look at their stunning red pole
They're gonna have to conceive the cross, and Maja is making no secret of this.
Finish, taking the ventromp.
It's not be heavy for Aurora. They're hoping to push the rotations.
They're thermo-high level pug him.
This mix...
Look, gonna get shaken, disturbed by the rotations right now.
Flammus has not rotated down to beat.
Top pop play is on.
Good pistol up close, Mr. Sitaris. You gotta hit that first bullet, cause he will.
I see opening kill. They're tampered with this.
I don't know about that, but they do have an awful lot of space.
It's just sort of upheavied with the scout.
So looking for the reroute.
Is this an overcooked from Aurora?
Magic calls the boys back.
See, he stays on the roof to...
about some use of the top heart.
So keeping the boots planted are at least interesting.
Yeah, Magma Jazz has got a lot of smoke.
He's tempting with the 5-7 to try and catch the timing on the push.
Is anybody watching that young boss?
Unannounced.
Unaware.
I have a lot to worry about right now.
The Heaven and Hell wrapped a secret crawl.
They could still be in lobby.
You know there's pressure there.
30 seconds, they start to make the move and match up.
You take down Magna Jet.
Exactly where you wanted.
Sure, a scout bullet does find it, but he's alone.
And you ain't going vents.
Feels like the round might end here.
Actually up the vents to finish.
Okay, this should still be pretty calm.
This one's been pretty convoluted from Aurora, but they'll still be able to confirm it till it has Zorty and Flammeis to save what they brought in.
And nine rounds already for Aurora on their opponent's map pick.
Secret of the struggles that these guys have in games like this.
It's a great opportunity up against a team like Betboom for Aurora to make it to a major semi-final.
They've tasted the quarters before.
Never taken that step past as far as the majors are concerned. So today
history is in the making for Turkish Counter-Strike and there was concern about performances when the pressure really rises
I'll get that mental coach now and it seems to be working. So
See if they can run this one home
Sniper will note that saves are off towards CT spawn. There's nothing they can do about it now confirmed
Four round gap and we'll have the eco from pet boom now. They're just gonna juggle the leftovers
I'm not sure if this one is little bit more of a straight line for Aurora.
Now back ten, carried over.
Everyone has a little something to make this one interesting for Beth Boone.
It's the call from Maga.
He's going towards Yaa.
This time it's not him out there trying to sell the fake.
Santara is looking for space.
You might put a bullet in your face upon the Zorty scout spots him on the jump spot there.
It's a ramp spam from Wakadia.
So opening pick found.
And these are the gimmies. These are the ones you must convert if you're a Rory in this environment.
That one had a tough time, but they bowed themselves out with clutches.
Perhaps the gap will take the space and Taro's with a standoff outside, but he doesn't know it's happening.
Magnificent's been able to dip down into secret Zorty.
Ooh, tags him.
At least another U-Tour to finish down towards B.
At least for the window side means the Magnetger shouldn't be able to play into this.
That's always in, so the Magnetger will have to respect it.
The bomb should get planted, and this looks like it's going to have to be about damage for that boom.
More damage from Zordy. Two tags on the scout.
They're going to see if they can take this A.K., so group it up.
So Rumble's Entara's Yard.
So it goes down. So 2 to find it.
Tarez looking on point 16. Let's make it 17, shall we? No.
We'll pick up that AK, but the hunt is on.
Spring into action. Aurora want to rip this out of his hands.
That's what we're going to do.
We boil it, watch it, we'll find it.
Aurora up to 10 before we see the Bat Boom with full guns.
That's it. If there is any fight in Bat Boom,
this is always going to be tough.
The fact that they made it this far,
they run as far from a fluke.
The best of threes in stage 3 and big scalps have taken.
They've been playing every stage, every day.
And then I look up top left and I see a Nubis next.
It does feel like Nuke might be necessary
if Bat Boon won a chance of seeing a Semi.
Sure, it's a home turf for Aurora, but Bat Boon.
They're pretty good history on that map.
They just haven't played it at the Major yet.
The lobby sent you on the edge of Snowfall.
All of a sudden, I really want to keep that boom rotating.
But that boom had been down, and a couple of their new joints around Cologne so far.
And on the CT side, they've been able to bring it back, so they're still believing.
Not just selling presents, Yard is flammless a test for him.
Probably against Intarrez will get back.
Does actually stick around for a little longer than he might have liked.
safe passage to B, round secure, fight on young magic, L versus the Zaulty M4, provides an opening for Bet-Boom
lot of pressure onto Flamus' hold here, he's playing it up close, he's playing it disruptive, but his course of time is going to make it out
does stabilize, but we'll go down to the flame from the grave, we carry out, needed the net
another maglage is able to just about get through
winnable. There's a kit in play here but two of the three are very low. Aurora could
snatch this one away. Here comes Boone. No secret about his descent charging towards
SoulFlight opportunity for an easy headshot. Makes it a 2v2. That was the
healthiest of the bunch. But do you expect more? They kept it quiet. They
subvert the expectation. Oh! Good cover from Woxic. He had the awareness.
Now removing Magnetja as it falls to the sortie. Got a kit. He has got the smoke in the kit combo
But surely not, they've got the HE, they could just spam him away, does...
...tuck in, finds it, isolates, goes for it again!
Have you got him, Woxic? Have you got him? A straight bullet connects! Run down the knife!
Oh no!
Steals it away!
Sortie, a second O2, fast for the knife kill!
Oof.
They really needed that.
Yeah, well, still in a rough spot with the buy, that one on the pump, but on a knife's edge.
before our gap is that the beginning of the way back in that boom gonna be
fueled by clutches in this map another one in the first half Zordy's turn in
the second but Aurora are really playing with these rotations so there's
yard control smoke smoking off main smoking over towards lockers they're
showing that they wanted to take control around towards heaven hell try
to confuse these rotations about them sure they played this map an awful
Locked five times, this is the sixth.
But they're only reps together.
They're at the major.
They're having to be weaknesses.
He is well-drilled.
Now, just trying to live in the moment right now,
but that one snatched away.
That just has intentionally brought in with a Mach 10 here.
3.9K, could have had the AK.
Very fast on yard control.
Accelerating.
Oh, saltycash's wind of it.
Stishes himself well for the Tarex, but there's another one from that Turkish Terminator!
This is rapid, the pace.
They've used those same smokes, but off the earlier timing.
And now they do have the control.
You're in a box right now, Beppu.
You're gonna have to push Lobby for some space or stick to your guns, and you've got the weaker weapons.
Oh, this is really uncomfortable for Dillardez.
Not the range, you want to be taking this fight?
And yeah, Santara says, good night, sweet friends.
Dillardes down and a huge disadvantage to overcome.
You're in so much trouble.
He's in the hardlocker here, surrounded.
Nothing in MP9 can get done as a triple kill from Santara.
Let's make it a quad kill.
He knows who he is.
He's coming for you.
He wants the MP9.
He's having boys.
Magnet just cowering in the vents,
just wants to bring his gun through.
Zataris is on the hunt.
Who do you get away with anything?
Choosing the gap is just enough time. MagnaJazz better hope.
They don't find him. The whole squad sent out the search party and MagnaJazz denies it!
They were trying to give that to Zhentaris right there, but regardless of the result of that, that's four massive kills.
That's the 11th round confirmed, and we'll have to get the stats and he's on this, but I would say as far as arena playoff events of a scale like this,
this is the best I've seen Zhentaris play.
100%.
He is looking laser focused, locked in, and he's not missing a beat right now.
This is the man you need.
This is the man that Turkey have had their hopes and dreams on.
21 kills deep, two rounds to go and you take map number one this quarter final.
He is a man determined.
Oh, look at this buy. This might be force buying out the game for Beppu.
Nothing else they can do.
Los Berners in the mud.
Not enough rounds to work with.
Can't get consecutive on the CT side.
And the one round you do win is just one player who got knifed.
You took forward nothing.
He's coming for you, uncrouch at your own risk.
Flameless down.
Continues to rack up scalps.
22 and counting for Centauris.
Let's keep going.
Teaching us how to count.
Takes us 23rd.
And there's more where that came from.
He's only got MP9, smoked off on one.
Swinger the doors would be a death sentence, trapped by the flames.
With flash connection, Madron to Magma Jess.
Soulfly stabilizes, catches the swing off the deacon door and it's just boom.
McCarty has got it, tracks him, good one back, minding that headshot, but here comes the trade.
the second half has really had
very few to celebrate for that
move. 12 to six. It reads. Can't
stop singing the praises right
now. This man is seven and oh in
opening jewels. Untouchable.
they're overcoming those stage demons.
Looks like they're trying to put that behind them here Aurora.
One round. Five kills.
Matt 1's in your pocket.
It's your home turf, Anubis, up next.
Can you get that clean clothes?
It's been karma collected up until this point.
Even a couple of clutches from Boombich haven't been able to unravel the mental.
Aurora looking battle hardened.
CT bring a plate.
And Rikardi is ready for it!
He read them like a book and they're getting torn apart!
Just two to four.
And they can keep this one practically flawless.
Turkish Counter-Strike on the major stage.
in their capacity for destruction. One back shore.
Now you have the info. Now you've got the bomb site shoring it up as well. Plenty of
you to the top.
Sortie tagged up.
I should tell us once a couple more here comes Magnus.
There's an opportunity for the double.
All does hit their head.
It's up to Sortie versus Self-Light.
Will we see another round of play?
5 HP after the Nade. Come on, Saltfly, what have you got?
The rookie to close. Up against Zorty.
Locked in horns to keep it clean, and Saltfly closes it down.
Aurora up, and Anubis awaits.
Could it be the semi-final for Turkish Counter-Strike?
Aroha arrived in the arena with a point to prove and a playoff stream at Super Shoe
and they passed that first check with flying colours.
Might have been Betboos' map pick, but the individuals on the Turkish side, Jacob, they
are red hot right now.
Yeah, there was a strong performance coming out from Aroha, you know, pretty much from
start to finish.
You'd argue the first couple of rounds, you know, we're a little bit back and
You think to yourself, okay, that boom there's something to work with after a decent T side
But moving into the second half it was clear to everyone watching this game
That there was only one team on the server and I could be also one player on the server who made the difference in the form of
Santeres which I'm sure will dive into later
So speaking of the perfect start for a war a team known to struggle a bit in the player
We'll get to be seen here. No, but exactly what I want to see out for Roya
I wanted him to ship to play with that determination that they also showed throughout the group stage
They come in, they take control of the game and yes, it was messy in the beginning, but that it is what it was made to a jitters, you know playoff jitters
And I think both teams were very nervous in the beginning
So you just see a lot of mistakes a lot of gaps being abused
But in the end it seemed like a roar they found the group and they also find you know the confidence within the squad and you know
They got they handled the pressure the most whenever it was headed them
So a very impressive showing from the likes of a war. I do think that they were really good at just punishing mistakes
just flat out I'm gonna put it out there. Bed Boom came with a certain plan that
plan did not work at all and Aurora were always in a position to capitalise on
the mistakes that Bed Boom were doing pretty much every single round so it
begs to differ what is going to change for the maps moving forward but I'm
going to be remaining hopeful that Bed Boom is going to turn this around.
Let's go back right to the beginning then Martin because round three the
deans were really digging in this right? It's a powerful Turkish deagles as we
know them always every Turkish person and player is just good with his
And it all kind of turned the tide of this map because Vaikariya is able to finish off this massive 3k with the one we won against Blumage
And it just sends the momentum back to Aurora's grasp and they didn't really let go throughout the whole nuke
And Vaikariya, all my money for him, I do like how he played it, all the shots were extremely difficult to hit
But at the same time it's just individual prowess that we were kind of questioning at the beginning of the segment and the beginning of the map
Because well, the Jitters are clearly there, but not for Vaikariya
Yeah, and that's fair enough. You know, it's a huge stage to be performing on. Let me get into the mid-portion of that first half
We know how important outside control is on the map of Newt Jacob. What have you got for us?
Yeah, I think Stigra showed us the first signs of Jida's coming out from bedroom
I'm gonna show you the second one as well
We're round seven we had a point again where every round is super important for bit room to get here a perfect flash
Perfect set out
Magnet is not getting the kill a little bit hasn't in the net dual
Broomage coming in getting the reflight you find yourself in a 3v3 scenario
Voxig in a great position, picks up another kill and again you think to himself
Boomage has to come in as the guy getting the revenge kill right here, trying to
stay it out, fails a bit of a molotov, doesn't really push Voxig into a
losing position and at this point for BedBoom they're just left in a very
very stocking some position. You have BedBoom, sorry Boomage going down on the
lower bomb side by himself with the bomb so even though he gets himself a
1v2 with 3 HP with a position that is known to all the players from Aurora
as well, it starts working out for him and you know I feel like we
I saw a couple of examples in this round, where Magnus is supposed to get that kill in the yard,
supposed to get a good opening for Bed Boom.
The idea is great, the opening is great, but it just didn't wait up here.
And then talking about Jitters, the round 8 coming up right after, you know,
it's again, it looks like a bit of a game plan that they want to be sneaking down Bed Boom,
but they can't find it, they're just stuck inside the smoke, they can't get down vents,
and the bombs get dropped onto the bomb side, and at this point, they have nothing to work with,
so there's only one thing to do, and that is to brawl your way out,
and that's what Boomer does at his best.
He hits a massive shot onto Vox here, then turns around for the second one,
It's just a massive showing that Boomage, regardless of how that round you'll spiral out of control,
he bounced it back, but also showed what kind of player Boomage is.
He is a stage player, and to pull up these kind of things, to know how to handle the situation, that was very well done.
Kind of leaves you wonder where this map would go if it wasn't for this specific Boomage clutch.
We have multiple clutches.
Obviously, and as you mentioned, that Bendive game plan was clearly there,
and Bed Boom were just not able to find that bend multiple times in a row.
we have, this is round 8 obviously, we already talked about it, but it's just so like weird.
I'm honestly thinking if they have even this radar bind that they see the vent and they're
able to go in, they always get tons of damage dealt to them, they fail to find it, they
just cannot go down and it happened multiple times to the point where boomage in my opinion
just abandoned the game plan and they actually went outside and wrapped under heaven where
they actually won two rounds, but they had to go back to this again and this
This is, for a structured team like Bed Boom, a big deal.
If you're first, if this just doesn't, what is this?
Right?
Oh, you hate to see that.
You hate to see that, and it happened over and over
throughout this T-Site.
So Bed Boom, we're in a position where game plan,
original game plan clearly didn't work,
and they have to come up with a one on the spot,
and they fail to do that.
This is just not the halt that you want to,
like kind of, it fizzled out, it fizzles out.
I think it's very important to conceptualize that,
because I think the idea of the game plan was great.
We saw great openings, we saw great opportunities provided to Bedboom,
but the execution from the players, not going down the vents from Magnetius,
not finding the kill in Yacht that we showed, the Deagle round as well.
This is not a boomage calling issue.
This is not a preparation issue coming in from Bedboom.
This is an issue and I'll cut the fat away,
where these players on the stage right now clearly are feeling the nerves.
They did not play like this at any point, neither on stage.
One, two, all three, this is the first time we see Bedboom
really being applied to that kind of pressure.
It is playing inside the stage and they couldn't handle it this time around.
I'm sorry to say it, cut the fat away.
That was an unacceptable performance for Bedboom.
If you want to have any aspiration,
any chance whatsoever, making the semi-finals.
Yeah, respect for getting straight to the point.
And it was almost the inverse story for Aurora,
which is amazing because it's not very often
that we get to say that when these guys are performing
on stage.
Let's start off with Wikipedia.
I believe DePri, it was Madras saying in your podcast,
right, he is the best stage player at the moment,
and he approved that basically from the get-go.
Yeah, he approved that all in round three.
You know, it's a massive string round
to get the fire going in the Turkish squad.
And it is, I think it was very important
for Roar to get that kind of round swing so early on in the game so it wouldn't spiral out of control and you know
Why can't it just get so much job done whether he's rotating whether he's clutching?
He's just in my books the best player that they have in our role right now and also the best triggers play out there
And you know it is just great to see that he from where when he was picked up to where he is now that he's actually
overchecks in Santaras in the guy to be looking out for this
But I think it's very well deserved because he gets a lot done for this team and once again showing it on the stage
Sure, Saint-Harris will probably spot light coming into this specific game because we know that he's been starting
But looking at the stats, you know having a hundred and ten ADR and with five multi kills
That's very massive specifically because of the precision placed on you and from the clips
We just in day he was always in the position to punish the mistakes of bad boom all those vendors
He was there and he was spamming them all those Diggle kills
I think five incredible hedgehogs that actually swung the whole half into into Aurora's favor
he was there and he was present. All those impact kills were the reason Aurora is leading 1-0.
And you mentioned the name, Xantara as well. Obviously he's been somebody we've been putting a lot of pressure on for good reason.
Like with great power comes great responsibility and it's not something he's often been able to show on the stage today.
That was an exception to kind of the trend that we've seen developing.
It's the perfect start for Xantara. Even in this game, the first couple of rounds, it was a little bit hidden miss.
You think to yourself, okay, is he up for it, is he not?
And then he just took over the server going 7 for 7 in opening kills 24 to 14 on the KD
He was just having a game for himself. And I gotta say you know bedroom
They offered a lot of mistakes, but it takes a good player and a good team to punish every single one of them
And if anything, this is exactly what Santaris needed. He's aware that he's been struggling in the playoffs
We are aware his coach is aware his teammates is aware
So for him to get that out of the way map one in the playoff like this against a weak playing bedroom
That's the perfect start if you're major you couldn't script this any better
Exactly the point that I wanted to make, actually, Jair.
Because I think, no matter the opponent right now,
I think Stara's the worst enemy himself when he's sitting on that stage.
And now he at least proved himself wrong that he can perform.
And just looking at the opening duels,
that was the one thing that I highlighted was very good from him in the first stages of the major.
That he was looking, he would have better stats in opening attempts and success than done.
That kind of speaks for a player that is feeling it, right?
But the fact that he gets to show it on stage, even though it's bedroom,
we won't take anything away from him.
That is a massive trait for him and to him moving forward
and to hopefully break that barrier that he's created within himself that he cannot perform as well as he does in the other stages.
I've seen Op kill from Xantares, I've seen everything.
Well, maybe we haven't quite seen it all because Aurora's map pick does lane wait.
That is a new base.
Stiko, do you want to just maybe put some context to why this has been brought in?
Is this an issue for Bedboom potentially?
It might be an issue, but it's also an interesting pick from Aurora because obviously the Bedboom did not play it's single time here.
So they have literally zero data to work with and they can only go and judge by the previous roster results
Which they've been honestly pretty good
But going into this confidently and picking it means that obviously bedroom is going to be having this luxury of starting on T side
Which is obviously not known this pretty big deal
But there are certain concepts where I feel like Aurora is really good at
Specifically on this map and there were a couple of moments where Voxigan Vaikedia on A side is just
Unperdurable on C side. They're really really good and vibing together to locking down that site Xantara
therefore allows to be moved around as a piece over to the b side on the ct side so i i've seen
a couple of things where where they're really good and in a really really good synergy as well
when it comes to aggression it's clearly a team effort everyone has a spawn roll aside and they're
doing it i don't want to say flawlessly but they're doing it and they're rolling their way
through this new base and so far throughout this event it's been carrying them in a lot of
unfavorable best of threes and legitimately like we can call all the bullshith here there's
There's not been a better way for Aurora, and they've paid their way to make a semi-final
for them right now.
The fact that they have, and they've just come out for them, they've set themselves up
for this one.
And I mean, at this point, if they don't win this one out, that's going to sting them
and it's going to potentially hurt them even more going forward.
I think this is the best shot they've ever had, making it this far.
So please make this one count.
If we're looking at the starting side for each obviously Aurora, going to be starting
on that CT side, we've got Batboom on the T side.
What should they be doing to kind of throw Aurora a little bit off-kilter on what
is basically their hometown map?
Bed Boom needs a strong T-side. They need to get away with a lot of rounds. They need to set the
precedence because I think when we speak of Anubis and you guys can disagree if you want but
I think the C-T side of Anubis arguably is the hardest or one of the hardest C-T sides in the
game of Counter Strike. It takes so much synergy to be able to shut down a team like Aurora when
they get to the T-side and we spoke about it. You know, Boomage and the boys from Bed Boom
theoretically are a team with a standing right now. Limited practice it takes an
awful lot of practice in order to you know adjust the finer details when it comes to a
map like Anubis. I don't know, historically speaking, BedBoom have been playing the map
to a high degree, but that's with a different lineup. It doesn't matter in this context. So
one argument would be that, okay, Aurora, you can't really prepare for BedBoom. Another one
would be the level of gameplay BedBoom can offer on the server on a map like Anubis. It's going
to be limited by the fact that they haven't had time to practice one of the most important
maps to get practice time on. And just to add on to that as well, there have been times
where it could have been in the map pool for BedBoom, and they've deliberately gone away from
it as well. So that kind of speaks volumes as to how comfortable maybe the game plan is
feeling on this one? I actually checked face it of these players because obviously
we don't have any data to work with so I went to face it and checked what did they
play while they were here and Anubis was not one of the most played maps. Some of
them had like played it four times five times. They clearly lacked the hours on
this map. Obviously they practiced it, obviously they prepped for it, they have
a theory, they have positions, they have strats, they have tactics. Obviously it's
there but the playtime is where it matters and Turkish side is going
to be on the huge huge uptake here because this is just their home
and no better way how to clinch this one to 0.
I just hope they've shaken off some of the jitters, right?
You know, the first map of the quarter-final, it's always a big one, right?
Because they need to go in now and show that they can shake that off
and play a little bit more like Fielder, you know, go in a night to go for the five.
They need to go out and contest the areas and not fall back
because if they just allow a role to play on their terms,
I don't think they're going to be standing a chance.
So I want them to go out and be a little bit more destructive.
And I want them to maybe throw in that game plan, whatever they've made,
throw down a bit of it out the window.
whenever they decided to go for the in-executes, the vent dives, everything, they seemed flat.
But as soon as they went outside, they were playing off each other, and they just went for the duels, playing off the momentum.
That's what I want to see, and that's what I want to see in the Nubis.
If there's one thing that, to me, is a silver lining for BitBoom here,
it's the calling of Boombies, the fact that he's been able to, throughout the entirety of the tournament,
come up with solutions on the fly. They have limited practice on certain maps,
they're going to have limited practice on a Nubis, but if there's one thing Boombies has done throughout the entirety of the tournament,
it's actually adjusting on the fly. So even if Plan A doesn't work out,
Sometimes plan B, plan C has worked out, you know, something he's coming up mid-round, etc. etc.
That's why I think it deserves so much credit for how he's caught so far in this tournament, because it hasn't been calling out a spawn or relying on, you know,
methodical practice leading into the tournament where everyone knows what they're doing. He has to micromanage a lot and on a map like Anubis, to me,
that's the silver lining. There's only so much he can do. We saw that Anubis. I think he called a great game on the Nuke T-Sign.
I think the players let him down. That cannot happen here on Anubis. The players around him has to step up.
Well, either way, it's been absolutely cutthroat star for Aurora here in the arena and now things may be looking even easier
It's down to them at pick their home turf and one way even team spirit have dubbed them as the best team in the world
Right now. It's going down on a new bus after this
I had so many trades tracking anything, your files are wet.
Tell me one round, hold on, let me pull up CS stats.
Oh wait, my bad.
You suck.
Settle your debates, search your profile on CS stats, and turn on tracking to see all your games.
What's up? We are back!
I'm just looking, you guys don't have a head to head against Pepin.
We haven't played against him.
Okay, so first time.
Yeah, well I guess that doesn't matter, right?
It doesn't matter, I think.
Like I told you, I think in the arena, the only issue is us, you know.
I'm not secure.
If we're good, no problem.
What about you know the whole playoff thing like what has been the in your own words like what has been the biggest issue for you guys
What have you done to actually try and get better at it other than just getting more reps
Like in my point of view with all the years. I played I really feel that we're not
Individually playing the same way that we play on the stage three like say the show like I think they're
Even the communication sometimes is not the same like I don't have the same information coming to me
or maybe also me and maybe I'll talk faster in the arena.
It can be possibility also.
They told me I sometimes talk faster so we don't understand.
But also individually, we're not doing the same move,
like we talk with Wikipedia about this.
I think we play more pussy, you know?
When you play like this, when you play more comfortable
on the server, it's not helping your teammates
because when you do things that you have to do
and you take information in the right, in the left side,
so it's better for your teammate
because they understand what's happening in the map.
But if you just stay like this and you have no information,
you don't take your fate in your hand, you know, and you can't play.
And I think this is the main issue that we have.
But obviously talking about this and trying to fix that will help.
Hopefully, hopefully.
Who's your best stage player so far that you've seen?
My best stage player? Yeah.
You say yourself? Yeah.
I think him.
Right. Just because Tires isn't here and he'll never see this.
I think you're the best Turkish player in the world right now.
Thank you. I think that.
And I also, I remember when he first came in third ago
and you're just there mid on the stairs
and you're just like flush and just like a madman.
And this guy's just running up,
wrecking everybody.
I was like, he's the future.
He's gonna be the man.
I think he's very intelligent.
It's not because he's here, I'm telling you.
But he's very intelligent.
He has to learn more things obviously
but he's very potentially has very high potential,
very intelligent
and hopefully you can have a bright future.
I wish him.
Thank you.
Oh.
Oh.
Waxix obviously got a lot of experience on the stage, right?
Yes.
He loves it.
He loves the bright lights.
Yeah.
I think as a team, I would not want someone
who's playing very bad or I think it's just as a team.
Sometimes we have a day off.
Also, we could have the bad day, bad games in playoff.
But I think it's more as a team, you know,
like what we bring as five people on the day.
But I'm not thinking too much about that, because if we think too much and we talk too much about that, it's also not helping, so just generally what we do every day in practice is just play and just try to talk the same way and do the same things, you know.
Vigates corn!
All right, I've proven that they get to play their game on the big stage.
Bacardi has set him up, Zintara has knocked him down, Zintara is in top four, flawless
in his openings on Nuke.
Does the Bed Boom journey end here? Fighting through every stage of the major to the iconic
Lanccess Arena. Is there anything Bed Boom can do to shake the confidence of this warlock
roster? They are flying high this afternoon. Their pick of a newbis. An opportunity to
to make history the Turkish counter-strike at the end of this map.
Let's get this party started, shall we, Kalar?
to see them play this map at the major who's going to pick up sirens responsibilities flammies
we'll learn together. Oh, I like the idea. 3-2 split, mid-presence whatsoever. Nothing
given so far. The jiggles, soft flight, takes contact, managers take space. He confirmed
that they were advancing down a little jiggle. Managers will challenge forward to tuck
kit. Two smokes in the molly, it would be a B execute, so he's picked up the bomb.
These Entarras can pick up the opening kill if he finds the head.
Glamis just runs in. That's an easy pick for Wakadia, catches him walking through the smoke.
I can't explain that.
Miss Karmor, not on the same page there.
Maybe not believing what's behind that smoke.
Okay, this looks like an A-split now, but obviously a transition, they're just trying to do it all on his own.
to sell some things in Tarzan. He saw the one and this boost. Now erected, now spotted.
Oh my god, he's actually hit the goosh. Fair play. Supposed to favour the CTs, Magnages
into the sidecatchers, Riccardia, and now this pivotal temple, he's got the USP primed
and ready. Sulflye's undetected as he closes that gap on the plant, so it's going to
be caught off guard, but now they know. 3 on 2, thanks to Magnages. Chip it in
for number three. There's one back from Soulflight. He's got a lot to contend with.
Casting to find her head. There's a double. Magneges has to ace clutch.
It's not planted for him. You're absolutely right.
He's got ten seconds to close the gap and find the kill.
He's hoping. He's praying. Matcher over extends.
Soulflight's getting run out. He stouts his ground. Pivot's in.
The major rookie on the stage. He closed it down on Nuke
and he starts it off for Aurora here on Anubis.
I know he was in transition. I
know I know anchor it is side
right there, but still slips the
gap. It's a couple of important
ones. And just if he could heat
up might have a conversation
that boom. Booms that familiar
face. He's the experienced
piece. The rest of them they
learning on the job right now.
Sure Aurora haven't had the most
success in a setting like this,
but they've definitely had the
opportunity to put the
opportunity to put the
opportunity to put the
the opportunity to play in front of the crowds are awful lot more.
It is a good sign for Bad Boon that Magma Jazz is feeling himself.
And now he's got an AK-47 for his trouble smoked off middle.
Sort of full force by, it's just the AK in the mix.
So he needs to find output right now, they're going to try and soften up this by for the next round of play.
Let the man work.
I'm going to boost him up, just to strafe across a little bit more in the conversation
being had out there.
I was promised a boost.
Yeah, I think they're going to get it, so replenish there off the con, smoke, Moxic,
overstepping the line and smoked off.
So not able to force the rotations as they were hoping for with that key PC utility.
Moxic with a flash of the ready to set up some Tarres.
calls it clear and the boost has been dismantled. 50 seconds as they now park
back towards AOB. Flammus late middle, Wakadia and Woxic to lock down this site.
Double W should be using shots down by Wakadia in combination. Woxic, let's do
some damage. It's just the one rifle picked up by Zorty and I think, oh,
Zintara is looking sharp right now.
The Lizard flick on Nuke, but he also has some massive rounds that open his way of discussing.
The Kani has been instrumental as well, the two of them on finer form,
but they know that the guns are coming in short.
Snakeay invested there.
Emich will sacrifice his, but down to the tech nine.
The rest of Betburn will be fully equipped.
The flexibility of this high level pug is going to be tested.
We have not seen them play this map throughout the major run.
Looks like Dillard has been picking up the responsibilities of Siren, at least on the T side.
It's still got a lot of admiration for how far they've managed to go with the roster stipulations.
It does feel like they may have bitten off more than they can chew on a rival here to the playoffs.
Let's see if his T-Side can change our mind.
As this controls will be taken, the E-Box vine fall by both sides, and so goes either
way to Tare's mid-playout cheating towards B.
Now as what it will also shift into temple
On outside of a wikadia playing somewhat retake will still put up some light resistance
But really tough to having full commit to this
He's in the air now signifying the mid to a
He's flashed away. He doesn't get anything
Cardio no perfect position plan must take down boom still able to provide the necessary for on this
There's a very fast flag coming in sort. He's gonna have a flash in his face does
Get away and be no easy to track and that's the kills
Did it there's gets the bomb planted solve for however over looked as quick on the trade from my booties
I see the same here from Centauri, so they tried to cause the chaos there
It was high pressure on bad boom, but they will walk away with their first on this T half
So necessary sacrifice was boom itch
and Aurora trying to hedge their bets with the stack, read the situation incorrectly.
1,400 into the next, the buy will be the conversation.
Looking to get out with their lives bet boom.
I can't wait to see what's going to happen to me.
Maktan 3 AK-47s.
So Kachlan is our spot.
Solf like a bayonet for it.
He wants to keep it for himself with his B-defence alongside.
Imagine if he wanted to drop it to another member.
There's a smoke right there.
That's the first time I've thought from Faber very early.
I like the timing, before you run out of cash you take the eco, see if you can still buy
the economic control in the early stages.
So the flight's been able to get that M4, there's a Famous for Wakati and Anja in with an MP9,
and Moxig just down on a pistol, 5'7".
Looks like he's going to hold onto some residual cash to try and bring the all-power
in a couple of rounds if they can't turn this one around.
With limited U2 and limited weaponry, keep our eyes on like a bit more aggressive from Aurora.
either a gamble stack or an opening move.
That boom, the consecutive fierce knows that.
On top of the money, you can start rolling with the rounds on the T side of this map.
Least played nap at the major so far, least played nap of the year so far.
They're in the playoffs only 9-Z banning this, so we'll see how many times it rears its head.
So 3-1-1 for the start of the defence.
to make a play. He's already
through the lurk smoke. So, I
better catch Flammus not
expecting this. Oh my god.
Okay, Flammus lucky to be alive
there.
That's the opening move in the
early stages. You're already
very light on you so a couple
of smokes left to block short.
No rush for the T side. The
amount of you till you got
remaining, you wait up the
and then you've got all the advantages in the world.
And you didn't concede that opening kill.
The opening gambit from Centares.
Unable to provide.
Gap over the top of that, an audible net from Centares.
They are keeping that pressure procedural and consistent.
How do you have stars of smoke to block over the wards, A?
Now this pressure, he'll release it.
To the gates of Ascets for now.
Touch in tight.
That's the last of the smokes.
Match is rotating over the long way through beach, so I'll fly with all that info, here they come.
Cardia, he's the first flash, Tilt goes swing, and there's Tilt there's on the entry, lovely!
Centauri provides the double and Matcha matches it!
Collapsing now, boom, not yet to frag, needs one to get the juices flowing.
Orangame leader move, commit to the plant, get the extra cash, get run out surrounded,
And over come Madge with three frags his first three contributions and Aurora defend their honor
That's in the heart there to coach favor takes the time I give them a chance to have the conversation
They have the opening move they don't connect on the frag, but the rotation was perfect match at this time
Of the stack on the right side still does out for Brimson Tara's a joy to watch when he is on form
And then that dream with that mop and bucket in game leader on the SMG. It's minutes me to that
So, that boomer's still in this tug of war.
You mentioned the plant.
That is going to help them out in the buy department.
Blagalil's 2 AKs and Tecna for Magnajez.
Let's see if this one has a bit more pace.
The last few have definitely been feeling out in the defensive Aurora.
consistent with this 3B start.
This entire start is very important towards Jail.
Participating in something B centric, they nearly lost matchup.
They can't hang around, the U2 could do it.
He's going to have to hide back, which means...
Oh, the entire start is activated for two!
Starfly can finish the job!
Magnet is in trouble, only a tech 9 up against the two of them on the site.
Good one, humble smoke, it'll work.
Gets away with his life in an AK-47.
Chasing that tower right now, Beppert.
Mkhardia making a play. Takes the space, he's on his side in his own mid to massive void and he tucks in tight.
The one outside B just feel like quite the condemnation. So much uncertainty, have they pushed up?
Yeah, but look at the setup from Aurora right now. The radar's all you need to see. Softlight tucked in, a retake from Maja.
Woxic is literally back in CT spawn. They're aware of the gaps, they're giving them the space.
I don't know exactly where Betboom's up to right now, so bomb, picked up, E-Util, Donz,
Soulfly, he could shot this down.
Is it a good position to do so?
Safe from the flames, we're not safe from the Zortia AK.
Can they stop the plant?
Yes they can, Magnet just didn't find the cover, he was in the open, just get
spanned through the smoke and another one all around.
now for Batboom. Looking comfortable out there, Aurora. Seriously.
He's beside with four rounds already under that belt and they've done a hard part. You've
humbled the finances, you know Batboom are going to be in with the eco.
At that set up, as soon as Magus low, Zintara has to move. The conversation being, this
is no longer short up. We need to make a move out of this set up as Zintara gets
the output on two, seven and three right now. It was sick as well, not only the
first, but when most would get one, he's gotten two. Commits to the spray, nails
the head on the follow-up swing they've gone for a cheeky run boost in middle
here there's no you tilt with that permit this one look at him sco's entire
these are the plays I've just been talking about just seeing his players
make the same moves and now Centaur is ready for the multi he can just take
them all down easy pick into the two now accelerating a woxic ready doesn't
hit it doesn't need to pass the body to lend a hand picks out further
Another double, Derpand leaves with two,
and get three for Wachsic.
Everyone taking a turn, put on a multi right now.
Question mark's about Aurora work.
So stepping out on the stage is the moment
to get the better of them.
Now look, and you consider some of the opponents
they're losing to, and then the top names are Counter-Strike.
Betboom are not that.
Got a hodge-podge piece to get the roster.
They didn't know that we're going to be contending for the Cologne trophy with before they rocked up.
It's the fact that they're here that's impressing in their self.
But right now, an apple and a fable are starting to run thin.
They're running out of steam.
It's a clock place, Ney. Dillardes fights an opening, but Zintara's just up in their face, up in their grill.
Using that new hole, Dillardes double, but Zintara's just sticking around, exposed was boom.
He's flowing years in that flow state. He's just gonna constrict this
So you go where you've got wanting to deal with Santara's gonna have to try and wrap back around
Yeah, just how does he read this? Is he aware?
He is one step ahead of them right now. They'll be in the bomb will go down
But I'm not sure they'll be ready for him so quickly as the tires isn't full boxing finish or smoked off
Let's get this tough, but he has a HG for the break. We could time as well
Let you choose to plant sortie
Good to turn in the round
It's once in play first.
Walks off throw, doesn't use the HE, but Flammus able to adjust.
Didn't find the immediate accuracy necessary.
That boom for their second round.
Just got to get past this Southpaw Sniper.
There's a problem.
That's the trade you want to see.
Dillardes, four kills in the round.
We're talking about Salflight.
Dillardes, the other rookie.
This is, uh...
a ball being taken to them.
Last time you won a major.
You still have a lot of work to do to have that happen again, but why not from BOOM?
Let's see how far BOOM can push this.
They decided to take the fight in that scenario, didn't Rora?
They took the brawl, they pushed out, they feel giving BOOM what they'd like.
They don't have to play out the mid-round.
There's not so much micromanaging required from BOOM in those situations.
situations it's folks on the crosshat, hit your shots until it does whether they're on
your screen or through a smoke, did a fantastic job with four huge contributions for their second,
again teetering with the money. So they've come forth to be go, 1,900 lost into the
next Aurora and there's extra 30 seconds a nicer favour as well. So Fizz potentially
doing the Turks a favour in this one. They stopped that boom from getting the consecutive.
It's double AWP's.
It's gonna lighten the load of pressure for you two on this V-Site for Aurora.
Raja can just post up, hold the line, and they can channel these smokes elsewhere.
It's funny to see them both start being...
Yeah, that is strange.
Set up for something on the cross, and I think the locks it.
I'm taking water with the same pace.
They're not gonna catch them sleeping, they walk straight across mid.
This is where...
Boone's gonna have to do some of his best work.
Not with the space taking and the calling.
I'm maneuvering them in this round, at least in the early stages.
They have an activity on Middles, pull Poxic away.
Activity is 40. Yeah, Salflight pokes his nose out, be maimed.
Flannis is close, he might want to look for a peek here.
That's not like he's on the warpath.
Salflight can play a jiggle, smoke defense here.
The Opry groups with this find a middle.
Smoke another up the tree.
Ooh, okay, that's questions of this. They're going to waltz into the AWP, babe.
Yeah, just boom. Does he go wide enough? It's a tight angle from Woxic.
He's nailed it. Beautiful contribution and opening kill provided.
There's number two, Zorty Court Crouching.
Woxic just piecing it together, one to buy, one.
Anyone else fancy it? Into his scope, a missed shot.
On this shot he will get punished for.
Flamers accelerates, Santares is responsible.
There's Dila Desi, they could just find Santares,
but it's easier said than done.
Deadly in Santares.
You just walk into 1-6 AWP like that,
he's gonna hit the shot every day of the week.
That was casual.
That was comfortable.
A little bit of pressure on Santares at the end there,
but Hayes been standing tall throughout.
You can't be down to this man right now
between the two of them.
This is the history of Turkish Counter-Strike.
We're guardians of the future and everyone's combining what is a solid shift in this quarterfinal looks like business out there now
Comfort of getting home turf after already taking your opponent's map choice
This the block so
Pass piece for about to erupt with these pistols
Yeah, they're gonna just go for a bit of a pace change straight pop through the smokes and some towers
getting to his best to defend the side nice for Magus' one for that boom it's
not enough he's taken down boom two on two awkward for Magus yes the Nate
doesn't kill him finds it onto Ikaria that kill his third in the round now put
up to the 1v2 they're not looking at what's it what's his in yes he does
needs a rifle doesn't feel confident in the 1v1 versus Dilladez
Full power, Util.
Dillides down, that's a solid connection.
Softened up, a P2K headshot might cut it.
Anticipates the reposition.
Smoke on the bomb, kick, present.
He wants to get on that bomb now.
Dillides knows it gets up close, can spam him down.
Important again from Dillides.
Closing down, bringing home rounds.
Necessary rounds on the T side of Anubis.
That one's a bit scrappy right there,
and the Double Ops into play and Ajax have a tough time there where the pistol starts to scamper in.
Everyone getting lost in the sauce, caught in the smogs, Magnajez catching the tail of soulfly,
then picks up the M4, takes down whoever's in his way and then this was never going to be easy
on the retake for Woxy, using everything he had but couldn't find that rifle. Dillardes
impacting two of the rounds now, down to just pistols. Aurora with six already on the CT side
And that's the first real frustrations we have seen from Zintaris
He knows what that round lost means. Oh, we can't he's got a deal in his hands will stay on board with him
He's been hitting some scorches. Yeah, it's good boy
Has he got another one in him ever minds of tires is done on the USP now look out here equipped with an AK
You better watch out you're missing shots you're feeding the pressure. You got these before
Mission to retrieve bomb successful
How does it feel like they've been on the back foot?
Up against what is just a couple of Desert Eagles now on AK.
Same boost from the pistol.
It's an angle that they're not vulnerable for.
Hang on, Matt, just found Boon.
Magnus has to save him.
In combination with Dillardes, they seize the site.
Torres, oh, he does pull off the jiggle bait, salty.
Paws the trigger prematurely.
He's coming in with that 8K and he's going to put it to good use.
Flamuses, Kallash could be a crush and burn here.
Dillardes and Magregas down their ground.
Necessary again. Threatening again.
For the first time we have seen Beppin with consecutive rounds on his T-half.
Flub Gates could open at the tail end here before the half-final.
could open at the tail end here before the half-time break.
Hawkins seconded with tires up at 6 to piece.
That was a tough round.
Even with the US peers, Aurora hit in the head immediately.
So having to stay steady, but the stress they're building now,
Flamish trying to shrug this one off.
What's it going from here?
Yes, Molly enabled for Yorkline.
Hacker jet is dead.
Beautiful opening from Waxig, punishing mistakes.
It's been a theme.
I'm Aurora Success is here.
Been dominating in this opening department.
So another one to the tally.
Have you chose the best player to remove as well?
MagmaJazz are able to contribute into round 11.
I'm forced out of there on the break.
We smoke in through middle.
He's being the hero so far, one more to fight.
And you provide more for your roster.
Oh! What a shot break Santara's neck!
And you pivot the bombs out some of the day, mate.
You've got 50 seconds. What's the plan?
Pushing B, mate, for info right now.
Softlight was considering it, Delides.
Given the opportunity to take some space,
the bomb coming back to B through canals.
Now it's just been spotted. Maybe their intention more clear now.
Mekani is rotating over this, just so many holes.
And he has to be ready for this. And Dilladez again, finding them on the backstab.
Double trouble, now awkward for Solfly. So damn awkward, an MP9, just the one.
He's done it again.
How many rounds on this T-side we can contribute to Dilladez and his contribution.
Just Mekani to try and change the narrative. It's a good one off to 40. Flammus is next victim!
Suddenly a 2v2, it has to all be Dilladez.
You got him in.
And you bail him out as well.
Here's them coming, knows where they're both approaching from.
It's a predictable post-plant position, need precision.
Can't hit it, yes he can!
Finding Woxic up to a cardio!
Dillardes announces his presence in this playoff game!
Another 4k for the man.
Dillardes, Dillardes, and right now the money looking Dillard done.
The chance to tie this up before the break.
This is the fight you want to see from BatBooom.
Got a couple of Cinderella's at the ball in this one.
9Z, Fury are there up next.
But it's great to see the fight.
It's great to see them fighting down.
And through this man, 15 and 7, making up for Mr. Booom.
Krashrom B immediately, forcing out the light, you two.
Fire is scuffed.
SMGs are plenty, a couple of famuses.
Not an M4 in sight.
Ricardia is committed to this. It could be another one from Dillardez.
Sees the shoulder, takes the head!
Ricardia taken out of the round.
Step closer to tying this game up.
And the usual approach to the mid-hold, they're gonna have to take a couple of risks in this one with the type of weaponry they have.
Lost his mid control in a few rounds and that's gonna pass.
Success. Lannis is not gonna miss that one. There's three more to find.
Recovery mission successful.
It's a be their wall. Nobody's home. The uterus in the sky.
two diligence is there. Just gonna get that bomb down in the 40 seconds. We'll begin.
Better for them convincing from Flamme's one-soul flight. Moxie kicks up a bit of a stink but
gonna get spawned here and Flamme asleep. That's starting to look more like it. Taking the swings,
taking the fights. That boom. Starting to show themselves up here and Zintaris, the last
man to fight. Under the kill for his chop balls and there's one but he needs to get a move
on right now.
It's going to take some time on the AK, cut by the AK, cut with his pistol out, 6-6.
Maybe we got a game here, folks, a run of form from Batboo.
Oh, well, there's the first one.
He can get a double.
There's still two pairs left.
He's got no half-offen.
13 and 3.
Oh, my goodness.
How does he do this?
How does he go through it again?
5 of the last 6 rounds of the half go in the way of Bed Boom. They stabilise and keep us
apprehensive as to whether a wall are really going to do it in 2.
It's their map in Nubis. Out to the favourite side of this de-cited
map. And Zantares is in fighting form. 16 and 8. Top of the tables on Nuke as well.
to get going here, 0 and 12.
On the defense he will be
necessary three studying a man
boomage mid and managers over
towards the box in his loans
and clamping down for an eight
playing right now.
And it's not what Aurora set up
for on this tea cycle at all
three congregating outside of
middle to outside of B waiting
for a push.
Question is it's a mid play.
play is it into a split or some be hijacks it's the backline to temple
smoke lined up
they're trying to split through temple here unless they go to their inside okay
rush is perfectly timed it removes boomages vision and they will accelerate
towards this temple position doesn't have to help it's just boom doesn't hit
their head shots off like evasive maneuvers as they flood into CT spawn.
Lock smoke but they're actually pivoting eggs.
Two here.
Yeah, okay, Dillardes here's this.
Here it is.
I think they've got the crossfire spot.
Oh!
Ouch!
Bell wrong!
Dillardes gooshed.
Doesn't hit the first head.
It's messy from Zorty.
Kaseai vulnerable, needed that.
Dillardes still manages to find the one but it's such a well piece together round.
A page out of the Aurora Strapbook.
Just leaves it up to two of them.
You've got anything get that part and start it can't
Magnet jazz and the 1v3
Both pistols for Aurora in this one. That's a win condition right there
We're gonna have to fight hard to fall back into this in the second half of play boom. It's still yet to get on the board
They are going to take the eco into this one.
Twinkle toes there, just pivoting around the map, they put so much pressure once they
get into the back line.
These are unusual fights for the CTs to have to take.
I'm sure their comms are super hectic.
Flash, into canal, I'm just going to get a face full of lead, but the B site should
be swarmed.
There goes the flash.
There goes the flash.
Oh, that's what he had of a name.
Completely exposed booked by Matcha.
Still, Dillardes is able to find himself his 18th frag.
He really was the reason
that competitive scoreline was reached.
And down to Santaris.
And like Marauders on their T sides.
That was on Nuke.
Santaris moving like a man on a mission.
It's just Flemish to find.
There's that light upgrade into the 5-7.
I'm just hoping to get something out of this.
Gun carried through would be nice.
And Tarras is here on his own.
Let's see how diligent this man is on his clears.
He's in a flow state.
And well, he's got that one.
So handles it.
That was the ECOPE.
I know the guns are coming.
It's almost time to see out of his second half.
I'm going to throw now. It's
most of what is well in applying
media pressure. Remember, be
start to the day. Sortie
Magnetjes. So, I must have
taken science job over to
what day on this one. Flash
down looking for a fight. Yeah,
and it's a very well-drilled
and in form of the elimination on the line.
The conversation was all about the pressure today.
That boomer found a little something,
but it needs to continue now into the second half
to make this competitive.
It can't just be this one-man show.
Dillardes and admittedly,
Magnajez have both found their impact
on the game.
They've got a lot of pressure today.
They've got a lot of pressure today.
They've got a lot of pressure today.
They've got a lot of pressure.
Admittedly, Magnajez have both found their impact so far.
It's going to be tough with Boots, not having a call on that T side.
A lot more micromanaging required.
Now he's on the CT half, he has to start finding output.
Forget about the first if he shows up here.
And he's going to have to...
I found that supposed to be a give to Torres.
He didn't stand a chance and then did a wide swing.
The mag 10 draws the crosser and now they collapse they crush one from Zorty
Magnet is a dead man spraying finds a headshot onto a card here. Oh
What he's done? Wow catches Santare's finishes what boom started on that farm ass 25. I'm just blanking
They're ready for him. Oh, we're still to the desk
I couldn't find one of the incandestors. What's it poses it?
That's a big round. That's a huge round money. It's in trouble for that boom
the
Pistol take an eco first rifle round your impartial territory again double digits for Aurora on a silver platter right now
Can't believe magic pulls it off with a Mac 10 there and you can see the desperation for Magnet just knowing that he needs to make a play
Mac 10 arranged and delivers it's been so good so far for that one that one was necessary
That's a battle cry for another hard one.
The Turks letting out a roar of the history
of the making right now.
Water finals in a major short semi-final.
That's never been done before for the Turks.
Oh, quick from Marjah.
Bricks a couple of necks in entry A.
Watches her at this.
Yeah, he's already got Magna Jazz Debt
to ride still on that swing.
Beautiful.
Nails it on that right full.
I'm missing a beat right now.
This is a chance for Boone.
I'm going to go. Stick break
back. You said. He's done some.
The crowd goes wild. He's
enjoyed that one. They're still
in the moment. Celebrated that
he's off the troublesome scoreline
now. And what did we say is
about having the fight as well.
You know, you heard the desk
discussed that just being able
to actually enjoy the moment on
the big stage. Not easy. He's
for the very first time. What's about to save? Zorty and Boomich are going to hold on to these.
Smoke off and flash through in a fight coming.
Zorty? Ooh, the flash didn't pop it. It didn't catch him.
He's getting run out by LaCardia. Going to try and play this.
Ooh, evasive. Gets run down. We'll lose it. Boom to bring forward the M4.
That would have gone a long way. Boomich is going to have to drop Magnetjes now, so rifles are across the board
and they want to bring out the Zorty AWP, so guns are being juggled.
I should end up with an n4 at the end of this.
Those are just feel-good drags there.
Alright, four round gap.
So get away from your quicks or you're enjoying the moment if you want to extend it.
I'm brawling it though.
Up on the line, that's just going to take space.
Woksyk is the again leader covered on the crawl.
There is a swing on the second though until it is removing Zintariz.
He will find that immediate response.
Who makes the difference?
Back and forth. A main aggress cut down by the sniper.
They've identified the gap of middle right now.
It's a big call. There's a lot of room to take.
A lot of pressure onto Zwati.
He's aware of this possibility as well.
as well. Woksek going towards A. They're not for a nice split. Up on the line, can't miss this.
Oh, what if he never was there? Just fade away.
Temple flight coming in.
Or by the timing, could favor boom.
Oh, self-flyer passing glance.
Snotty's got to find this. Bacardi is sneaking in. He has no idea just how close they are.
Here's the drop into sight. Should be a dead man now.
And Woksek in combination with Riccardia, secures the 11th.
It's slipping away from Bet Boone's grasp.
They may have already slipped.
The choice now, the time out from fierce.
It's a big conversation to be had.
You've got enough to bring out M4s,
but you'll be light on U2.
You can take the sacrifice and bring in some SMGs,
or you can partial buy.
You can hedge your bets.
Aurora then would be in a strong position to take 12,
but Wikis starting to buy, starting to take shape.
They're pushing, they're shoving, they're going all in.
So light on the nades, prioritizing the smokes.
One in Sendry.
One HE.
Oh, my, Flamuses, popped in with a couple more of that,
but it is still light on through out.
So all people bringing a kit.
Got enough to defend their honor, but this will not be easy.
All right, looking to break new ground in just two rounds time
And this is grouped up. This is an upper cut
And a pounce the pack roll
Anger just taking space till it has support for info flows
Surely that's got planas on high alert
Sortie maybe summoned over cautious about middle as well somewhat of an uncertainty
It's one block smoke. It's not where that came from
Some outfit on his MP9, he's done very well through the smoke and with Burmich's puncture of fusion.
Now we're all over on the back foot.
All United tested the bomb on the other side of that smoke.
Character's locking the door behind them.
That's all good for Flammas, able to get out just in time.
We've still got Zantares though. Nothing's impossible.
Doesn't find that immediate headshot.
Man, that should be easy. Nice damage.
Walks in Sintaras, pull us back.
Magnesia's on to Madjah.
Oh, they're in trouble. He hasn't got the time for this.
Should get that bomb planted.
Magnesia's going all the way round.
Dillides needs help now.
They did damage.
Sintaras up close. They partner up.
Playing off of one another. Dillides on the spot.
They know where he is. Walkin' on in.
in support though, just in time.
Good job, lined up.
Woxic's left the AWP.
Time the friend of Aurora.
Magnesias finds the first.
Can he come up clutch?
Give Betbuy something to celebrate.
And Woxic just peeks on in.
Magnesias gets on that diffuse,
and there will be something said
in this second half from Betbuy.
Alright, they put a stop to the round of five.
Yeah!
Aurora will not have the shutout on this T side.
They're going to be to work for this semi-final.
But again, just like Nuke, put a round on the board short.
You have so few members saying alive.
This time it's one man.
Last time it was no man.
They're about with their second time out.
Once they get in before they run out of money.
As soon as the cash is gone, Beth Boomer back in.
Because of the success, Lost Burness is bottom of the barrel.
Residual cash.
It's not dead.
These rounds have been coming down to two or three players staying alive for Aurora.
So they've chipped through this quickly.
It's double AWPs.
If it is another grouped up fast play,
I'm struggling to see how Beth Boomer
We're going to hold on to this unless individual heroics shut them down.
It's Famous's illu event force for two.
It's their smoke off the rip.
Deep E-box thrown out from Wakania.
Poxy, Struse AWP looking to shut things down.
Very clear indication of a finished B here.
Look, his entire is so proactive, Gimpes is underhand with a smoke, that might fault their
initial ambitions.
I got a fast window push from Boonage on his B eruption.
They're just going to let this smoke start to fade before they hit the rip.
Boon doesn't over commit.
He needs to hang around though because B is so susceptible.
things come in their way in a moment's time.
Could be Woxic on the smoke.
Here's that from Magna Jazz on his clears.
Two off the taking. How's he done that? Quick scouts is on Torres.
There's Wocadio, there's Woxic, and it's a 1v1! The farmers prevails!
He needed them both, he needed them in quick succession.
Just enough time to pull home the defuse and bad boom showing a little resilience.
The
Miss has been quiet up to this point and that one was touched and go and you about the flank the fact that boomage turns this flash
The fact the manager shaves one off as this kill right here
So much pressure in a box trying to make a play trying to take some room pushed up pressed up in the place and having to control that one there flammas
keeps them in it stems play
the finances
Aurora see them now in with a partial that bomb that kills the pressure the fact that two players
Back to back rounds making it one of pieces
Haven't been been walking funny their money's not great. Sure. They've got the op they've got the rifles boomage is in with just an SMG
another veeruption
Didn't quite nail it, aren't you hasn't able to close the gap. They're coming pressure fast technology accelerating good for managers
But as the back start
And the b-side collapses
This round is for that semi-final point and a handful of them.
They've been on the retake, you got any more flammas?
Nothing there, you tell me.
laden with flame. Barrel sticking out with Guardia. Extends, Flamers pulls him back,
spots the back pack, knows about Centaures. He's the only one with a rifle. They can
run him down. It's good from Boone. All good for Woxic. Just matter on that tech nine. He's
doing so much work. They have to stick it. They have to stick it if he can just find the headshot.
Oh! Right down to the wire.
Now, they're just holding on right now.
Three consecutive rounds where it's come down to the fuse, down to the wire, and that one
was just a partial.
The guns will come in fully invested now, Aurora.
They know they are so close.
They set up on the side.
It looked good.
Flemish chips away.
They break in.
And this, they just have to stick this.
There's no other way.
with the cover. He's being quiet, but now that boomer believe it and Zorty's looking to make a play.
Already slipped. Centauri's ahead of the plate. Early ground in canals. They want to boost up.
They do.
To facilitate Centauri's around this smoke.
The image is in trouble here. I don't know if you're ready for this kind of early timing.
You'll have to respect the smoke and that's their own extinguish.
With a CT smoke about to fade. We're going to put pressure on mid to give
Centauri's a chance to make a move.
We just found him!
Starting to contribute, an opening kill.
He's burst.
One to Zuntares.
This is where those frustrations for Aurora
really start to breed.
This is going to test the mental.
The stack right now is in the right place.
It looks like they're starting to harmonize here.
That boom.
Just in the nick of time.
40.
Oh, he's missed it!
Good for him.
Salt's like there's McCarty out.
There's two on his screen.
Flammeus gets nothing!
Here's them coming, Woksek makes his position clear.
Dillardes down. Another available miss shot from Magniges on this AW.
Woksek takes the scalp.
That's the response they're all in need of.
Friends and family on their feet.
As history for Turkish Counter-Strike is one round away.
They gave us an excitement.
They had to do it the hard way just to start scrapping rounds together.
But this mechanical failure...
Stack was in the right place, fellow you even had the timing.
Then you're scampering, and that were all just one round for the Turks.
Box six made his presence abundantly clear here in the quarterfinal.
You're not going to be an easy shot if you seize the tip of Softlight's head, he's managed
the angle well.
Oh, that's enough.
There's what's up, dismounts and continues to push.
Woxys on his way to try and lend a hand, Softlight knows that.
Hard clear for Dillides.
Choosing him down.
He's hit it!
Finds the headshot!
Straight from the sniper!
Sniper!
It's all up for the bait, folks.
So he's turning that pressure.
He can't miss another shot.
That booms hopes of extending play,
hinging on the AWP.
A late boost, that position, well for this.
They clear him.
Magnet J is well positioned.
He's following. He knows what's up.
Perfect!
Perfect head shot, that's Wakalia!
Setting them up to succeed.
Waxikon to boom, it's all coming up Aurora!
Last two to four, Zotti's a dead man!
And it seems it's true, the furthest Turkish counter strike has ever been on a major stage.
Just one kill away.
Suntara's taking flak.
They've got to get that bomb planted on the back of what's it going to be.
Klamas on to Zintara, he's not going down without a fight.
It should be a guarantee.
What can you do on 18 HP?
Just a hope and a prayer for Flamas.
And there it is, folks.
Vindication in the Cathedral.
Semi-final secured.
Turkish Counter-Strike today has taken a step that they have never before.
They have broken new grounds.
There was pressure in this matchup that everything to lose,
coming in as the favorite up against Betburg.
Stage one, stage two, stage three, they defied the odds.
They made it all the way to the playoffs.
This lineup might be temporary,
but the major result is forever.
But today the story is about Aurora.
Zantares, if he could continue that form
throughout this playoff journey,
the sky is the limit for this team.
This is the caliber of Counter-Strike they can play.
This is the caliber of Counter-Strike
you have seen them play in the group stages and today it has been translated into a semi-final
berth. For Berboum right that high, breathing the view. Your first look at the Lancesse but Aurora
emerged victorious. First off congratulations they made you work for the end though.
First of all thank you very much guys it was amazing thank you for the atmosphere.
Yeah, it was a good match and I'm very happy that we won 2-0, yeah.
2-0, what is it about Nubis that you love so much?
I don't know, maybe I don't know, but we like it really much, yeah.
You're so dominant. Now let's talk about the fact that Turkish Counter-Strike has now gone further than anybody has ever gone before.
It's a semi-final back here on Saturday. What does that mean to you and what does it mean to the team?
Yeah it's mean a lot. We break a record as a 5 Turkish and thank you very much.
Playing here in this arena is also very special. So thank you very much. Very happy.
Does it change the way you play? When you get on and obviously you can't hear them
but you can see these flags, you can see the fans, you can see everyone around us.
Does it change how you experience it, how you play?
No, it didn't change at all today. I'm very glad about it.
It was a pleasure everyone to play here the atmosphere. I really enjoyed to be honest. I really enjoyed you got one day off
What you do tomorrow? We're gonna work arts and
That's all and I want to thanks also my wife. She came Jenen
Yeah, I see you can't kiss you. I love you, baby
We'll she'll be back here on Saturday with you. Congratulations. It's a semi-final spot put your hands together for major general
16 Brazilian counter-strike hoisted a major trophy inside this arena
And in that moment, a ferocious passion spread like wildfire through all of South America.
Uncontested, Brazil has maintained their place at the top of the continent ever since.
Tonight's match is 10 years in the making.
Because now, neighboring nations have emerged from the enormous shadow cast by Brazil,
and they're sharing a major playoff stage for the very first time.
It was Fallen himself who lit the fire and has carried the torch ever since.
This evening, Ninzee collectively attempts to take that flame from him.
Cologne! This one is for history! The clash of Latin America!
And the map pool could not be better.
Nynzee and Furia head-to-head in quarterfinals.
Both looking to break the curse.
Waste no moment to the first duel, Yaquindar turned from top mid and fallen swift on that fallback.
Ooh, play with no fear. That was the plan from all ten players in the server. Catch him while he's looking at the sky.
No one's here to help you, Fallen. No one beyond K. Serato, Yaquindar down and spawn.
But they hit that pause button again with the smoke going up.
There's no one for the cross.
They just got to take it dry.
And they've ragged.
Okay.
Headshots in abundance for 9-Z as they suddenly take over that long control and we've got a
bomb plant and we've got a message for Furia, 9-Z king to play.
They ran through that.
They bulldozed their way to the A site.
No CT cross smoke when they swung.
They were happy to take all those duels.
as soon as fall and went ahead, but that spoke originally.
That was their way in.
It's a dangerous game here for Fury.
We've seen Ninze have spotty performances on Dust2,
but in my opinion, at their best, they can beat anybody.
Some of the CT setups they've used on Dust2,
I think are gonna be adopted all the way to the top.
We know it gets real creative with the mid-round timings on T-side as well.
Nynzee already used that to their benefit.
Just loves the timing and catching, falling like that.
That smoke up on site didn't affect anything.
Kind of pushes 9Z into a place where they've got to go for duals, heads up, and the heads are what they took.
Insta kills with the pistols for 9Z, insta-forced by it, a fury up.
Molotoway loses his angle early, that scout's got to go for the reposition.
Middle of the map control here for 9Z.
No real contest being offered up. Furious still just leaned back. It smokes and
hands across the board. Clearly looking to just kill some of the time off this
block. We'll see what their 9s want to respect that. Just decide to pounce in and
again this death ball as they've tapped into is so prepared to just go and
storm this B site. What they'll find? A single Desert Eagle. They've got a great
call here. Yaquinder by himself. Flash into the face. A little spam through
the smoke but they don't actually push through and clear the front tunnels. Luckily here for
Ninze, the Desert Eagle gets away from him and luckily here for Furia, you can go ahead
and save in the next one because nobody's got anything to stop Ninze in this conversion
of the pistol.
Yeah, it's a very good start.
A very, very strong call to kick off. They don't fall for that defensive smoke that
gets thrown by Cacerado up on Cat. No, they don't overthink it at all. We were
going to see Ninze get nervous. It might have been in a moment like that overthinking
And that's what we're looking for here in this quarterfinal.
In a world of that boom, you saw nerves on display,
so many echoes, so many clutches.
But when you see an arena like this in front of you,
who would be surprised?
I think it kind of showed some of the self-awareness
of somebody who's not won five quarterfinals
in the five times that he's tried.
And without that awareness I think the energy is a little bit different. If it's always your second third attempt, whatever.
And when we know about your kinder in finals, but in a major quarter-finals it's a bit of a curse for you.
But I think that's why he had a smile on his face, because this time does feel different.
We'll be hoping that's the case, the Spiria themselves with a bit of a curse, right?
Super seeding expectations, surpassing stage 3, 3-0, it's been happening, left-right and center.
And yet those quarter-final fumbles keep on coming.
Cologne's meant to be where they changed that course.
And GT, they're going to change Yuri's ideas.
Met to tether with the Kindar down into the lower push, both players turn back around.
And so we are sat here watching the third round of this quarter-final
and looking at a single kill thus far for all of Furia combined.
Yeah, it's coming in quick here for 9z. It's working very well.
The worry for Furio was, as the question was asked, you know, you're 3-0 the stage you've had all these days off.
What does that mean for how you feel? And the kinder said, well, we had the time off the last couple of times
and that was an issue. We know how to pace ourselves a little bit better.
They tried to play a ton of practice scrims in the previous majors that they played in.
that formula wasn't successful and may or may not have been about that but we'll
see if their new strategy has worked waso peak
it's another reason this one for free farewell fallen and you're right I mean
no kill so it's all doing case Arado anything they can grab would be nice you
know you take down max that's a couple grand but even that's a start just to
kind of get this game going as far as your own individual output goes.
You're exactly right.
It's the game is going to get started, whether they like it or not.
If they don't dent the economy, then it only makes the half a lot harder.
We are still looking at one frag.
Good as it gets here for 9Z.
And the difference for them may come into this quarterfinal.
And they have the, you know, two quarterfinals in 2022, but it was only Max and DGT.
Yes.
It's a new team.
I think that's why the conversation for 9-Z,
it just goes beyond the major cycles themselves.
And it goes back to their previous quarter-final outing.
Getting onto the stage is still a question mark for 9-Z.
Watching them turn into a shell of themselves.
Something we do not want to grow accustomed to,
and they also need to break.
So first gun round of the game.
And Molle Dwey puts that off out middle.
But he still remains passing, and there's been a lot of very safe jump spots going on through Suicide so far.
Even here versus the pistols, Ninzey doing the absolute best to try to keep themselves as unlikely as dying to that scout to that AWP.
And I think what that does is it recognizes the AWPing ability that Molodoy and Furia have in their arsenal.
Yeah, for Molodoy, it's all about being ran into his rotations and out of the way that.
I see again, Groupon Dust 2. They know how to find that weaker sight with very little information.
Somehow Max knows. They get Moledoy off this post in his rotation back to A.
Bomb though is going the opposite direction.
Doesn't take too much. Just a flash and a fire bomb and he's off of it.
Which means no support for middle. We've got the fangs of Furia towards that B bomb sight.
It almost looks like they've already done it again, unless Keisarado and Yuri combine for a great hold.
If somebody makes a move, you can see a Kindar just testing the waters, probably going to open,
but still not believing that he needs to actually reposition closer towards middle.
He's smoking mid.
With time being, it's just Luchov out mid.
Number is strong. Coming through this tunnel, smoke in a moment.
Keisarado going through the sequence. It's nade after nade, and he interrupts them nicely,
but he kills none of them. Flying Mach 10, denied. Yuri into the cover,
and that's where he's going to get popped.
Luchov has mid.
Luchov has mid. Fury again. One kill on this round, and they save with three.
It's a perfect call again for 9z, and this time it's because they go for
both mid control and a B hit, but because they didn't have anybody come out on that split through middle,
the Kinder saw nothing. No reason to be alarmed.
They actually didn't know if it could have been a cap play, if it could have been late long.
They didn't have the information to use.
So far, amazing again here for 9-Z.
We look at their match versus spirit.
It ends in overtime. It's an incredible attempt.
They can't close, but you saw so many great T-Rounds that look just like this in that match.
It had Magic's speechless after the game.
Well, we'll be on our way to the first part of that if Fury don't get it together.
Because right now, Fury's the only one with kills.
Yeah, K-Syrota lined up the damage on the two. It felt like that spray was on point, but no headshots in it.
And the time to kill since the pistol from 90 has been so incredibly crisp.
We're going Nade spam towards Long. This is an early fight.
Chance for Fury to just straight up stuff it.
Mayer, one and done. And as he keeps our dives back in, second servings.
Wasopit gets the better of him.
Now there still remains pressure over here towards Long, so Quesarado pops the smoke, spots Wasso, and takes this down to even 3B.
It pulled a goalie, though. This is actually a B attack. It was dressed up like an A hit, but they're going to walk into an open site.
Long's in the middle of all of that. What more could you ask for here for 90?
CT still have no idea.
Silent as they need to be. Slicing right through it. Already Luchov over to the window.
Didn't all the late smokes that be doors they mauling to showcase the rotto that now it's a retake
At what point of this game the furious start to get crazy show the teeth
Case rotto rounds that smoke max right now with the NATO could have gotten jumped
But now you're he's dead case the rotto splits between the two one inside the smoke
He's making noise and nice comes back
Unkillable on the retreat
5-0 for 9-Z as they call another fantastic round. It's as if they started with a ton
of conditioning. They've already got 9-Z buying into their ideas immediately. It
helps when you're shooting hard as well. Waso Peak gets that instant trade
outside of Long after they initially busted open. So multi-kills in response
per Furia. That's the key part. Even if they don't get tricked in their own
heads they have to respond to the fact that long control has been won.
Keisarado blows up in the smoke on the corner gets a killback but they still
don't have control of it. They're still a little bit too slow to the other side of
the map.
And then you know that they're gonna be comfortable playing loose and beat a
walk-in no telegraph easy round.
I'm very happy to see 90 picking dust to
Speaking of picks may earn posting that off through suicide spots nothing down in mid
And we get this Molotoway position. This is off of the Sid timeout of course for Furia
It's around with limitations and low nades and Molotoway's hesitation to just give up that angle means that I have a blanket
He's walked around
DGT didn't approach with futility. He would have been a sitting duck for this off had Molladoi remain posted
He's completely missed this timing Molladoi
He's also risking it by staying out here because now they're losing the mid control play, but they just don't feel comfortable
They're too scared about it
Pushing both his own and Fallen's life in that hope they disintegrate the cat defense
I'm not sure this works out that well for Furia, I mean they can go and reclaim long control
But I'm pretty sure they were heard dropping into CT.
No, you also peek is now going out towards Long as Fallen rotates underneath them.
The problem for Furious, they just don't have anyone inside of mid so they have to respond.
They haven't had mid control once.
This is putting tons of subversive pressure on them all in a way.
He's going to eat the flash, Lujov right there on the brink of it.
Lujov, a master of the entries.
of the entries.
The exec is coming in a few seconds.
Molodoy has to hit.
Oh, and it misses already.
As Molodoy is going to look to pop back up, now Mayeron's posted.
He's got fallen dead out towards middle Molodoy, finally.
But it's way too late.
You give them an inch and Ninzy will barrel down into that bombsite, take all the space
you offered over with those missed off shots.
Is there any kind of recovery to be had here for Furia?
Ya kindar thinks yes.
Keisarado slowly approaching the scene.
Will off shots miss both ways?
No, because that off doesn't even get a chance man advantage taking right back yet again. Ninety remaining active
Now off max has been cleared out. You've got it. It's case to Roto and Yuri
Activated from over on that B bomb site on the rotation for a lead take and furious first round win
Well, that's a close call, but actually a fantastic retake
Burial we're in a very scary position Volodoy missing those two shots them taking over attack control
That was not a position they wanted to be in and I think even though they win that they need to respond to the fact that they're
They need eyes on middle like you're at 90 are using it against them even if they're not playing out into the mid-b situations
They got to be great but they grab that but now it's time to evolve the game plan
Like to see Fiora playing for a little bit more information
Oh! That's a flick!
All right. Flick through the door, not even a wall bang!
Talk about quick.
You've got to remain active here if you're Furio. You can't just shell up.
Mayeron takes the line.
Kacerado yet to tiptoe into it, but there's a whole lot of presence over to his left side falling.
Just dropping the smoke in front of this. What does he want to do here?
How does he want to help?
Flash over top of middle and Kcerato kills Max. That's the bomb dropped.
Mp9 pushed through. Walser's a dead man. Luchov trades. Activation at a DGT from the middle of all these CTs.
And so what they have left is a smoked off AWPer and a cap player who's not quite sure what's actually back now on Long.
With Fallen unable to fall back, it opened a 3-list.
Molledoy missed off shot. Didn't see that come out of 9-Z.
And so Yikindar, Hail Mary moment down into the lower tunnels, hits the headshot, but caught by Mayard.
And that off is now online!
Oh, it's not enough here for Furia, man.
They had a chance that...
Maldoy had a chance, a real good chance at that off-shot.
Really changes the round because if you look at that,
you replay it again, Maldoy put himself in that exact same spot.
He went for the right pick.
This is insane.
They still almost break back to 4-5,
but a little too hasty trying to get that...
Another pick. Left side through the doorway. Fallen skewered.
Fury adoomed.
The Kindars Desert Eagle toppled towards top-middle and it's a fast-moving 9-Z now.
Oh, they know how to play with momentum, huh?
They've been trying to weaponize this all major long.
We've seen it totally stuffed twice in their first outing versus spirit.
And then in that Aurora game after an incredible moment.
This single scope from that range
That nail biter versus spirit the second time around we kind of just chalked the Aurora loss up to them not being able to
Reset in the what 15 hours they had between those games
And I was looking at Marin's numbers coming into this game, and he had his one great mappers vitality
So I'm like how often that happened. It's like one good map a series his numbers are overall not great
But his pop-up potential has actually been pretty crazy
Well, he's finding a ceiling fast here in this quarter finals.
To appreciate what he's put forward right now in this 8-2 start,
just know Mayn has never finished an international LAN event
with a higher than a 1.0 rating in this career.
And we've watched him for years,
and we can talk about how that ought maybe is not where he belongs.
And that's what it has felt like at times.
But tonight, with these mid-picks,
it's feeling like a whole different story.
It's feeling like an evolution.
And the evolution in 90, in South American Counter-Strike that is not Brazil,
well that's a conversation we can have all night long, so long as 90 keep these numbers up.
7-1 over Furia.
And of course 7-1 had to come up in this match.
12 kills across. There are five players, Gary, are really behind in that department. I only
bring it up because of the amount of money that 9Z have saved after this round win.
Bank accounts on infinite. Everyone's smiling. The mayors clearly not again.
this time. And all while his counterpart is gearing up round after round getting
these mid picks and winning 90 rounds out of the gate, you've got a Molledoy who
we've now already seen, miss multiple shots. Let's go back to the test. Let's
go to the last time he was playing on a major playoff stage and the visible
frustrations that struck down Furia's momentum at that event as well.
Oh, but maybe, maybe he just needs a few more rounds.
That internal ticker clicks.
Yeah, he's just got to trust himself.
And in that quarterfinal of Budapest, we saw him swinging for it.
Like he kind of tried to fake it until he made it, but...
He couldn't overcome the nerves.
But we've seen Molodoy play too well for too long to doubt him.
Even at Astana when they got eliminated, he was putting up volume the entire game.
Tility dump is good here for Furia. It hits its mark.
But we've seen Maladoy on this angle. We saw him miss the first two shots last time and then only land the third.
You kindar trying to get closer to CT if needed. There's still some concern that
it's gonna be that quintessential mid to B. Maladoy confirms it. First off shot strikes.
With Luchov down it's looking all the easier. 5v3 here for Furia. Maladoy
doing a good job of trying to dodge those bullets but they finally connect.
And as 9G punching the numbers you've got DGT's and still just set the catwalk of
Blaze. They're very good at this retake last time coming in from CT
they're holding on to long control.
Just trying to slide up silently.
Here's the beat from Max.
It's the headshot to K Serato.
And he's doing a good job of dodging the follow up.
Oh, he can!
Kets it!
The second's right there.
He's going fishing.
He's catching everything.
Now it's man advantage.
They can just continue to lead back from the catwalk.
Fallen's down to half health.
Wasso's dead.
You already finally get his.
Remember, Max low from the get go,
but DGT with cover.
And all that time Fallen can't get into the action.
Max to stand tall on that bomb site and a rebound right back with another round
away. That's an enormous shout out for Max to deny. He knows exactly where
they're coming from. He sees it. The one round that they were successful and he
tries to counteract that. It's been a smile on his face today. He said every
time I show up to a big event like this I just try to enjoy it. I have a
daughter at home. I've got no time to waste and Amir is what the pre-set on
the desk when he wishes when he was a younger player he had the same
attitude of being present. Axe wise beyond his years. 819z. It's not too late, it's never
too late for Furia, but they still have to prove that they can do it. 9z have already
stared death in the face at this event, and I know they're not taking any rounds
for granted either. But now Nautiljic said after that spirit came, he said I feel like
I lost all three maps. And then Nindzie went on to play Aurora, got stomped, they were in
their heads, but they got to face it. Yes. Here we have it. Faced it! Oh my god! Man!
He's got a magnet on this gun! He's hit them every single time through that door.
Luchov could have capitalized on the momentum with the waso trait right behind him.
Spray goes a little wild, and that's a way to get this edge right back in hand.
They know they've got him in the pit, so they try to keep the pressure up.
MP9 swing here from you, Kindon.
Now we're fighting fire with fire!
And get it on for all shots!
Oh my god!
On top of it, it will jump onto that chance, that opportunity to just get messy.
Not letting these rounds slow down, not letting the squeeze come up catwalk,
but throwing themselves into the duels they know they could find,
and then this chance, win.
win. Absolutely pivotal moment for Furia because they win on a half-buy. They have
some money after their full buy. They'll get an up-and-play.
Nynze did not want to let this one go. A ball of them and a chance. Fallen knows
it. A chance to get that back into this half.
Maladoy's not shy about that off-positioning. Let's two bullets fly.
They've already lost this CT side badly, but they know that onstage here it's gonna be
more mental than anything.
Anything the numbers will tell you about Dust2 in this head-to-head, but they need something
to leverage.
They need a few rounds this half.
There's a few rounds that can make a world of difference if that's what starts the
burrow into your opponent's minds.
One of the things that we saw with 9Z and their inability to close versus spirit was two maps
with a huge advantage, substantial chances to close out that series and still they failed.
Double upper tunnels push is perfect, no one's here.
But with two here, Moldo and the window extend, the riflemen that have to leave and they're
coming in kind of slowly over to Ward's A. Kindar made out right now alone, they're
coming in way too slowly.
There was a chance 9z went on this
Still concerned about those middoors now just reclaiming a bit of vision
They're still not crossing the door. They need to get some movement
Poshes is now that catwalk smoke goes up. K serato is not gonna hide this comes running over
Flashbangs from long from falling you can dart peaks in great cover out of Mayn
But you did blind the riflers and at least cause the tempo shift
But now if they've recovered vision Max is recovering space spray down through the smoke with a fire right in front of it
It is yet another moment where 90 take control on their terms and they do so convincingly.
They're winning the tempo game. They got up on Cat. They came forward.
They started organizing their exec, which was pretty, had a lot of utility involved.
So they took a second to do it while they were doing so.
Puria were ruminating on the idea that maybe this ends up being a cancel into a mid-beast split they were hoping.
With Molledoy still up in the window.
Cacerado ready to start to swing, but no commitment, no early rotation. Firiatt not ahead once again.
They need to be way ahead of these rotations. They need to be in control of what the Ts are doing.
But it's Max who is in control.
The domineering performance on this T side.
The two rounds here you have one is the clash at long on a low by and the retake.
Not in a single time have they been in total control of a round.
One on the tactic or anything.
They'll shift it up for the final round, double off set up, fall in blind with that secondary
off. It's third kill of the half. Leans back and fore goes to door control. 19, I've played
one round really with a trick up their sleeve. Other than that, it's been straight forward
hits. Here we'll go with the commitment out through long. That's a perfect block.
They'll have lines, but 9Z aren't coming yet.
OK.
It's time they will play games.
They tried all this very early into the round.
9Z have options.
But this time, Fiora are way more awake.
They've started to breach the T-Map control.
Molotov can see all of mid.
They have Fiora inside of tunnels.
This is more of a map that we were expecting to see,
But Uria's got a lot of guys coming.
And he's going to have his hands full.
Luchoff first.
There's a bit of distance between him and the next one.
That gives Uria a good chance at a multi-frag.
So good on him to get the double.
Now everyone can come.
We've got an early warning system.
Oh, yeah.
Big Sprint in Mayer posted and blocked.
And as Wasso has been taken low, they'll find that.
The third round secured by Uria.
It is mincemeat for the most part.
9-Z, what an outing in the first half of this quarter
final.
Oh my god, it's human reactions!
A measly three-round defense out of the side of Fioria on Dust2.
And with those three rounds, they will look to take over to the attack and turn things
around with Mayn being as hot-handed as he is coming into this first half.
I think expectations exceeded.
And then some.
It was insane.
I mean, how clean that he was picking the cross on his T side.
You know, the overall T side from 9-Z was A plus.
Everything was great, exactly where they played their best CS.
Even though they haven't won every Dust2 game, their peak on it, it's all on display.
Maynard standing up to the pressure, Fury on the other hand.
That was only 10% of what they can give us.
They know they need to rise to the occasion.
They at least pick up a round at the end of the first half.
But they're going to be chewing on granite to be able to bring this back.
90 take to the easier side now.
Station 2 players in longdoor swiftly.
Shadow advantage is going to give Waso a chance.
He'll chase down you, Kindar, for the kill.
Molodoye, good rebuttal. Flashbang into the cat activation.
Mayor pops the support system and knows he's got Kcerato still stuck in this corner.
Dodges the flash. Noster's assistance inbound, but he opts to stick around there.
I know someone was flashing here, they've got DGT on Long 2.
Do they want to run it up now?
Pizza, Molly's coming, Max will have to move.
Oh, he's got a dive and he doesn't get out of the position.
Fallen catching closer!
It is both for Fallen in that chase into the A-bomb site,
trying to siege an opportunity,
trying to have a grasp on this game
after a free fall in the first half.
Julio will respond with a T-side pistol win.
Excellent, kills on a Fallen.
Let's make it a real match now.
a chance for Peria. Let's see if they can start out as cleanly as 9Z did on their conversions.
We're going through the checklist of things we need to see. We got Molo doi hitting a great
shot on mom, falling it pretty up his score.
Let's go, Piso.
9-6, 1-0, all the way to the side again.
Piso down.
That's fucking low. We have a fucking saint inside.
Good effort on getting those three, now it's focus three, let's fucking go.
You'll always hear that teams want the T side map agnostic to make comeback happen
because that's where you can condition, that's where you can build up slowly control the tempo, which you can't do on T side.
I like Sid's point there, he says. Good focus to at least just get three rounds there. And
they did, right? You trickle through with two of the last three rounds on the half.
And Olin also mentions how easily, off a pistol, they can even up. Your kinder gets a spot.
But already I like it from 9-Z. As soon as they want to try anything outside, in
It's denied and this is with a lean towards a
Already
Louche off
Waiting for this 5-7 in hand and no support whatsoever. This is all in the middle. Oh, I think we're the first one
It's looking good until Hwaso gets overwhelmed by fallen
They don't have a need to pop this open so it's a Hail Mary spray from DGT with no B defense
whatsoever. That is Furia to tip-toe their way to a fifth round win. They get to put all their puzzle pieces together.
They make a great call, just like Nynze did on their T side. Path of least resistance. Mid B out.
No help from the A guys. They're not there in time. It's perfect from Furia. Still a scary sign.
You get the insta 5-7 kill. You get a solid scout shot.
There was no point in that first half where we looked at a piece of Nynze and said, oh, mechanical failure.
Oh, individual falloff. Not yet.
That is going to take many more rounds for Fury up before I think Nines he starts to crumble in that regard
Yeah, I mean, I don't think you know
I don't think we're replicating what 90 did because I think fury up came in clammy. I think they came in cold
They didn't really show what they can do
But as far as getting the round together the call overall the macro of it, I think they'll be quite happy
And even here they've only lost one
Paulin survives that bomb on one health.
Outya waited.
Recycling what's left from last round.
Linesie will not look to invest.
Their game plan round 15 hinges on this single MP7.
Hoping they've got a heroic moment.
We've got a flash though to set this up.
Luchoff going to try to take the d- oh no, excuse me, smoke.
They're getting Molo-Doy to bite.
They think someone will come through because of that flash, you will.
Molo-Doy commits to it.
DGT one and done.
So again, just looking to get that SMG into the activation.
They do so.
They kill Molledoy.
And that's it.
You leave the bomb in the doorway.
You'll go and recover that.
You've got a minute to just get through a USP 5-7
on opposite sides of the map.
Chance to catch your breath really here if you are furious.
And this is exactly what they said in that halftime
listening.
Guys, good focus to get those three rounds.
Now win pistol, 9-6.
And then we play our game.
here we are. It's a moment for Fallen to go. Are we going to win this round guys?
Because then we can start talking about the real calls versus the real setups.
But that part of the job is done and again looking very successful. One death
again. And Furious suddenly, even though they start slow, know they can bring
this back. Thing is for 9-Z we saw master class first half we saw not enough for
Furia. They slip pistols that's great but it's 9-Z's CT set. I think some of
the best especially to Ward's cat. Great tag here for Molotov though. Almost
knocks down all maids that in a player in one shot we've seen 90s inability to
close dust two versus spirit once leading 11-6 in that map and it still was
not enough here they are versus fury at two rounds short of that quota and
and still watching their opponents claw back.
First rifle of the second half.
The mayor tapped into the ability he showed us on the attack
because those doors had his name stamped across them.
Now not even the doors, just the gap,
the one that Molodoy currently has the op positioned within
but smoked off in a minute
and we're getting all this utility coming out of 90,
of 90, fired to the catwalk, smoke into the doorway,
checked the nades they have left here.
More shot with an incendiary, and that's it.
They're forcing them just to go for their exec now
because they're failing to get that rotation.
The info's getting denied inside of middle.
They're going to have to commit through something
without knowing everything.
A lot of attention out towards this mid-crossfire,
though, DGT currently with a nade in hand.
If he throws it to catwalk, he
won't be able to help out in mid.
The loss on Deake is about to flank this Maudoy,
coming in to look behind him, but has to turn around.
Time is low.
They fought really well to earn this opportunity.
Now the punch, middle holds, Max slams the door shot,
Quasar's flank delivers a second,
and it is only Yikinder who has still slipped a snap,
the 20 seconds can't respond.
Ninesie sat back just enough.
I'm sorry, bud.
This round is exactly how Furia needed to start the game.
This is activity inside of middle.
This is denying every little bit of map control
that Ninesie are looking for.
That Furia are looking for it.
The Wasso peak flank is a given at that timing.
Even though Muller-Doy's game sense is telling him to watch that flank at 36 seconds,
he also has to help the exact and help them they are pushing.
That's not going to happen today versus Ninzee.
They're showing they're playing well in both halves.
First gun rounds there.
It's on Furia to find a gap.
Ninzee can't come into this game and give them lessons about how to play CS.
Viria Touch Top, one last year, they're the ones with trophies.
They're the ones with all the experience.
Max looks up to Fallen.
But 9-Z are the ones playing better right now, straight up.
And it's 9-Z that took this pause that just ended.
Giving Bit a chance to have a word.
Mop for Molotoway on the cross.
Unable to find any value out of it.
We go three players to long immediately here for Nynzee.
She's starting to round off, and he chants that Furia decided to try to blow those doors off the hinges.
It's very difficult to push team into time trouble on this map.
Nynzee successfully did that by playing on ca- Oh, dink to the top of mid.
This is the kind of pressure that pays off later on
Here is money's low DGT look at a time is a cheese
Here you aren't ready to do anything quite yet
There's plenty more utility where those ones come from
Just juggling it over to the ramp. I see three rag grenades already plus an incendiary extra
They're waiting for the exact, I mean, they're not even trying to punish the
default that might turn into a midfielder ready for an A play.
Gotta write about it too.
But this doesn't get popped, but Luchov playing the trick.
Double Mollie, execute comes out from Furia, they're about to let those Nades fly.
DGT's just gonna answer with utility of his own. It's a barrage!
It is a bloodbath!
There is no successful entry here for Furia. The smoke, soon to fade.
As they fade out of this assault, only until Molodoy connects with one on the off and Ykindar, yes, he's a first from long, but he's got to get this going.
It's Molodoy with a second, and Ykindar's still so cautious.
We hit 15 seconds, and that bomb's still yet to cross.
Walsh so now found out, Ykindar, oh damn, nearly drops the ball.
Another Nade, this went for Yuri, and it barely, barely chips away at him so it will be a healthy man advantage with eyes on the cross for Furia to somehow have reclaimed control of that site.
And they were able to pause, and that's what they needed.
Heroic moment from Moledoy.
In the middle of that messiness,
the perfect call to answer via utility, and he lands both these shots.
Yeah, absolutely. Clutch out of Moledoy.
That's very scary, though, all those...
Bits of utility moving into the right spot before the cat exact even started.
That's a great plan, fantastic!
It's still worrying, it's still worrying.
But it's a round on the board for Furia.
When you're playing against a team that's really good, sometimes you've got to win those losing situations.
Let's go guys, stay on the game, stay on the game.
Only one round, let's get more.
That's right, that's what I'm talking about.
Two-man forward mid-play, costs 9-Z bodies.
It's an excellent pick-off.
They've covered everything.
And now they have the right to chill a little bit.
They can start to stage whatever attack they want to.
See if another push happens.
See if someone's thirsty for a frag.
Oh, don't walk into that.
That's dangerous.
Maynard, a stick.
Perfect shot.
Now versus Molotov.
Two duels picked up, man.
Just the right amount of mayors and here comes Max.
Max onto the flank caught out by Uri.
At least his head shot's swift.
You're going to know Mayurn's got that up over towards the A site, and you know,
Damwell Wasso's off somewhere towards B.
What's your move, Uri?
One player with a positive KD here on Furia, looking for the one on two.
Interesting pathing.
Ooh.
Through the smoke, he runs the risk and encroaching ever closer.
If Mayer can't hold his nerve, if he gets caught off by this unexpected proximity out
of Yuri, then the bomb plant's going to go uncontested and sure enough he gets the
head shot!
The round is perfect, he gets that plant down, he's got a volley.
The amount of clutches Yuri has won in 2026 is a statistical anomaly.
And in a year where we have seen his individual level taper off to that of which was
a driving force in 2025. Now is a hell of a time for Yuri to try to end this.
And he's playing a catch-all position. Wasso's coming in expecting to clear this.
Yuri's just got to hit the great shot. Oh does he expect it? Does he start to
consider it? Cross over the white spot! It's a fast clear! Wasso doesn't peek and
expect Yuri sticks the landing 1v3. What a moment for Yuri. Comes away with the
off the clutch and makes it a two-round game. What a thing to do on stage. The first clutch
of the fifth quarter finals could not come a more critical moment. With those fags,
you only take over as the top performing player on FURIA right now. Another full control
situation for 90. Another one that Viria bring back and sits coming in to say
okay we've got all this pop-off potential that's excellent but let's
start taking control things with our game plan we should also have that to
our advantage. 90 are now in a moment where they realize counting up the
rounds they should have won. The half-buy, that clash at long, this clutch
much. This game could have been over. How many more moments are they going to be gifted?
The huddle of the AWPers in round 19 could be found. Smoked to the doorway and then
a second. DGT flashed for the challenge. Oh! Perfect jump! It flashed him. They smoked
They see nothing else inside of middle as well.
There have been few rounds in the second half where 90 do not try to take an initiative.
We've seen it cost them with the double up towards top mid this time by these four urns.
Very strong cat set ups. Last time they walked right into this.
They're going to test this medal again.
No difference and it's supported by a duo of riflers right in front of it.
Luchov gets his, falls back, DGT sticks around.
and a two versus five seems unthinkable.
Balladoy drops the bomb. He wants to take action.
Someway, two on five, but still a minute up.
That constant looming thread of Wasso Pete towards long.
Yeah, Yuri feels preoccupied to hold it.
They're still a little bit weak towards me, but bomb's not gotten picked up yet.
This could potentially be a long save.
And it will be, it looks like, for Furia,
They will simply give up in 11th round.
Also gets active.
Farns himself slain.
30 seconds.
No, it's still gone.
Not even trying.
But good to know that your intuition of holding those long doors is constant.
Also couldn't help himself. 5v2 goes for it.
There was value in trying to cancel out the Uri Maladoy save.
But it looks like 90 content to just let them have these two rifles in the next one.
You're never gonna have to...
Police 9Z on how active they're being.
There hasn't been a round that hasn't had the right amount of activity.
Again, another full control situation.
This time it actually gets converted.
9Z closer to that finish line.
It's such a classic conversation and counter strike that you can play this kind of counter strike,
this aggressive, confident, active, mobile CT side,
and then you hit the big stage and the nerves creep in,
and the confidence dwindles.
And suddenly you're not making those moves that can make or break big moments, but tonight Ninzee has.
Not looking to let another stage game escape them.
Well, the streak will continue for one of these teams in the wrong direction.
There's only one winner tonight, and it feels like Fury are painfully aware of that.
that.
Blocked this setup.
Two best riflers on 9Z sitting right in front.
They're also not flashing it.
I mean the first time they ran into it, sure.
All the way back to the mid-point.
Only one cross.
There's a weakness towards this B site.
Bombs heading that way.
Three players strong in the tunnels.
It takes a second, but Lujov joins forces alongside Max.
The case of Otto's already through.
Ooh, they're limit testing now.
Furia starting to get ahead of some of these timings.
Yep, there's a chance.
This is one of the most empty mid-plays
we've had from 90 CT side,
but it's also some of the most utility
we've seen Furia throw on this cat approach.
Not re-smoking middle,
so I think Furia don't have a chance.
Nate will come out.
It's going to pop it open. Pistols in front. Easy. Chew through the two of those, and now the three rifles will have to try and answer, but now you've got a ton of bodies here in the CT spot.
And as they layer up, bomb has been dropped in the middle of all that because the pistol players pushed past.
And if these smokes fade, there is no chance that you can reclaim this.
Mollidoy, weakened even further still, but oh, Guaso could have gotten caught as that smoke fade. Lucky to be alive.
That would have been nice, they still haven't dealt with either player, and B-Max already pushing the tunnels.
Constant on the back line, R90.
He knows how to do the finishing move, like when there's time on his side, like he is...
He's the one taking the map control.
Maladoy so concerned about flank, that they're not worried about lower tunnels, not this close.
Oh, at least he won't get away with the escape, that's what seniority's mind.
Another late round moment here for Yuri to try to get impact, but remember still, no bomb.
It's just a fade away walk away moment from Furia 90 are about to secure their 12
See if they can even walk away Yuri's gonna walk right into his dad
One of the two players who saved last rounds that investment wasn't great was it?
Something oh that's something awful Molledoy has to be the hero this next round or it's over
They bought behind those two guns saved.
There is no op malty or double entry to work with.
Perfect support from 9-8 on this CT side.
That's getting one back through the CT smoke, but nobody peeled off that B bomb site.
And the three remaining members of Furia just don't have the gas.
Oh, there's a wall bang at least on Luchov for Furia to try to hang on with.
with. We saw what two pistols turned into previous round well now you just got
quadrupled tech nines around this off. Last round we did see them playing a bit
more free but they didn't have that much coming into it. It felt like the right
energy. Double flash getting ready here for Wassilpeak and he's putting himself
in a position to spam blind actually. Crosshairs in the perfect place. We'll see what comes up.
Flash hits he doesn't shoot immediately and that's gonna leave you kinder with a chance not only for the kill
But the upgrade you put an AK and you kinder sands you give fury a just a slightly larger chance
Maladoy versus may earn in a moment flashbangs. Yeah, not only hits him, but they confirm he's stuck behind this car
At a minute though there is still map control everywhere else for fury. I'm all doing making sure may and hasn't left
Can't be certain about it
Can 9Z keep up these ambitious moves? It's a quick peek into the cap play. It's a fire
bomb that gives them a path. It's DGT, maybe ahead of what you may expect. Sure enough,
the Kindar's down. Oh, but a good Tech 9 answer back by Yuri. Mayer's still locked into this
position. It's going to have to be Lujov. Tag through the doors at the start of the
round to try and keep off this cap pressure. Three players in their attempt to push through.
Mayer doesn't have to worry about long. What do I count a skill on him, either?
Seconds. Oh shot missed. Shot the cover. Now Molo-Doy's got his 15 to the clock.
Kcerato open road but there's a fast flanking behind him. Here comes Max. Never stopping.
Oh but the cover. It's off it up from the site. Now bomb planted. Max looking to close
this and as he finds the head shot to Kcerato. He's diving in. Nerve-stricken Molo-Doy on the other side of Wist.
Max will stick the landing. Nines do not waste their chance to strike first.
quarterfinals map one secured.
Major students versus the professor and a T side from the former that is worthy of an a plus try as Furia might to pull this one back into their control.
That slow start cost them time and time again Jacob
We would have been totally worthy of saying hey the nerves for 9z they could come into play on this very stage
It was anything but that tonight
Yeah, it felt like the 9c we saw in the beginning of stage three to be completely honest when they were taking
Vitality and beating them when they were taking a fight against Spurt and arguably could have beat them
This was a well-playing 9c who did everything in their own order in order to get the best chances of winning this game
I think again we spoke about how decisive they were and how they open up the rounds speak of openings
I think they went 15 to 6 in opening kills going that way or something along those lines
So they gave themselves all the I guess all the space they needed in order to close out enough rounds because it was getting a bit
Dysing in the second half at times, but Jason. I'll be honest. That was a surprise to me
Dude, I think the first half it felt like they were a step ahead of fury and fall in the whole way
I thought that was actually a 60 after they that they were able to call
How many times did we see like Maladoy left alone at Rella?
Kcerado could never figure out if he was supposed to be in middle for a mid to B split,
if he was supposed to shift over to help with nades and utility.
They could never get that coordinate.
Then you add the slow starts from the individual players.
But really, I think a lot of this, especially the comeback that 9-Z put down,
I think that's a testament to the tough battles they had against Vitality and Spirit in Stage 3.
I think the fact that they got taken so close in such a grindy atmosphere,
that's, I think, what gave them the confidence and the ability to stay in that game and actually persevere.
That was phenomenal for 9z. The way they played just the approach they were in
Furia's face the entire time, but it happens again for Furia. Come play of
time everyone goes missing and it's just the style of play like on that CT side
just sit back let 9z execute. Where's the aggression? Where are the mid-round
information plays from your kinder? Why isn't he on short sometimes getting
flashed in? Why aren't they doing something? They tried one round to go
aggressive immediately you know at the start of the round it didn't work
But for most of that we were talking about their CT side. This wasn't it like they're just sitting back getting executed on
Coming in for the retakes, right?
There was no proactive place no taking the fight to 9z in a consistent way
And that's why they had a field day
It was the exact inverse of what you said could actually 9z off guard, right?
If you're worried you want to get in their faces turns out the shoe was on the other foot
Which is insane. It felt like it felt like if you're a kind of especially in the first like six seven rounds of that game
They had like the same reaction that yanko just had of just like oh, it's happening again
Like here we are in the quarterfinal here
We are struggling down zero to five and I felt like at some point during that game some of the plays from Molledoy
I started the sense he like fell back out of that trap of trying to overextend to make plays
Yeah, I think he was probably frustrated. He was having a quiet game. He was probably frustrated
He wasn't having impact letting his team do better
I just got away from furious so far in the first time
Let's get into that and just a second though because we do need to go back to the first half yanko
What have you got for us?
Yeah, I think it's one of these rounds where you see, like Jason pointed out, falling into some of these old traps for Furia.
And trying to do too much, even though you're losing, you cannot panic here.
Molotov hit's a great random shot to get the entry on to Myron, who was absolutely lights out.
Nines E after a while decides to just execute A.
Again, they're just being executed on, but it's fine.
5v4, 5v3, he drops down the smoke and decides to play around it.
Dude, you do not need to put this in a 5v3.
Just save the smoke fall back you have a two-man advantage let your teammates rotate in by some time instead
He dies. That's one less player look at these angles that now 9z is taking you can't do that if an op is along
He's gonna take your head off max great ending to the game had a great game throughout
Some crispy shots here and they shut down the retake and this is exactly the sort of thing that your teammates are gonna get
Frustrated about like you're struggling for your life here
You're trying to get back into the game. You have a 5v3 and then you throw it away.
Yeah, I'm with you. I think that's I think that's beautifully explained
They're the back of the backing away from the op and then you let your teammates clear mirage
Yeah, and I thought those are the things that you seemed like fury I had them at some point during stage three
And they've just kind of they've kind of fallen by the ways and have been forgotten and for Molo do
It's their core of stars has been great every majoring groups then come play us
No one shows up and Molo do he has the biggest drop off of them all right
And I don't know if it's the nerves at this point or what it is, but it just keeps happening and you can't have your best guys
Especially the openers. That's the biggest problem for fury. You're gonna watch this game or the stats and you say case irate
Where was he? What can you do when he's openers are not getting any openings and he's really fire like there's not much really for you
To do from that situation. That's what it feels like for for more than that's what you said as well
Jason didn't it comes into his own mind as well where he didn't try to
over extend himself a little bit to get back into the game and maybe that's the
right thing to do at times but I think for Molotov it's been a reoccurring
issue that there's not really the way you get back into a game you got to stick
with the game plan you got to stick with your style because we know that he's
good for it if he positions himself right but once you start to I guess
panic a little bit in the way you approach the game that's when a good
team like Nancy will punish you. Can I just say too I mean I you know it's
if we're gonna stick on the Molotov point Mayeron was looking more like
Molotov than Molotov. Mayeron had a sick game with the AWP and that's the
crazy thing is like period when they're first around in that first half
and you think all right let's get it go and let's swing a couple together start
feeling better and then may or hits a blinder on the cross and you're playing
five on four immediately and then the next round he does it again so like right
when you're in a position to get your momentum back that's when a little bit of
luck maybe I'm not gonna say luck but a little bit of fortune goes your way of
hit nailing those two shots on the cross and what are you supposed to do if
you're furious backs against the wall again and this is why I was so crazy
here and your kinder say that in the opening interview it's like how is that
on your mind when you say like oh we've gone to the quarter finals and
just kind of get upset and it's like boys I can't be the mindset I can't be
the thought running through your head here.
Speaking of man, when was the last time you saw an AWP player
hit that many shots through the crossing from Dawson?
Saivou?
Saivou, maybe.
I don't think he's done that many in one game.
Not that well.
Not that consistent.
That was insane for man.
And coming into the playoff, right,
he was the worst rated AWP player out of all the ops
heading into the playoff.
He'd been struggling a little bit in terms of struggling.
Sure, still winning with 9C, but he wasn't really
the driving force of the catalyst.
But in this game on the T side,
once you open up almost every single buy round,
Would you opt taking out one of the players from Furia through the double doors as well?
There's different ways of dying in Counter-Strike and I bet you they were frustrated about it.
Your round is six seconds old and you're already dead like that. Every single round, that's frustrating.
I think one of the cool things about 9Z is they're still not like the little innocent naïve phase
where they're still like just so much trying to achieve this goal as a team.
Like they're so very well team attuned because if you look at the round you highlighted with Mollidoi sticking around at the bomb site
Mayon was playing more supportive style too. Like he gets some of those open-and-picks, right?
but you see them executing an A and he's just sat back like holding goose for the peek
and he's like, I don't actually need to make a play right now, I'm just here to protect
my teammates as they scale up into the bomb site.
Really intelligent AWPing, really intelligent team play from 9z and that's what came out
on top.
That was so crazy because you know what was Mayer's first foray into tier 1 Counter
Strike?
What was that?
It was MIBR, while Fallen was still on the team and the Brazilian lineup and he
was arrived for them.
I mean he only recently turned to DAWP so it wasn't the best of stints those
six months in MIBR, now he's come to collect.
That was the hard time they come into those Brazilian teams.
So the player was always a little bit of a hot potato.
What are we talking about?
We move into that second half though and you think,
OK, maybe some size of life from Ferrera.
They win the pistol and they subsequently convert the next two rounds.
How do you, 9-Z, start to put a stop to that, though?
Just keep playing great counter strike and keep playing as a team.
This is a default, alright?
You chase the AWP off the angle,
but you want to do a B-split really from the side of Furia.
But you can see the reaction from 9-Z.
When that comes in, the B players, they're out front.
So the plan is we fight for mid. If they come mid to B, we're fighting for it.
The A rotator is there as well. If they come A, we retake, doesn't matter.
Who also peek on the second wave of it pushes long now, catches Molodoy
and it's just a slaughter in mid because they just make a call and stick with it, right?
Like in the completely mowed down, just one player left alive
and this is the first gun round they're immediately back into.
Look at the breakdown of that too. When Molodoy falls, both the players in mid,
one tries to push forward at the B bomb site, the other backs away to try and
handle the long push but he's also got a teammate on catwalk whose responsibility
is that handling the long push so you actually could have doubled up and still
tried to force your way forward and I think fury I just got just got a little
bit lost in this game with how with how bad they were getting beaten I think the
players just kind of lost a little bit of focus here and there and some things
slipped there was the decisiveness we talked about from 9c coming into the
game they stick to the plan they go with the plan and you know it didn't
work out and they were saying around there were a couple of blondes as
well when 9c had a man up you know given they won so many intro kills in
this game but they didn't really scare them they didn't really change the
way they would approach the following round so maybe as you said maybe they're
a bit naive you know maybe they're a bit inexperienced in the sense that they
don't realize the possible ramifications of the mistakes and that
actually helps them in a game like this. That's a fun time to be on a team
honestly like that's a really fun time to be in a team and when everyone is like
actually just actually playing for the game plan that you have at that
moment and it's because you're achieving your biggest success for the
first time in your career with this group so it's really easy to be
aligned it's when the difficulties come later that that's sort of fade
away. Yeah potentially could come in the second map of this series but to
tie this one up in a nice neat bow obviously the clutch for Max to kind of end things out that was beautiful to see but was there a kind of
another finishing blow moment for you Janko? Yeah I think like just the resilience right so Fira did win two rounds a 3v5 and a 1v2
so this is the final buy from Nyanzee and again DGT with the aggressive play this is what you wanted to see from Fira
it gets a 5v4 and now it's still a 4a setup three guys committed on short right Mayeron gets one
Lucho gets the second right and in a 5-2 the rest of the players just have to save, right?
And then this was off the back of losing two rounds and as Jason pointed out kind of a silly way, right?
And you still have, you know, the bravado to take the game to Furia and this was the
turning point or actually the last nail in the coffin really in a way.
Yeah, I like that because there was actually around two rounds prior,
I think where they also tried to go catwalk Furia and again like didn't flash the corner like how many times we see in teams at
this level, not Molotov, not flashback the AWPer, not force the defenders back
and then all of a sudden you're kind of just dry walking into an off-cross.
And we're talking about it. Fury at T sides haven't been that great. You know
usually it's in pistol convert and then one or two rounds is all you need, right?
And here the two gunners that they won are 3v5 and a 1v2 clutch from Uri.
Like they weren't getting themselves in that many good situations.
Rather the score maybe, what was it, 13-8? Didn't even feel that close.
It's going to take a huge 180 from Furia if they're going to avoid elimination.
Especially considering when you're talking about the concerns on the T-side,
them starting on that on Mirage. What's the expectation here for you, Janko?
I mean, I think they just need a better performance from guys like Ikinri.
They need some openers. They need to make fall-ins life slightly easier.
Whether that's going to be Ikinri calling around for himself or his own number,
what sort of openings, whether that's something you saw in your prep
round set for early on in the half, but if you're constantly playing 4v5s, 3v5s,
that's not going to be a fun time on the T side.
If anything, I don't think the way 9C is going to play is going to change that much.
They're going to be proactive, they're going to be aggressive, they're going to try to look for those openings.
So if I'm furrier, if I'm yakinda, if I'm fallen, I want my teammates to punish that aggression,
because it's going to be ramp peaks, it's going to be pushing apps, it's going to be a B-apps push at a certain timing as well.
And I would be surprised if 9C doesn't try to retake middle, in the middle of a round as well.
When that happens, and when you offer the opportunity to punish that aggression from 90,
that's the first way and best way of stopping that.
If they don't do that, they'll continue to do it round after round after round, as we saw in Dust2.
They will see pretty early on what kind of a mood Fury is in for this second map,
like in the first three gun rounds.
If you look at the group stage that they've played,
Jekinder was like, he's always kind of testing some limits, right?
He's playing so well, I think, that he was feeling the game and reading it very well
and so confident in it.
He was doing his classic, like, take some risks and get the high end of the reward.
Walk through a smoke here because you kind of sense the defense base up what's come.
If that is missing when we get into this and see their T-side, it's an issue.
Because he is such a critical part to this offense, creating space for so many people.
What I liked about this game is we also talked so much about the pressure, the stage, the arena, the noise, everything.
And you'd think after winning the 3v5 and a 1v2, you know, that gives the moment to decide a furia.
Like now, oh, 9Z is going to start breaking.
But ultimately, it doesn't matter if what you do on the server, you know, isn't that great.
and 9Z had the sort of fortitude to keep taking the game to Furia
and Furia couldn't handle it. They just couldn't handle the fights, they couldn't handle the aggression
and until, if they can't figure out the way to switch that up on Mirage, they're done.
We've just got a couple of seconds left but I do just want to pose the question to you, Yanco.
Do you think it's possible that 9Z actually do this, actually make it to the semifinals?
I think it's over. I think Furia's just choking again and they can't perform on the major playoff stage.
That's it, 9Z taking it.
to be desired from the side of
Fourier and fair play after that
shambolic performance on dust.
Is it another major playoffs fumble
from the side of Fourier?
Those answers will be delivered on
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Can I imagine the first map you're starting over past T-Side?
The crowd who grow hard.
I'm not going, it's gonna be hard.
So, we've been there.
So what can we pick?
You guys have any ideas for us?
For you guys?
Yeah.
I guess not, Z.
Yeah, but we have any ideas, bro.
Hmm.
I don't know.
You think our fair is good?
Go to it?
Yeah, fair's pick.
In fair, we're thinking as well in fair, I mean.
I mean, you cannot pick our first, you know.
Why not?
They're picking our first.
They're picking overpass in their faces.
It is.
They picked overpass four times.
and you can pick new twice and inferno once.
Third, third, third, fourth pass, this game.
Ego pick overpass, man.
That's the sign.
That's the best over presence of America.
Well, pick over and get it.
They ban an old, we ban ancients, then it's overpass,
overpass nuke is going to be one of those third,
because normally they pick nuke,
maybe they pick nuke and say,
they're going to pick this two.
That's true.
You can put this on here before the people,
so they know that I know.
Is there maps which you would be afraid of?
Are you really going to play against Fury?
Are you really going to discuss that you didn't discuss what maps you had with a person yesterday?
No, we already know what maps.
Showed us?
No, actually we didn't discuss it.
I think that's a nervous for sure yeah
Shut up!
Yeah, but I haven't done tricks in a long time
Watch out, new tricks
Hell don't bro
No way, no way, second up on a nervous
We're so...
No, no, no, it's not gonna be too easy bro
It's too easy for me, I don't play up
Because it's too easy bro
We're still waiting a team that's gonna pick a nervous against us
Haven't played in official since February
Four months now
They're gonna push off the road.
They're gonna kick off the Cribs with a fight out.
They got Cribs out of the triple.
That's fantastic.
I'm not done yet.
Can you believe it?
9-Z.
They come in, they win the first map.
They shock the stage here in quarterfinals.
They do everything they need to to show you that they can win this series and pull off
the big upset of the quarterfinals.
Subset the easier side of the bracket.
Ninzee say they agree.
Are they going to be the threats to make it to Grants?
And our fury are going to be the ones to crumble underneath the pressure of this arena.
Fallen's won it before, but doing it twice, doing it three times and setting a record.
That's a mounting pressure maybe no one can stand.
But that's a reality they'll have to face now.
First the team that deserves to be here.
Played their game and then some.
Back on Dust2. Let's see what they've gotten stored for us on Mirage.
9Z to the CG side to start it.
Maladoy head-tucked P250.
Ooh, missed chances.
Had a first kill.
BASOP confirms lower tunnels.
We've got Mayer just trying to keep himself alive.
Gear support system looks good, where there's one, there's four.
That's the case with 9Z.
Uh-oh, that's scary already, man.
Sure, Fallen. You can take over the A site.
Sure, Yuri. You can take B.
What you don't have is the bomb.
That belongs to Mayer.
How are you going to make this connection?
Luchov. He's in safety. He can get information. Will he leave a gap? Pick
enough. That fallen can take advantage. That's the question. There are police
everywhere. It is just in-states. There's no punish pick in this series, Connor.
Mirage at the bottom of the mat pool by the numbers here for 9-Z. There's
one. Hold your horses. We've got low HP Mayer and we've got half HP Max.
Surely not another clutch for Yuri. Look at that dink. Now DGT's down low.
All they have to do is kill time until we can't get that bomb back. Will they be
too nervous? Tunnel's players gonna have to go really wide to get this angle.
Yuri's halfway. He could dodge this threat behind him, but he's got a move.
And now he's got another 1v1 locked in. He doubles back. Max makes the brave
move of getting back up connector. Will Yuri clear it? He's gonna run in.
Max to the left side, Uri.
Oh, he's the referee!
Show us your teeth!
Come on, Uri, bite deep!
Mayer moves fast in 12 health, Uri.
This is just so instrumental.
Nisey thought they had this in the bag.
Uri confirms.
How are you gonna move this forward, Mayer?
You've got a flash, but don't you dare pull that out.
It's gonna have to be the surgical headshot
He's got a fourth kill on a silver platter.
He's got a...
Lowen beholds!
Furia strikes first!
The one they can count on the clutch.
Does it again.
One ups himself on Mirage.
A holy, impossible situation.
sectioned off piece by piece a chance for a mayor and put the heart to
damage too much and it's Yuri we saw it back in the first map just a glimpse of
his clutch ability we thought maybe that could get furious game going well
how about starting a map with that instead there is no mountain of 9z
rounds that you were meant to surpass but there is a looming threat
You're in the second round of mirage that a force by could rebound right back fall and seize the sandwich drop
This keeps coming for you. Oh, no, he's gonna start shooting
Yeah, he gets that kill. Oh, it's all it's all for not it doesn't matter if they can't pull out the second round
Max now hands to the galil you can darts good away for that bomb to arrive. They're calling for help right?
Hey, no, sorry mayor's going to window Max isn't calling for help
They'll fall back and P7 doesn't instantly jump now that double market rotation comes in
9Z's bodies are throwing themselves to the beachside as Max just keeps his head down low and there's the MP7
kill for Yakinbar, 2v5 clawback is what's demanded of them. 50 to the clock, there's the second, Molladoy's now on the scene.
And with Yakinbar putting fire to the feet, Molladoy pinched off from the catwalk and they get it.
9Z first by right back.
They know the clutch.
They know it entirely.
For the mental, 9z would replay this situation the exact same way if they knew that they
denied a conversion, nothing feels better than that for them, nothing feels worse for
Feria.
Trying to buy back themselves instantly.
the lights too bright.
A cheese come cascading into the A-sides, the right side smokes come out.
They look to make it a second tier exact to draw any incendiaries that the CTs have on.
They stay wide awake in mid with two on the A site, it's still a good looking setup from
the CT side.
Double smoke well tied.
to Palace and Iran.
Oh, yeah.
Taunting effort now for Furia to get through.
And Ninze are going to know they'll
be desperate to try and puncture.
And so a Desert Eagle kill from all the boys all they've
received.
Russell Pete's got the cover good.
Mayer and Harn commitment.
Kaseir Otto fighting.
It'll be Majority standing at the end of round three
as Ninze pull ahead.
Can we talk about how ready Ninze are for every single move
Furia are making?
Back on Dust 2, here on Mirage.
Again, so I was trying to say during the Eurycluch that shouldn't have happened.
From the bottom of their map pool, here is Mirage. They've lost three out of four games.
But one of those losses is to spirit it over time.
The game they won was against Vitality.
They fixed up the place just in time for the Major.
Think about that braggart made for the little that this round will last.
Quick kills inside of the A site, your clocks mean nothing to a 9Z rolling forward with now what is massive momentum.
The gun rounds will keep on coming. The tests will be thrown their way.
But you're painting a beautiful picture about a 9Z that can do this.
They have incredible, I mean they just have incredible rotations.
They have the whole spirit of Latin America in their gameplay. They still bring it
Feria are a Frankenstein team in terms of the styles they bring in and they
they have a personality absolutely but 9Z are more pure in terms of what we are
used to seeing those original South American lineups. They bring the
Frosty of their safety sides, bro.
You're kindar, fastened through the fire.
And it's a Maldagoi first blood.
Oh, this works out.
And that ambition down through underpass,
well worth it for the 5B3.
Max once again looks to just skate by this threat.
Now, Bomb is deep inside apartment,
so there's a little hesitation.
And within that timing, Max strikes one down.
Oh, no, no, no.
Oh, no.
Oh, no.
Rounds still alive.
Bomb's picked up.
Max making a move off of the catwalk.
At least the bomb isn't on Kcerado over there. They have to try to refocus.
There's a chance to take him out. Mayor, not watching this.
Good job, Aiment.
Paws open the bottom of connector and Molodoy low health with back a little top mid.
Never really had a chance to get active. He gives it a pause.
And he'll try to use the element of surprise to win this 1v2.
But the trade's good.
The numbers make a difference.
Max goes up 5-2 with a 3K
and puts 9-Z comfortably leading 4-1.
At the pause.
At the pause and start the South Cacerados game.
Cashed.
At a moment where Max takes one out and...
He's up there and B-Affs.
It's a tough thing to stomach
It's sure as hell not the venue you want to deal with this and yet professionals they are
I've got to say cologne it's been ten years
I've done this job is launders and eyes first time having the privilege of casting in this Cathedral and from where I'm standing up here in
The Rafters this room is beautiful
Yeah, it's all that. It's an honor to be here with you guys tonight. You're in for a treat
with Counter-Strike all weekend long. An imposing presence from the upper deck in this arena.
And yet somehow it doesn't shake 9-Z. Yeah, that's right. That's right. And they had
every right to and if they did it would be the least surprising thing. Even
magic step, you know, they play insane but we'll just have to see if the crowd
affects them. Still waiting on that.
There were a lot of Furia fans here naturally but I think 9z will start to
win some back. They keep playing like this.
Stuffed. No contest with the Tech 9 up Catwalk and Hwaso just banking on his teammate. I love the confidence. Let these pistols try their damnedest. It's a rock solid defense across the board. Not one death on the side of 9-Z so far.
Fiora continuing to get pieced up. Obviously an unfortunate disconnect. Outside of that though, it's been the slow starts.
Domineering CT sides again. Just have to talk about how good they are making connections. Tell me about a round where they didn't know where Fiora were going.
I can't even think of a single round in this series
Where they weren't aware of what furia we're going to do next
genuinely
And in the vast majority of rounds that furia won back on dust 2
9z skill knew what they were doing. They just
clutched up they just battled through a lot of CT's
The rubber is beating the road here for 9z. The flowers are being handed out.
And Maxis said it. They're trying to garner the respect of the tier 1 teams that they feel that they can compete against.
he's gonna repeat against.
Fight for fallen lost, blue chop, hands on him, another duel just over the edge of it.
And you've got Molledoy low health on the answer, trying to get your Kindar into this mix.
As Wasupit turns his back, that's a safety net.
For middle momentarily, Maynard going wide out through a site.
He knows Yuri's locked in. This will be a high pressure shot in a moment.
But that moment seemingly fleeting, Yuri.
Oh!
Guilt!
Wild Mayer is blind!
We get the walk out from the ramp confirming the attack.
As Moldoys low HP will remain a liability
and yet Mayer still just gives him a little more space, a little more time.
He was holding just wide enough to be able to hit that.
The lamp flash is perfect, but your Kinder has a lead.
Flash comes out of the A ramp.
Rotations coming around CTs are slow to B.
There's a chance for Furia to pick this up.
There's a real chance.
Furia come into this beaten and bruised and they may not believe that they could find
an empty site because they have not been able to find them versus this team, but here it
is.
The opportunity is granted.
A three on two retake, but they have the site.
Walking at the perfect moment, Molledoy with Luchov going top middle, look how much
he fell for this.
And so a smoke grenade offered up for you, Kindar.
It has an HE, watch out for this.
Kindar's got to stuff this side of the retake.
Moledoy's low HP you think you can't bank on this.
Are they close jumping cat? Nope.
Mayer it's not.
Max slick move but by the time they arrive not wanting to deal with the smoke
instead they've got fire in front of them.
There's a kid on Max, there's a kid on Mayer.
And there's a smoke on Luchoff.
Trying to arrive from the apartments.
You can just pick up the first duel.
There goes that low health of Moledoy.
They could dive it.
They're gonna try to get all hands on and Mayer just slips by.
Don't think there's enough time here.
Oh it's really close but they miss it.
Timing on the side of Furia, they'll sweep away those last two 9-Z members, a hard-fought second round and one with a massive price tag.
Hit those cat jumps.
Mayer, by a hair. Can't get on that bomb in time.
Oh, and he saw that shadow creeping, ready to shot.
But a moment here for Furia and again, I feel like they're almost scared of the thought they believe they have an empty site.
But they get it, they win another disadvantage situations of two of the rounds they've got so far.
If there's a world where Furia are going to fight in this quarter-final, then a 3 vs 5 like that sprinkled in at this moment could wind up being key.
Getting a full change here of Cacerados PC.
Can you believe Mayern's form again? You mentioned at the start of this series, you said you go back to the vitality game. Great. One good map, but only usually one good map in a series.
Nine and four at the moment with impact on that A site.
That's what I was so curious about. You know, Mayern's just this, it's an aberration for that reason.
That's when we talk about the stage players. He wasn't part of this 90 lineup the last two times. They had an opportunity at a major.
They saw something in him.
It's very aggressive for Maynard. I think they'll, uh, they'll be a lot of praise for him after this.
It's important to see that evolution as well from somebody on 90s camp, because we go back to Dust2.
You know, the real driving force of this team, the story of their run into playoffs,
much about Luchov's entry ability and then DGT being that secondary rifle right behind him.
Two strong riflers in different roles that drive 9Z to top 8 at a major.
That was not a part of Dust2, he had two opening frags.
And now we go over to Mirage and you've played far less rounds, seven rounds into
this.
He's already got more entries this map than he did in the previous, from the CT side.
But his opening duels are now coming Luchov's way, which goes to tell you maybe this
even with mayor at the top of the scoreboard can bank on what has reliably
won them games before.
I'll tell you right now it's communication that's holding the fury of back.
What they brought to this major in the last stage showed us in my opinion that they're back to the top.
They actually had insane game plans. They were not a question coming out of that last stage.
They had everything.
What we're seeing here is just, they're just not bringing it in, or when they are it's just too late.
Obviously now they're going up against it all.
A lot of fans out here from Maladoy.
And some both Kazakhstan and Brazil.
Even Canada Connor.
Even Canada.
The ESL player profile with Mola doi came out this event and take a deep dive into his
journey.
His is just single-handed decision making to leave behind everything he knew to chase
a dream of Counter-Strike.
that he said relates to fallen because they played both in cyber cafes and the
interesting thing is we go you know cyber cafes in 2026 it's not every
country that that's your journey in and yet for Kazakhstan it remains that way
and so Maladoy and fury and fallen find that commonality their first
tournaments for no money fallen said he's been thinking about having
children and the thought of being a father since bringing Maladoy into this
Wall Street. Going into that relationship, it's clearly very special.
Baladoy is saying, maybe I'm not, there is no Baladoy. It's not for falling.
And now the two of them have to dig real deep in this moment. It's a 90 tactical timeout
to try to keep their hands on control of this game.
We'll see if the time to think helps. Got a full allele buy here for Fury up,
which is not comfortable at all. You're going up against the Holystock 90, but using our utility very well.
Man.
All Galils, all utility.
What's the master plan here, Furia?
Looking like it could be a fast connector split.
They're up the ramp, instant off-shot, no one's dead.
Oh, good position for Keisarado.
Fast move by Molotow and it's gonna come up ninth in space!
DGT with two.
Keisarado finally has a chance to catch you off with that forward Galil on Catwalk.
Well, now what about his recovery?
It's insane off of that pause. They took attack after the tech
and they instantly are able to respond to Feria calling a fast game plan.
All those glows are gone. All the money gone.
Great place to send the area, and there's no support here for Max.
Oh no!
He doesn't spread wide enough.
You'd think no world case Serato considers this, and he's got a minute to try to work
together the clutch.
He'll give up the audio cue, flash comes over, never would you suspect this.
And so totally blindsided by Max who gets away with it.
Fireproof inside of the window sill 90 up 6-2.
Yeah, and he had the thought to get that Maliya too.
Another unfortunate moment here for K. Serato.
Saff is not beyond reproach for Furia once again.
They know it, they've been here before.
They didn't get that early scare like Ninze,
which I feel like has added so much resilience to them.
Otherwise, if not for that spirit game, I feel like what happened when they played against Aurora
could have been happening right here in the corners.
This round thought it really felt like momentarily it had legs, but it's in these messy moments
that sometimes you see the explosive rifle abilities of 9Z across the board.
You're not just banking on one guy to drop that 3k.
And that was playing rounds at home, you know, that's the style of play that they're used to.
It's a shared responsibility, they wear well.
And one that right now has got fury up against the ropes.
We get the Yukindar AK hero by this time.
And sure enough, down in the first duel.
They take top mid control, get denied at the bottom.
And also the smart move already.
They've got a ramp smoke smoking off connector.
It's like they know what's happening every single time and with Wastlow in this position,
Mayer has open lines towards connector.
Viria are going to have to get extra creative here.
This is all about freeing Mayer up.
fully pushed on both sides of the map but at that point you can get too
spread out. Fallen emerges to the correct side and Mayeron will be fighting by
himself for now. Wasso's coming around the ramp. Flashbang's gonna let him know
it's inbound and luckily for Mayeron he's a layoff to just stick on this
line but he misses his shot. It's Beretta's out. A flood of furious players take to this
A site and now there'll be no question about this bomb plant either. No
contest offered up and they're worried about the right things they plant default
they know that they haven't killed the second player on a you put the open
Molladoi's hands and wasp a rival and now with that offer dead
pendulum swings momentarily back 90s wave case Arado's position has been found
out in the quick headshot on max he gets his revenge inside that window DGT
though still trying to push this retake forward we're talking about kids on the
side of 90, but with flashes up and over,
Yuri's gonna go for the swing.
All he misses is chance.
It's down to the final liar.
Keisarotto's got him cleared.
They got it.
Right on top of it, it's yet again so close, so close.
Oh, oh.
The beauty of it.
Given their Hail Mary moments, at least secure their third.
Keisarotto said, just let me play.
Gets that last kill just in time.
It keeps us half alive, it's up, tech nines, Furia win.
Farly around where they actually get vacant space.
No contact until ticket booth.
How many times have we watched players die?
Top mid, off cat, connector, four stairs.
Furia slip the net, come out with a fish.
Trying to remain slippery from here on out.
Now you get this move from 90 back out middle to just try to reapply the pressure
Fallen trying to bring in the audacious place a lot more pressure a lot more active. That's what you love to see maxed out to MP9
Finally getting through the money
That's step one
One final real test because that's a 1v1 expensive for fury as well
Fallen yet to frag so far on Mirage has a bit of a team though
I mean, Lucho flashes, they're gonna see this.
Ball is coming down, he pulls his gun out.
Sun's out.
Also back in the cover too.
It's a quick attempt out of Urius.
Now he's just going to grab the grenades and we've got Max, MP9 in hand,
spotted out by K Serrano, both will swing through,
and that BD Benz does not hang strong.
They will at the very least deal with Uri
and do it fast enough that they can still get this line as the bench cross occurs.
You know there's one player back there,
there's still a good amount of utility here for Furia to secure a bit of space,
bit of space but it's numbers advantage 9z on this retake. This is actually a
difficult decision. If they go for this they risk all their money. They probably
have a better chance next round but they're 4v3. They're thinking about it
still. The retakes have been solid. Flashbang here for Luchov and that's
gonna be when they suddenly just burst down through this doorway. You can go
first to turn. As he goes back he gets himself a count and a half. Fall in there to help him.
And now you're fighting up against the disadvantage and yet Luchov still
takes a look. Player over to the bench they'll still know about. From the
They spotted that and the crossback didn't happen, but Mayer gives this up
hard-fought battle here for Furia to play catch-up versus 9-Z.
Absolute best case situation here for Furia. They get 9-Z to participate in a very scary situation
but they can't get that one kill towards Evox. Furia keep two alive, they win the rounds,
they've got through the money, they're still in up here on Mayer.
But now they've given themselves a real chance.
That's Vaughn's first kill in the game, and if he doesn't get it, I guarantee you they lose that retake.
It's perfect. The flash dodge, the frag, and the cohesion there in the setup.
That's really a moment, too, where they didn't get the value out of that double ramp push that they were hoping for, right?
right? Kaseurado dies instantly, Yuri gets a flash off the wall and then dies almost near seconds later.
They're doing what they need to do to get the open sight, which is good.
Small adoe, Yuri, but still, point remains.
You know, Nainzi also had to face a Furia that was clawing back a few rounds in Dust 2,
but they had a stockpile in the reserves to close out that game.
and ample chances.
This is Fury and nipping at your heels.
Two rounds away from tying out this half
and your force to come into this one
with a buy like this.
It's guns in the hands of the best performing
9Z players on Mirage.
Mayer makes it up into latter room again.
The good gun to watch in this round.
Also has got an M4.
He immediately evacuates his position.
Bomb inside of the connector.
Oh, the dead shot.
He survives.
Max is USP up next.
He'll finish the job.
Unfortunately, can't get damage in the next one, so that'll take the likelihood of Luchov
getting anything and throw it out the window.
I missed off shot could have been
We're trying finds a goal here, and it's a great distraction for what's open right up kill case Serato
And the office villain CT they've gotta get this bomb back. They need control of everything. It's on top of stairs
I think the bomb is not it was fallen who was watching it
They'll go ahead and grab it now
It's got to be a clutch man in the middle of all this off tries to go over top of ticket and when he kind of
Comes off of this bomb plan. He is still very much stuck behind triple. There's no trade possibility here
There's some great damage on the Kindar.
He wins his tool and puts this one round from a tied up half.
This is not just a comeback. It's turning into a good half now for Piri up.
They've had a battle through it all to get this chance.
Because now they're actually in control of some rounds, which is a huge change of pace.
before only converting losing situations.
Let's see if they can stick the landing.
Max doesn't want to regret going for too much information this time, but it's still
A furia who puts him as the apple of their eye.
Molledoy, can he punish?
Oh, it misses.
Golden chance.
The ball is separated, though. I don't... Can they exact through this?
Holland loses the tool.
Doesn't even get any damage out.
Now Lucho versus his Kindar Nash, then no in that one, too.
Single-handedly holding off towards the ladder, Max.
Perfectly in behind Yuri, slays him with the MP9.
And just when it felt like Dury, we're gonna have a tied half.
it's gonna fall to this 2v5 recovery instead.
You've got three players layered towards the market,
Molotov strikes one off,
and at a hundred health in 25 seconds,
he's also got this bomb.
He's looking for his moment,
but he won't be able to fake play too many times here.
That's what he wants to deliver.
A moment of truth!
As he's now got DGT down to 47,
his hop back up.
Oh, but DGT slips by.
He's starting to read this correctly.
Yep.
He's got wind of this, an eye for it,
And now a chance to react is the first pull, it's sail right by, scoped in on the Huntz.
And at the other side goes his opposition, he will stick it to them and tie.
Six all, as Furia finds four straights.
For the second time in this quarterfinal, Furia find momentum at the very end of a half.
It was not nearly as convincing on Dust2 as it was here on Mirage, four straight, five
of the last six, a turning in the tide after Ninzey stuck them with that round two-forsed
by and we thought that Yuri's clutch was all in vain.
This formula for Furia on Mirage looks like it could still win and then it's gloves
off on Overpass.
Oh, definitely. It feels like we could get there.
Furia will have to take us there.
But they've done what they need to do to lay the foundation for a comeback.
Come back.
Great Ralf.
Great Ralf, let's go.
Let's go, let's go.
Let's go, let's go.
Let's go, let's go.
Let's go.
There's any notes for this team.
It's gotta be those. They've only needed to die.
The big clutches.
Chua, opening your mayor.
Oh, he's got the double.
With that on the pass belongs the Furia.
T-side birth could bode well.
We got a Hail Mary moment here for 9Z,
as they're just going to look to take control of the A site
and Max will indeed get that bomb down on default.
He has one priority.
Careful here with these beats.
Walsh also has got a flash to throw up over to the ramp.
And this is going to force a redirection out of Furio.
Two players layered up for spawn,
but you kindreds also want a ramp flank.
There goes that flash.
Now they throw that out and check this out.
9Z getting off site.
This is the right play, but you kindred coming in
on the flank.
This should be the end of it. Well, so maybe takes one with them before he goes
Remember bomb is planted default these these connector post plants. They're gonna have to stop the cross
Find the head entire cycle lapses pressure right back on oh
No
A crouching, I mean, wasa just just...
Oh, she turns into two kills there for DGT, stomps him out like a bug.
So a miss chance in the pistol to pull ahead.
How are we going to get finals in Kinder if we can't get out of corners?
I'll tell you this much though, 9Z lost that pistol, I wouldn't break them at all in the
second half compared to Furia's CT side.
I think them winning this pistol only means there's now a chance that 9Z can close the
map but Furia know it's still going to be fine, it's just going to be harder.
They'll start with an attempt to try to deny the conversion, just like Ninzey did to them.
Oh, look at the damage! I'm a 5'7 shot!
Are you okay with that, Link? Yeah, why not?
Listen, you gotta dig deep throughout this one!
Wait, I think about that one. Be careful.
Desert Eagle's ready to roar! You've got low health on three, they can do this!
Falling right back into the action! Oh! Rollercoaster! Galax!
And now it's a couple of Galils, but the bomb at least still controlled.
If DGT can open connector, then that bomb could run over to this A site.
And sure enough, he gets there, but it's very costly.
So do you bank on DGT's 12 health?
This is very tough, because you can't get out of connector knowing the TAC guys could come over top of you.
So what if he stays B?
Nah, yeah.
Yeah, okay, he's lost his teammate. He'll send that flash back in.
and Mayhem's gonna try to bank on his full HP versus the two on site.
It is yet again damage from the Deagle, but you've got Fallen right behind you!
Max tight for the first by win!
Fiora haven't touched the lead since the first round of this game,
but they are back in a position to do so.
That's right, they stole it away.
Like Ganges like Ninesie did it under the first half.
I'm seeing Molledoy getting locked in for the first time in this game.
Way too many misses on Dust2.
I don't care how many shots he hit.
He wasn't himself. At this event, your kinder has a fantastic rating. Moldova has been getting pure volume.
And I want to say Yuri's brought them chances now to take the easy route.
But just enough time to wake up.
It officially gets scary for the first time this series for 9Z.
Full strength, Furia, hasn't reared its head.
And they know that.
But fleeting control of a game is something we've seen 9Z half to stomach, half to handle.
And ultimately, they lose to Spirit in two of those situations.
On a stage like this, when the pressure's undeniably mounted, you can't let those doubts begin
to creep in regardless of Furia's fight back. You have wounded this animal, don't be surprised
when it lashes out and right now Furia do so. With a real advantage here in the 15th round,
rifles on their side, a Galil Verluchov. How is he meant to get those oh so important
entries
wide swing lines up easy damage from all of the loss of peak
window challenge almost cost the young off his head
the being a team kill dropping utility to the windows to try to make it awkward
He just wants to get the hell out of here and he's got support on the other side of that smoke to do so.
Hwaso's gonna jump on this, but rather just get the kill, tries to reload in the cover.
That's where you kindar gets him.
We go 4v3, Friar Grenade's fantastic.
Spray control for K Serato into the second pistol player, and now that Luchov-Galil into the action, but it's all a little too late.
Enter Luchov, someone who we haven't had to discuss.
discussed. Ninzee have been great because of Mayn today. Waso here on Mirage. But Luchov
has been the, for a lot of people, the reason that Ninzee are making this run as spectacular
as it has been. Some incredible maps out of this man. And I said, another situation,
should be no problem here eight seconds they can run at this okay let's just
make sure no bomb plan happens right there all good
game goes to one round they don't get that plan
Fyria have the lead.
Hell of a battle to get here, but they re-secure it.
And with the lead should come the freebie.
He walks out.
9C, this will be nothing more than an active desperation.
And it's nice to see Furio with their foot on the throat a little.
We go back to Dust2.
There was this constant lack of activity on a CT side.
Why not send Molledoy on this expedition with the Mach 10?
There was a moment in this quarter-final where it felt like Furio weren't going to bring their game to the table.
You start to feel it. You start to come alive. You start to deal with this very real 9-Z challenge tonight.
And as you'd expect, the block shredded. 9-7, Burial lead.
lead.
Molledoy in the positive.
You kinder in the positive.
It's looking up here now for Furia.
Quick change up.
Whoa.
We got the part-time offer and the full-time offer working together.
Father and son here, both on the double-op.
The last time they played here at Cologne, Fallen also called it a double off with him and Colt Zera.
Great spam, you kind of are from the window into top middle and Luchov's dead, no entry afforded to 9C this time.
And even while they trail Furia, they are still holding on to more successful opening
duels than Furia.
This is a really interesting looking map and I love to see it more creative.
We got the ops on mid-MB, but kind of both B players at the moment, fall in banking
on walkouts so they can lean a little bit more mobile towards A and have heavy
presence that made at the same time. This is the kind of map that's harder to
read. The no one in CT spawn it's their one sore spot you can move through the
position. Molotov pops in the middle of the site everybody for 9Z out through
that ramp. And they're running out of utility.
Death ball attempt, flashbang, at least that flash, spots the M4s from trying to get the damage on the cross.
It does
Max has a daughter at home and Fallen has a son in the server and that son that burns bright.
Molledoy is on the angle Fallen is going to take up responsibility of this defuse. They've got all the tools for the job.
Smoke on top of it, kick for the 5 second stick. Molledoy, pistol out. He tries to challenge.
Max gets the first but the defuse found. Molledoy sacrifices himself.
They kill the clock, they win the round, and Furia hit 10.
But again, just another warning sign to Furia to how much you need to nail down 9Z.
That is a glurry of kills out of nowhere.
Back to make that round suddenly feel alive.
That was the one thing they had to be scared of,
having the two ops over towards B
that they had to retake together
and they still managed it.
Utility and then the big difference.
This three player jumble down bottom middle
just asking to have this Nade dunked on their heads
But it's actually a bad bounce from Kcerado.
Already thought they would have gotten over to Bench.
They scale slowly, but they move beyond that damaging Util.
It's going to be Max's responsibility to climb up.
Remember, him, they earned in TGT, the ones with cons.
Just making so much noise.
But will they think that Max is actually in here?
Low drop kills Yuri over towards Khan.
Kcerado's still, yes, very nervous that Max is indeed
on this line.
Kcerado will take damage.
That's well fought.
That's a hard duel for the CTs.
Kcerato played it confidently.
Dropping the bomb onto the ground as well, just reconfirming
that there's still some sort of presence here, fallen, operating on his own, over towards that B-side jaw.
This Kcerato gets the tail end of the setup.
I'd like to see Fury ahead of things, finally.
Luchov trying to run that Tech 9 over towards the ramp.
VGG's the bomb here, can't lose it like this.
Now Kcerato's going to sit on top of it, you think, you can door?
Yes, gets that trade back, half health, Luchov tags the Tech 9,
The Tech 9 and Marley Joy over top, Furia starting to see the finish line on their map pick up Maron.
They're starting to believe, they're starting to look good, they've been through it all, they could've suffered the greatest embarrassment getting 2-0ed here on stage.
It looks like they might stay that off. The double off persists.
Again, when Fallen played here at the last time, Matt Cologne with Coldzera, he had the second off.
Now they've got an even better offer to abuse this setup on CT side.
9-Z for once to the ones who look a little bit confused.
Well maybe not this round, this round's fast.
Yeah, it's falling to eat a flash, trying to capitalize on the ball.
Oh!
5-3, hyper-aggressive entries, cut out from 9-Z.
Oh, forgive me, what a call.
Why not just change up that tempo, slam your head into the B site.
The problem that was the problem for the retake on the A site and now the two players that die first they run right into them
But if you know where the ops are you want to full exec into them
You want to use your flashes you don't want to do contact plays and fury or hoping for more of those
That's what got fury the lead but 90 learned fast enough
Instead of maybe fast enough handle case or auto towards the window instead of dealing with Molledoy on ticket
They hit that B bomb site hard, fallen, flashed the damn near entire time, they'll vacate
the site, four players up here for 90, and just before Furia can secure that 12.
This is actually really interesting, and I think this one, this is them surviving the
nerves a little bit, actually thinking about what to do next, and not just crumbling
After seeing that they've given up that second conversion,
the call is very pragmatic.
They get the off blind inside a B.
They're right, this is the weaker site.
This is where Fallen came from
when they retook that last round.
They deal with that problem,
but still money here for Fury up, one off coming in now.
And the question is, where do Ninjee take it next?
Very updone really well keeping eyes on mid
Candidate
He's got the entry and all the way misses a shot. He'll get ballie back as well
That's the full punish
Fallen will try to find an evacuation route let them have that a site
It is a foregone conclusion. Back-to-back electric momentum 4-9-z.
Those are not easy shots, but he just needed to hit one.
Whoa.
That changes things.
It's the hard A-play.
Three save for Furia is not the end of the world. I think they'd be really worried.
They lost majority here. Lost grip of that off. They might not see that next round.
And actually, even though there's still a little bit of a lead here for Furia,
I feel like there's some pressure alleviated for 9Z.
They have Boy trying to split it down the middle. It's two-sided, exacts, a fast B and a fast A.
And that's suddenly Gutferia talking and this opens up the game plan now for 9z
And also shakes off that mounting pressure of not being able to win consecutive rounds not since the fifth and sixth rounds of this map
It's just finding where the edge of the cards are now for 9Z.
The thing that's really scary is that where you make your aggressive move next round,
if you don't know if 9Z are going to move out quickly on either side.
Great cover.
They want to take board aggressive control inside of middle and hope it's not an early play.
And then going for a retake if they have to, but give themselves a big flank chance.
Nynzee, again, they want to keep the tempo low.
They're going back to two rounds ago.
K-Sirano gets wind of that top mid cross, but he's not able to get the kill on Luchov.
And this one's actually an underpass play.
They got fallen, jump spotting and throwing utility.
They have kind of established inside of middle, and so a third.
A new round here for Nynzee.
Money's teetering now for Furia. This is the kind of round you grind out the time
and the utility and you can easily influence Furia to save. I've already
shown us a willingness to do it in the last round. What would they have if not
for the three survivors? And the longer this round goes on without enough
information they will just fall into a stack. Battle of the offers queued up
But Molledoy bends the knee.
Yuri, watching the ramp for him.
Palace is smoked.
DGT's going to try to torment Yuri.
Yuri's going to try to do his best
to give Molledoy a chance to fight connector.
Mayurn has slowly just taken over these angles,
one by one, piece by piece.
Now waiting for that ticket peek.
I just want to, I don't know if DGT's
going to take this risk.
But right now, Yuri's not necessarily
watching for his swing.
Here it comes.
Molledoy, oh, just missed it by a second.
Bomb confirmed.
Not that shot.
Max is dead, Rujov scoops up the bomb.
Yuri keeps that cover over towards the palace.
Still, Rujov will try to entry.
25 seconds on this clock, the third supportive piece.
Now from the ticket, Mologey hits the headshot,
and this off-rock solid from Rujov.
Oh, yeah.
It's going to deliver that 12.
That's cold.
Find the live for Furia.
For Rii, map points.
Perfect playoff to set up.
Right read on the situation.
A new game plan for 9Z.
But once they open up that angle from the side of default and he gets the first kill, Yuri swings.
Takes out DGT, allows Mollidoy to farm even further.
And that was a Mollidoy who was being hunted by Moe.
He saw him post up on those mid angles.
And what felt like space being afforded over to 9Z, is just them playing Mollidoy's game.
But it hinges on him hitting them, which he will, as does Yagindar, again with an opening kill out through that mid window.
The remoments in this match where it felt like Uriel were never going to find this major
form.
A recovery was demanded of them and they have damn near delivered.
Hanging onto man advantage here in the 22nd round.
Oh, he walks forward and dies.
Pressing into them.
This could be a curtain call now for 9 and Z.
Mayer and Max to somehow get back this two before. Somehow some way when at the
moment Furious Numbers do remain split it's a free beyond falling and that you'd
think would draw somebody off of the opposite site where the bomb actually
is. There's going to be a critical fight here between Max and Yikindar and
Yikindars played it far more patiently than Max expects. Bomb down at 45
seconds and while Mayer and May has superseded all expectations in the
first map a clutch in this moment seems damn impossible how could you imagine
him piecing this together a smoke to maybe get him up the catwalk but an
AK to fluster him from that A site oh hey maybe something like that oh my
goodness his second shot you can our presses in
will not waste this moment.
They will continue to attempt to lift this purse.
Finally a response from Furia, and finally it feels like we actually have a game on our hands.
By no means, the cleanest counter strike we've ever seen from Fallen and Co.
some crucial clutches going in their favour and some crazy moments too.
This is the kind of CS we wanted to see, a little bit more poorly Jacob.
And finally from Furia, a response, a sign of life.
Yeah, a sign of life, I think that's the best way to encapsulate this game.
It wasn't necessarily Asher said the prettiest of Counter-Strike coming out from either team,
but oh my, what's this important for Furia to stay alive in this matchup?
Sure, they knew to win Mirage, but also the fashion they did it in.
I feel like they were outplayed in the first half once more,
somehow some way to get away with six rounds and there's hope for the second
and then finally Molo-Dai shows up you know a little bit more composed hitting
his shots playing a bit more mature and they're sitting in the playoff and
seemingly a furrier that is back alive. Yeah I think I'm with you I think
9-Z looked like the better team in the first half but you got like some of
the strength of fury in terms of their individuals like with with the
kind of players stepping up I mean what there's like a 1v3 the like the
1v3 in the pistol 1v3 1v4 from Molo-Dai. Yeah whatever they were and
then like two last second defuse like they barely held on in that first
But the difference from Dust2 is at least those like small wins let them wake up
Like kept them close enough to keep it within striking distance
And then yeah, you switch sides you get Molotov popping off with the AWP and now it all pans out well
I mean five out of the six rounds that Fiora won
There was either one of their players left alive or none like that was the hardest fought
Yeah, six rounds on T side that I have ever seen but most importantly they got him
They got six, doesn't matter how they got them, they did it, it gave them enough of a buffer in the second half to be able to close things out.
Yeah, I think we should go back to some of those moments because I don't want to say maybe there was a little bit of an angel looking over them in some of these situations, but just about for we've got some of these rounds over the line.
That's what it felt like, the rounds we were referring to is first and foremost round seven. Again, as Janko said, you know, they weren't able to keep a lot of people alive.
This time around it's a 2v3 scenario, bomb goes down, you have Molotov to 13 HP, you have 9c at this point up 5 to 1
Having played a great beginning to the first half, very composed, seemed to be in control of the game
And the way they approach this retake as well, seemed to be alright, waiting for the Molotov, sticking together, flashing for each other
Maybe here the spacing was a little bit off, Luchov gets a kill and then it's just your kind of left bottom
Unfortunately there's no time left to defuse the bomb, at this point we're talking 0.05 seconds
Unfortunate, you know that can happen once in a while to happen through times in a half
We're moving fast into round nine right here Jason
It's happening one more time this time around the buy from through as well. They are on the ropes if they lose this
I'm willing to say it's game over
This is one of those rounds against a low by where I feel like 9z did that whole thing where they got a little bit
Too cute on the map like a double push in towards the B halls
You have a lot of resources on the other side of the map against this low by your operas
And have anyone to keep the spacing between you and those tech nines get way too close from to do anything with it
and they slept.
There's this plan from Fallen as well.
I've never seen this plan.
In the end, it made all the difference because the Abz guy couldn't cover his teammate.
But, yeah, they just kept coming, these clutches, and even in the final round.
That's wild.
In all the way cup, it was a 4K with a 1v2, just masterfully played, really, in the end.
But it was by the skin of their teeth that Furia was able to rack up these six rounds.
Their best round was probably that half bite that they called out of a timeout
to sort of keep them in it.
for the economy, it was important that they could keep buying from that point on.
I think there was a cool difference too in their CT side when they switched halves,
because I felt like it was kind of similar to Dust2's in the sense that it was kind of like
play a little bit further back, they didn't seem to want to be too aggressive in this one.
They were clearing out some ramps, they're not really pushing up mid,
but the difference is Molo do a hitting a shot.
So if you're going to play that far back, the AWPers got to hit a shot.
Literally, we got to the end, like back to back rounds.
He misses a couple of shots, save.
Hitting a couple of shots, winning.
Just going back to those early moments, I don't want to be too critical of Fira,
because as you said, Janko, a win is a win, but we know they have more of a capacity to be getting
these done way cleaner, and maybe even more of them on their side. Are we allowed to critique even
if they still won? Yes, we are, and we should, but we also shouldn't forget that they ended up
winning and they extended the series, but that's not going to mean much unless they improve going
into Overpass. So far, what I've seen on the server, I trust DynZ more. Even the first round
the Jacob pointed out that's a mutual sort of pushing cat to go T spawn to flank when he has two teammates on a like and
There's no need to go for that play. He just stays on B. Maybe it doesn't happen
But most important as you can see here is the kinder and mold I have in better games and having
Between the two of them, you know seven out of the eight opening kills that fury I managed to get
They're still losing in that department by a large margin and that's really important for fury
Moving forward you mentioned it after dust to look at well case or other look at his frags as well
When you start having those guys finding openings for you all of a sudden the space opens up for case or other to
Slotted and it makes some plays happen
So this time it took a little bit
But the fury off that I mean the fury team just kind of woke up and then you started seeing it all kind of fall into
Place the way it should the way we expected it to finally finally it seems that they're working up on this day
Just move on to the second half though because 90 they win the pistol out of hurry
I stopped them in their tracks just one of those things or maybe your prep has ruined you right like because you need to be
You need to really trust this round if you're going to go B in an anti-force, right?
You obviously know what can happen with the pistols being in play. That was a weak fake from DGT towards A,
but Fira just had four players here from the start pretty much.
They just decided to stack, maybe just something, you know, in the mid-round they said that they were going to do,
but this was what enabled the comeback to start happening, right?
Because after you lose that second round, you know, your money is in the bin
and it becomes much more difficult to play the T side.
I think you just got bottlenecked man, like if you're going to execute that, you have to get out.
Like you just have to, even if you're jumping to your death, like you have to create that space
so there's no chance that anyone following up can actually do anything.
But yeah, for me, I can't get away from the AWP in the second half.
I think that was the save and grace with Molotov.
I love the second round, that's huge to get you started,
but that AWP started really heating up and started making every kind of move
that 9-Z was trying to do, Molotov picked one off, right? Shaved it a little bit thinner.
I think it's also an example of where we get to see the limitations of 9-Z.
That T-side, you know, we had this round in this second round in the second half where they trust a call out of spawn
Every time the charge run a default on the T-side they got smacked down
Then they went two rounds in a row. That's a fast B execute
It's a fast a execute out of spawn calling the players don't have to make individual decision-making
They just have to follow the plan that was laid out coming into the game
But I think that's the limitation for nines in this game
The more this game become a default game the more I guess individual decision-making that has to be taking
That's what pairs like you can that case around or fall for that matter. They'll eat your life
So I think this was a game that you know successfully so by fear was slowed on to a point when I see had to try to default a bit more
Didn't work out on that case there's bad news for 9z fans because the decided to be an overpass
Not much you can do on that map or on your t-side outside of default
They did have success on it in this tournament, but yeah, I agree that it's going to be a clash of styles
We were joking in the podcast with furious like against them when you play t-side overpass
It actually is like it is in scrims because the kinder is just balloons every round and although he is there supporting him
So that's going to be for me the name of the game
You know, can you deal can you find a way to deal with that aggression early on punish it if you can?
Then you can have something going. I'm glad you mentioned that because that's that's the way
I feel going into this third map is it all for me?
It all falls on your kinder and how he does and how effective he is because this map is huge
There's going to be plenty of gaps he can test
There's going to be plenty of space he can challenge walking through smoke getting through bathrooms trying to gain an advantage off our risky play
That's the kind of stuff he loves and fallen has specifically referenced this map and said this is a map where we kind of lost
Sight like we lost our tempo like teams started figuring us out and we can get back into it
And that was one of the big priorities as he said specifically
You kinder came in with fresh ideas new ideas a few little details that change a few adaptations
And that's actually gotten this overpass back under control for them where they're really really confident on this map
And now that it's the decider you better live up to those words
Yeah, I mean it was so crucial in terms of their success in the latter part of 2025 as well
It's great to see them refining their form
But I guess to play devil's advocate for a moment
Yanko are you confident that your kinder is going to be showing up in that classic aggressive style to be starting the soul
I'm confident. He's gonna be aggressive. But how much success is going to have?
I'm not sure and they have to have success on the CT side because if there's one thing
I still don't trust their T side like even after Mirage
I know I know they got six but it wasn't pretty and a couple of those was just
Nines he may be doing a little bit too much when they didn't need to and obviously the clutches right so I think it has to be a
Nine round CT side for fury. I they're going to win this how poetic is it though to a certain extent
We've talked so much before the series began about this being like kind of following this last her eyes
Announces retirement at the end of the year
He's like the OG master of overpass like wouldn't the Brazilians burst onto the scene and LG and SK
This was the map where everyone was like they have such a god-tier understanding of how to do this that nobody can match them
So now here we are with a chance for them to finally win a playoff series at a major for the first time since we were playing global offensive
Yeah, yeah, like five years four years. So, you know, if you're coming back to this map
I think there's something cool about that and fallen better have a masterclass because as Yankees have the T sides today are looking absolutely rough
If anything you got to speak to Mordor as well
I know Mordor stepped up in the later stage of Mirage had three or four good rounds overall
but he's also been inconsistent so far in this series and I feel like on a map like overpass CT side
The kinder is going to be aggressive as Yankees said he's never gonna change the way he's playing regardless of in finding success or not
It's just a question whether or not this guy has to clean up after the message you can that's gonna make
Sometimes he's needed a lot because your kid has maybe not finding too much success
Sometimes he gets away with a little bit less but for Molo to play consistently well on the wall pass
I think that's a massive win condition. He has to keep his cool. I remember around against miles
It was against the half-buy and the kinder die. He got one kill
And he fell back to bank and waited for his teammates and they came
Over-rotated and they wand around cleanly, you know, it can't change here
And now in those situations, you're just going to keep fighting keep repeating because you think you need to win it like for your team
You want to win it for your team like you need to stay patient and play together
That has been the strength of fury in this tournament
Just to flip the script for a second to look at the side of 9z. I have a lot of times played on this map
But just looking at their mentality, correct me if I'm wrong, Janko?
It still felt like they had that aggressive mentality, Omar Arshall.
Maybe it didn't always go their way, but it seems like they're not scared.
No doubt the mentality is there.
Like we're taking the fight to fury, no matter what, time and time again.
It's just tricky.
You need to understand at which moment in the round, sort of you've done enough
and just take a step back.
Like you pressured them, you made things uncomfortable for them.
They need to figure out what to do now.
You can just take a step back and maybe a couple of times they did
a little bit too much and sort of the round resolved itself in furious favor.
So that balance finding it is not easy, but if they can do it, they have a good chance of winning.
And again, where there's been a lot of question marks in terms of players performing or not,
I feel like one thing that has been consistent is the 9C decides to play their version of the game
if they were to lose an Overpass, at least they go out in their own terms.
I don't expect them to change that proactive aggressiveness we see on the CT side
that's going to continue. Is Overpass a map that's really fitted for that?
It can be to some degree, but it's hard to do it over and over and over.
And even more so as we discussed on the T side, you have to have a certain amount of default or a certain amount of gating map control
using utility, otherwise guys like Yikinda and Molotov will pick you apart and that's going to be an issue.
This is a very get back to Lucho, right? He put himself on the map really with that game against Paravision.
No Paravision was out 0-3, but you know, they had 11 rounds on T side overpass and he was just having a field day.
So I don't want to say he's been quiet, but didn't have many memorable moments so far in this game.
this would be a great moment for him to step up.
I don't often ask some predictions,
but this has been a way more competitive fair
than I was going to give it credit for, right?
Jason, where are you learning cards in this one?
Who's going to the semis?
Dude, I know, I feel crazy for me to even say it myself,
because I feel like 9-Z has been the better team,
certainly on map one, certainly for the first half of Mirage,
but I'm taking Fury.
This is where I lean towards that experience
and those individuals that have already shown us
they can kind of seal these, not at majors,
but we've seen them in playoffs and big events,
being able to seal things out.
So I'm taking Fury.
I have to put faith in him now.
I'm going to stick with 9-Z.
They played better Counter-Strike for the most part of the series, right?
The clutches really ruined their chances on Mirage.
I think they'll do a better job on Overpass and win.
I think NIC has been the better team tonight so far.
I 100% but I do think that they had the one opportunity
for Mirage to close it out.
It's not going to happen.
It's going to be very amazing.
Well, either way, the third map...
Is there a prediction there? Who do you got?
Yeah.
Okay, there we go.
Slaps to Hedges, Betts on either side of the equation.
Doesn't like being wrong.
I just wanted to hear it.
Either way, we do need the third map to decide who is going through
to the semi-finals in the South American showdown.
Will the clock strike midnight on 90's Cinderella Run?
Only time and overpass will tell.
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I had the same thing I guess they're speaking Spanish I don't know so you speak in Spanish
with the coach? Sometimes because he speaks Spanish but we all speak Portuguese better
than he speaks Spanish. So sometimes we speak Portuguese with him and when we are in-game
we speak Spanish. That's pretty funny though. So he's listening to you guys communicating
in Spanish but then in the timeouts speaking Portuguese. Yes. Wow. That's all the enemies.
For us, like the Argentinian players, it's more normal to speak Portuguese really, the
server is in Brazil.
When we started to play, always you play against and with Brazilians.
It's kind of a similar language and we learn the language.
So it's kind of easy for us to speak Portuguese, but it's more difficult for the Brazilians
to speak Spanish.
Interesting.
I'm searching in reals on Instagram and there are people who talk in chat, you know, they're
like searching for a language practicing and there are a lot of people who speak Portuguese
that it doesn't understand people who speak in Spanish.
And I mean like, and Byron said that it's easy to adapt because this language is kind
of similar but for some reason, why is this people speaking it that it's kind of different?
Yeah, yeah, interesting, it doesn't, yeah, okay, yeah, that's, that for me is kind
mind-boggling though that you change like I can barely speak English properly right so the fact that
you guys know multiple languages and now you're doing this with us in English it's it's extremely
impressive.
I'm very grateful to be here to have the team I have.
I'm very happy with the guys, the coach, the analyst, the CEO, it's here with us
So yeah, a lot of people from Argentina, it's cheering for us and waiting this moment for four years
because our last major was in 2022. So yeah, I'm very excited to be here.
And the best moment in my career, it was definitely my qualification to the Antwerp
major. That was a legendary for the South America team because never beside us a team from
South America, not Brazil one, like Hawaii, Argentina, Chile and the rest of South America
qualify for the Major, so yeah, it was historic for all directions, so yeah.
That will be with me all my life.
I think the person who inspires me more, I will say Fallen and he's the obviously one,
but I want to say another one and he's with me in the team right now, who is
He's a legendary player from Brazil and now he's our coach again, so I'm very happy to work with him.
I want to achieve a lot of more majors, but I will say a playoff major.
That's my real goal because I want to win a major, but I want to be realistic at the same time, so I will say playoff or formation.
Well, haven't we laid the foundation
for a perfect end.
9-Z picking up the first map and Furia,
who we didn't know if they could, responding.
And now from the top of their map pool,
Overpass, a series with no punish picks whatsoever,
we can have the very best map to end it.
An entire decade, Cologne, you have waited to cheer for this event as a major.
An entire decade, Cologne, the fallen has sat here waiting for a chance to touch that trophy
as a major.
So one final chance, Cologne!
Let me hear you roar!
Thank goodness we get a chance to see you overpass.
Fyria may have overcome their demons.
Now, we put a microscope to every pistol, every mistake, every punish, and every rotation.
As Ninzee run this out long, to get ahead of a very difficult T side.
I love the tempo, gotta be honest.
Ninzee once again, huh, right back at it.
Straight into the furnace.
And Molodeu is gonna give Mayer something to think about in the backdrop.
You got three sets of feet on site though.
If Ninzee wanted the bomb left, it got that at least.
Now, hang on for dear life.
9s are you have DGT babysitting stairs. There's no one coming up there. Everyone rotating in from CT
They could run into a crossfire get clothes lined on their way in
That's the dream situation for 9z. Look at the bodies though
All these players about to just fly out through that dumpster in that constant threat as well with the bank bush
Fallen's clean with the first one caught by Luchoff inside the corner. He starts to rack them up again
It is explosiveness, but what's for Maladoy from the first kill now?
Into it! Reload needed bomb ticks quick and there's no kick for him to scoop up fast enough, he's got to go!
There's no time?
It's so close, surely!
That thing's gonna blow!
Run! A hell of an effort!
Had to be the last bullet before the reload.
He couldn't nail him there.
And the crossfire is king.
They take out Max, but where there's Max, there's Luchop.
First kill to Fury up, but a swift bomb plant.
And again, every round is gold here for 9z.
It had to be that shot.
Everybody's looking forward to their CT side on overpass.
Both these teams massively overperform on the defense.
The pistol is just the easiest way to take the pressure off of the second half.
second half. Flash in for K Serrano, P250 versus blinded people forces the team kill, but luckily
there's utility for 9Z as well on top of that one, they will just cut right through this
P defense, nothing else to hold them back. You kind of are heaven USP, I don't think so.
And even then we see 9Z play it appropriately, drop their smokes and make sure that they
don't make mistakes. Both of these teams lost to round 2 force buys in the previous
map. Yeah, but if that doesn't happen now,
It doesn't seem like it will.
Well, Adoy pushing in.
Chance to see the side.
Ujop takes him down.
Calm situation now for 90.
They gave themselves a very small chance
by dying barely anything.
A couple of P250s in that flash.
We saw Keisaroto try to capitalize on.
This exit will come towards Yuri.
He knows it, but now he gets spotted.
No chance to get the jump on them.
It's a massive chance.
So far this major, Fyria have played overpassed twice, 13-6, 13-7, versus Betbum and Maus respectively, over on the other side.
Nainzi have played it four times this major, 13-8 to the Mongols, 16-12 to Spirit, 13-1 to ParaVision, and 13-10 to Tailu, that's an incredible resume.
Undefeated so far on the map
Oh my god, I love that and they played that pistol with that kind of tempo
I thought you only spoke french like it's the last game of our lives
Always presence, always enjoying the moment.
Something he has specifically tried to work on, coming into this major, having to wait
four years to return after their Antwerp outing.
That's a long time to think about your dreams and aspirations.
And now Lucho will be thinking about what he can offer in the next one, because it's
opening kill here for Fury, a body's on the site, flashbang misses, two targets
and monster.
from behind the pillar still yet to activate Max is leaning in on this and as
K Serato finds a small sanctuary behind this pillar it feels like it's the
kind of spot that could go unnoticed sure enough he swings and it tethers nicely off
of Yuri who now has another and with that Durya's first gun round sucks the
life out of 90. Yeah one of them one of the dome there for mayor and he's
about to go down they'll try to escape here at 39 seconds really uncomfortable
spot for 90, spending all their money being able to save an AK and a glill but
just a molly extra for Mayn and Furia and what's really important here on
vertigo or on vertigo on overpass is the verticality is going for the boost
within the site timing that up perfectly with your case orado and for
90 the T side on this map is very B centric when they get the opportunity
They show variety because they're a good team
But leaning towards monster whenever it's not being heavily covered is something they're gonna try a lot
Late rounds ending B early rounds where there aren't double ups outside of monster with a crossfire
Feria have to protect it. They're very good on those entries
The o3 start for Feria would have been a complete nightmare
Because how many maps in a row can you start from behind?
Here comes a fully loaded Furia, the Afan Maladoy.
With those two saves they know that a buy is coming in, but they also know that that
buy is a skeleton buy.
9z they won't have the capacity to go and sell fakes to go for a thorough default to bring it up to respond
I'm a little bit worried seeing Fira playing this far back
Because if they give up all the space
They create a situation where it's one missed off shot and the site gets overrun. It's extra pressure on Maladoy. No inside bathroom setup
He puts himself in a must-hit position no rotations over
I'm not liking this right now for Puria. I mean, I know Molotov is on form
But it was a communication on map one that I was concerned about keeping the ideas moving to get information
That's what won them these rounds. Oh, but he nails it. Nice. But what about form goes supernova?
Because he nails the first shot right into it with the peak good entry at a loot chop
Talks head though gets popped by Yuri more bodies where the first one comes from he commits to the spray
Hey!
And you're not gonna get the slack!
Just like that!
Woo!
Throwing himself!
Thrusting forward past Moldadoi's point of contact.
Catching a multi-kill moment.
And that doesn't matter.
Just take your breath away by Yuri.
Beautiful, rightful work.
You cannot talk about the success of Furia in 2025
without talking about the success of Yuri.
10 seconds and DGT is going to hope he dies on time, near hope, go.
Three up and three down for Yuri as they close this round.
And as small as it seems, Bolo comes up with his first shot.
That's just so key.
Again, playing that far back is inviting a lot of danger.
But this is a moment where the shoulders can come down a bit.
We know that you're now going up against a SAVE.
And it's time to make some money early.
Even if the spray is a bit wild, it's just such better cover on that side of the truck than standing in the open stairs.
It's a gut-wrenching feeling for 9z to come crashing back to reality.
You are in the mud on the t-side of Overpass.
His third map was never meant to be easy.
Domestically, great record for 9z on Overpass.
At this major, great record for 9z on Overpass.
What?
All the sudden there's a spanner in the works.
What an oddity of a situation we've got here.
4v5 still.
No, excuse me, 4v4 now.
No way to grab that off.
Why are the T's playing this like they have a chance to win this round?
They've got a kill from that far away.
They can't go back and get the gun.
Four in four situation.
I mean just do it again.
And just, yeah.
And again it comes down to...
Well right now you've got Yuri in place.
Holding the line.
I hate even entertaining the thought.
Oh, the off-goes down.
AK's in hand.
Yuri's up close, he's also dead.
Pacerados M4 tries to recover, this was Glocks.
From the top of the bottom.
There's nothing coming into this, just Glocks.
Right of grab, the bomb, Luchov has got it.
And now an AK in hand.
Mayeron's concerned about giving cover.
And with Luchov as low as he is, he fails or falls back.
Aids you nothing, Mayeron gets a gun.
Now there's AKs for both.
Can't be trippin' over your feet now, Furia.
Fall in, looking timid on the approach, oh good reaction for Fall in and they've got it.
But never, never in a million years should this round have gotten this close.
A warning sign for Furia, maybe a slap upside the head that'll keep them sharp moving forward.
But tell me that doesn't have 9-Z confidence starting to hit the boiling point.
Why does it even look like they have a chance that entire time?
And it's again because of the position, it's so dangerous when you let them get that close.
And apparently it doesn't matter what kind of guns you have.
It's ridiculous.
It's a locks.
Oh, man.
They need to do more on it.
They're winning the round to have the lead.
They lose a little bit of money.
They're coming so close.
That's not a way to call.
I don't know what will be.
This round starts with a more forward.
Opening move, Juryus is throwing a Kindar down into Connector.
Got a heavy B-Lean out of the gate, immediately opens, no.
I actually...
I actually...
...knate through.
I do really like to read.
Again, like early rounds and everything,
Ninesie will always default back to taking over Monster.
I like that Furio thinking about that.
They...
Really left the A-Side entirely vacant.
It'd be scary.
It's off, catches you off, but it's only for 30 damage.
goes back in and Max is going to find the head shot.
The repeat comes in, Molledoy goes down.
And because they're playing open roads, there's not this instant count from 90.
They don't feel the need to rush that forward,
and so they're not going to get stripped up by the fact that Fioria had so many bodies here.
That's the other part of it. They don't actually just full exec.
They test monster.
They'll try to walk out in the middle of a timing.
But man, how is there no response at all here for Fioria?
The fog of war is complete and total towards A, and it's the walk up.
It's the dead silent move.
The kinder is going to try to cause some interference.
No one's here at balloons, and he is washed.
Yuri leans that M4 forward, careful because Mayer's on this exact line, but Mayer's also
got to give this up to go and push the bomb in and that opens the door for the
two fury riflemen to start to claw it back significantly. Mayer's low, cleaned up by K Serato.
The two of them, a double kill apiece, Yuria K Serato slipping into what was all of 90 on that bomb site.
Just got to give it up to Yuria, man.
It's family critical kills.
Of 90 on that bomb site. Mayer was holding for that exact Yuri push, Mohan,
But he had to move that bomb in and when he does, Yuri finds the perfect moment to push the opposite side of the site that Keisarato is distracting from.
They're getting insane form out of Yuri.
Hell of a day to do it.
Still another moment where it's very scary.
9z pulling that call out.
They go into a timeout now.
Max has got the one AK, they invest behind it.
But it's a tapered buy, only some money going in.
And this flank got washed, I mean.
Again, like the fact that you're even getting the kill towards Long.
would never have stood there if he was worried about that. Assist on the third as well. High
efficacy on that grenade, huh?
Low health mayor, one of the pistols in play here, flashbangs finding their targets, but
you can't are not getting his kills just yet. It's okay, it can be recovered. No real
chance to cut him down, lobster pipe held, and that one's convincing. Turia with
a flurry of kills, go up to a 5-2 CT lead on Overpass, and yet all of them still
seem laser focused. Surely with how 9s he have tested them in rounds they're not
supposed to. This does not feel safe still. I mean it's fallen's overpass that
invented the forward a aggression from balloons. It used to be him using fur in
this position to get space pushed back and then phase for the team that adopted
that use rain in that position but he's the one who invented it and it
It hasn't fallen out of meta.
There are so many aggressive CT options to implore.
You just have to make the call.
Early punish.
And now it's the utility from safety here from the CT side.
Wow, what a crazy position after a CT bush going for a boost like this.
This would be such an insane read, like the thought that he would even build back to do this, and look, they're covering this correctly.
Nice both options!
Nice!
What?!
Oh my goodness, and you came to push off a short, they knew he was going to do that.
So many layers to this short play this round between the teams.
It's crazy because the kill comes up for Furia to actually give themselves a chance.
But they still knew what was going to happen on both ends of that push.
Molotov is going to have to be instrumental yet again. 45 on this clock.
Yuri's the support system once more.
Tries to get into position, but as this smoke remains up, it's just Molotov worried about the bathroom's door.
And now that it's faded, he can't drop maps, but there come the shots and the confirmation on that jump up.
Nobody's locked. And down goes Yuri. Down goes Molotov.
It's a great sight yet again.
The piercing attack, crushing everything.
Spotting a ginder who now has no chance to even go for this bomb gets planted and
Ninzee close it. There is no holding them back once they come knocking on the front of this a bomb site
Glock's ore guns
And Ninzee show us a real death in this round the amount of setups they had an anticipation of moves
Furia outside of the B site that isn't just them getting lucky with the a hit
Oh, they got unlucky with the Fallen's boost. They were watching for it. He still got the kill and then they got two back
Shout out Hwaso peek for the wall bang headshot return
And your kinders push off from short even though it sneaks by because they have to call their player in blue to now refrag
Get Hwaso peek
The rotation to A is still not enough
Again, I would just like to see a little bit more bathrooms control out of fury
But in a realm like that, I can understand it was more of a heavy emphasis towards B from the CT side
But these early positions are looking more competitive
High level overpass
Kicking in Mayron is on the off
He had two good maps in this series, but starting this one, zero and five.
Getting away with this, unreal.
And to be fair, that stand back was also pretty fortunate.
Oh my goodness, what an attack.
Here come those Luchov entries.
It's one of the specialties, all major long, that Ninesy had been able to bank on.
He's kind of an untapped secret weapon right now.
A scary sixth gear for 9z, eating damage on the approach, but it does go both directions.
And again, we're going to play this game of cat and mouse outside of the B bomb site, DGT
to the top of the boost.
Shift damage on Kcerado and Fallen.
A kind of light-hearted spam comes through and doesn't find its target at a fury odd,
but Yuri will just keep trying these different dangles.
Ice made this time out of 9z, that'll get Kcerado dangerously low.
Now it becomes a game of battleship, you know, between short and inside the site.
You can alert them of your presence.
There's still, there's no ceiling over the site.
You might as well have used the fact that you can go with spams.
So some damage dealt both ways.
A lot of it unconfirmed.
But the last few rounds.
I see have started to lean and end towards a which I think is a little bit unexpected
This flash for you ready to set up falling into the fight and back into the cover
But they are closing the gap now. He's a little more concerned about the short side
Max has got the one answer back careful in these to be ex situations
K serato's gonna climb down on it this time around Mayeron can't get that deep angle good on falling to catch those two kills
He has the second most amount of kills on curia at the moment. Yeah at the moment. What a time to come alive on overpass, of course
That's a moment aim that he gets those he gets full blinded yes has to fall back
And not just that but it felt like for a second
He goes into the short side where he was about to find a duel still kind of blind
Has second guesses
More awkward position and still delivers to on the walk-up
It was not an easy position for Fallen to get one, let alone Bose.
I thought he was flustered, this kind of indecision for a second.
He knows that, they know where he is, not much room to fall back.
It's a good CT angle that he takes, but he just straight up has to deliver.
He knows he has to fight through the death, and he says class is in session.
Slight limitations for 90 and around 10.
This elusive fourth-round win on the T side.
And a total change up in the tempo.
A completely unannounced nuke.
Look how unfair he is! Not being respected.
And they don't get the kill.
Oh! You don't get the kill!
And there's enough CTs here.
He covers it back, flash finds them, setting up.
Because you'd think, of course, he's not gonna do that entirely alone.
It doesn't matter how good the setup is in the approach. They don't get that open and kill, it's off or not.
Feria will take their position, doesn't matter, but the damage here on Yuri, in case you're on a watchful eye on the boost.
Always ready.
Flash comes through, takes the ball and blinds you, still a cover!
Max can't clamp down on it if I'm not mistaken, the player with the Mach 10 in the middle of all that,
so economic limitations show why 90 are up against a wall at the moment, and Mayer in the back drop.
There was no need to discuss his shortcomings as an AWPer at this event or events prior in this quarter final until now.
He has had real glorious moments in both Dust2 and Mirage.
But a difficult side in this time, swarmed in the final 30 seconds,
his second kill just now collected and they want to rip that off from his hand so that it's not an option here for 90.
He'll get a chance to play on CT side.
There won't be too much T side-off impact.
But again this is about getting rounds. They didn't want to have to start on the T side on this map.
But they knew that it was coming.
Again we looked back and see how important those pistol and conversions were.
Can actually snapshot a lot of these rounds and see the position for 9Z is so good.
But Yuri comes up clutch with Maltese. Moldeau is hitting his first shot.
This is what made Mirage possible in the second half for Furia.
This is what we expected from Furia coming into the series on map 1.
But now none of that matters.
All that matters is closing overpass, and they're showing themselves they can do it.
But if I'm 90, I'm still confident I can pick up 1 or 2.
It's a weird one, but those nades well placed.
The Kindre has been floating around this opening,
and Moldoi will welcome this challenge.
Missed times the awk shot as the Kindre jumps in front of him,
gets killed out through that smoke.
Now Moldoi really feels like he's got to get something,
because he can't really control this gun.
They just have to hide for long enough that he gets scared,
because now his rifle support is gone.
Does he want to take the risk?
I love that he's staying here. He's getting that rotation in from Yuri and he holds on to space doesn't immediately evacuate
And really just leaves that gun. This is actually a crazy lurk position out of Luchoff's like look at where this round is actually going
You'll stick here for the time being and remember there's only two guns and Luchoff holds one of them
So they're actually allocating him to the other side of the site
Luchoff's dead and so when he goes down this becomes far less likely
90 bank on a half health Watto peak.
They're going towards short.
50 seconds.
Oh, what a move, actually.
I mean, Fallen's not going to be able to see this.
Just trying to chase.
K. Serato playing with grenades.
I mean, reloading behind the pillar.
He doesn't feel ready.
And Fallen's caught up in the open.
But remember, they just don't have the hardware.
AK's last at bat.
And so, they'll sweep him under the rug.
Furia secure an eight.
Yeah.
This half goes from good to stellar here for Furia.
This is 8 without a pistol and a conversion.
It's time to lock in.
What a daunting task, lies ahead for 90 once we switch sides.
It's one they should have always known they'd have to deal with, floating overpass versus
fury up.
But now it feels real.
And that electric tempo that they began this T side with, flying down long with pistols,
it is slowly receded into playing the map and keeping options and waiting for furious
tests.
struggling to defend against those first kills, getting those for themselves.
Inside bathrooms control, one thing they've been doing so well is just pressure on just
absolute opposite sides of the map.
kinder trying to play his advantage here. Molladoit protects him on the outside of
bathrooms. How will this get clear? Perfectly timed from your kinder. Oh clean versus
Luchov. Take it three, come on. Max will deny that. Still a solid multi-kill out of
your front bathroom's defender. Molladoit gonna be just locking in on this
angle now knowing there's support standing behind him. Fire pops and he
will still offer half his health running back through it. A two versus four
an uncomfortable place, especially when you still need to pick up that bomb.
And yet this is what's left of Ninzey's T side.
Speller defense put forward by Furia, at times pushed to its limits.
Molodoy Stoik sits back, relaxes and knows that him and his team have indeed done enough,
done enough to put down in the minds of Ninzey.
A massive ask of them, lies ahead on the other side of halftime.
A pistol in conversion had 90s hopes high out of the gate here on map 3 but Brazil has been
given real reasons to celebrate at the moment a second pistol victory here for 90 in the
middle of the cathedral would suddenly make this place electric as their hopes
could once again return to new heights.
GLOBED! Who wants to see it come back?
They want FURIOF, FORGE TO THE FIRE!
9z wins 70% of their pistol rounds on this map.
but this one they need a hundred percent
what the flash is perfect
loot shop it's a shot
air mayor eyes wide open the p250 deadly from a distance
all but they take this out they don't see the bomb
That again, do the headshots in the pistols.
You go back to Dust2.
It's been this way since the first round of this series.
It feels like they just win.
They just so solid on these pistols.
Just instant headshots.
So Furia.
And Yuri's still alive, so you never know.
Right.
That should have been another in the 90 back pocket.
I'm so interested in the CT side, just
with the amount of kind of jostling and out positioning
that was going on outside of that B bomb site
on 90's approach, even if it only
came up as three rounds on that T side. It felt like they were really trying to
just warm their way through. They were in control of a lot of those T
positions. They're still here.
You'd think it's impossible. Down to Yikindar, all four players here.
Surely they all just swing. That was one of the tack pauses to talk more in
these versus clutch situations. Come on. They make it happen. Last one's the hardest.
They make a meal out of it, but they win that pistol.
They win both pistols on this map.
And look how excited they are at this chance.
Wow.
Let's go.
Stay composed.
Keep talking.
Keep talking to each other.
Keep making plans.
Keep understanding.
Situations.
In situations, make it difficult for them.
Kite, get good positions. Bad people, help.
Oh, Jesus, oh, the pressure!
The reminder to communicate has been huge.
It's been a through line at this major.
It has made the difference on these tack pauses.
It feels like the most obvious thing to say, but when the pressure's on,
that's when the communication falls off, and that's when you lose everything.
And that's why Sid wants it even from the dead players, right?
All hands on deck.
And that's what's been so impressive about 90.
Like through all their difficult games, they have kept the communication high.
They haven't come through with very like boring setups without map control.
They always bring that.
But that's a reminder for a future round.
Feria coming into this one with Glocks a couple of flashes, hoping to score a plant.
It would be an abject failure if they somehow lost this one in a million rounds.
Probably inspired by Ninzey's attempt with a similar Vi, last half.
No playing off the pistol, that's what this means.
There's three kills in a bomb blast for Ninzey's blocks on the attack.
Furia's not so much.
On for the ace.
Quasso peek right there with Furia on the other end of it.
All five, just an ace for the road.
Or is it an ace on the foundation of Ninzey's extension into the playoffs?
that will only have answered in some time.
It's also a moment, no kills. No bomb plant in the second rounds.
The money is the scariest thing to go up against on Overpass.
When it comes to safety side.
If you can get six mollies every round you buy them.
That off instantly onto Mayer. Tech nines though.
Here for Furia.
Yeah.
That's kind of what my interest was peaked by, right, these outer setups on the PSYs.
And Sendier is going to burn Molledoy out, Wasso in the middle of that smoke supported
by the rifle, gets a little awkward, K-Sorado and Yuri trying to reclaim this one again.
And Mayer's off.
Yeah, he'll find it over top.
So that really sucks the momentum out of the hands of Fioria, because now K-Sorado,
The one with the low health, also bunts, smoke, dangerous cross.
He'll still hit two things.
Luchov kills him in the middle of all that,
but just a reminder that things can change quickly
with the talent that Furia has.
Furia did a fantastic job in that first half
of taking very scary positions, but hitting their first shot,
denying the opening entry, and then taking full control.
Ninesie will have that responsibility now for themselves.
They close out.
We're gonna get a strong game plan on this T side of the Furia.
They're comfortable being here.
They just know that this lead isn't as big as it might seem
to the untrained eye.
They know to take every T round dead serious.
If you win this round, I would rather be them than Urea in this match.
Oh, there's that!
Oh!
First and second kill!
This is massive out of case, Serrano!
Just playing games through the monster pipe and it's lethal.
There's still a second half of this map to figure out for Fury, but you've got Mayern in
a tough spot dropping his smoke on bathroom.
Fury, I never made this mistake in the first half.
This is...
This will take a quick adjustment if, ever, Yuri tiptoes his way out from the top of
connector.
That bomb's going to be Molledoy's responsibility.
This sends you Kindar and Fallen in front of that bomb with their smokes out ready
to blank at this A site.
Mayer adjusts the scope fast enough and slam the shot to Yuri.
Because as those grenades begin popping inside of the site, it is now a sudden rush up from Luchov.
A leg shot!
And there's that pinch! Yuri perfectly times it to tether into the A site,
and the double kill from K. Serato, worth its weight in gold!
Honestly, Mayer is in a spot where it's time to get out of there, right?
If you wanted to have a chance of taking this off into the next round,
they have money to buy it again, but you wouldn't want to do that.
And again, this is a moment where we see 9z make mistakes, make a mistake, that Furia did not on their CT side.
Two kills through the smoke on Monster. All the advantages that you may have have nothing to do with that.
Oh, one more Punish here. Make it really expensive. Get through this money quickly is what Furia are gonna try to do.
Good job hanging on for dear life, but it's feeling less and less likely.
Right off the thread of K Serato, who will collect a triple kill this round.
Attribute this one to K Serato as Furia now have 10.
This could be a write-off for 9-Z, we'll see.
They still get their money for virtually everything they need.
I wonder if Acerado doesn't just put themselves in a good position, he just wins the round with those two kills.
It's impossible to call around.
The stakes are high.
You want to tell yourself, you don't want to be passive, you just want to be making the right play.
And sometimes that means shooting back through a smoke, but as soon as you die you realize
You're taking risks playing at this level versus players of this caliber
There's never an easy choice to make
Nines he didn't get to this position by playing as a tier 2 team and pretending they're playing against tier 1 teams
They played as if they have the same amount of top 20 players as all of their competition. That's what got them here
They can't turn their back on that, but that also means they have to rise up to the challenge of more, a new set of top 20 players, and continue to impress on a level that you could never precipitate for their run coming into this major.
You can walk that tightrope all you want, but don't be surprised if Keisurado shoves
you off it.
You can already see the change up in Ninzey, not a single player extending down that ramp
towards Monster.
I don't doubt that Nynzee have other defensive options, but I know damn well that left a mark on them.
This one working out a little bit towards Nynzee, holding onto utility more, not burning it early, not anticipating a fast move from Furia, which they're right about.
Furia are coming into this very slowly and actually not willing themselves to risk any kind of forward map control.
Now those smokes start to come out for the CT side.
DGT down here still has his smoke and his incendiary.
Max is playing flex here and you know he just wants to make the right move.
Do I lean and reinforce B or do I stay towards A where they're coming in late?
Well it is a B play.
Holly for short.
K. Serato is the one to go through. Flash finds its target.
Second player back there is Wasso. Now low HP. Max is also wounded.
Kinder is going to kill the Luchoff up top. The monster pipe is still slow to the play.
But Max what are you going to do here? You have no health to work.
So Maynard on the scene as Max Burke to a crisp in front of him, looks for the upshot, drops one, but the bomb plant's still secured.
It has to be a one on four and I don't know if that's gonna happen.
Oh, they deny him. Swing wide through it.
It's a team effort here from Curia in the face of the utility.
Late grenades out of 9Z, but it's all for naught. Their money's gone and Curia on the brink of victory.
They're here to take 12 now. That was the chance for 9Z to respond in the second half.
Their most comfortable half in their entire map pool. They get the pistol and conversion they're looking for, but as soon as they hit the money and the full rifles, they fall the fury up.
Casarotto once again opening kill out in front of that molotov on short. That's what opens up the site.
No hesitation for Casarotto. One of the three players in that pack, met by the flames, doesn't give a damn, dives right through it.
So not only do you feel his wrath when he spams a smoke, you just had a great point about having to go up and play those risks.
But a guy like K Serato can also just storm your castle, and he did that.
An unexpected move, KatzNinesie off. Did they do anything wrong, or do they just get caught by a world-class player?
And Ninesie are playing now for overtime.
They will not bring anything into this round.
A sinking feeling hits as 9z after their two pistols in the series thought it's our time, we know how to do this.
Well that chance may have vanished at the hands of Kcerano.
This is a game that in many ways, for all of Furia, feels like a curse.
The Kindar's inability to win quarterfinals at majors, Molledoy's performance in Budapest,
him looking like a shell of himself. And this constant 3-0 stage 3 start that
thizzles out at majors. You lose the opening map it all feels like it's
becoming a reality again. And yet in the back of your minds you just know if we
can fight, if we can claw our way back into these halves as Furia have, then
you can get to overpass. We've fallen, changed the world of Counter-Strike on this map.
We've fallen, inspired all the nations where every player from 9Z hailed from.
And so you give him that comfort zone and he'll give you six rounds to try to fight it off.
Six rounds to battle for your dreams, 9Z.
Furia, map, match, semi-finals points.
And so they step on to the tightrope, and they have to see what can they get away with.
Who's going to make the first move?
Can they stick to their CT game plan that they know works?
Or is this just a bridge too far?
as the confidence boiled over for Furia.
Have they finally ascended
to the form that we saw last stage?
That's certainly what it feels like.
One more mistake, K-cerado.
Punish them twice already.
It's been a demon for this B-site defense.
A millimeter from the killer mistake.
He will catch Wasso and this time it looks like they're just going to bounce.
At times Furious sat back and let Finn stew this time they want in and as they tried to
get into it it's Keisarotto to catch another, DGT looks to be the hero, drops that bomb
and now it's Keisarotto on the scene.
He's the reason this momentum rolled forward.
It's built up by Molotoy and the loop chop on the recovery.
anything more than one another multi-kill from K.Sarato. Max says he has a
daughter now and the time is limited do not waste these chances but it's taken
from him. This cathedral will see more of Brazil's guardian angel falling
stops on the deep purple embers we've seen burning slowly throughout this
This is a team that deserve the praise.
Surviving a map, pushing Fyria to their limit.
We saw that they could stand on stage and still play their best CS.
But they gave Fyria enough time to reach their form of trying to be the top team in the world.
The team they were six months ago
With the player that's won here
10 years ago looking to do it again
On the side of a bracket where he knows his hardest test might have been right now
Ten years he has chased the thought of hoisting this trophy as a major victor again
And he's not doing it with an entire roster of Brazilians by his side because Fallen's story and Fallen's influence goes beyond just his nation's borders, not only to that of South America, but to Kazakhstan and beyond.
Fioria Secure Semifinals.
They certainly do a semi-finally secured, a very popular winner here as well.
First off, congratulations on another semi-final here in the cathedral.
Thank you very much guys. Amazing to play here every time. Very happy we went through. Thank you so much for being here.
What about 9C? They've had this Cinderella run. What does it like to play them? When you don't know a lot about a team, when they seem to have beat everyone, what does it like to take them on?
They played very good. It was our hardest match so far. I think they could have gone through. They played very good. All series, they played on this tournament.
tournament and it's just that at some point we kept believing that we could
come back Mirage we did a very good defense and overpass a very good defense
so I guess sometimes your T-Helps doesn't work and that's what take them out of the
tournament. What is it like to play here? I was I was talking about this when
we opened a earlier on if we look on that trophy the last time the
Majors here was 10 years ago the team you were with at the time is embazed
and on it you lifted that trophy what is it like to play here? It's amazing
guys Lexus is a place where I feel everyone is coming from around the
to celebrate Counter-Strike. You can see this game, QNC, completely different continent and still full arena.
So, yeah, this is probably one of the best players to play Counter-Strike, if not the best. It's amazing to be here.
If we talk about bookends to careers, what is the difference between the person I speak to right now, who is?
You say, on a retirement tour, last time you played here, and the player who lifted that trophy ten years ago.
What is the difference?
The difference is that at that time I feel like I was still trying to prove myself, still
trying to win a lot and I was trying to put the first group on the top of the world and
now I'm trying to do it again with a different group and I know the lift in this major trophy
is part of the piece so maybe I can do it one more time.
So the difference is I'm going for my second turn this time.
What do you think is going to happen in that semi-final?
What are you bringing?
It's going to be a crazy match.
A lot of them have big respect for those guys, they're very friendly, very good
players.
They also have some struggles on playoffs like we have been having lately, so it's going
to be a crazy match.
It's going to be a pleasure to play then and hopefully the best is going to win, let's
see.
We love watching you play, we love watching you win.
Congratulations Fulham.
Fury a three to a semi-final.
These individuals have climbed to the top of the Counter-Strike world, but some still
have dreams to catch.
Niko, reuniting with Karrigan, still chasing his first major title, Apex, on a hunt for his faith.
Vitality looking to turn an era into an eon.
A server full of highlights in human form.
They can conjure clutches that are barely believable.
Give us moments we will never forget.
They are some of the greatest players who have ever played this game.
And we have been blessed with this quarterfinal on Counter-Strike's holiest site.
The world's eyes are fixed on the Lancaster Arena.
May this be a match worthy of this cathedral.
We're gonna be getting into things in the quarterfinal.
Vitality and Falcons trying to take that next step towards their dream, towards their goals.
I knew this is going to be that first map, but we're going to get a little bit delayed.
We had a drop out of the server, so we're going to give you a pause just to increase
that tension just a little bit more.
Unfortunately, this game has plenty of stories to touch on, Jason.
so many it's tough to know which direction to go in but for vitality I like
the anchor was talking about the pressure they have everything to lose
right they're on the path to try and get the three people majors back to back to
back apex trying to tie up with Dupree and get his fifth Nico all the pressure
every time we come into a major is this the one he finally wins I mean it's
absolutely crazy what we've got inside the server there's only over a hundred
and eighty trophies combined amongst these players it's absolutely mental what
these guys have been able to do inside their career.
Robs coming into this and saying,
his goal to win this trophy, it's the only trophy
he hasn't won two of.
That's an insane statement to make.
One of the best players we have in Counter-Strike
and he just wants a second Cologne trophy lift.
And this one would be a major.
This one would establish that legacy
they've been hunting after.
This vitality team for a year and a half,
constantly setting goals.
When we don't believe there's another one
they can strive for, another one they can reach towards,
Apex comes up with something.
And it's all about now, leaving no doubt in anyone's mind that this is the best team of all time,
the greatest team of all time at Counter-Strike.
In the last series, we're talking about the coaches as well, Jason.
The fact that we've got Sonic and X-Towns as well.
Go, go, go, go, coach conversation.
Putting themselves in the hat.
We'll see how this one goes down.
And finally, we are ready to get into the action column.
We'll kick this one off.
Falcons versus Team Vitality.
Anubis up first.
And let's get this underway.
And we started out with Falcons on that CT side.
Vitality gonna be attacking into them.
This is Falcons' map pitch.
After some success in stage three against Novi,
they felt the confidence to bring it here.
They sensed the weakness of Vitality on this map.
Kerrigan's gonna get an early peek
towards the B bomb site,
a little bit of information spotted.
Tsarou and Flames outside of that B bomb site.
And Kerrigan's gonna delay that,
make it a little bit disjointed.
So much conversation about Carrigan's individual level.
He's gonna be tested soon with his first fight going down between Apex and Kyosuke.
You can see the other one actually wants that battle whatsoever.
Kyosuke just wanted to see what's happening over in the middle.
Oh, he's got the headshot on Apex.
Five on four provided.
First blood drawn by the youngster.
Carrigan holding that cross out.
Flames gets into the site.
Messi looking to join.
He's got the bomb on his back, but Rocks is waiting for this push.
Oh, they're both dead!
Modesty and Niko, down within seconds.
Flames getting the shot inside of this B-bomb site.
And you've got Tess and Kiyosuke.
They happen to come in clutch immediately here for the Falcons.
Trying to get back into this retake.
But Kiyosuke, walk under the stage, young man!
That's a 4K in the cathedral!
And he just shrugs it off.
Look at him.
Another day in the office.
He's got Kairi again next to him.
Who's here to activate this young star for Falcons.
And what a sequence of events.
What a way to kick off this quarterfinal!
Now one of the big things you're going to be thinking about for the Falcons is walking into this game is,
is this new guy's Kurosuke? We know how much skill he's got, but is the pressure going to break him? Is it going to crack him?
What a start for him to cool the nerves.
Well, Superstar has come in all shapes and sizes, and ever since Kerrigan joined this team,
Kurosuke has been on that upward trajectory.
Sharing the bomb site with Kerrigan here on Anubis and delivers a stunning pistol round.
Let's have him blind back immediately.
The wheel for ROPS, tech 9's on the rest.
Niko not looking to commit whatsoever. Just wants to see a body. Just wants to see the presence.
The sole defender in middle, he's going to back off and give him the space.
Momency and test is to defend the A-bomb site. Niko slides over.
Kiyosuke and Kerrigan at the B bomb site.
And Vitality yet to make their first play. Apex has utility lined up to start activating Rops.
And looking towards a split into that heavily defended A site.
Tass has moving out through Main. Smoke is still up.
Rops on the other side.
Smokes start to run in on Vitality in towards this A site, Cameron having to be smoked,
Tess Tess starting to move forward, Sola fighting towards Robs, will drop some utility, but here
come Vitality right through Cameron, right towards Monacy and it's Niko and Monacy shutting
down the play.
Vitality can't get through this four spot.
Yeah, so well prepared, really well done from Tess as well, pushed up behind the
smoke, drops and Molotov makes this very disjointed.
an apex, stalled out, unable to be involved, and now it's a matter of an easy mop up. Only
Robs remains against five and Falcons are going to get started, two in a row on the right
foot. Ten seconds here. Robs doesn't want to top
150 dollars, he has to hold on to this, the wheel, make sure no one finds him. Good
start here from the Falcons. I mean a lovely start, this is exactly what you
dream of you have your superstar what are your superstars your young one popping
off in the pistol round now in this second round you handle it with ease no
problems no issue not dropping anyone or having to rebuy any weapons all five
defenders survive ahead of this quarter final Nico was asked you know you look
at Karrigan and you see how he's under performing inside of the server but is
that a problem for you guys he said no we notice it we definitely take it
on board we think it's gonna get better but we brought him in to activate
the other parts of the team to get Kiyosuke on line to teach him and get him to this level and he's been so good in the playoffs recently
Back to back events now for Falcons
Come on as he's stepping out and catching sideward early on I like it get a little bit aggressive get a little bit in their face and around
Where you have such overwhelming advantage in weaponry
So putting vitality on notice that you're gonna be more than happy to disrupt what they want to do
Rob speaking into the bomb site defensive smoke from Kerrigan is gonna block him off and props will have to look elsewhere
elsewhere. Really good job from Falcons using utility to slow down this map, slow down the
pacing, the tempo that Vitality want to operate with. Little bit of utility for this T side,
three versus five. Again at this point, wind probably out of reach for Vitality. But looking
to take some of these weapons away from Falcons, start to dent this economy that would
be building up. Niko mentioned coming into this playoff series after beating Navi on
this map to come back to Kerrigan reference from 6 to 11. So happy that
it paid off picking Anubis into that. They practiced it, they worked on it, but
the officials are different. The high-pressure matches are different and
that win over Navi gave them some confidence here on Anubis as well as
the 13 to 4 drubbing vitality took against foot back in stage 3.
Tessa speaking out from heaven,
and sporting a pack of vitality, trying to move through.
What can Robs really do with this Khalil?
You know Tessa says it's heaven,
but he hasn't given up his position, but now he will.
Robs goes in, knee grabbing a step out.
Here's the flight from Kiyosuke, and just flames.
The Falcons do recover it.
It's a little scary that for a couple of seconds,
couple of kills from Robs, a ball and plant,
Vitality gets some extra cash,
And we're getting into the real rounds of this game now.
Yeah, Robson threw that you from time to time.
Some beautiful shooting at a Robs for that double kill.
They're going to be very pleased.
Two kills and a bomb plant for Vitality.
And you're dead on.
The AK-47s come out.
Zai Wu going to be on an AK as well,
up not in the field of play yet.
Except for Monacy.
Falcons bring it out on the CT side.
He snatches one right at the end of free time.
When you're live in a round four
and see what Vitality's game plan looks like.
Can vitality stop shaking up start shaking off the cobwebs that we saw on stage three
Very simple out of the gate looking like they want to attack into Keregana Kiyosuke
We're gonna back off initially a slow progression as ropster sangs out outside of the a bomb site test is once intel mid aggression
Falcons now know what's happening. They know mid is clear. They know outside the a bomb site is wide open
So they saw out the beach your point
Turn center supplies pressure to Rocks, Vitality. The cold of Go is in.
Sniper getting the first meds in the sector, but Niko's arrived to defend this post-flight.
It's two for Niko. Meds in flames. Cast the slide.
And the grenade disrupts the smoke. Apex moves in. He hasn't been spotted.
Apex up he goes. Down he goes. Tess is come swarging in
and Rocks is being watched for. Modest is got him as well.
The first gun round falls in favor of Falcons and they dominate the information flow.
Yeah, they really do. No stress and you're exactly right.
The aggressive push in towards Canals.
Rops was the only player playing over towards Rugs
to spot that out to do anything about it.
Falcons put together this entire map.
They knew exactly what was coming, what was happening.
Still a decent enough execute,
but Niko, as he's been doing all tournament long,
showing up at the perfect moment.
So fast moving around the map
to make sure he's always at the point of attack.
Vitality relentless with these purchases.
2-8 guys coming out.
Early kill from Monosy. The returns in the AWP coming through.
Oh, I think we're gonna get a timeout after this from Vitality. They need to settle this game down.
Right now, Falcons is dictating everything. The pacing, the peaks.
They're doing it all from the CT side. Monosy with an open and kill, and now a 4v5 to convert.
And the rifle is in the hands of Apex, who's following up Flames towards middle.
Vitality seem off their feet right now.
Because he's got to be cognizant of this, he is going to peek back behind him, Tess is
trusting him with what they made, and there's the spot.
It's got Apex crossing over, but where does Apex go now?
So it's into the temple, trying to get towards the beach, your gun's not out, but still
in time!
Carrigan able to make the most out of it!
Flames trying to chase after Carrigan, true looking to finish him off with the
Tech 9, he does, but again the trace through Robs is doing some more messy, eagle
topples, and so does the bomb.
The rups with 49 seconds left, it's a long path towards middle.
You gotta love this look from Falcon so far, putting vitality on the back foot.
They're not shy away from any kind of fight.
They're not scared of swinging into anything.
The communication is flowing.
You can just tell by the way they move around the map and rups.
Once again, left it an impossible scenario.
And his only option is to save this AK-47.
What a blistering opening from Falcons as they've dominated the first five rounds.
And we heard in those pre-game check-ins from both players
right there, we're talking about the fact that they had to wait
so long coming into this game, right?
They were in the hallways behind the stage,
playing football, trying to warm up.
As that game with Spirit and G2 just continued to burn on.
And that is going to create sort of stagnation
as you sit there onside.
But right now, it's Falcons that are coming way harder.
Yeah, they got to love it.
61 days since Kerrigan joined this roster,
not a whole lot of time.
But you bring someone in with Kerrigan's experience, the way he likes to call and play on the stage, what he's got, and he's already boosted their level.
I mean, we thought there was no Kerrigan for the first time in Cologne, but he found a way to get here every single Cologne he has attended.
And that means there's a chance for some more nature magic.
Well, this time up from Vitality is all about slowing down the pacing, not getting picked off.
Apex hasn't had a whole lot of rounds to play with, or he's had his entire team alive.
He's been able to have a full playbook that he can dive into.
It's been a really rough opening.
Modesty peeking in towards Canals, grab inside Rue.
Really, really tough loss to take early on.
And Vitality need to settle that down.
Find an opening on this map.
Let's see what Apex can bring to the table.
Round six.
The Vitality pulled themselves together.
2-Tec 9 still in flight, 3-8, Kip, 47 for Vitality.
They've gone for a boost here.
Monacy on top of Niko's head.
But to spot anybody just yet from Vitality,
they're crossing under the wall.
This is a much more straightforward call
from Vitality from Apex.
He doesn't want them messing around with defaults
and getting picked off.
This is much more attack right off the gun.
Right into his Kiosuke.
He sprays a little bit off, still gets one.
Good trade from Zywoo.
Karagin's got the Org.
He's trying to buy time of utility, because he desperately needs teammates.
Oh, they've done great work. A third Molotov as well, and this hit can never get started.
Slowing it right down from by Todd. This is meant to be a quicker call.
Karagin's dead, but in his stead, you've got Niko.
You've got monosy, but they're dropping.
The fightality finally breaking through this B bomb site.
The covering fire through the smoke from Flames is the difference.
They could never find a clean look, the Molotov streamlines towards Khan, but while Main is smoked off, they still can't find a way to decimate that half of attack and vitality breakthrough.
And Tess is going to come in towards the tail end, tuck himself into a corner and save this M4. Vitality's going to get on the board, the Goose Egg is gone.
And they do it relatively clean. A scrappy battle at that B-Bomb site. Falcons couldn't find the fights they wanted.
Hey Pec, trying to simplify things.
Want to right hit to split to try and get into the site.
It's okay, it's a good amount of energy guys.
You have the stars.
All good guys.
We've got time.
Okay.
Yep.
And we've fucked them up.
Yep, wait a minute.
Come on my people.
Alright, I'll call them in the Vitality front despite going down big early.
The sheer confidence built up over a year and a half of not never ending trophies.
and belief right belief in the player sitting next to you on your left and
right and that's something that Falcons haven't had right the fact that they've
had so many finals where they should be winning it or a big game so they should
be progressing and they lose a ridiculous round here and now it's hard
to have faith and confidence and belief in your team but that game you
mentioned versus Navi surely that's the matchup that has given them the
essential belief they need going into a game against Vitality the major not
just that one that's where they've been singing care of its praises since
Join back to back finals back to back second places, but some incredible games incredible comebacks
And all of those performances turn in the corner into the Intel extreme masters here at the lengths of some cologne
That's where the confidence is built up
Monacy spots the head apex sense the ball like some honesty gets out of that
He doesn't want to do anything against apex in that position
Do falcons continue to move forward look at how Paul this is up the pushing through middle
Absolutely crazy, but they found a perfect timing for it.
Talk about confidence, the flames turns, Tess has trades, but now they know what's up.
How the fuck is react once they realize it isn't working?
Yeah, Vitality's trying to lean on this B-bomb site, the Kerrigan affects Kyosuke there as well.
Kerrigan's gonna try and delay again, holding onto that smoke as long as possible.
And they give up a little bit of space.
Monacy and Tess is other side of the map with Niko gone.
That critical piece of the rotation of support is not here.
Carrigan put under so much pressure, his teammate going, it's gotta be Carrigan, he gets nothing!
There's B bombsite falls again, and an impossible retake ahead of Valjean.
You can see there's no chance, so Malice is off saving, and Tessa is trying to back away,
so that will be a second run for Vitality, really leaning on this B bombsite.
Yeah, I mean it makes perfect sense, the struggles of Carrigan, well-documented,
and while they bring so much in different areas of the game, certainly they're going to test them.
going to get tested each and every time, each and every map they're going to see if he can
stand up to the task. This time Himeji-osuke split between Kahn and in the bomb site unable
to work together, unable to work in tandem. And with Niko dropped earlier there were
no reinforcements arriving. So after a hot start Vitality has made this look pretty
seamless out of the timeout. Two in a row marching to back to back around wins
but still money on the balcony side and a timeout called their first to try and
stop the bleeding. Stop this from getting worse and unraveling out of control.
We'll see how Keregana Kiyosuke play it, but you can tell the philosophy. You can
see what they're trying to do. Whenever they come to the B bomb site, disjoining the
attack and Sonic is having a little chat with the guys. Kiyosuke had a great start, 9-3 so
far for him, calmed down a little bit.
Golden Hornets out supporting Vitality. There are so many fan bases here in Cologne
inside of the Lancest. They've had a lot to celebrate recently, haven't they?
We have some information for you guys. Unfortunately we have a PC swap out here
for Apex. Hopefully we get this one resolved as quickly as possible. We've got the best
happenings in the business here. Absolutely happening as well now early on in
the game, so we'll get it underway. I mentioned all the experience inside the
server. You touched on it briefly. Karrigan and Apex both competing at
the very first Counter-Strike major way way back in 2013. Now find themselves
in another one here, back in 2013, neither of them made it out of the group stage.
Here looking to build upon the legacies they've constructed since then.
13 years later and both still competing at the highest level, admirable careers from both.
And now surrounded by star players, they were merely children at that time.
It's crazy to think about the journey they have been on.
But the coaching story on this team is really interesting for me too,
me too, because X-Tas was the vitality coach before Zonik came in and took that
spot away and it felt like there was a lot that X-Tas could have done with that
team. Apex obviously sad to see him go. We liked working with him at the time but
the Danes came in. You had the Duke Pre-Magisk and Zonik coming into the
vitality squad. They went on to win a matrix. They did some great work. Zonik
leaves vitality to go to the Falcons. They bring X-Tas back and vitality
of Hites that no one has ever hit before. Well back into that, going into
that Paris major that Vitality won their first apex was the guy who kind of said
if we're gonna win this major I want to win this one it's in my home country we
got to do it my way we got to stop trying to blend this Danish counter
strike with French counter strike it's got to be me taking the reins of the
team and then bringing in the coach that he wanted ecstas he was always
very confident as soon as that change happens he's saying I want to get a
major for this guy love the way he talks about counter strike love working
with him and look at what they built together look at this Empire that
Vitality is constructed in that time and now challenging
Sonic on the other side, but the Falcons counter strike has been good enough to take down vitality multiple times this year already
It's been impressive hasn't it the way they've been able to get struck at the way they've been able to do it
It's been one of their nemesis two times
They've taken it down five series lost this year for vitality two of them to Falcons the only team to beat them twice
And they've been able to get over those with ease because they're lifting trophies the whole time
I'm talking about the other partnerships that have been there, Kerrigan and Robson, I'll
go ahead and head on the other side of the server, obviously, an incredibly successful
pairing of their own back in phase, they combine for eight trophies together, one of
them the PGO Antwerp Major Championship and ESL Grand Slam winning IEM Cologne 2022 together,
completely dominant as a pairing and now they've got to overcome one another here
in these quarterfinals.
It's been so great to see just Kiyosuke's reaction to Karagin being in the squad.
You know, like him screaming when they get into overtime right into his face
and just seeing how he's handling it. And after that pistol and after that
quad kill he just looked over at Karagin gave a big smile. He's just living the
dream at the moment and that's the kind of piss around that lets you settle into a
game. Let's you settle into a chaotic environment and forget all the noise
around you and focus just on the screen ahead of you. This issue couldn't have
come at a worse time for Vitality. We're just going into the game finally getting
their feet white and getting some rounds on this T side while having to sit
out and just let this go.
It'll be fine when we get back into it. IAPEX one of the strongest
mentalities that he's developed over the years since he stepped into the IGL
role. They'll have no problem moving past this and focusing back in on the game
on this little bit of a street that they're going on. But for the rest of
the players the chance to sit in silence. Soak in the moment on the
lengths of stage before things are set to begin back up again and they lose
themselves inside the game.
and he packs his back in the server. High-fives coming in.
I'll get ready to get this quarterfinal back underway.
The Golden Hornets non-stop movement all through the games, year after year here,
to support Vitality so much to cheer for over the past year and a half.
We're going to celebrate the establishment of that legacy of apex and the rest of the team as they look to overtake
Astralis leave no doubt in the minds of anyone that's a big thumbs up from apex as well very pleased with the PC
He's got up on stage
Beautiful piece as well entering into this game getting to see zai Wu Niko look back on their former selves and things are a
Lot easier. You didn't have to stress
The goals of winning majors at that point. It was just make it into the top
They get into the professional scene prove you a value prove that you're a great player
Yeah from the line says now they said look out at a massive crowd
This was once just a dream, but now reality as we're finally ready to get back into the action
five to two lead for the Falcons
Vitality started to come back into this first half
They've got a good buy
Falcons have got everything they could want because you're up still for monosy and they've slowed down vitality. I'm losing opening picks
They kind of concentrated a little bit more where they're not a spread out, not as exposed,
not in positions to get dropped down early on in these rounds, giving Apex a chance to
call these rounds back to the B-Bomb site, play them a little bit, work this defense
back and forth.
And if you're going to go at Robs, you better not miss.
This kid is sharp.
You can know he's there, but dealing with him as a whole other problem.
Robs readies himself.
Two players on the other side!
Devastating, Rops is taken two out of the time row.
Tess S and Monacee gone and that picks up the tempo towards middle.
Flames going to lead the way with Apex since I were behind him.
And Kerrigan, he's thinking I have to make a player else this round is done.
One minute remaining as Kerrigan steps into mid and he misses his chance.
So I will inflame following up and it's just Niko now.
Step out of the camera but the eyes are important.
Flames headshot will connect. A third round for Vitality.
A very strong start coming out of that pause.
Yeah, now we're going to see what Falcons are made of.
This will be an interesting round.
They burned a timeout just a couple ago.
I don't think Xhantik wants to use his second one just yet.
So we'll see Kerrigan and Falcons drop down into a small buy with pistols so they can
have weapons in the next.
They'll concede around a little bit easier over the vitality.
But when they get the guns back in their hands, we're going to see what kind of
tenacity they've got.
What kind of plans and adaptations do they have to fall back on?
Because the first five rounds looked so damn smooth, but you knew Vitality was going to show up and arrive at some point.
And rattling off three straight is going to have this Falcons defense shaken.
Now you got Zywu as all.
I'm anticipating what that weapon might do throughout this series.
No real threats from Falcons in this round and once again they're knocking on the A-bombs
side.
Karagin knocked out.
And over in middle it's just the pistols going to start shifting over and rotating
over.
holding this team back. They don't care whatsoever. They know they're going to force a reaction,
a response, and they're happy to just sit across the map and see if anyone's going to
be pushing forward. Vitality should be able to close this out with no problem. Another
smoke in towards B main. Mezzi's just going to go for the spam. And now the bomb is
collected with 43 seconds left on the clock, and Vitality have complete control of the
situation complete control of the map but they're coming towards this they're
coming towards this stack there's a chance
monosie deagle first headshot good going again you got Kiyosuke up next but
monosie back he's got another but it's all gonna be monosie against Sairu and it will
be Sairu to put an end to the heroics so close for monosie yeah those
These Deagles do work, great positioning from Falcons.
Vitality not scouting anything out, going for the play in towards Khan.
Lovely shot from the Deagle.
But it's always going to be hard to get Zairu on that cross,
confidently swings into the angle.
And that's a 4th, Vitality just one round away from tying up the score line.
Inclinsive, even these rounds can be deadly,
even these rounds can be flipped very quickly.
But the buy is back from Falcons.
This game hasn't really broken open yet, both teams testing each other, both teams game plans, going well at various points.
First Falcons now Vitality, having E's marching to rounds in a row in sequence.
Oh, completely blind Cyborg gets away! He gets away on one HP! Makes it around the corner.
Monacee holding middle.
Plenty of forces on the other side.
When does Flames make his step forward?
The Niko's behind him at the A bomb site as well. He's joined up with Tess's.
Feels like Falcons are assuming this is going to be an A hit, but they're dead wrong.
Other side of the map is where the play is being made, where the bomb is heading.
Oh, Monacee's cut off as well as a slow rotation back over.
It has to be Kiyosuke and Kerrigan to deliver again.
And this is the bombsite that got Vitality these four rounds.
They've been leaning on this weakness.
It's been a game plan of pure punishment towards this B bombsite defense.
The utility slows them.
But can their reinforcements, can the reinforcements of Falcons arrive in time?
Kerrigan flattened Kiyosuke, yelling on Island alone, dead at the hand of Mezzi.
And Falcons are just so far away from this one.
Vitality once again through to the B bomb site. Oh man out of that time out vitality have taken complete control now
The game plan is online and it's next is working this map
Time and time again, and if you're falcons now you're so concerned about that B bomb site
You can likely no longer play three players towards a you can no longer try and cheat that over
You have to be able to stop the be it's just not happening apex is gonna know that right?
It's gonna be warily around the bush and our game plan is working perfectly now
We've got it online
We know they're gonna have to start committing resources away from that A site and opens up so many options for this T side now
This is looking way too simple in these last five runs for vitality not any kind of resistance from the Falcons defense
It's disappeared here on a new base
Five in a row to tie things up going into round 11 and we're gonna get that second time out of the Sonic in Falcons
wants to talk things over wants to figure out the adaptations and this is the
conversation of how you show up that B-bomb site you can't just do it out
of the gate and park three players there you have to show some presence
elsewhere and if you don't want to step towards the B-bomb site Falcons have a
ton of plays towards middle stacks with Nico tough to the corner paired up
with monocies AWP you can start there drop down at the canals for a fast
flank you can start there and try and find an opening pick maybe some of
That aggression we saw earlier on in this half.
But having a very tough time piecing these rounds together,
and now you're not getting the benefit of opening kills.
X-Tas and Apex have done a great job of getting Vitality back in shape.
Fixing those mistakes, fixing those errors.
And Falcons have gone cold, ice cold, here in the Lenses.
Question is now, can Zonik and Karrigan find a response?
Can they send anything back the way of vitality in the last couple rounds of this first half?
No real deviation
For the CT so I know aggression
Yeah, I mean here is one of those setups for Nico and Modesty to kind of put a stop and encounter the attack over in middle
But vitality haven't really been opening up with any kind of place towards the middle of the map
So I don't know if they're actually gonna see anything now. It's now the timings of when they want to shift away
showing mid control from Vitality. Flames and Mezzie working together and just as
Niko and Monosy back off at their respective positions, Flames, Apex and Mezzie make their
move. That's gonna pull Kerrigan back away from B. Niko slides further into the
A-bomb site sensing the split.
Smokes up. Spam goes through. Warning shots.
Flames still moves forward. They still progress. They get past him. They get to
the temple and now Karagin better break and do something about this. Dropping
utility apex is already beyond it and then that ped up tool between apex and
Karagin. And then blind is robbed. It's Tesla taking the frag and a 4v4 but 35
seconds left. Monosy out from connector.
Nice fixed on temple but utility forces him back.
That's gonna be fine. Vitality is just gonna bypass this entirely. They
realize they actually don't need to take this part of the bomb site
smoke it off, Molotov is down, Mezzy planting, other side of the bomb site.
And Valkyries, this is a very tough retake. Niko is the solo man coming from CT spawn,
otherwise you're all over in con. Bottle next.
Got 1-H, E grenade as well. No flashes, no smokes, no mollies.
Surely no way for Valkyries. Mezzy waits.
AK-47, shot to rip off the head of Tezes.
Follow up from Flames, Nico comes through, still doable, but very unlikely.
Zaiwu shuts it down, modesty alone!
And he had the lineup, just couldn't get it done, and it's Vitality 6-5 up.
Apex jumping right into his face as well, giving him no room to operate, no mercy whatsoever.
Vitality showing in his last six rounds, what are the best team in the world.
And overcoming Falcons they're just a step ahead round after round and it's this B bomb site
It's been a weak point all map long
Rounds well final of the first half. Oh straight down into the water Niko
It's going to be Kiyosuke on top of it. K-os to kick you off the round
But you know where it's coming next you know exactly where it's coming
It's always been. It always has been. The monocity this time. Not such an easy pushover.
So I will look at a respawn. The three heaviest hitters and thalkins wait down inside of the B site this time.
It'll be elsewhere. It'll be over towards mid. They go. Kerrigan ready and waiting. All fangal in the mid.
They find Kerrigan again. They find him again. This time he gets one.
But how many, how many rounds have we seen Robson and Zairu pull off together?
A minute on the clock.
There's almost no follow-up plan though, Niko is over in Canals, he could actually stop them from dropping down.
So Zairu and Robson, they choose elsewhere, Niko's gonna wrap around, are they ready?
Zairu's got the up out, good shot from Niko, doubles him up, that's the half!
Falcon's made it to tie it up, but what a streak from Vitality to get right back into the quarter-finals!
I'll come back to the quarterfinal clash of two of the greatest teams we have in Counter
Strike.
A hot start from Falcons cooled very quickly by a surgical T side from Vitality, a clear
game plan of punishment towards that B-bomb site defense team Karrigan and Kiyosuke.
One round grab at the end though from Falcons and we are all tied here on Anubis.
And Boyd did vitality sense and just abused that weakness, brought him right back into
the game so if you came here as Falcons thinking that you sense some weakness in the vitality
side you're dead wrong as this school line is even.
As we begin the second half pistol round Falcons gonna be on the attacking side
and now we're gonna see what Karrigan brings to the table.
What kind of offense he calls, how crazy does he want to let him get?
Trying to unleash these star players that he's got, Niko, Kiyosuke, Modesty, seeing what
they can bring to the table.
Scrap yourselves in.
It's going to be a wild ride here with Kerrigan calling this T side.
What Tessus is going to hold onto the bomb outside of the B bomb site.
Kerrigan going to activate his three players towards mid.
You've got to feel like they're just going to drop out of the canals and wrap into
the B bomb site.
We see it, Apex to defend.
You know what Messi can do from this platform.
We've seen it before.
USB in hand this time.
Kiyosuke going to be marching in.
Apex has got two headshots.
It's in there.
Apex tries to get a third out of it,
but Kiyosuke once again back to back.
Strong pistol, but goes in while reloading.
Bombs gone, and Vitality have arrived.
So it's Monosy instead.
Electric 1v3 required.
Kiyosu down into the pit,
and Zywil nails the headshot.
How fast is that flank?
What a well-done defense at that B-Bomb site to hold them on long enough.
Apex with just a couple of kills, take the teeth out of the attack,
prevent Falcons from settling things down in a post-plant at the B-Bomb site,
and buying time for everyone else to wrap around.
Absolutely perfect.
Kiyosuke gets caught completely off-guard,
Tessus realizes he can't plant, they can't do anything about it.
And Vitality on a wild 7-1 run at the moment.
That 5-0 start seems so, so long ago all of a sudden.
And without the bomb plant falcons, they choose not to buy here.
Back to Unombered Pistols at Eagle and Kyosuke.
A chance to talk, a chance for Kerrigan to reinforce the game plan.
He wants to bring it on this T-side once the guns come out.
And the score line really doesn't tell you how one side of this game is felt.
Vitality in absolute control, a chance for a very strong start here in the second half
as well.
All it took was one timeout, that slow start just disappeared out of the timeout, it was
immediate from Vitality.
Hey Bex gonna tuck himself in behind the pillar, Messi's here with him, Zahouz shifting
over through Temple.
Niko, Monosik, Kiyosuke, all coming in through Kanetsu, let's test if they hear those steps.
He goes out into the peak, he's got Messi's right corner back him up and they clean up the round easily.
No frag from the other side. 8-6, vitality leading this way.
We've got Falcons finally getting into a bar. It's going to be AK-47's out, no sighting of that AWP.
Ok guys, don't forget everything we have to do, we need to fight for every round, but
if we have an opportunity to make a good choice, play together, let's do that.
Looks good so far from Vitality, exactly what they're doing.
Falcon's entered the round, their first gun round of this second half.
Go and measure for the moment, Niko and Rugs, Kyosuke gonna start attacking towards Kahn.
Modesty and support, Tess isn't carrying it outside the B-Bomb site for vitality, stacked
up over in middle.
Three defenders in that part of the map.
Ready and waiting.
Small fake smoke from Niko just to show that presence, but Rock steps in front of it,
so it does absolutely nothing.
He's gonna negate that play from Niko.
negate that piece of utility so nobody on the defense has to budge, not yet at the very
least.
Vitality is putting all their faith over in Mezzi, the sole defender to play retake.
As soon as the set piece comes in, drop the Molotov back away and let the reinforcements
come.
Once again they could have that fast flank, that fast wraparound dropping out of the
window.
The rotation already coming through, Zayu back to a CT, but as he's back against the wall,
handles one, goes out again, Karagin blinded, Zayu sends himself to the smoke, flames from
the back, that's the bomb, he's got to go back and get it, Tess has always up next!
And Vitality just arrived in rapid time, and Karagin can do nothing about this,
20 seconds and he's getting flanked out.
He's getting pressure from all angles and vitality.
Just put the pressure on.
The tactical prowess from vitality is wild.
Just saying, you can have the B-Bomb site.
Come attack into it.
We want you to take it,
because we don't care about the bomb site.
We're flanking around the B-Bomb site already.
We're dropping down.
We're flanking you in canals.
We've got support already arriving.
They are just steps ahead of Falcons at the moment.
And this is a little bit of a bonus round.
2 SMGs are the hands of vitality. They don't even need all the rifles yet.
Absolute dominance!
Send in the Falcons down to Tech 9, Zywu ripping away Niko.
Where have they gone? Where has Falcons disappeared off to? This is no longer a game, it's no longer a contest!
Absolutely brutal. We talk about all the individual skill on this team. The superstars they've got.
One of them at least has to show up to try and get them back into this.
They're getting beaten by Vitality, brutally beaten.
This is where you look to guys like Niko, guys like Monosia.
Those incredible Stage 3 performances to get them into the playoffs.
This is where you look at those two guys and say, we need a moment.
We need a big play. We need a clutch.
We need a great sequence out of you to get this team fired up.
Change the energy. Change the mindset of this team.
The Monocyan Niko dead first in this round, vitality in pursuit of double figures.
And it feels like it's right there.
All three players outside of the smoke.
Zayu backtracking to see if they come through, but they're packed no mercy.
He's forgotten his manners.
A killer to carry him through the smoke.
Kiyosuke and Tessas.
They'll do what they can, but it's completely futile.
They're not even going to get a chance to do anything. They're not even going to get a chance to play.
Vitality is just wrecking them, moving across the map, controlling the entire map. Every step they take.
And you don't have a whole lot of time left to wake back up into this game.
This is where Falcons are going to have to lean on that comeback against Navi from Stage 3
and say, we've done it once before here at the Major. We can do it again.
The pace is going to be talking about keeping this level of pressure up.
Keep our boots on their throat.
Up next is Inferno. We know how much of a weakness that has been from Falcons since the very beginning of this roster.
Ok, we're going to Kyosuke with the weakness that the B-bombs are here in Anubis. They will be on that map as well.
They're a very tough series if Falcons cannot win this map.
A default spread for Valkyans here in round 17, Kiyosuke delayed off by Smoke, blocking
his choke point.
But really no pressure being applied to this offense.
Now we're going to get a little bit of map control play.
Niko flashed in towards A-main but Rops is playing passively.
He's had a very, very chill half-so-four Rops, so I've got a whole lot of attention
set his way at all.
And once again this mid stack Vitality, this is game plan 4 Falcons and they're waiting for them to find it out.
This is gonna be crushing.
Vitality have so many players at the ready, Karrigan having to fight on.
Gets the trade on flames, they've got the info.
But how do they ship these resources?
The bomb has got to get over it to B.
Man advantage, at a time first I would have stepped up out of smoke and con fades.
So I will get to the one, Monosy trades it out, the fight in middle goes the way of Niko,
and it's just Rops, they know exactly where he is, they know he's the safe player, he
walks out in the open, Niko can't handle him, and so Rops steps up into the clutch, a long
way to go for Rops.
He's got the money to go for it if he wants, kinda slow playing things at the moment.
Looks like he might just concede this round. Falcons finally respond. They're going to get their 7th and AK47 grabbed by Rubs.
Or is he going to come in late and go for a little bit of a sneak diffuse? It's way too late in the bald timer for that Shirley.
Yeah, just going to park himself in middle. 10-7. Falcons finally into it, but nothing that feels certain. Nothing that feels like they've gotten a grip on this game.
really need to keep that player alive as well.
Karrigan couldn't go down.
They don't have a whole lot of money.
They do not have that luxury for the Falcons.
We've got $3,600 here for Niko coming into this round.
So he is loving the fact that he can get a draw.
But you've got to see some of the individuals
from Falcons actually play, right?
Kiyosuke after the smoke fade, steps in towards Khan,
takes down Mezzi.
Niko showing some presence over towards A main,
making ropes, pay attention to that side of the map
as well. He's active in the middle the whole time.
And maybe that is something to come.
we can see if they can build on that round.
Three rounds back and not out of the fight yet.
Now a lifeline has been thrown out here for the Falcons.
See if they can swim back to shore.
A chance to drown them out here with vitality with a very strong by still in their hands
and plenty of cash left over.
Flames just checking. Nice side of the smoke.
Malkin's trying to dare to attack towards this A site.
Yeah, they're showing that they want to gain a little bit of space in towards A main to be able to do a set piece behind it.
So Roxx perhaps for the first time is going to have to call a teammate over. Apex inflames over in the middle.
Nico trying to find him through the smoke. A little bit of a duel, but no commitment quite yet.
Modesty with the bomb now slides over towards A main as well.
There's the flash plate activated in.
Now Robs climbing his way up to the heavens and not coming his way.
They begin to backtrack for a second.
40 seconds left on this clock.
Where the Falcons want to go for the finishing move.
The utility flying into the A side.
They're not going to that side.
Make them out this works well, but I will could still stop this
25 seconds I will scopes up first
Trust back ready for the next flight. So I would turn can't get the second shot to land
Carrigan comes in at the right time, but it's messy off the platform can't do much and that bomb will get planted
Rops and a packs making their way over. I care get a little panic
But touch himself into the corner rops tries to beat the smoke, but it pops in his face
So apex plays doesn't check and now rops has to back away Falcons
They're going to string two together
Calling themselves back into this map
We're staying in it. It's exactly what you want it to see in this quarter-final
And look like they've been knocked off their feet such a strong start but vitality were crushing them
Last couple of rounds give Falcons a little bit of hope
Yeah
Well, you're getting a little bit more activity out of them the whole play towards a main that actually sells of sells the state perfectly
Pulls Flames, pulls Apex over when that follow-up utility comes out.
They sense that A-Hit because the pressure had been there round after round.
And it's an opening towards the people on site.
Trading out Zairu, trading out Mezzi, and finding their passage in.
Forcing the second time out out of vitality.
Monty's gonna start getting grim for the CT side.
Zairu's gonna pick up an AWP, but rebuying all these rifles
is gonna chew into the money that they built up.
Falcons is getting closer to that point
where they can slingshot this streak
and to regaining the lead on this map.
10-8, no signs of panic from either squad just yet.
A swing round here towards the tail end, round 19.
Winner grabs a huge economic advantage over the other.
These are the moments, there's the point of game where the individuals will really, truly
make the big differences.
You can swing this game back in your favor, and see who will be with that vitality.
Last legs on the money, Mezzi, racing forward out of the main aggressive with some confidence.
He's got some help with him too.
Apex needed to be there because he gets the trade, trying to back away, trying
to get the safety and he does.
Plenty of defense behind him in the B bomb site if that was going to go south as well.
Falcon's not able to take too much space off of it, going to start crawling through middle as we speak.
Kyosuke leading the way, monosie and Tess is in support, and even Niko coming over to join up with them.
All four members of Falcon's playing grouped up at the moment, looking to trade their way through middle.
Apex defending. Flames and ruffs at the A bomb site ready and waiting.
Now first half, provided it was an obvious weakness.
They don't have that here on this CT side, but G.S.Suke's
fight's forward, his strength chops up one, Robs trying to handle the pressure of multiple
players coming at him from different angles, and he just won't.
Tases swoops into the site, bomb plant secured, and the save is on.
Yeah, hard to read.
G.Suke given all the freedom in the world to pick his own timing, and you gotta
I love seeing that. If you're Kerrigan, you're telling him right now,
I love everything you did there.
Love your decision to take that moment, that opportunity to speed things up.
Since he had a timing and had the confidence to go for it,
provides the opening kill, and now Falcons is building into a streak.
This T side yet again, another comeback.
Three rounds in a row to bring them within one.
And the money's gonna be so grim for Vitality.
The weapons they're saving are critical.
AK-47 on Apex, off in the hands of Cyro to bring forward.
Other than that, they have nothing else to fight with.
It's exactly what the Des talked about.
Kerrigan coming into the seamen, his individual level be damned.
Look at the way he's able to keep this Falcon Squad fighting back every time.
To recover inside this quarter final series.
Head of this game, Niko has talked about how important Kiyosuke is to this T-side, he's the space taker, he's the front man of the attacks.
You see him doing his job so effectively, crits the chaos, puts the pressure on rops, and falcons with a great chance to tie up this game.
The Comin' Up B, Sightwinds down, the AWP rings down, Monocy dead first.
That's bold knowing the AWP is still in play, surely they have the reed of the economy
that it was going to be a little bit punished.
The dry peek in, what a backfire.
And now you've got to start sweating, man down against a low economy by right when
it felt like you gained control of this map, it might just slip out of your hands.
Arrogant, making the plays. He so often does for his teams on these T sides.
Yeah, but he's got to wait now. Look how far ahead he is of everyone.
He's calling them back.
Smokal to go down at camera. He's going to set up the information flow of flames.
Apex is hungry for info. Trying to find it inside of the water.
Trying to flank in, not seeing anybody towards A.
Yeah, but you saw the off at that B bomb site and you're electing.
You're choosing to go at CyWoo.
Good thing for Messi, he 250, trying to outmatch the rightful of Karrigan.
Look at, you're kind of trapped. Valkyrie is in a really weird place.
Tessus has the bomb, he's kind of alone on stairs. Karrigan has no HP.
They don't know where to go at the moment.
This round is in limbo, but they've made the decision.
They know where they're going, and the incumbent rops. The 5-7 waits in hand.
It's ready to pop out. Robs is silent. Black deadly, but he's caught in the corner.
Niko moves in now they're in the side that bomb is gonna get planted, but there's an a main push coming in from falcons
They have your very cognizant of this after the plant no utility. No smoke to block it off whatsoever
Here's the peach. Here's the fight. Thanks. Watch out. It's Niko nails it. I went back and shut down instantly
It's gotta be messy
Let's do a ball and miss shot messy moves in
Look at it conquer this clutch, but he just can't do it.
Tess S sets him down, they tied it up, Falcons have fought their way back into the game.
10 apiece.
And look who's on top, look who's leading the way, Kiyosuke 16 kills, 14 deaths, topping
the charts for Falcons in this comeback.
In this streak this is absolutely excellent at a Falcons.
We didn't really know what to expect at a Kerrigan with such a short time.
Were these guys truly going to be trophy contenders? Was it too early to expect that out of them?
And look at the way he's got them geared up and fired up on this T side.
Challenging the best team in the world.
A question from Robs. He goes too far though. Monty's ready.
Ready to punish. And that's exactly what he does.
Robs is gone! Opening kill! Coming through from Falkins!
And now you can work the map. Now Kerrigan can slow things down.
Niko's gonna wait patiently over towards Rugs.
Everyone starts backing away from their position to see if there's gonna be any kind of a reaction.
Any sort of aggression out of Vitality trying to even things out.
And it's a shift towards Middle for Vitality.
And this has been quite a nuisance at times in this half.
This Middle position that turns into such fast flanks,
whether it's through Khan, whether it's wrapping around the B-Bomb site.
Delay smoke goes down.
Once again, it looks like Zairu's number is going to be called.
Falcon's now stepping in towards A-Main, waiting behind this smoke.
Apex going to start shifting over in support.
There's one player you want in this situation. It is Zairu.
Here's the flank around the back flames. Red, Apex going in forward.
Trying to force them back. 25 seconds, 25 seconds!
Get a move on Falcons! Get to that site!
The site's wide open, there's nobody home. Kerrigan's found the escape valve.
He's found his way in, he's got the team following it up, and Mezzy's forced away with Nadenhand.
It wasn't in the right position. Apex getting out, but Smoke is up.
He can't cancel that plant. He can't do anything about this, and money is gone for vitality.
They have to concede, they have to back away, and that means the Falcons are into the lead.
Well, you were talking about confidence earlier, the confidence you've got to have in Kerrigan built up at this point.
And look at the way he's working these mid rounds. Beautiful, beautiful calling from Kerrigan to keep Falcons in this game.
And not just that, but now taking a lead.
Exactly why they brought him into this team.
They missed the chances to lift trophies leading into the Cologne Major but they
don't care whatsoever all the faith in the world of this captain that they brought
in late in the season.
11 to 10 going into round 22 a lead for Falcons out of nowhere now five
round straight for this offense at a blistering pace a game of streaks back
and forth both teams struggling to recover and adapt to put a stop to these
and right now vitality you got to do it quick
Falcons two rounds away from taking his first map in the series
Rompz's aggression has been punished by Marcy from this exact position before.
Free man set up here for vitality in middle.
They've ran this setup so many times in this half this has got to be like the fourth time
they put it in.
They haven't come at them all that often.
I think it's only connected once when Falcons has actually moved in towards middle.
A clear game plan against this attack but hasn't panned out the way vitality would
of light. Again some utility pressure towards Robs but he has no idea all that
smoke of the numbers in front of him. With that smoke that he tosses out he
actually has to concede the flight. That's a drop in behind it. He has got
quick rotations from his teammates in mid but here they come. His Robs ready
for the task.
It's just Mezzi!
Falcons have broken through!
Map point!
So much poise from this Falcons team.
Just in sequence taking small pieces of control until they're ready for the overwhelming attack.
And Mezzi's going to desperately try and hang out of this, but Falcons are hungry.
They want to rip everything out of their hands.
Easy as possible.
They're sending everybody out of Niko's coming next.
The switch is down, but Messi's gone.
Vitality, everything taken from their hands.
And it was said that this task might be too tall
for the Falcons this early,
with Carraghan only joining the team.
But they are rising to the occasion.
They are delivering.
An absolutely beautiful fashion,
Hicking Vitality apart, finding the weakness, finding the weak palm side in terms of defense.
So many times Vitality have stacked middle, but Falcons is lovin', punishing the extremities.
And a final chance, a final talk.
A final timeout for Vitality spent, their first one got them started on a streak.
But they've disappeared now under this onslaught from Falcons.
Six rounds in a row.
a team effort out of Falcons and two chances to close out this map head into
Inferno with a one-map lead in the quarter-finals
and it hasn't just been explosive star power it's just been good clean
counter-strike out of Falcons and that is something that is alluded then in
the biggest of games it's always been a head scratcher watching some of the
the Falcons have lost with the caliber of players within this squad.
Well right now it's working exactly as designed. Kyusuke leading the way 17,
Monosie and Niko 15 apiece. The engine of Falcons as well and truly working.
Kerrigan wants to show some mid-presence. Niko against Apex first.
Apex has won it.
He'll drop back in behind the smoke. Vitality hold the advantage for now.
I bet it looks like they want to go right back to this. They're saying, okay, maybe you got this kill here, you saw this, maybe you start shifting someone away to elsewhere.
Due to that presence in middle from Kerrigan, maybe they look in that direction.
Cam, this defense hold against the full force of the Valkyries. It's Kerrigan getting the kills done. Kiyosuke moving in.
Zyra keeps vitality in this fight. In fact, he gives them the edge. 35 seconds.
ball moving in yeah well you got the flight coming from Flames and that's
been punishing you all half long. Hawkins going for the finish trying to end this
map now. Flames comes in, flight successful, it's Tess S, the unlikely hero, the 1v3,
head shots clean, has he got another no! Vitality extend play. Alive a little bit
longer again that drop down from flames so fast to wrap around through can that
through canals in towards con they haven't been able to read that they
haven't been able to get the timing of it and zai wu just clean that one chills
off prevents falcons from having the resources the player count needed to
cover this with a lovely shot from flames on a modesty but you've got so
much money if you're falcons that's the juices coming through you had so
much money but not a whole lot of time one round remaining nice I'm up to
Let's keep having patience. If we get first kill, let's keep things slow down, this is a defense call.
Let's get a team, no heal plays this round, or let's just need it guys.
Get full focus.
Zotta calling for them to play within themselves, play within the team.
After that first kill, don't try and do anything crazy. Keep the pacing in check.
One chance to close it in regulation.
It's coming to the B bomb site all the way.
All the way. Tess is Niko and Kerrigan with the bomb outside B.
Kiyosuke and Monosie at the stairs.
Little bit of a pump fake. A strong defense in place for vitality.
The AWP brings out. And I think that might force Falcons away from this idea.
They start to pull away.
He's been able to maneuver this squad and find the answers throughout this T side
They're putting a lot of this around in Kyosuke's hands
They're more than happy to let him challenge over and con they're saying when this smoke fades look for your plate
He got an opening kill for you earlier from this position
They're ready to pounce
The forces of Falcons arriving outside of this people on site. Here's your question. I'm down
Kiyosuke, the killer! Apex and Mezzy both gone now.
Zyrus stepping forward, trying to be the difference.
Misses the swine.
And Zyrus goes!
Down at Kiyosuke!
No leverage on the big stage.
Millions and millions of dollars spent for one goal, one purpose.
But now they've got the character magic.
They take the opening map of the quarterfinal.
Every single round needed in this clash of titans, but Thalcans breakthrough finally in regulation.
We'll be diving into those two sides in just a moment, but let's just pass in the Florea Yanko
of what Kiyosuke was able to pull off in those final moments.
Finally having his moment on the big stage for that was the big difference since the
addition of Karrigan, his level in these playoff games has been what you would expect from a player
as talented as he is. You can see the freedom he is playing with and yes this final round was
absolutely unbelievable by Kyosuke. This is not the fact that he's going for it, you know that he's
not shying away from it. You kind of understand if he in his current condition with the group
stage that he had with the fact that it's 12-11 would play a bit more passive or would
expose himself a little bit less to the danger of being in connector, you know,
exposed to the duels, but Kyosuke is going for it. He's never been away, I feel it's
sort of staring away from that responsibility and I guess the difference since Keio-Suke
came in is he's actually delivering more often than not.
And the depth of the kills that he's got in this map specifically is that he's not
only going for the place but he's punishing the place that they're coming at him.
The last round clear example of that. He's just holding a perfect moment and even if
something doesn't go their way, Monus is always close by to trade. So there's like a
vast difference in Kyosuke that yes, he's a playmaker but he's also capable of holding on his own.
That's the thing, you've got to be able to trust your own intuition, trust that killer instinct,
which is much easier said than done on a stage like this, right?
Yeah, and having four kills in the first round of the game does help.
I think that was a big moment for him.
You could see how hyped the team was and Karrigan was for him.
But yeah, I want to know how many kills did Karrigan have on this map?
I think that's the main talking point for people out there.
But you can see in that second half, it's just a different team.
Like how many times do you see Falcons before in games?
They're up 4-0, 5-0.
They start losing rounds, you know, they give up that lead and then they just fall flat.
They're just out of the game.
And you could see in the second half, despite losing pistol and falling behind, there was none of that.
Like, they still had believed that they can come back, that they can win this game
and that's what Kerrigan has brought to the Falcons.
Armson, you know, he called a great T-side.
He also stepped up individually on the T-side.
I can tell you, had four kills in the first half, didn't do much.
He was also targeted a lot by Vitality.
I personally think he was a big part of the reason as why Vitality got back into the game as well,
because he has a bit of a liability on the CT side.
But I think you summarized it pretty well, Janko, saying if you were to evaluate Karrigan within Falcons,
is he a net positive so far?
I think he is.
There's no steering away from the fact that he is going to be a bit of a liability at times on the CT side.
He's been throughout the entire tournament saying anything else would be lying straight out,
you know, after watching the games.
But is he a net positive with the way he was calling on the T side?
and also the fact that he stepped up and free Byron's got a multi-kill himself at that point you make it a poster
Let's drive into some examples of that then we got round 18 up first part of that a six round T side streak
I think this was the most important round for Falcons
It's the reset round after you win the first one on your T side and you can see how they're putting pressure towards a we saw this in
The pregame two in the examples right Nico here trying to draw out some utility
There was a lot of reactions from vitality, you know, they were they were having this setup on mid
We saw the opening setups on mid but then the late round fake
You can see monosy expanding all of his utility Kerrigan is already outside B
And the rest are going up water and three vitality players on A
This could have gotten dangerous with Zyba getting the first kill but Kerrigan on that lurk get close to the smoke
They trade the second player as well and they get into a 3v3 scenario with closing out the round
And this was just so important
To win the round first and foremost, but also the manner in which they wanted being composed not just finishing the round
How they initially intended but throwing that fake and there was a lot of that going on in the second half
We have multiple slow draggy rounds on the T side both from my title and from Falcons
They are not like a shot colors like they're gonna just pick a strat and they're gonna do it from the spawn
But they are defaulting their gathering information. They're making educated guesses throughout that whole T side both apex and Kerrigan
We're doing it very well. You said that this was probably your favorite or most important round of the game for me
It was definitely round 20 and I can dive right into that that
Falcons basically were in a position where they had to take themselves themselves out of the deep trouble because of losing this
Zaibu molesty head-to-head rule. Zaibu was just there like a second earlier
And they have to go back and re-think the whole approach of the round like this is with kick-sand
Like how many times are they gonna do this?
Like they're going as a snowball towards middle and they craft the round as it kind of is presented to them.
They tear, they craft the B-split, they try to go into the city spawn, but here Kerrigan gets actually dinked.
Ridiculously by Mezi. Decide to fall back immediately, go back to that A-hit, which is, by the way, pretty much free.
Robbs is there by himself and this is another great call.
He has timing here, plays in favor of Falcons, but what a beautiful call and fallback to recover the round where, honestly,
Vitalik could get away with this map right there and then.
That dink was a blessing in disguise for Falcons. They might have just gone into ZywO again,
and these rounds are so tough to call against, because you know there's an open play as a saved rifle
and the other players have pistols, so will the rifle play first? Will the pistol try something,
or how will they stack? And yeah, they dodge the bullet there Falcons for sure.
Speaking of dodging, I feel like they dodged ZywO for the vast majority of that T side as well.
We saw a couple of times where the bomb was played outside of the bomb side towards ZywO,
then Kerrigan and one of the teammates would find out, okay, Sairu is in place with the AWP.
We're going to change the approach a little bit.
He went back to take some mid control just to cause a bit of rotation on the side of Vitality.
And I will say, whenever we saw Sairu's point of view, especially in the last couple of rounds,
he was heavily contested by smokes, heavily contested by flashes, heavily contested by Molotovs.
And that's the number one thing you want to do when you're playing Sairu.
At least you don't want to give him the easy kills that you know he's going to hit 10 out of 10 times.
So they made the game tough for him, and as a result, he didn't have as much impact.
And that's a very good point. It made it very complicated for ZywO and the other side of things.
Yeah, for ZywO and the rest of Vitality, I mean that's a really stressful game to play for Vitality, right?
Like for the players, because there's a lot of slow-paced play, you're making moves,
but your moves aren't really being fruitful in terms of finding kills or taking significant map control.
And then in the last 20 to 30 seconds, you're just getting outplayed a little bit, right?
like with rotations you know that second to last round you're getting into an
MTB bomb site as well so that's going to maybe linger a little bit in the in
the heads of the vitality we can at the last moments at this particular map
let's dive into round 24 and see what a menace Q2K was in this one as well great
showing from him yeah a fantastic showing isn't it the fact that he's going
for this play the fact that he's not getting scared away by the grenade by
the fact that it's 12 to 11 you'd see a lot of players maybe take a little
step back maybe not fully committing into this position but as Stryker said
as well. You have Monizzi next to you and he's punishing a progressive play coming in from vitality.
This was them trying to punish Falcons. This was them trying to take charge of the round
and Kyousuke with a fantastic spread transfer gets two kills, makes the round almost unloosable
and then he finishes it off in style with the last kill as well. I love to see from Kyousuke
he's a main talking point naturally for Falcons because I feel like that's the one player
as we spoke about in the group stage was not necessarily missing but we expected a little
bit more, but if he's playing like this in the playoffs, that unlocks a complete new version and a new
level of Falcons, where Keregan is maybe willing to say that he's not playing at 60%, but more so 70, 80, 90.
And honestly, even Kiyosuke playing at this level, I don't think it can make a difference for what's
coming, right? This was still Falcons' pick, right? It went the distance and they were able to close
it out, but on Inferno it feels like a massive mismatch, right? Everyone who doesn't
and the map has been targeting Falcons on it and the main reason is their B bombsite
right in banana control is just really shoddy and they really struggle to have a way to
take some control.
Why is that such an issue?
What have you seen evident about that setup just not working for Falcons?
Just not being really necessarily on the same page right with Kerrigan and Kiosuke.
Also Kiosuke hasn't had the best of games but you then feel this sort of pressure
to lean over there if you're Niko, to open there if you're Monosy, right?
And all of a sudden, the week has come on the other side of the map,
so the one thing that was keeping them alive in some of these games has been Niko
with some ridiculous rounds, but that's not something you can rely on
to happen here against Vitality.
Do you want a theory craft, perhaps, how to bend aid this fix on B-Side Inferno?
Like, what are we going to see from Falcons that is needed to kind of push this over the edge?
Are we putting Monosy on B-Side more with an op?
I'm more interested what we're going to see from Vitality because their plan on T-Side
was just go to Kerrigan's bomb site time and time again and I think Falcons were overthinking
on their CT side.
I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to just win around on A early on Inferno just to
make it look like I'm not going to do the same thing but I think a lot of important rounds
that's where he's going to want to end and for Falcons, depending on how you start
I think you need to take some risks here, right, whether that's going to be some
I don't like blind gambles, even though it's inferno,
but lean an extra player towards B and then go and make a play.
I throw numbers at the problem,
because if they just want to play default here,
I think Vitality has their number all day long.
I think it goes without saying that this B bomb side
has been a little bit of an allyability,
and I think the best defense in this location is an offense.
I agree with you.
Maybe cheat an extra player over there,
fight for banana control as well.
Maybe Kerrigan, yes, from an individual point of view,
is not going to win too many heads with duals,
but he can find himself in a position
where he's gonna set up Niko, set up Monizy, and set up other players on Banana
to make it a little bit easier for him later into the round
to maybe get the kills needed for him to shut down.
I would say with the game Kyosuke is having just let him loose, you know, unleash him,
especially if you can win pistol and convert, like early on, just send him out.
Like, be aggressive, because if you can win rounds early by doing that,
now there's so much pressure on Vitality, right?
Because that's what you're counting on.
That's the big weakness for Falcons on this map.
And if you can somehow turn it into a strength, then Vitality can really be in trouble.
We heard obviously from Karagana, they're saying maybe they're playing at 60%, 70%, maybe if they're lucky obviously.
That's maybe a doctor a little bit after that first map of the Nubis.
But I'm curious as to where you're reading Vitality right now, Janko.
What level was it on that first map for you?
I think it wasn't their A-game, but I can't say they necessarily played bad, right?
They turtled up and went into their shell, a little bit being outplayed.
Maybe their players needed a bit more poise in some of these moments, not to over-rotate,
but there's things like forced errors and un-forced errors.
And I think the errors Vitality was making were forced by the good play from Falcons on T-side.
I do think that they ran away with it, especially at the beginning.
5-0 start is a big thing for Falcons, and the way they did it was extremely disruptive.
They didn't let Vitality play whatever they wanted to do, whatever call, whatever default it was.
and we've actually had a couple of insights from XS in the timeouts, like guys just dragged around longer, like we are going to be okay in the 5v5s if it's like 30 seconds left, and that's exactly what happened, and that's where, why they actually came back into 6x6 half.
I don't want to make assumptions there, but it still sounds like we're favoring Vitality moving into Inferno.
I think everything we know, you know, in terms of history on Inferno, what we've seen from Falcons in the group stages will on Inferno, yeah, it should lean towards vitality, but I like to say, especially in a play of game like this,
each game will live its own life and I do think there's a realistic world where Falcons
can do damage to Vitality. I remember you and I covering the Budapest Major as well. Falcons
back then, you know, yeah, that was a good time to know. You weren't there for some reason,
I'm sorry. You should have been. But it was one of those scenarios where the track
record for Falcons coming into the tournament on Inferno was horrible. Then they beat
Furia all of a sudden on Inferno. Then they lost to a team, you know, I can't
even remember the name to them. Then the next game they beat another team. There
was World Class on the map. So they've been vastly inconsistent on Inferno and
All I'm saying is there's a chance here for Q-Syke to be led loose and hopefully give us a good game.
Well, Vitality, no doubt unknown quantities will move onto this ground of Inferno,
but when you got Karagin at the helm on this stage, anything can happen.
Falcons 1-0 are up. Let's see if they can take this one on their opponent's map pick.
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No excitement.
Look at me.
Gee!
Full throttle. Engine engaged.
I will not despair.
The Australian is placed at the end of the Fungimall.
I know.
That's all you should know.
This is it.
Antiquity for the ultimate delivery.
This is our history.
Embarrassing.
This is the high value target.
And no stranger to being inside.
He has had multiple stints and will not go willingly.
Wait, if you won't go willingly, why are we bringing him up?
I spent some time in jail, 2015.
Two long years before I made it out.
Call. Give me some more info. What is this?
David Frozen Jananski. Our prime target.
Hold on. When you say target, what do you mean by that?
Don't you worry, my friend.
Nicole, you know it's just an expression, right?
A meme.
It's not actually in jail.
Not according to newly uncovered classified information.
The night of April, face plans sign up to Harris County Jlan in Texas.
What?
These fuckers will do anything for a couple of VRS points.
By day, they farm the inmates.
By night, they're held in their cells.
Wait, what?
Is it sleeping in the cells?
Equal accommodation.
What can I say?
Competitive integrity.
Right.
Makes perfect sense.
They paid the workers by out
and got the all clear on our real estate.
In, out.
This whole thing is gonna be a breeze.
David Mann, man's been eating good in jail.
You've got the connections. Respect.
Respect.
My name is...
Nico, Nikola, Kovac. I always knew you would come back for me.
What the fuck are we doing?
I told you. I lied to you.
We have been given one of the most difficult, major playoff brackets imaginable.
Falcons have taken the first map, though, versus Vitality.
An opportunity opens for them to take down their toughest opponent in the first round
of games.
They move to Inferno, which is infamously in such a difficult map for Falcons.
Vitality, hope, they will be able to deliver some punishment.
Even though Vitality didn't show their best game on map 1, they still took it all the rounds to regulation.
But now this has to be their chance.
Vitality are in pursuit of greatness to go where no one can ever think of going.
Everyone else has to merely dream of.
Hawkins can put an end to that now, to stop them, to stop their chances of the three-peat
and open up an opportunity of their own to move on and lift a major trophy.
It's only the quarter-finals, but Cologne is delivering already.
The Viscality vs. Falcons continues here on Inferno, and it's time to get into the action.
And all eyes on this map center in on Nico for Falcons on this defense.
Strong performances by far the best player for Falcons, and he's gonna have to be absolutely everywhere on this map
Tessa's going for early little information place. He's not really much nothing at all over an alt mid
So vitality is gonna start scaling start moving up ropes towards halls
Flames in alt mid mezzan apex starting to flirt over with banana
Where Niko plays alone with no utility a retake set up at this B bomb site trusting in that USP and
And Falcons want to make sure if vitality take brackets, if they step towards the A-palmsite, they're stacked up and ready.
In the earlier stages of the competition, hero performances on this very map from Nico were still not enough.
Some of the times for Falcons to get the win on this map.
Solo B, but the first fight looks like it's going to be up towards top middle.
And plenty, plenty of players ready for Falcons if that is to be the case, but the bomb starts to drop back and so do the rest of the vitality players.
They don't sense any defense whatsoever and actually Falcons now shifting away because they don't sense an attack and Karrigan's gonna start getting his hustle over to the B bombsite
But he's gonna be late and there's no flashes to activate Niko whatsoever. He'll be stuck behind smoke
He's gonna cross his fingers and hope he can land a headshot through this smoke blind shooting with the USP
That's gotta be Nietzsche on his own tapping through
Karrigan's got another one. The start is strong
It's not at least getting a kill back here for vitality, but he's out of commission gonna put that bomb down
It's planted and so a 3v4 a retake required from Falcons is the other two rotated over through spawn
They're gonna be very very difficult for vitality to hold on to this. So there's no flashbangs. There's no kit in play for Falcons
It's gonna have to be quick
Coming in from CT and ruins no one from banana
As I was head check first. Yes, okay
Apex revealed Robster's what he can't go on apex
Alphonsek shrouded in it, but Montice's got the headshot.
Falcons have the base to win.
The retake is delivered.
A team ace for Falcons. Everybody gets one.
You absolutely love to see that.
And you got to be loving the initiative of someone like Kiyosuke
leading the charge on that retake.
The first one to step in and grab a headshot.
And he's playing that exact same way we saw on Anubis.
And now with that sequence, with that map beneath his belt,
with the performance that he had, that confidence can skyrocket.
And he's going to need it throughout this half.
We saw the way him and Kerrigan were targeted on a Nubis
where they're defending this big bomb site together on Inferno
You have to imagine that's going to be in the game plan of Vitality
to come check that out
Come see what they've got in this map
So come see if they can actually hold you back
One to nothing for Falcons
They got a bomb plant so Vitality can buy up
to communicate for Zywoo, the flames, the wheel and sight
The amount of damage for Zywoo and Messi
Grenades continue to fly
You can handle losing the pistol if you're vitality.
The conversation between maps would have been we can't get buried in that 0-5 hole.
As you mentioned, they didn't play their best game but still so, so close
and they've got to be looking at that start and saying if we can start slow, more of a fight.
As he sent forward by fire, Karagin and Kyusuke able to stand strong for the time being
and force away vitality.
It feels like those first two kills are enough to win this round.
It would take something ridiculous.
Kind of as I was, AK, to get them back into this.
Bombs dropped all the way back at the base of T-Ramp, but there's no reason to think about it right now if you're vitality.
You need some kills before you can even think about the plant. So Apex is going to come investigate.
He's got some utility, but they want to make this play with contact to catch the defense off-guard.
An unexpected shift walk into the B bomb site.
Oh, there's one from Zywoop.
Plenty more of that came from the Kyosuke and Karagin still here.
A strong cross flyer down into the side with Kyosuke. Now dismounting off the boost.
Temporarily, Carrigan is left on his own with no support, no help.
I'm gonna try and hunt him down.
Sywil's got him in his sights.
He's got him in his crosshairs.
And that's the round back on.
Sywil has done enough.
Both of him and Ross have taken damage.
And Monacy handles both.
Swipes him away with the M4.
And a second round coming through from Falcons.
Not bad to battle your way back into the B bomb site though from Vitality
to at least get that bomb plant.
Well-constructed defense from Falcons with three players there, double kill from Kyosuke.
Great work as they come through the Molotov, just a lovely piece of utility to force the hand of Vitality,
to force them to step forward before they're ready for the attack.
Another Plants, another decision for Vitality to invest into this round.
Coming back with a vengeance, AK in the hands of Ziru.
Tech 9's on Apex and Flames. Galil unrops it and MP7 on Mezzi.
And you gotta do economic damage if you're gonna bring out this kind of a buy.
You need to chip away and get a good amount of kills and they're gonna try and surprise Falcons with this extra buy, this extra investment.
Well Falcons have an extra player, it's always B.
B, they've barraged Apex, sending it back on 6 health.
I think if you're Falcons, you know exactly what they're going to test to.
You mentioned the game plan of vitality to test this B bomb site.
Well, if you're Falcons, you know that.
Few extra nades sent down a banana early.
Goes a long way to soften up Apex.
Bring Mezi down to 67 HP.
Flames beyond the half wall.
Some space at least taken here for vitality.
Nades going to be tossed out.
Pressure put towards Kyosuke, grenade lands on top of him.
Still got enough help to happily play.
Now isolated, taken down, good spray from Kyosuke to get the response.
Bomb leaps in, a vitality through once again to his B site.
Yeah, Nabe, you got utility for the retake, although coming in quick.
They're racing into this, aren't they? Getting this retake going as quickly as possible.
Cause I was gonna handle it, and will that decision for fuck's sake, it's costing him!
Monos is gonna kill right back.
They stabilize again.
They pause in the action as they wait for Tessas to rotate over.
He's got the supportive utility.
Send your forces in.
Send Niko up.
Over the top.
Spots out his target. Can't take him.
Time taking. Huge thinning.
Zywo! Into the open!
Twuple's two. No chance now for Monosy.
He's gonna back away and no mercy.
He can't fall away.
Finally, Vitality breaks through!
Lovely double kill from Zairu, getting aggressive, stepping into the retake as soon as the utility rains in.
An unexpected fight and that quick buy that forced up from Vitality pans out very, very well.
We're gonna have one on the reverse angle also. Kiyosuke couldn't find any kind of a fight through that smoke.
A scrappy battle on this retake, decided by Zairu's double.
A little bit quiet on that first map with Zywul.
Impacts from him here on Inferno is going to go a long way for vitality.
You see? Over the boost, light shot onto Zywul.
Decent start to the round here for Falcons.
An absolutely brutal utility damage again onto the attack, but blinded Apex has won.
Fantastic response.
Karakin realizes a lot of pressure will be on him, so he actually moves forward, he takes the risk.
He gets into the smoke, Karakin.
Oh, you crazy, crazy guy!
Watch right towards Messi!
And that AK is going to handle it.
That's a bit much. Our thing now is you're also concerned about the up from Modesty that he's invested in.
I think at this point, if your Modesty and your test is, you might just want to slide over to the B-Bomb site.
Join up with Niko and just save if they don't attack into the site.
That play from Karagan means they have to prioritize keeping the up in the field of play.
So it's got to be Niko again.
rotation is arriving oh that's an ugly smoke there's a gap in that and an ugly
weapon but low HP
Zawoo a first instill it does not matter Zawoo's got the second
modesty dead no chance for that sniper to make the difference
unforced error he sees the gap in that smoke and he loves it
he'll step right through with no problem make mistakes like that Zawoo is
going to punish
vitality tie up the game two to two more importantly money's gone for
falcons
That's a brutal turnaround if you're falcons.
To have a round slip away like that, you feel like in this round you didn't even really
get a chance to fight.
You could kill from testers, but you're never going to have a chance to actually contest
this round and you won't even get away.
Triple kill from Zywu.
Is this the map he takes over?
He's activated them to respond immediately with two straight.
3-star as I will all coming out. It's gonna be on arrival on the other side
There's not gonna be a buy for Falcons coming up in this next one, but how are you gonna take the lead here?
It's that same feeling as a new wrist that weighs in it back and forth to the B-bomb site
Seeing if this seat that's how frequently you can stop them testing it each and every time
The longer you hit it the more it is inevitably going to break
Game plan keeps up by telling me move into this round
He's keeping themselves alert.
There could be some threats thrown in.
Falcons are hoping it's going to be this apartment's trap that pays off for them.
The only player near is Robs.
Waiting in the bedroom.
AK in hand.
Most of his team move up through Banana.
Yeah, they know the money situation.
They're not going to do anything.
They're not going to commit to anything until they activate Flames to move forward
and check things out for them.
So Utility up towards Coffins.
Molotov in the back of the bombsite.
the bombsite in Act 10 if they want to step into this B site, flames is going to lead the way.
The Robs are ready, the AK. Spraying them down, gets two. That's about a weapon picked up here from Niko,
so at least a little steel away in the apartments. Into the site though, vitality.
We'll put that bomb down and confirm themselves, the leader of this game.
Yeah, take the lead early on. Well if an UBUS was someone of a punished picked from Falcons,
same thing here in the favor of vitality looking to bring it to a map the
Falcons have struggled on even when Nico plays some excellent counter strike
they still have difficulty closing out wins I know we're still a long way away
Jason but how fantastic would that dust to decide to be between these two
squads it gets spicy wouldn't it and once you get in there to get scrappy
starting to get late into the evening here in cologne 11 p.m. after the
extended G2 Spirit Series earlier.
Bob goes off to give vitality this lead. Nico brings an AK-47 forward.
They had the AWP out early on modesty, but not able to keep it in their favor.
So, timeout taken because they'll have to fight in this round without the AWP.
Well, Zonic taking the timeout, looking to chime in.
head of the playoffs we're talking to Sonic
learning about how it works inside the Falcons who's calling what what does the
structure look like on the CT side Niko is the one that organizes the defenses
if you're saying he needs some help he needs a step up from Monos he needs him
to contribute and deliver some ideas for the CT side we've talked so much
about legacy of the series between apex chasing greatness as an IGL
Kerrigan trying to build upon his greatness as an IGL Monos he need
go all the stars inside the servers I rule rubs flames Sonic as a coach as well
struggles in this falcon team as he stepped into the coaching position a
win here a deep run in these playoffs I imagine with everything he's done in
his career there's something gonna be sweet about this one considering the
adversity he's had to face the criticism levied in his direction if he can
make this project work
Here's the right flot to let Kiyosuke into the open blind, everybody's blind.
What?
Kiyosuke, will you check?
Behind you, Apex is right there, but he's blind again!
Kiyosuke!
How is he alive?
There's no way he should have got that!
What a wild sequence, nobody can hear anything! Flash bangs around the chaos!
And it's Kiyosuke to come in on top somehow, he doesn't even know how!
So Ropp steps forward, grabs a deep angle in towards the A-bomb site.
Hoping to catch a defender snoozing that walks into his line of sight.
But what options does Vitality have now?
Lost control of Banana, 3 vs 5.
And only 38 seconds left on the clock.
Such a limited time, as Vitality starts to gather up towards top middles.
I will inflame 30 seconds as they arrive now, waiting for that Rops push out of the apartments.
He smoked for the time being, but that smoke will now fade.
Only whispers of cloud left.
I want to see ready to deploy some utility to stop them, Nijo, that's the bomb, that's
the big kill!
I want to see now on top of the box, flames drawn, rops, last alive.
No hope whatsoever, backing away, never got to activate in this round.
It was Kiyosuke's double in banana, an absolute blinder in this round.
And that is around going the way of the Falcons.
Out of the timeout as well, calling for a little bit of banana aggression.
I think they've sensed all the utility damage they're doing and they wanted to actually get up in their face at that point as well
Trying capitalize on the damage done, but even without the Nate's landing on top of vitality players
Kiyosuke just comes out on top of a very weird weird engagement in banana
Steps pass apex he gets blind when he turns around as well
Yeah, he doesn't even hear the shots like I mean apex is in turn quite yet
He doesn't realize what's happening in that moment and it's a little bit too late for him to react
But they're through the smoke and it handles that pressure and that chaos very well
That just salt in the wound
All back in the hands of monosy for the CT side Tairu still has his
His last two rounds very conservative from vitality towards banana not wanting to take that damage early on
Which gives monosy the space to slide into an off angle behind the smoke
So much responsibility at Modesty's shoulders in this round as his teammates shift away to
stack up on the other side of the map.
The ult must deliver, and it will.
That's free, Messi.
It was burning.
He steps into the open, steps into the scope.
Oh, that grenade.
He's going to land right on top of Flames this wall, 53 HP.
Not a good start whatsoever from Vitality at this point.
Kiyosuke being sent up over the top of the smoke.
Doesn't have vision.
Not yet, anyway.
But once we'll clear the cloud, Bensaiwu hits the shot on top.
Okay, what does that force him to do?
They want to take that kill and shift away, see if you get the defense to move.
You're going to commit here thinking that you've softened up the defense.
There's still three more players here.
Two to monosies off, they've stacked this up with four.
So even that boss doesn't matter.
He's going right into the open.
Scott 1, give response in flames.
I don't think he ever thought they were committed to that rap play.
He wanted to go take the space that they were backing away from.
It's the time here for Vitality. Such limited time.
You've got to try and force Tessus out of here.
Carrigan from the site. The Danes looking to deliver together.
It's Carrigan first. Robb's dead.
Ten seconds. Simon Welle.
Killed for Inflames. Into the site.
Plant coming in just in a good time.
Does Modesty want to come for this retake?
You know he wants the AWP in his hands when he turns this corner
sees the smoke his heart is going to sink. No chance to grab a pick in this 1v2 so now
a decision to make.
He's got some money left in the bank but the same can't be said for his teammates. They
haven't pulled up as much as they would have liked but sometimes you need to make the play.
Sometimes you need to back yourself but the time is taking on a little bit too far now
from Odyssey to really truly do anything.
Yeah it's too early in the half to go for this and risk the weapon, risk the
economy as well so looking for an exit kill that's never going to come.
No modesty calls it all, backs away. Fourth round for Vitality.
A late response towards the A-palm site.
They trade their way in and regain the lead.
Yeah, looks really worrying for Vitality in the final few seconds
that having to deal with the player in pit, one still in the site as well.
And so much on Nico's shoulders as well.
This one, that mistake, that misread of the situation,
stepping forward into no man's land, taking options away from himself,
out in the open, traded off.
Tessus as well just extending himself, exposing himself to the AWP. He's going to be frustrated about that peek.
Yeah, it's a peek he wants back. He knew the time. He knew the pressure though, I think forced the move.
The situation and the circumstances.
The pressure is only going to continue to pile on deeper and deeper into this game. We get it, Saewoo!
Spots out, monosy! The construction of the boost is not good enough.
Yeah, trying to get a little cute in these last couple rounds. Falcons is and paying for it.
Karrigan under pressure, Kiyosuke gone, more pressure now for Karrigan.
The rotation for Niko is coming back over, the bomb is still all the way back on T-Stars.
They're going to send the forces back to get it.
Tessus tries to push forward, but you know you're going to have to deal with Rops on
that lurk, but dealing with him is a whole different problem than Rops has picked up
to kill.
So down to two players here for Falcons, should be absolutely no chance of them to
do anything.
Rops loves it when he's watching his team get two opening kills like that in the
because he knows it's gonna force the eight defenders to make a decision if they want to try and find him as a lurk
if they want to try and flank really quickly to bring it back.
Well he's not moving forward but Robs is still gonna maintain that position at the end of the hallway.
He's the release valve. Let's see how many players Vitality send into this B bomb site.
Four players are grouped up with 48 seconds. Are they committed or are they gonna scout it out a little bit first with Messi taking some spacing?
Oh, missed piece of utility, but, you know, this is the only chance.
The only chance we've got is to do something with this, but it's shot from the carry game.
It's got to be Nico.
It's gone through the smoke! He's got a second here, Nico!
Or they just bail out. They run away. They know, okay, 30 seconds. We've got enough time.
We know exactly where he is. Let's get back to that site and Robs is moved up and taken to position.
Okay, and he sees Robs cross, and now he doesn't want to mess with it whatsoever.
So back to the B bomb site. Nico's thinking this whole time.
Let me try and scavenge this AWP in the back of the site.
Zairu will let him have it, bomb goes down and Vitality is going to get up to 5-3 a 2 round advantage and they've taken the money away.
They've taken away the economy of this Falcons defense and if they find Niko down the stretch, because if you're Vitality you know he wants to pick up this up for Monacy in the late round.
round as I will the hunter just lies and wait Niko stepping forward ever closer
to the scope Niko trying to get away but Zaru denies even that money gone for
Falcons vitality in control up until this point Falcons has been able to buy
and contest and play back and reinvest in rounds have a couple saved
weapons. Now you're gonna have to sit around back with upgraded pistols and
that's it. You're gonna have to actually take the momentum away from that
vitality. Rip it out of their hands. It's a different task. So a conversation for
the next gun rounds and how they want to play this with pistols. 5-7s being
invested in. A little bit of utility for Falcons but a chance now for vitality
to really really grab control. So is the boost they want to get back to? They didn't assemble
it as clean as they would have liked, Monacee just popping up into the air inside. We were
ready to punish. A pressure and alleviated by rops. I think they called that kind of
a boost up for Monacee because in the previous two to three rounds Vitality had stayed out
of BNA early on. They were noticing not doing as much utility damage as they were
in the first three, four rounds of the half, so they wanted to take advantage
that say all right if you're gonna come slow pace we're gonna have this boost up
so modesty can pick one off but vitality change that pace catch him off guard same
with rops here with the aggressive piece and now it might force the hands of a
bee and it's go over the top no land right down on messy but you need
something out of this world from the D. E. Goliakia suitcase and the five
7 of Karrigan. Get a suitcase on. Karrigan's side of the smoke. Vitality's staying composed
in this situation, but most of these arrive to AK.
They are. Niko's down banana. You can't fall away. You have to stay committed. You either
go back and you fight and you get through Niko, or you go into that B bomb site and
they're challenging. They're forcing Niko down the stairs.
Well, this is a little bit awkward. How do you want to play this one? Flames has
gotten away and actually it's forced the defense to shift. That means I ruin
Mezzi they've got a two on one a really easy two on one against Karrigan's 5-7.
Flames is doing so much here. He's taking Niko away. He's pulled the two defenders
back over the A site and Vitality showing their class and how composed
to stay in this situation. It gets weird in banana. Flames is being as loud as
possible. He wants them he wants to sell this play towards the A bomb site.
He's on the balcony now. Can Flames get another? Monacee's
And he's gonna be caught. Flames has even got him.
And now they're coming back.
Okay, you've got Tessus. You've got one chance.
A single chance. Time is limited.
He doesn't bite first. Discipline on the trigger.
Tessus can't get two.
A real chance in that round for Falcons.
Almost pulled it together, but Flames, he found all the openings.
Found all the ways to get vitality out of a sticky situation.
Forces that defense to shift back.
forces everyone to lose information on the map, lose the understanding of where Vitality is headed.
Don't give him even a single chance here. Mezzi sits down in the pit. Zywu hasn't even revealed himself yet.
Just waiting inside the bomb site. And Mezzi is the one to step out with the kill.
A 6-3 lead for Team Vitality.
And a real sigh of relief for Vitality. That was looking very, very sketchy.
I don't think he expected the fight. He's just so fast to it.
But nobody else committed and now Modesty moving to the other side of the map is trying to do everything with the only rifle.
And they were just unsure of the pacing that Flames used and you could see the frustration now.
Valkans feel like they're getting beat all around the map.
Apex, taking heavy licks, sacred exchange of utility in banana.
He's going to force Apex back, he can't stick around, 19 HP.
Sequence in response.
Smoking is down, Karrigan holds his drone.
Might actually have to test over towards brackets at least a little bit
Flames gonna check out some utilities if they want control monocy and reputal Nico spotted it
He wants that fight. He saw open it was but didn't expect it
It's monocy to find ropes as the first kill usually such an elusive player in this on the map
But ropes has been caught
He takes his rounds to make some plays to go for something to go for an open to go for a challenge and this one
Monocy's just zoned in on his position. What's the response and vitality?
Can they find the answer three players up through banana going to challenge this defense again?
Karrigan and Kiyosuke no one's rotating yet
The first responder will be monosy
Smoke deployed at the right time
Step through shot lands flames down to 31
The bomb is coming back up through middle. It'll go
Oh my god! Flames is turned at the right time! Niko wants that one back. He wants that chance.
And look at the pressure it puts on these two players. I'm at 15 seconds.
Blastrophobic in the site, but they've got one chance. They're trying to lay.
Modesty, burning, broken, and test us instead. But just enough time to put this bomb down.
Okay, Keregan's coming on the flank. He's gonna wrap around through middle.
Kiyosuke is going to wait for the smoke to fade. You've got to handle this pit position from Apex.
No utility, no kits for the two CTs.
Apex keeps his head down.
Masi and Apex look at him being composed as Kiyosuke steps forward, creeping into the crosshairs of Apex, but he can't get the kill.
Oh, Kiyosuke's done it on his own!
The star of power on display today as Kiyosuke has won another round for the Falcons.
Yeah, we've been waiting for these moments for Kiyosuke to look like he's putting it together for map after map series after series, event to event.
First two times with Kerrigan, and it started looking better and better. In this quarter final series, he's an absolute monster.
A lovely shot from Flames, open it up, but what a save.
And a dangerous crawl along the wall into the bomb site handles the awkward peak.
were peak. Doubles up on that Nezzy. What timing he's found and what life he's given
Falcons as vitality called their first time out here on Inferno. Not wanting to let this
lead slip away right at the tail end of the half. Two rounds were made in this first half
of Inferno.
Round 11 and money in a precarious position for both sides.
Lose this and this last round is going to be a very difficult one to play without a whole
lot of weapons.
Zairu has his op and so does Modesty on the other side.
Grenade towards Kiyosuke.
Heartland in this series, in this quarterfinal.
Unleashes down banana, gets around the corner just in time.
Suke, really wanting this, really wanting this!
Getting both down banana!
Apex up next!
And you talk about this site, you say it's a weakness, Kiyosuke struggled on Inferno, but right now, he's their greatest strength!
Incredibly impactful double kill to start the round, but Niko and Keregen are gonna set up a stack.
Over here to stand back, turn the corners, Apex, he's got one, but Niko's done him better!
Yeah, Niko getting involved this time, and now it's just Rops, what the loan?
One versus three for Robs. We've been waiting for Robs moment.
There's the first clean headshot on the testes.
Blocked out inside of Banana.
We know how good he is in these situations, but how is he even close to this one?
Marci and Niko wait. Tucked right beside each other.
They move forward.
Oh! Okay, a dinge.
Monacy low, but 18 seconds. Robs can't get to it.
Yeah, I think that dick also sent the message too. Just back away.
Monacy checks up at the clock when he takes all that damage
and realizes there's no chance for him to scale up and end up.
They back off and it's going to be a loss for vitality.
This AK-47 on Robs is worth its weight.
It might be the only rifle they got moving forward.
Six to five as Valkyans come back into Inferno.
two rounds in a row right at the tail end of the half.
I think this game is a perfect example for the Falcons in terms of know your own weaknesses
because they have just bolstered this B-Bomb site defense to another level today
knowing that flightality are likely to try and punish towards the weaker of the two sites.
Kiyosuka has delivered some massive moments.
You've got Niko waiting on top of the sandbags
and you've forced flightality down to weak weapons
going into the last round of this first half.
Oh look at the attitude out of Niko as well pushing down middle scaling behind this smoke Nate comes through a dangerous decision
But it could have huge reward and he loses the fight. Yeah, Rob's able to get one through Kiyosuke again and nothing killed though
It's even numbers. Thanks to him. Our thing is Niko only spotted Rob's. There's no indication. What's coming flames is with them
Zairu following up and two through the hallway
They're not ready at all!
Tessus is gonna punish them!
Tessus picks up two!
And he's out of that, drops into the pit.
It's now Zywu and Mezzi.
And we are not seeing that globally dominant version of Vitality today.
This is Falkins rising to the occasion!
Six to six in this quarterfinal and they're one-map up already!
I'm not sure what to do with this.
I'll go back to the base.
I'll go back to the base.
I'll go back to the base.
I'll go back to the base.
From Austin to Budapest, you can call yourself back-to-back major champions if you're a Vitality.
But if they want to equal the record of that Astralis team, they've got to do it here again in Cologne.
Looking for the three-peat, but right now one map down and Falcons playing with some form. This could be the end of vitality
Yeah, that'd be vital. We knew this was gonna be their toughest test. We knew Falcons could step up
We weren't sure if they actually would but man, they're looking good today
11 kills of Kiyosuke one more time leading the scoreboard for Falcons. I'm honestly not far behind at 10
They're gonna switch over to the offensive side and we can see what they'll produce here on Inferno
Another half of Kerrigan's calling and Niko's gonna lead the way up banana. He's got monosy behind him, Tess is in support
14-7 half there from Zaiwuz. He now switches over to the CT side
Vitality hoping that the Talisman player can turn the tides
Niko and monosy the half all about to be unleashed. They're going silently into three defenders
This has been at a spawn vitality of set this up just perfectly apex flames and rops to defend a
Lot of sharp shooters after ready to try and cut this one short Falcons running in
Through they go rough surgical on the first head shot by blinded the responses are there for Falcons
They're into the site there over the top and I will imagine you're coming back with no hope
That second layer of utility is so effective just destroys rops when he's about to multi-kill and now a tough retake a near impossible retake
two versus four.
So I can pull off the barely believable, but he needs to do it again
He's missed out on his chance in that low HP player. The response is swift from Tess S and gone in the days
Apparently we're Falcons who can see the ridiculous ones. It's gonna be seven to six a great lock in for the pistol here early
That's now both pistols here on this second map for Falcons, and if you want to challenge,
if you want to cause an upset here on a map that's been your weakness, what a great first
step to take.
Double pistols giving you good starts in both halves.
And this one breaking through the stack of vitality.
An unexpected third player gets absolutely sidelined by a flashbang.
two MP9s, two 5-7s and a D-Golf for vitality.
Falcons are coming at the B-Bomb side, heavy.
Kerrigan will be at the front.
They've got the goal of top banana control for now.
The response is going to be there, some utility.
Pulled out of vitality's defenses.
Let's have a lot of it.
A great barrage of utility could be in store though for this Falcons attack.
Nade lands right at their feet.
Chunks, Q-sir, get down.
They're still gonna jump.
They're still gonna go through, but it's Messi's deagle.
Flames, Flames, Flames!
That's a nine at the round!
Apex is right down with their Nade!
And that is the round vitality so desperately needed.
Stone cold.
Stops them in their tracks.
Perfect for vitality.
Falcons try and break into the B-palm site. Headbutt the defense and just hope
brute force is gonna do it. But God are they executing in the chaos and the
defense of smokes, defensive utility. The five-sevenths come out on top, flames
comes out on top, and vitality right back in it. That advantage of both
Both pistols take it away immediately.
Unless you can respawn.
Carre going up from top mid.
Going to be handled by Zywoo.
Going in again, Zywoo's got two.
Just monosy left and he's trying to challenge.
Trying to give it a good go.
Tess says open up his chance.
Eagle in the meantime from Nico charming in.
climbing in. To see a world in which Falkens can get into this and with that kill from Robs
there really isn't the world in which they get into this.
Oh that's a big win for Minko.
Nice. Niko's found a chance. He's opened up the side. He's got his hands on an AK-47.
Only three HP though. What can he do with it? He's got to hold on as long as Monosy
travels over. Chucks the AK-47 to him because it's not worth it in his hands. And Vitality's
not 100% convinced it's coming back to this B-Pomb site but they're going to find
out soon enough three on two retake two kits plenty of utility and an HP
advantage a dreamlike duo encounter strike Nico and monosy because Deagle
storied in the majors Nico goes back into banana can't get it done turns again
realizing ross is keeping the pressure up goes out into the open so it's all
All on monosy
Rhymes himself he's ready
They're dropping like flies
Monosy's got both
Masi up next and the headshot will deny
That was so close to some monosy magic
But around for vitality none the less
You're lovin' that up your falcons though
You're lovin' around like that
Four kills, bomb plant as well
You've just decimated whatever cash vitality was able to build up
For so many repis, a tough loss that would have been a miraculous victory, but Messi's always been so, so reliable for Vitality.
Man, you're loving this. You got Zywil 17-9, Monacy 16-8 going head-to-head on opposite sides of the server.
It's Vitality at the moment in the lead, but Zywil just charging down, grabbing that opening kill on Nico.
Monacy has been given the AK, hoping for a miracle.
Kerrigan's got smoke flash, so you can block off either left or right side to allow Modesty to try and activate him.
Left side it is from Kerrigan.
Mezi and Zawoo, their lot of sight will be taken away, no more vision for the AWP.
So the defense readjust as information is taken away and now a flashbang is going to indicate
brackets controlled but that's all the resources that Falcons had in this round.
The bomb going to be positioning towards the apartments and attempted finish again towards
this A site.
And it's a fortress of defense with 15 Vitality.
We're gonna have to go contact, sneak up.
Zairu's the danger man, AWP from Library.
Looking to silence them.
Waiting for that cross yet to come.
There they are, out into the open.
And it's easy from Vitality.
Nine rounds getting into QNL in the second half.
They're gonna be very tough to break through this Vitality defense
without all the bells and whistles of smokes, flashes, molotovs.
A desperate attempt. Falcons down by two now.
Really wishing they had that hot start back, but Vitality took it away from him.
So Kerrigan now after the hero AK-47 in Montesey's hands last round,
he'll drop back to the tech nine to give rifles over to his stars.
It's going forward. Flames head spotted. Nico trying to challenge. Nico's got it!
A little bit too much from Flames, and Nico loves that. Yeah, very bold flight out of Flames.
Nico just rips his head off. However, rops is the next danger man.
Waiting a boiler. Hands crossed out, perfectly positioned.
Yasuke will step out to his death. Back turn to rops. His fatal mistake.
Great protocol as well. Flashbang towards middle to activate Robs to go for that kind of peek.
If Tessus was out in the open, he would have been dead.
And you still don't know where Zywu's AWP is on the map just yet.
Flash again, trying to activate Robs, but he eats a flashbang himself, so he has to back away.
Then Zywu chimes through. Karigan's tech 9 gone.
Masi now waits. Tessus to step in front of him. Shoulder shown.
Masi keeping the AK in hand. He knows he's got Zywu behind him.
So I move behind it. Yeah, and Tess has missed his battle. He misses timing on that so backs away
But oh my god vitality is just picking Falcons apart
No clean looks for Falcons in this round
And Rops is really making him pay 14 and 9
Quiet in the first half trying to find his impact trying to find plays
He could make from the T side but now on the CT side well and truly activated
No matter how hard you try to run around like this you just go nowhere. So just attempting this safe
And sitting back and finding some sanctuary at least the mercy of that will be given by tell you not gonna challenge
You're not gonna hunt them down
Three round losing bonus so Falcons are gonna get 2900 a little over 3,000 bucks for two of their players
So a decision to make if they want to force up around this get some pistols light armor
extra utility to try and get these AK-47s activated and in the mix.
Problem right now for Falcons is on the other side of the map you have Zywoo, 20 and 9.
And that AWP is starting to get mobile, starting to get confident, starting to maintain its presence on the map.
This is a 5 on 4 for vitality.
A 4v5 conversion.
He's just so consistent, Zai Wuta, you almost don't notice, and he's tormenting to this level.
20 kills, 9 deaths, just picking him up systematically.
Just casual multi-kills, round to round, such as Zai Wuta for play to end with 20.
That's a great kill from Apex, it's monosy removed, through the banana smoke.
and a number of great b-holes and Falcons in that first half.
Now we're getting to see the same amount of vitality.
Flames turns away.
A little bit too late, no way!
Max seems to right!
And it's definitely nice, he moves in, he crosses over,
and both defenders dead within a second!
Oh, Kerrigan's got a cross, much broken open.
Hurley makes it into the bomb site, bomb being planted.
Three versus four, retake, and I don't think vitality
want anything to do with it. The hero from Anubis, Kiyosuke now putting together another
phenomenal map.
It was sad heading into this map that even that star performance of Kiyosuke on Anubis
was not going to be enough. He's definitely testing the limits. But they need this too.
You can see some of the limitations of, I mean, senior Falcons. You can see them
kind of playing this tactical game and Vitality is going to be better at it. So you need
those individual multi-kills you need those plays those swings and he's got so
much confidence at the moment the desk wanted to see him unleashed here on
Inferno and hopefully this is just the beginning if you're a falcon spam
bringing Karrigan in sitting three and 13 at the moment but they've all
spoken about how important he's been to making in case you feel comfortable in
these big moments in these big games and since Karrigan's joined the team
We've just seen the potential we've been waiting for with Kiyosuke.
Just horrible timing as well for vitality on top of everything.
Just an absolutely beautiful double kill.
Round 19 has begun. Saewoo steps up to the plate, takes an angle in middle.
How do you respond? Niko going full of utility.
Descends to death thanks to flames.
Yeah, Kerrigan was chucking out flashes.
He was the one who called that play for Niko to pick up the pace, pick up the aggression,
and extinguish the Molotov and use that flashbang.
Not nearly as effective as he would have liked.
And now Falcons quickly fall back into an A-split.
Two players at the end of holes already.
Yeah, but that smoke's gonna break up
that crossfire between Zywin and Robs.
He leaves Robs alone for the time being.
Oh, Zywin doesn't take the shot!
Robs doesn't have his gun out!
Zywin's trying to make up for it.
Trying to deliver the difference again,
but he smoked out the utility lands,
and Falcons have got through to A.
And even with the man advantage,
Such a tough bomb site to retake.
Bomb going down.
Monosy up in halls, Tess is in pit,
and Kerrigan will maintain presence inside the bomb site.
And maybe tough.
Apex just got re-smoked as well.
A vitality have shown for two years straight
that they can pull anything off.
Time is ticking.
Monosy fighting.
Tess is waiting pit.
Smoke is up, he just moves to the side of it instead.
Monosy firing.
And the second out of his rifle, Slyward Flames doing their best!
But Monty's got the triple and forces them away!
Monty melts a massive defence of that bomb plant!
And he is hunting them down as well!
Flames goes down with a bomb!
They're damaged from Monty's enough!
And he's so fired up!
Falcons, nine rounds, one away from tying things up!
And look at the smiles from Falcons down the line as well.
First, the Kiyosuke double kill.
Now, Monastee's the man in the post-plant.
Up in holes, triple kill.
Shots it down before they can even begin.
And now you really do start to believe that you're Falcons.
Pressure cranked up a notch for vitality as they take their second time out.
They've got money in the bank, but it's dwindling.
The opportunities running low now is the funds disappearing.
Some really tough timing in these past two rounds between Zairu's off giving up the angle
just as they jump out, just as Robs is forced back like that.
Horrifying if you're Zairu and Robs.
Vitality are running out of chances in every sense.
Money on the line.
Their nature life on the line.
Nades down banana. Zai Wu about to take some as well. Trap it all towards the all-put.
Hulls again they want to test it. Test is in Kyosuke take control. Mezzy in flames.
On the left side of mid, Rob's moving up towards Balcony, Kiyosuke waiting for his moment.
A show of banana control from this offense and Monosin's going to activate these peeks and these fights.
Yeah, flash this go forward, have a little look around and there's the fight is short, but Kiyosuke's just going to take damage.
Here come the rest of the Falcons, under a minute left, Nikko, Nipsi, and steals away the opening.
But they don't know about mezi he could actually get aggressive here if you wanted to try and find a timing test
Is this looking for that peak as he doesn't budge
Don't know if there's no holding him and it's back to zi-woo who else but zi-woo you need him
Vitality desperately need him and this defense can't budge
They're so concerned about the presence towards a towards middle. Nobody wants to move just in case mezi
He's just now getting the information, but it's too late time after time. He has been their salvation once more
They require their standard so I will back in a way to assess dead
Zyber out again this time in this shot bomb is planted
Another retake, but they've got a fast flight from messy. They're not prepared here. It goes down
I great go from messy a paste goes through monocled fighting at all fronts
And the falcon's force cannot be stopped
We were all wondering after that North American stretch of vitality, that vacation stretch
they took, time off leading into the Major to prepare themselves to get some energy back.
Losing IEM Atlanta, getting eliminated there.
We all wondered if that was the bubble bursting, the veneer of Dominance slipping
away.
Look at the buy now for Team Vitality.
They're sitting on a Mag7 for Apex and M4 for Zywoo.
Fuckins, have them on the ropes.
But a team like this, you've got to put them away
when you have that opportunity.
Surely not, Apex.
We've seen it before.
What a dirty time to bring it out.
Falcon's staying poised. Not trying to speed things up. Not trying to win the game too early.
Confident in the way they've been playing.
A three-round stretch.
Hey, thanks guys for glory.
Nijo lands the headshot.
Robs ready. Rifle out.
Robs is dotted on the FV9.
Fighting on is on the way.
Robs got another!
Robs got another! Vitality not dead yet!
Kiyosuke made a play too soon, but how could you blame him with the game he's had?
Those are the kind of moves that have been winning you rounds. This time it backfires, and Rops is still gonna move on forward.
Except the opening though. Is that the opening they need? Rops has arrived.
Grenade, landing towards Tessus, a flash in his face. 30 seconds left, bomb dropped in mid.
And around we have weaker weapons. It's the strong right hand of Rops.
and delivers the reckoning to Falcons in this round.
He'll drop back into the site, playing this round, playing his life because they know you
can't slip up.
Yeah, Rops just reminded them that there's a whole slew of superstars on the Vitality
side as well who can turn rounds on their head.
An incredible triple kill.
Making sure Kyosuke can't find any openings, spamming one down through Smoke.
The desperate buy with Riko Weapons pans out for Vitality.
They regain the lead and they scavenge the bodies of Falcons in mid.
We've got two AKs coming into this and M4 carried over as well.
They've got enough money they can get a great buy.
So can Falcons. This is a fight down the stretch on Inferno in this quarterfinal.
Yeah well that round went for Vitality, gave him a buffer as well with money in the bank after picking up some AKs.
A perfect round to win. A must-needed round.
This right here from Rops is disgusting.
Even swinging through for one more carry than never expected it
Run it back again round 22
All the rounds of regulation required on a new base looking for the same here on in front of side will blind
Oh, as he wraps her dead!
Sky was in the open!
We'll save them!
Falco is running them down on the A site!
Fightality have to stay if they have to hide.
And Falcons not shying away from the occasion.
No, the balls on that call to go right back into the play where they had just gotten decimated.
Changing the timing, changing the pacing, and bringing the fight right back to Vitality's defense.
They've been assembling the greatest pieces in Counter-Strike that were available to them.
Falcons going out, grabbing Niko, the superstar signing, bringing over Monosy.
Then it was Kiyosuke, and then finally they brought together their final piece.
It was said they need one more superstar, just one more superstar.
They found a superstar IGL, 11 and 211.
And they want these weapons. They want them really bad.
Not gonna hunt down too much more. They have to keep some cash and some weapons in their hands as well.
So content to let the two rifles make it into round 23.
And here's where that buffer comes into play, this third time out.
Zaru brings the off out immediately. M4's replenished.
Let's not count the vitality out just yet.
Hasn't been a trophy without their name on it all year long.
But this is the one they wanted the most.
Four out of the last five rounds in the favor of Falcons, Garagans found rhythm.
Vitality. Have to dig deep and tap into that belief they have in one another.
They've pulled off crazier comebacks.
Honestly, and Zairu going blow for blow, matching each other with 22 kills.
Round 23 begins.
The last cannon for Zilu. He got flustered in that last round. Couldn't get comfortable, couldn't set his feet.
And now it's even more punishing if you miss an opportunity.
Zilu was looking for his opportunity down mid. He's going to be smoked out.
He's doing it again?
Oh no, no, no, surely not.
Okay, it's just a pause. Kiyosuke went for the challenge just to the side of the smoke.
I love the idea though, apply that pressure early, force out the counter utility.
And conjury.
The more you can force out now, the easier things will be down the stretch.
Niko tapping, trying to catch Apex.
Falcons moving into the site. It's Apex in flames there to defend it.
the rotation of Zywoo arriving and the bomb is still a long way off well Falcons
feels very committed here they've gone silent apex and Zywoo trading utility
they're coming through the smoke they're coming in right now this one's your
series point in the quarter finals waves that's what he needed the Dilla team
talk the heads are being chopped and he's looking for a limit more
Flames goes again, but Monosy responds.
Slylo, Slylo, Smoke, Niko, Dead, and Monosy again.
Lightning striking upon this cathedral,
and the bomb is planted.
Aru's got to back away, got to play it safe
with no armor for the moment.
There's no kits due to the low money.
Oh, look at Monosy.
He wants to win it right here.
Into the open.
It sets up.
Monosy just waits.
And there's the people in ZYWO!
He's made the difference!
Vitality banned, but do not break they are staying in this!
They reached map point first!
One chance.
One chance, one round is all it comes down to at the end.
And a third time out taken for Falcons.
A chance to breathe and talk things over, settle the nerves.
We're going to send once more into this final round.
That shot is so quick, no chance for Modesty to respond.
Every single round required again, falcons and vitality, an incredible quarterfinal,
greatness everywhere you look.
And they are going toe to toe in the home of Counter Strike.
You can see some of the philosophy in that last round.
Moving up in Anna, one of the bully into the B bomb site again, forcing utility out early.
They caught a really nice timing, but perhaps total vision towards CT spawn.
And now the final play call for Kerrigan and Zonic out of the time out.
Why will it lead them?
Everyone's got everything you can want.
So overtime, what does two?
Mades go forward up towards top middle.
A lot of bodies here.
They want to press this.
to come through this smoke and wrap it in the bomb site. Zairu, he's playing at the front of a
AWP in hand. Zairu shot connects. Karagin gone. Monasi respawns. Again, it's Zairu.
He is looking to be the difference. In this site, Mezzi makes his way out.
Zywul's still alive!
Monosy and Niko, the duo you want in this situation.
They don't have to speed this up, they can take their time.
Look at Flames, he's wrapping around from brackets as we speak.
Trying to keep the composure under a minute left.
Niko pauses, no one dare drift into the waiting cross.
Oh, no, Niko!
He's got Zywul!
Now he's in the pit.
It's Blanj's turn. Try to get the headshot.
Modesty and Niko aren't doing this, are they?
It's just Niko now.
Out he goes, but Apex will silence him!
Vitality will not be denied!
They still have their chance.
They draw blood on Inferno, and this series will settle on Dust2.
The Vitality fire still burns on Inferno, and we need Dust2 to decide who is going through
to the semis here in Cologne.
Another map that quite literally comes down to the wire, but Jacob, Charlotte, and Zairu
for showing up in some of those final moments and being such a difference maker once again
for Vitality.
Yeah, he stepped up when he was needed the most because he was needed in this game,
I think.
I could be a little bit better than a lot of us would have expected coming into Inferno.
I think we all sat back with the feeling that this was going to be a mismatch.
Janko set it up pretty well. There's been some issues for Falcons throughout the group states.
Some of those issues were still evident here, but some of the individuals heroic from Monizzi, from Kyusuke,
kept the game alive long enough for us to meet all 24 rounds.
But then as you said, Saibu having another great showing and truly stepping up in a game where the man on the screen right here,
Raps has been a little bit missing and maybe missed it a couple of times.
So it's still not vitality firing on all cylinders, but enough to keep the series alive. I mean vitality survived
That was one scrappy series. They had to win three
Pistol rounds, you know force buys half buys all sorts of things to get back into the game
Right because at the start it seemed like Yosuke was just going to do more of the same like he did on a new
This is that potentially
Falcons had a chance to close it out and ultimately exactly what we spoke about before the game
It happened in the game the B side abuse just happened and keep all happening and the buffer that it gave to vitality
Was actually enough for them to pull that CT side despite being extra scrappy. Yes
But all the all in all we have to acknowledge that their game plan coming into this was that beside and it works
But considering a split down the middle at the half
Is that not a little bit impressive of what Falcons have been able to bolster as some of those adaptations?
Because we knew that was going to be a target for vitality
The pressure would be maybe too strong of a complement, but getting six after being down
six-three, I think it was a really good effort for them, in the end they had their opportunities
even in the second half, a couple of small mistakes ended up costing them the map but
not the series.
Let's go back to that first half then, we've got round seven, what are we looking
at here?
Yeah, this was actually the first round that Vitality decided to end not on B side
and it starts with the crafty boost on Long, unfortunately Kazuki is up and he
He reveals himself and dies. As a B player, now the correct call is to just go back and
hit B. But look at the time and look at the bomb. It's stuck in apps. They cannot go for
a B split, they cannot go back, so they decide to commit to this A split or a wrap. And the
scrappy trades actually go in the Vitality's favor. It's really, really interesting how
they're still deciding to go into the stack willingly despite them knowing that
it is. And there's a pickover step from Tessus right there.
Yeah, I feel Tessus unfortunately is overplaying the scenario a little bit. You have Saaru
stuck on balcony with an AWP. Tessus, his position in pit is already known, 10 seconds left carrying
and getting a vital kill on the bomb side. All Tessus had to do in this scenario was wait for the
play from Saibu. He had to jump to Tessus. Tessus didn't have to come to Saibu. He overextends,
he gets punished, Falcons lose the round and that's how the Kugigrombles.
Stresses. I think it was just the problem with Falcons in that round for example,
It was a five before you know, and then Kiyosuke started shooting through that
then Eko maybe feels pressure about that mid to B or doesn't want to let it go
So then he is walking out taking a one-on-one fight like that sort of things that Falcons want to avoid but
Coming into this map, I know they I think they knew they were a little bit outmatch
Obviously feel like you have your chances, but the fact that you were able to push vitality all the way
I think is admirable considering 100% you know the equalize and when we come into the first round of that second
was it the pistol they managed to convert but how do I tell you respond instantly
that's the issue right because we can start to paint a picture of Falcons
maybe losing grasp of the game I think in this position you know you're about to
win potentially the game if you can convert this one and then force Vitality
into a save they walk into a stack here unfortunately there's still a minute
and five seconds left to the round and I would have loved for Karrigan to
maybe call it off or find another timing unfortunately they run into a
predetermined stack from Vitality nothing really goes their way and it's
Just to showcase, you know, in a round like this, yes, it seems silly that you only get one kill
and you're going up against a bit of a weak force buy.
To me, that was the only calling mistake I saw in the second half from Kerrigan.
I feel like I would have waited a little bit.
He walked into it blindly.
There was plenty of time to fall back and maybe do a different version of it.
I know you invested utility into it and then you'd be maybe a little bit worse off in the second layer,
so to speak, but this was a big gamble and it didn't pay off for fuckers.
And the problem is you just call yourself into a corner, right?
With something like this and sending all five players there.
So you have no information what's going on on the other side of the map if you do get the block
It's hard to abort because you have to go back into the unknown
You didn't put any pressure towards a so the a guys will have their smokes like it's a tricky round
And you only do it because you saw something in prep where it's like
They're never 3b which also sounds kind of crazy because it's inferno
right so these are the ones that sting they had one against legacy on mirage in the CAC final right so
So yeah, when it goes wrong, it looks horribly wrong and in the end it might be just what made
the difference on this map.
And coming from Kerrigan, this was another stinker in the form of T-Side that he had either
0 or 1 kills.
I think it happened like 6 times this Major already.
Sure, individual form is something we've brought up already numerous times.
I don't want to repeat it again.
The calling wise, it was alright and actually it's surprising that they pushed it so
far into 11-13 loss despite Kerrigan again not showing up on T-Side.
Is there a stand-up moment towards the tail end, Jacob, for your money, that kind of displayed from Vitality?
Yeah, I feel around 21 is where it could have gone a different way again.
Another round for Vitality, Niko finds the opening, you think to yourself, great.
Look at the buy here, it's 10-10, it's Falcons getting into a good position.
We get the point of view from Rup's first kill is nice, second maybe a little bit lucky,
but that's where Rup stepped up massively.
I called him out to have been a bit absent from this game, but he came alive very much in round 21.
Any single hand we would have MP9 in a round where you have two Deagleys, two pistols,
broad vitality back to life. And I think we painted the picture pretty clear already for the viewer at home.
We pointed out three rounds where we all agree Falcons probably should have converted, should have won,
yet the game was still 13-11, so this was definitely within reach for Falcons.
They could have won this series, they could have closed out the game.
Unfortunately, they didn't capitalise on the moments they had.
There's three different rounds where Falcons are in a 5-4 and Kyosuke just dies from that point on, right?
and he had a okay game and we talked about it in banana he was aggressive you like to see that
and it's better to have him play loose and make some mistakes rather than him to feel like oh he
can't go for any sort of a move because you don't want to be the reason why you lose the round
right it's just that once you have these advantages and then like oh is there really needed to
keep pushing there considering the buy for vitality is when it looks a little bit bad. I was
was just looking at the rating disparity between halves for Kiyosuke as well. I mean past with
pretty much flying cars on that CT side of things, but you're totally right, the T side
was where he really felt short in a lot of those moments.
And that's what we just don't want to see in Falcons game overall. Like, we've highlighted
it on Anubis. This is where he was making plays. He was a dissipating place and he
was there to punish everyone here on Inferno. Kind of like, you know, non-factor.
Should we take a little bit of a zoom out because this is a huge game with, you
Magnificent consequences for each side of the equation.
Who is the pressure more on right now in your opinion, Janko?
I think still on Vitality and it shows, obviously for Falcons,
it's such that you felt that you could have wanted 2-0,
right now it's going to go to a third, but we said that this is the best map
to be the decider for these two teams.
Vitality may be the best team ever on Dust2 and for Falcons early on,
this has been the map where they had the most success
and looking at their players, it definitely suits them, right?
and for me the player to watch is gonna be Zaivu because in those losses that
they've had in the group stages like he was looking a little bit out of sorts
in some moments getting caught off guard in in some pretty straightforward
rounds playing too aggressive and his team already had an advantage and we
saw it on the CT side he was great on T side Inferno CT side a couple of
misses a couple of times many caught off guard so he needs to be locked in
for vitality on this decision. That's where it gets interesting right because
on the opposite side you have Manasi and Manasi had a great great
showing here on Inferno as well. Mainly with the rifle to be completely honest, found an awful lot of impact.
Kep Falcons alive in rounds where they shouldn't have been alive and really did a good job to make the game competitive.
Heading into Dust 2, we know Monizy is an aggressive op-type. We know he likes to re-aggress in the middle of the round.
CT side, you see him push up Catwalk. If he senses the timing of there's not enough pressure being applied by Vitality,
certain areas of the map he will try to gain that gap and it's also one of the maps where I feel like,
sure you have an op duel, you have Sairu going up against Manasi, it's not often the duels are
between the opos right, it's the op going up against the rifle, however on Dust2 you have more on the
head to head duels which whoever plays them best whoever gets the most out of them could be a massive
win condition for the respective team. At the scope out a little bit, since the creation of
this lineup for Vitality they are what like 53 wins, 7 losses and in the end those losses came
not long ago honestly and actually back to back losses so they're not untouchable despite
these stats and I honestly think this is a great handshake for a decider between a match like this.
I think you'll see though we have this discussion, Rob Snico, greatest right flora and all that.
One of the reasons why Niko has been good on Inferno is he has an active role. He's back in
Banana, he's the point man there. I think this is where you will see struggles from him on the
T side, right? In that upper B area just sometimes like left without much to do being
outside of the action unless his team creates an opening and on the other side Rob's was
who's played it all his life and sort of knows the ins and outs of that position.
So keep an eye out for that.
Considering just the pure magnitude of this moment as well,
I want to get some predictions up here.
Who are you guys signing with?
Janko first of all, who are you going with?
I think Vitality was there for the taking on Inferno.
I think they'll get some renewed confidence after that map
and I think they win with experience.
Psy of relief for Vitality, I'm going to give it to them
and I'm thinking the Psyder will be theirs.
I think I've seen enough from Vitality throughout this tournament.
And yes, group stage was not looking pretty.
These two games here has not been looking pretty.
I am smelling a bit of an upset here.
I'm going with Falcons.
They're going to own it out.
Well, another three, my prefer awaits us as a clock.
Almost strikes midnight here in the Langsess.
It's dust two to decide who survives here in the Cathedral between Falcons and Vitality.
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I went to Culling Major, lost in semi against Neep where they win the event, we should have won that event.
The best event for the individual, I was actually insane.
Then same Titan coming, okay.
We want you to start a race by two,
playing with existence again.
The beginning starts really well,
but quickly gets backbanned before 2014 Dreamhack Major,
one of the two majors I missed.
We pick up APK, it's going okay.
We lose, I think, three finals in a row, and then same.
And yes, and then basically we want you
to replace Shox.
It's still doing well for us and we're pretty sure that we can win the Major together.
We lost the current 2015 final first, that 14-7 lead, Crims 1v3 from Carthage.
There's the flash, that's going to catch Crims out, they're going to push off through.
MVP can't get through, but Crims for the straight-out, Stinker!
5,000, the triple!
A fantastic adult done yet!
Can you believe it?
I remember that like it was yesterday, but then we ended up winning Cluj after her.
So, I was okay.
Father, the time has come. I must finally confess.
Yes.
Kunnestrak isn't for me anymore, like, first on the darker of any game.
Like, he's really clear for me.
I'd rather play CS. Never liked it in first place.
Like, I just can't help being cracked.
Hmm. I don't care who's number one.
This good conversation, I couldn't tell us.
Confess.
I'm confessing, father.
I'm just... I'm just a chega.
This conversation is confidential.
Confidential?
You are saying like nothing is living this way?
I'm the best way to touch this game.
I'm sick of living a lie.
This thing I can't just divide my hours.
It's keeping one way before the other camera.
of the camera. Oh, to keep up. Fucking persona. I don't need to enemy. Countless MVP. Two Grand Slam.
Three major. Simple one's only major and Grand Final in its arm and neck and jacks.
My first major was against crime generation. And that was after beating like crime into the
Anyway, he had electric and perfect to add a bit, bit, blade, look at this shit I'm working with.
I'm playing with a washed face player, a fucking British player, HD entry, HD ingame leader.
All top off, he's a fucking pulled forward coach.
Jesus.
Yeah?
And just when one good contenter disappears,
and I maybe can find me peace,
this new kid comes along.
I know the feeling.
And this kid is escorted around the server
by the secret service.
She went to treat Sanje's like, come on.
Treat Sanje's, you know.
Still, they're good players.
The other players, spirit without him, they are still perfect.
Attractive without him?
Very different.
And why?
You know why?
You say it.
You say it.
Because I'm the fucking goat.
Finally.
Feels good, doesn't it?
I'm probably...
Now, if you truly believe it,
go out there and say it.
Last things are, with this 2026 form,
surely you've put the goat conversation to bed?
Yeah, to beds.
I'm gonna head to bed, chilling, let the chimp rap,
playing another game, like you know me, like...
Yeah.
Just a fucking bitch.
What a day of Counter-Shrike we've had!
Here in Cologne, inside of this cathedral, the quarterfinals are delivering on every front, and this is going to be a historical day.
History is exactly what both of these teams are trying to create, trying to make for themselves.
Vitality have already got so much greatness within their ranks, but they're looking to try and push it further so that nobody can even think about touching it.
The side of Falcons, we're looking at Nico, still trying to win his first major trophy that brought Karakin into the team to try and make that possible.
possible. I just think there's so many great players on the server today, so much potential,
so much skill. The why for this third map, why don't we just let the Counter-Strike do the talking?
Let's let the Counter-Strike tell the story. As we get into the third and final map of this
quarterfinal, Valkyrie versus Vitality, the dust settles here on map three.
And this might be the coming out party for Kiyosuke, who's had a phenomenal quarterfinal
series so far. Modestly stepping up in that previous map. Zai Wu stepping up in that previous
map. Neither team letting this go. Fighting to the very end. Falcon starting on the T side
of Dust2 attacking into this vitality defense. And we are underway to decide who moves onto
the semi-finals to face off against Spirit.
It's 11 on both maps
Feels like this is just getting to a boiling point now as we had in the pistol of map three
I'll concede my three players in the tunnels smoke get a good out towards Xbox
Another salvo of utility on the back of tests as well
This smoke just covering the progression of Kiyosuke and Monosie and Roller, Niko towards middle.
Still another smoke Molotov and Flashbang to place for Falcon's attack.
And for Vitality, moving their pieces on the board over towards Short.
A mid-round piece of aggression.
Flash goes in, so does Zywu.
Trying to get in behind the defences here. Pressure could be put on Robs.
It was out for the peek. Can't connect it. Zywu actually slipped in secretly.
Be very close to the whereabouts of the T's gonna be modesty and test sets with the first two kills
The great opening here for Falcons. Let's surprise to see them continue that piece of aggression
It was very telegraphed of their flashbang mess
He's got a deliver on this swings out one two
Going for a little bit more drops off, but he's found vitality at three versus three as close Falcons to consider their options
And Kiyosuke again another bit of pistol impact today
It's Rob Steads. He tries to cross out and look at this from apex just storming forward trying to put pressure on the
young man. He's gonna handle it and not put himself in harm's way. Oh, I'm trying to make
it in. The Mezzyman or Merriman rather has landed the headshot. He's got a great kill
on that cross. Three so far, but he's finally dead. They put him in the crown. That's it.
Gonna end up as a Falcons pistol win. They're just so good on pistols today. Yeah, nasty
shooting with the pistols from Kyosuke. These are some lovely shots. I love the
play from Apex as well. Coming through that smokey nose. If that smoke pops and
they're stuck behind it no chance vitality have to win the pistol has to
make the desperate move almost almost able to claw it back with that peach
one to nothing for falcons vitality buying again it's gonna be Zairu out
with the M4 pistols around him and we know Robbs can do with the MP9 we've
seen that over on Inferno gonna try for it again
Smoke crossed out towards the double doors and we'll see how it can start to move forward.
I want to see how efficient this T side is going to be and towards the end of Inferno it felt like we started to see some of that inexperience and the lack of time that this roster has had with Kerrigan at the helm, the 61 days alone that they've been able to work with.
It felt like some ideas ran out towards the later stages of Inferno, but now they get a fresh slate, a clean slate on Dust 2.
Short control now, you have flames over and pit, Apex at the rail, at this A bomb site
gonna try and delay things, but with the cover of smoke Kiyosuke moves out, Apex never spotted
it.
Oh, he's gone very deep hasn't he, Kiyosuke looking to be the playmaker.
Apex is gonna be revealed, a surprise, Kiyosuke is way closer than you anticipated.
Grenade's gonna land towards him some responses from Vitality and that's
actually gonna pull him back. Yeah he found the fight he wanted missed the
opportunity so they feel like there's gonna be a rotation of shit but they're
a little bit off on that. Three defenders at this people home site oh this is
exactly what Vitality wants. Trying to get right through his knee-coast, stopping
Messi, trying to break him apart, but inside we're delivering two of the back
platform drops up next. And he's done well with an MP9, he'll retreat into the
tunnels, he'll play his life. Oh yeah and it's actually two isolated
individual players for Falcons here so they need to deliver here can't get the
first so it's got to be Carrigan not exactly known for his clutches but
certainly known for making the big plays the big moments causing the bullshit
we've got him hiding behind the box
Galeel's down next and he nearly does it. Damn close through Carrigan. The Rapex comes in
sweeps him away and that's gonna allow the scoreline to be tied up. Yeah the
pistols might be great for Falcons but now we've seen two second rounds
failed to convert had it in the second half of inferno as well disrupting the
hot start that falcons was hoping to get under way lovely reputo lovely response
great read and a great stack with the m4 in the back of the bomb site
Falcons on the back foot immediately they have the opportunity
Karrigan is 3800 he can drop an AK and have a hero AK just like the last map
but this time maybe wanted to get the AWP out in the next play round as well.
Passed that over to Modesty, so we're gonna sit back with blocks.
Okay, we're gonna go around the corner and expected death.
From Mezzy, sent out to his carrier.
Now stalled out over in the middle behind this smoke.
And that next round by from Falcon's gonna be very strong. Have to imagine Karrigan's dropping that up over immediately from Monacy.
He was a beast on Inferno in that loss.
Get him started early with the AWP. See what he can provide you.
And Falcud's make their last move into their death.
Drops, back of the bomb site, dinged up a little bit of pressure, but nothing he can't handle.
Mezzi here with him.
Another bomb plant at the very least for Falcunds, and that's a win.
Get the extra cash coming out.
I want to see you get it back away. Maybe we can get a little bit more out of this M4.
Yeah, this M4 now provides the opportunity for economic damage, so what are two more kills, and Falcons is laughing all the way into round four.
But surely not the round to win, right? This surely shouldn't lead to victory, Monacy's gonna give it a go.
He's got the first, needs a second, gets the dink out towards the door, but good work from the side, we're cleaning up Monacy and getting back into this retake.
Yeah, there might have been a world where the side was low HP, but just the Glock on the other player never able to recover another weapon.
and as he always played outside of the bomb site.
So only one rifle salvageable.
And now we get into that first gun rounds.
Two to one in the favor of vitality.
AK's being picked up for Falcon's attack.
They've got long spawns if they wanna take them.
But at least this time they don't.
Yeah, monosy, it's bottom of the cross.
Only seen one.
went down, going to a scope for now.
They're going to go for it.
The tunnels are going to go for that early fight.
Kyosuke, winzig.
Oh, that's really nice.
And being prepared for that, heads up.
That's a very late piece of aggression.
Try to catch him off guard.
And Nico always got the next.
Watch two kills.
Fall in favor of Falcons.
There's another one.
Want to see where the wall bang.
Apex dead.
Left side of the doors.
Yeah, Vitality might have had a preconceived timing
that they wanted the pounce upon a trap to set up.
And the game plan, at least in this round, doesn't pan out.
Modesty can be patient.
Spots to the head, falls prey to Zairu.
And now he's got access to the AWP on the ground.
I don't even think Vitality is necessarily going to want to fight for this too much.
But being able to pick up a free AWP and a round like this
is really nice if Zairu falls back into it.
Karid didn't just call at the time to come up along.
He's actually got a backstab up here.
Could be taking everything away, but Zairu's going to turn at the right time.
internal clock catch in the opportunity so Carrigan gone, AWP recovered here for Zywoo.
That's actually a huge steal from Vitality and I know it's a loss but I think you're gonna be pretty
pleased with how this all panned out even taking the L here and letting the scoreboard even up.
You know Falcons has wasted the cash the money on the AWP you get it for free and you get it
in the hands of your best player of the greatest player of all time. A dangerous weapon for
I will on the CT side. Falcons typing up. I feel it's just like the early stages of
this third map in the quarterfinals. It feels like we're going to get an absolute
farm burner down the stretch hey like this we've made it past midnight are you
with us that's what I'm talking about baby map three underway semi-finals on
the line and Falcons making vitality sweat in this series
They're gonna go in behind Kiyosuke, you gotta take some short control, you've got Karrigan down to 10 HP.
This man going fully through the smoke from Mezzy.
Niko, confidently, parrying down into that B site, see if he can catch any of the CTs in the open, but no one dare walk forward, no one challenging.
Yeah, but lurk smoke is going to apply a little bit of pressure.
Mezzi and Rops now a little bit on notice, especially with the mid to B smoke up and in place at the moment.
Falcon's not making the move just yet, controlling the middle of the map.
A default spread for Vitality's defense.
Flames as I ruin Apex to defend this A-Bomb site.
And Kerrigan with that low HP will turn into a late long lurk.
Under 45 seconds, utility goes to the sky, Apex casts a side and Zywou steps me up in
his stead.
He can't connect the shot.
They start moving in and Zywou starts moving back.
30 seconds left in the round as they take over the bomb site, so I was worried about
the long play.
Yeah, but with him still alive and back in the way, Kerrigan knows not to make
his move.
Until there's some kind of pressure on the retake, no need for Kerrigan to
do anything at all. Lies in wait. So tantalizing if you're Falcons to try and take these guns
out of their hands. So I was trying to pull Karagin into the peak. His discipline will
stand. He does not move. He does not bite. And Karagin looking in the wrong direction.
He's going to be flanged to walk in and remove him, but the round will fall in
in favor of the Falcons, they will retreat, they will try to get away.
We're obviously going to try to hunt down a couple of kills on the exit here.
We're going to test that because that will be it.
Falcons are taking the lead here on Dust2.
At this stage of the map as well, Vitality's happy to give up rounds like that.
Timeout called. Four players alive. Four players keep their weapons in hand if you're Vitality.
So plenty of money and plenty of resources to fight back with as they talk things over.
Kiyosuke again, the initiator for Falcon, stepping through the smoke on short,
finding Apex in the open.
We've seen some of the early game plan of Vitality not play out,
the late pounce in middle, that trap set up, with the delayed strike towards lower tunnels.
Now this play Apex out in the open, smoke broken, and he's took no chance whatsoever,
missed shots from Zairu as well.
So it's time out, I think, more to calm down the vitality side.
Just to let them settle into this third map, assure them that there's no cause for panic.
Policy blocked by flames early on.
Smoke could go down as well.
This team mate's assisting with the breakage.
the smoke itself, but not going to reveal a kill, not going to reveal a chance.
They're so back into the depot.
QSRK playing the smoke-faded mid, he stepped in front of the double doors onto the CT side.
Smoke broken, he sees nobody home, a clever way to clear mid, and now he's got a great piece of map control
to cut off the middle of the map, cut off this defense from shifting from bomb site to bomb site.
All that's left now with him in this position is for Kerrigan to pick where they want to apply the pressure.
Hawkins move through the mid smoke.
All through the double doors.
Nade towards Karrigan.
Zaihu ready.
AWP, look at the stop in.
See the rifle taking first contact.
Not even having to reveal Zaihu, but there's the grenade.
It's hunted out Karrigan.
It's the final play now for Falcons towards this B-Bomb site.
The setup designed to deal with this.
There's Rops and Mezzi by Kiyosuke.
It's found the key to open up this bomb site.
Mezzi threw what he can, but it's not enough.
Niko has stopped him.
and the bomb plant will be coming through to this B-bomb site, it's vitality shift over the retake attempt.
And Falcons would love to take all these weapons away, are you going to give them the chance to do it with the retake here?
They want to go see if they can find anything, flush Niko out into the open.
That's the only utility they've got, that's all they've got, and they do trade out on Niko.
But if you want to go for this, you've got to send in Zyra's AWP, and Flames is AK.
You've got to risk losing them.
Testa, it's dead! It's got to be Monosy!
He's looking for it, but Zairu's response comes through, gets that defuse, and it's the Zairu difference that gives Vitality the tie game.
Perfect coordination, perfect timing on that peek from Zairu. As soon as his teammate falls, Modesty's quick and he's got no chance to back away.
They do just enough a critical trade on Niko inside the flames, but this right
here shot taken and Tairu's prepared.
Vitality with that win gonna continue fighting on M4s back in their hands.
It's Falcons whose money is at the breaking point in round seven.
Not bad yet though, they've got a Mat-Tenaga to go real sure. Those are the weaknesses, but at least you've got the AKs in the hands of the players you want them in.
It's a very scary roundup from Falcons walking out middle, walking up to the B bomb site on
a split.
It happens so rarely.
And now Vitality, they're going to be nervous about that round after round.
So the resources they've committed now to watch through those mid-goers, 2 players that,
Mezi and Zywu.
Oh, they're just going to go into the B bomb site with bodies, with numbers attacking
into rops.
Mezi and Zywu playing outside the site, so the reaction, the support is going
to be there quickly.
Falcons desperately need a knockout punch.
opening kills you to go their way efficiently.
Mezzy, trying to get up on top of the boxes just in time.
Here they come, utility.
Charging in, the Falcons moving forward.
Mezzy clips their wings, straight away.
It's Karagin dead.
Rob steps out just the one, but it's Mezzy from the back of the car.
He can't get a follow-up.
So Zywool to step out.
Smoke broken.
And Zywool held at bay at the window for now.
That smoke goes too deep.
Zywoo is close enough.
He doesn't want to step forward just yet.
He's waiting for his teammates to get closer.
Thanks to Bullet, but not a lot of damage.
Flash.
Smokes sent forward, trying to block them out in Vitality this time.
Starting to back away, they're waiting.
It's not going to get in position.
Yeah, this is all on the flank from Apex, but now actually he's smoked off as well.
There might not be an avenue in, but if Modesty goes down here,
Maybe vitality come in real real late in the bomb timers. I ruin flames take it back. They've already conceded. They've already called it off
See it's gonna charge so it's a thanks try to flee the scene as that bomb goes off
But in the end Falcons getting through it at the B site is a very tough
Everyone's gonna go down money is in a terrible situation
Vitality even in round losses able to preserve the weapons they're fighting with
If Falcons are never able to get that knockout blow that lets them get a grip on this map,
vitality being very, very smart with their economy and their decision making in these post-plats.
It's all like we're going to try and cool things down and Falcons haven't bought anything just yet.
We're going to figure out what they can even piece together.
It's going to be AK coming out on Niko and Monacy.
Time for Karrigan.
scripting together what they can. Trying to build this lead up. It's just so difficult
every single time you play. Zaewoo has an AWP. Haven't been able to take it away from
him yet. Really nice work trading into these bomb sites. First two players go down, but
Niko and Kyosuke just there for the trades each and every time. Lovely work. A single
round lead for Falcons. Money decimated for both sides, right on the edge. But if you're
vitality, at least you're keeping the AWP away from monosy for as long as possible.
Zairu without unrivaled match on the other side, Karrigan climbing up on the Xbox, headshows,
instant kill from Apex, and they retreat, they take advantage, then the reaction, Niko jumping out of the long doors right into Mezi.
He saw them doubled up on Cat and that might be a signal that there's no long defense, that he could actually gain a little bit of space there,
and boy was he wrong. No chance whatsoever in all of a sudden, Falcons in a critical round when money is on the line,
You know the two-man deficit, but that's thinned out to just one.
Yeah, Kiyosuke moves forward, so I will cut apart the look.
They've isolated Robs.
He's on his own.
He's only got an MP9.
If they come at this B bomb site, what can Robs actually do?
And how long is Apex just going to sit behind the smoke?
Is he going to try and make a crazy play?
Will you clear out the back of the bomb site?
Can Robs keep his cool?
He's under pressure.
MP9, he tries to challenge, but Tessess has gotten rid of him.
Kiyosuke now looks down towards mid.
Oh, and he's made his decision. You can't change it from here.
He's committed to this.
J.S.Surkey stands and fights, but it's just the one.
The retake required on Vitality.
Once again, utility there for Falcons. They hold them back.
They hold them at the door.
A monocie.
Ready to make a play. We can all...
A door! It goes to the window!
Apex is caught!
Flangers up next!
There's the Tweedle, Mama Siba, Tessa has his back.
Finally, they've worked so hard for that.
They finally take all the money away from Vitality.
All the weapons ripped out of their hands.
And Vitality's gonna have to sit back and save
a very tough economic battle for eight rounds straight
and Falcons come out on top.
And it's this guy once again, Kiyosuke.
What a beastly performance he's having.
So much impact today. Absolutely brilliant.
Every single map, he has bailed this team out of tough situations.
And his performance has not slowed down as the night has gone deeper.
We can finally believe the hype.
Apex, walk it up towards top middle.
Has a little peek into the lower tunnels, isn't going to come away with anything.
Alright, this time Niko gets out long safely.
Could be some map control, especially if you know you're in an anti-eco.
The bomb on Montesey's back now joining up over towards Long as well.
Kiyosuke, excuse me, bringing up the flank.
And Kara again executing a small fake towards the B bomb site to make him nervous to keep
as many players parked here as possible.
They're ready to come out Long.
The pack of Falcons start to make their way forward.
It's already flying over towards the car, limiting the positions here of vitality, but no one's in any of those spots.
They're all rotating over now, strengthening numbers with the weaker guns.
They've got one counter flash on flames that chuck through the smoke if they want to aggress here,
but they're going to rely on Apex to find a headshot.
They're going to rely upon a miracle.
The ropster's deagle has chimed in.
Anything else? Anything else at all?
That's a nice Apex. Moving up.
It's the flank of Carrigan, the M10, nips him behind Zairu.
Now it's just Robs with that deak.
He'll climb up short to take down his former in-game leader,
but he's actually taking it to Gush on board and Robs has finished off with a grenade.
Carrigan hunts him down, finishes off the kill,
and Falcons delivering a very solid star on this T side.
Oh yeah, they're doing absolutely lovely work.
Five of the last six in their favor.
They've found bomb plants in six rounds so far and there's half.
They have access to these sites.
Very very efficient Falcots is being right now.
Around 10, and this time by Talot they re-enter this defense with weapons, but the AWP is missing.
They had it so much in the early stages, now they've got to play without...
And Monosy gets to play with his.
And he's looking to try and dominate the long corner.
Flames, we'll get the information, that's what the AWP is.
Saibou moves forward, tried to nip it in towards me, but he doesn't support anything.
He realizes he can't stay there, so he backs off.
Mid control there for Falcons.
Deep for Kiyosuke, denied by Robs off the back of the platform.
This fight he was looking for might regret it a little bit right now.
Double dink from Robs.
There's four CTs on the map without head armor.
Kerrigans, Mk10 can chew them up.
It's meant to be splurts, splits have been dangerous.
Oh, Messi, waited with the right ball.
Carragans, Mac-10 stood no chance.
Messi could have been backtracking.
Sending utility out towards the tunnels.
I don't know, a minute left on the clock.
What does the bomb decide to go?
I mean, you're in a 3-V-5.
How do you figure this one out for your Falcons?
Feels like a round where Carragan gave the individuals
a lot of room in this round to make a play,
to try and create an opportunity.
And all of them fell by the wayside.
The peak from Kyosuke, Carragan stepping up next
with his Mac-10.
Can they find another recovery in a deficit situation?
Modesty leading the way with the AWP.
It would be ridiculous if they could pull this off.
Now, under 30 seconds left, two players entrenched in that B bomb site.
Smoke is going to go down for this cross.
Apex tries to heat things up and he goes dead through the smoke.
15 seconds left.
I don't even think you have time, even if you go for it.
You got too many defenders you gotta go through, so they'll just save these weapons.
Now who's gonna start coming for a hunt?
Once a try and find that AWP down the stretch, tests it off to his left, shuts it down.
Well, they just plant their feet in short and look to hold onto the weapons, but
oh my god, test this.
No, it's over, he dies.
He's got $3,000 at least left over.
Didn't really need that.
A two-round lead now, though, and Vitality call another time out there, second.
where X-Tas wants them to fire up right at the tail end of the half,
scrimped together these last two even things out yet again as they switch sides.
Yes we have that conversation of your vitality, you've been here so many times.
Dust two has been your home ground.
So many times but I can't imagine they feel like they're playing like it's been all those other
times. Falcons have really put into a test and really knocked them off through a game.
A scrappy affair. None of these maps ever getting blown out.
It would be a real testament to the greatness of Vitality though if they are able to prevail in the series today
with all those caveats here saying they aren't playing the best counter-extraite, seeing them look pretty weak at earlier stages in the
competition and still getting through falcons. Oh, Monticey making an aggressive move.
Apex is lost, dazed and confused. Montice's got the opener.
Trying to cross late just never expected Montice to have that angle that fast.
A little bit deeper, giving him a new look to the right side of the doors.
Beautiful shot, beautiful play, and a man advantage for Falcons in a critical round.
I'm respecting the smoke for the time being here Falcons at long, but it's fading soon.
Flames is aware of that.
We replenish with some fiery utility of his own.
No sound cue whatsoever.
Flames has no idea what's coming around that corner, but he prepares himself,
himself, sets himself against the wall, calls Zywoo over to the corner. Now they know.
And Zywoo look at the defend with him, but he pulls the initial attention. He sets up flames.
Can he make the most of it? You better believe he can. The first is good.
The Zywoo got taken down, and then flames gets caught on a jump. An awkward situation.
Exchange of kills, but it falls in favor of Falcons. 53 seconds left. Look at the HP though.
Monacy's gonna have to be involved. At the moment he's playing middle. He's cutting up the
rotation. He's not letting Rops get involved in this round whatsoever.
But he gives that up to start bringing his forces AWP over to the A-Bomb site.
With Tessus and Kyosuke this low, he's got to have some influence with this AWP, be prepared
to pounce at any moment.
And Mezzi has got to be a bastion of defense, but it turns the wrong way, had to worry
about the ramp.
The footsteps, the footsteps, sold him.
And now Robs drifting over through the mid-doors, it doesn't seem winnable.
It doesn't seem like there's even a chance for this at all.
He's so far away from the action.
And further still he goes.
And Falcons is playing an absolutely phenomenal T-side
at the moment.
They are running Vitality ragged on this map.
They've had success at both bomb sites.
They've had success coming out middle
and splitting the B bomb site, coming up short.
Now long.
There are a lot of problems that Vitality
have had to solve in this half.
And now they're staring at a three round deficit. No chance of tying the score line.
And they'll scrape together what they can in this final round 12.
Robs will drop it M4 over, but they're missing a lot of resources.
Apex can be so frustrated to give up that opening kill, Monos able to punish Mercy, not looking
at him as well.
So both of the kills, Monos he gets in this round are opponents with the backs turned to
him.
Oh ho ho!
Monos he can!
You cannot pass!
You cannot get into the site and immediately team Vitality having to play a player down.
And it's so frustrating. It's so difficult when the AWPer on the other side of the map is picking you off on this cross.
And there's nothing you can do about it. He's just fast.
At least Vitality putting their pieces over towards short.
Kiyosuke and Niko lying wait.
They have flames. It's a FAMAS.
That'll have to do.
Can it deliver to Flames out first, dead!
Kiyosuke A-10, it's entry prowess on display today!
Zyru Apex and Mezi, now the last remaining player.
An A-4 lead, Falcons, Conquest inside the Cathedral.
Looking like it's going to continue, this is such a strong lead on the third and
final map.
Messi's got no chance in this one, 5 HP, you have to do something crazy.
He's got no chance, truly no chance, he'll step up and give it a go.
His Falcons doesn't lose these kinds of rounds, not anymore.
Not today, not today.
Messi's got the head shot but Mormysse secures it.
8-4 lead, the Falcons are doing it, looking to fly into the semi-finals.
That's the birthday of the game we all love and we have been giving gifts of Counter-Strike
matches today.
Both quarter-finals have delivered and we'll see if Vitality can claw their way back into
this second half and it's looking like Balkans are in full control, looking to continue
their conquest in Cologne, looking to knock out the world number one, the most dominant
team we've seen in Counter-Strike.
This team was put together for this purpose.
They went out, they found the biggest pieces that were around in Counter-Strike and assembled
them into one squad.
And now they are looking to take down Vitality on the home ground of Counter-Strike, on Vitality's
home ground of Dust2.
Let's kick this one off, second half underway in Cologne.
And Vitality, this is where you lead on that championship pedigree.
They do not go down without a fight. A year and a half of dominance.
They're going to rely on all of that experience, crossing over towards Long, but not fast enough.
Niko's got that headshot. The bullet, have Flames name on it.
Bombs and Bs.
Towards the B bombsite that we've got them into the site. The plan's going to be coming through.
Yeah, they faked him out entirely. The whole defense evacuated. The inexperience out Kyosuke.
Left the B bombsite off that one, killed off that pressure.
Yeah, well now they're moving in. Kiyosuke looking to make up for it.
It's been a pistol guard today. It's gonna go in again, but Rocks this time handling business.
Tessa sending one shot back. Apex controls himself behind the big box.
He's got Zywou got French connection, stylish, inside of the site.
And here he comes. Monacea, long way off. Getting spotted, early detected.
And Zywou drops back.
No time to pause. He's got no kit.
He's got to break the French. He's got to do it on his own.
And Apex denies that opportunity.
Vitality needed this pistol.
pistol, they go out and they get it.
A lovely fake that Falcons bit on entirely.
The pressure of the footsteps of the utility out towards Long, way too late when they realized
the hit was coming elsewhere.
Vitality firmly entrenched inside that B-bomb site, a lovely pistol round call.
And the first step in this half pistol round has been difficult for Vitality to
come by.
Vitality taking it very patiently in this round 14.
They've been able to counter-rack some Falcons, pistol wins and don't want to fall prey to
the very same thing going through the details of short control
smoke down for that CT cross yeah but it's negated by that defensive smoke
inside the double door so vitality won't gain any ground won't take any
space they'll sit back not wanting to force the issue against pistols through
smoke got more utility to fall back on gap in the side of the smoke it'll expand
test that's moving closer to the double doors on the other side waits messy with
bomb on back feels like he's gonna need a little bit more support this defense
hasn't butch whatsoever the stack is out towards longer at the A bomb so they
have a check them to start away bomb smells carrying on the flank the
The pistols, look at the cars chaos, the pistols, look at the cars calamity.
Apex doing what he can, but it's going to be disaster, but the victory!
How has he got that?
Oh, still alive, and now Rops is in position.
I think that's the round, I think that's the danger averted.
Unless you can hit this shot on the cross, this is what you have left.
A little bit of madness there for Apex to steal that one away.
And Rops is in a perfect position, he doesn't let those rounds go.
Monosy steps up again giving it a go in an unlikely scenario
Rob for treats falls back into the site
They're not giving him a chance
Or chaos inside of middle
It hasn't led to much just yet
Once you're gonna try force watch to the open
Now it's just apex others on a side. Yeah apex has the time a teammate in time
But monosy looking for him can't find him apex just hides away monosy taps the deep fuse but the fuse is too short
He can't get the round, but he certainly got the kills
Monosy will try to fall away the bombs gonna go off monosy goes down with it and apex saves this round for vitality
What do you do now if you're falcons though you took all the weapons away?
That's a really really tough expensive loss for vitality or excuse me victory for a vitality to take look at how difficult it was
not a clear in tests is late in the series late in the evening late in this
quarter final details are going to be missed and now it's about the mentality
it's about staying focused through those mistakes and that's where the
champions step up it's Falcons to go for an investment here
Kerrigan's dropped an M4 over the modesty a chance to create an
opportunity out of nothing they have stacked the B site with three players
The bomb currently in the tunnels.
But Falcons show no sign of moving forward there just yet.
I tell you know they can't sustain any losses in this round
because of the damage that was inflicted upon their economy in the last round.
So they're taking the time to be so methodical and controlled about this.
Any death hurts, but it feels like they've gone past the F4.
KFCK, again, the 5-7 will get a bit devastating, but nothing found this time.
Carrigan steps out, gets a what?!
I've got two out of the USP!
Is that going to be enough?
Is it going to get them a chance to 5-7 down?!
Get away!
No way this is happening!
The 1v3 with the AK, this would be devastating for Vitality.
Can Rops deliver some relief?
But the bomb is on the other side, the time isn't with him, and Rops backs away.
Falcons have found some fortune.
Well, they found a Kerrigan.
A double kill with the USB.
not a superstar but this guy knows how to find impacts. That is an incredible
sequence sliding through the smoke and again another missed detail and that'll
be frustrating for Vitality. You missed the clear on tests at double door in
the round prior. Now you miss Karrigan stepping around the smoke and he's
getting this arena fired up. Yeah he's proven it wasn't just a face. The
bullshit lives and dies with him. Here at the Major a double USP kill into
a round of victory he had no shot no chance and no right in winning this
round but somehow some way he provides the opportunity the chaos for vitality
unravels their attack. That's something Falcons about to get used to these
close grindy grains that Karrigan has always been involved with. Loving it
here this time. Modesty open his hand back of mid and vitality invests
everything back in this round is trying to snatch it back in their favor.
Oh, Modesty has to be very careful how he plays this one. Good utility in mid. Chunks down flames. Chunks down Mezzi.
Modesty looks to the doorway. He got it. Even while he's blind, it doesn't matter.
Flames cut out of this attack.
He will sit and watch the four remaining screens of his teammates, three with
pistols, a single player with the rightful and Robson's in that engagement
towards the tunnels.
Well, mid to beast mode coming in next for Vitality and Apex.
Mezzi just hoping for a peek on this left side. What's this tech line to do
some work. Nade reigns in. A strong setup here with Tessus and Kiyosuke. And Apex has got the
bomb on his back. This is surely going to get cut down. And waits on the ledge, waits
on the edge. Goes out. It's Niko Tessus combining.
Rops and Zywoo step out with the bomb. He's safely in a possession. Karagin activates
the flank. Zywoo gone. Rops will step out on his own with 15 seconds left. Rops
There is no money for vitality, there is no life in vitality, and Falcons looking to
progress to 11 rounds.
And because of the way the economy has played out in these first few rounds, vitality is
not going to have chances to get back into this map.
Falcons going to be up at 11 after this, vitality have to save.
They've got to give every chance over to Falcons to close out this series.
There's nothing they can do about it.
It's taken so long for Falcons to get into this position to find their composure.
Let's get you back right now, but let's see if we can get a shot down from Falcons.
They can taste it.
They can feel it.
The semi-finals ever closer.
I've waited so long to see this version of the Falcons star after star added to this squad.
But it was never enough for them to take that next step.
Well they found that missing puzzle piece, the IGL they needed.
Kerrigan already producing improved results and just 61 days in the team.
Rops has been that missing puzzle piece for so many teams that he's stepped into that he's created errors with.
And right now Kerrigan, establishing himself as a critical brains of the operation for Falcons.
And Vitality have to get this comeback started right now, 6-11, 5 rounds back.
A true test for the best.
This lineup not ever winning a match inside the Lensis.
It might just as well be the same today.
It's written on the walls at the moment, Falcons looking to seal their fate.
Utility ready to go, for vitality.
The cross smoke thrown out towards Niko, he steps in front of it.
There he goes, he's going to be flashed, has to fall away.
Vitality sent players through.
Niko blinded hell back, running up the ramp, Tess is trying to get down, Niko round
the back only the one. Kiyosuke trying to replenish that position. Tessa's down inside
a site. Headshot killed on the side, will Tanny get another? No! Mezzy overwhelms him.
Sight has been taken. Bomb is planted. What do Falcons do?
This is where you might want to take a leaf out of Vitality's book and really consider
the save in this kind of a situation. Still very early on in the half. Your economy
is extremely strong. You don't need to risk this weaponry. Don't need to lose
the AWP and pass it over to Vitality. So they sit back. They concede the round
allowed Vitality to get the 7.
And they're a buttle from the back to back.
Major Champions is in.
They're now just four rounds back after this victory.
No round has looked easy for Vitality.
That's the problem.
Even with USPs, Falcons are getting out put
trying to hold on to a Q-Suke
eventually getting traded by Robs.
As you mentioned, so much money,
No problem for Kyosuke to reinvest.
Great opportunity as well to just make it even more painful for Vitality to take more and more money.
Zonik calls the time out now, a little bit of time to have a conversation before this turns into a problem.
And how many times has he been in this position at the Major and has all the straw-less lineups and Vitality for some time?
And he knows what this feels like, settle the guys down because the victory is in sight, but it's not secured yet.
Job's not finished.
I'll still have you up for monocie. Zywul will not have that luxury. There's still been
so much damage inflicted upon this vitality economy. They've got a Kaleel for Apex. Four
AKs on the rest. Vitality would hit a plate towards the long, but Mezzi gives it up. Flash
man came out regardless. Mezzi didn't like coming through that smoke. Monosy perched
up in middle, boosted towards low returnals. A timer on how long he can stay here. Tests
This is a lone inside the B-Bomb site, Kyosuke in middle.
Vitality being very conservative with this opening, staying far back on the map.
Two smokes deployed towards Xbox and double doors.
Vitality not moving forward with their good flash, it's going to keep Monosy busy, but he's staying in the spot.
Eventually realizing he has to fall away. Initial damage done towards Kiyosuke.
The double smoke brick on short should tell vitality that Falcons was looking to be aggressive on short, so two players likely there.
A flash setup with Niko ready to be activated. As soon as he gets a sense, they're turning the corner on short.
Niko goes for the peek, oh it's a Rizzy's found a path through the flames into the kill.
Against that very name, Niko tries to back in low HP, he's made it out, he's stolen away
the opening.
Yeah low on HP though, so how do you position yourself?
You might want to swap spots with Kerrigan, Monosy, the AWP has to deliver here.
He's ready to strike, and he rails straight through Zywu, Monosy ready for the rest,
but he's burning.
And Apex moves up, Robsus got the kill, Mama C drawn, Apex the other!
And Kerrigan has to retreat, he has to get away.
And that bomb plant is coming through, Robsus gonna turn back,
catches Tessa as hands busy with utility, Robsus got the frag,
Vitality starting to show some life!
There's a pulse in this squad yet!
Some Vitality shown and Kerrigan chasing after, but they're gone.
They hide away and they will not let him into this.
Eight rounds of Vitality. One step at a time.
A fearless leader out in front for Vitality. Apex scaled into that A-bomb site that Monosy never saw.
The first one Apex slipped past his gaze. He gets the second, but that pressure applied by Apex, the Molotov as well.
And that defense crumbles underneath the damage that Niko took earlier.
That's not dominant. Vitality hasn't completely hit their stride yet, but they're doing just enough to bring this back.
The mountain of cash you have to get through though to come back into this game is going to be tough.
Falcons have so much money. Montessy's back on AWP. Niko still got the AK. Anything still possible.
Here for Falcons to try and just get Ciri's point.
Yeah, look how frustrating it is. Look how much it means. They can feel it so close yet still so far away.
away this final gas from Vitality not easy to get through.
His final two rounds might just be the most difficult to find for Falcons.
That's a sleeping giant in Zywoo with 9 kills, 13 deaths, yet to deliver his trademark impact
on the game.
and one of the big trademarks of Zairu over these past two years of his dominance from
Vitality as he figured out how to come in with the attitude to take the win away, to
be the dominant force inside the server. Haven't seen it yet here on Dust2, maybe it's still
to come. Vitality might need it. Falcons sensing a hit in the direction of the
B-Bomb site. They slide an additional player over. It's Niko, who's going to be that
third member of this defense to bolster it, to strengthen it.
So on the other side of the map, it's all about delaying and holding vitality off,
trying to funnel them towards the defensive stack you have in place.
Tursemark's deployed at Corridor cover, created here for Apex.
All the slides of the scene are moving forward.
It's a big play from Apex, putting pressure on Karrigan.
They scale forward by CaliDee coming in.
It's going to be Flam's first bonus.
The under pressure Apex moving up, finishes him off.
Kiyosuke and Niko on the race over.
They're so fearless right now with Apex.
He knows he's got to do it first team.
So Kiyosuke, he slides up the ramp.
He's got a good angle.
He's got a good chance.
But he got to take down Zaiwu
while you've got the opportunity.
Kiyosuke hasn't done that.
Zaiwu is going to punish.
Now it is just Niko.
Sartre the smirk, Apex ready!
Picks up the AWP in front, Pitt delivers the round!
A battle of these two minds, Apex and Karagin going head to head and now Apex is delivering some frags inside the server.
17 kills on Apex, leading inside the server in terms of going in first, in terms of being the courageous one to take space and delivering frags on top of it.
What a performance the man who just will not quit in pursuit of his own history.
He's accomplished every goal he set for himself and for this team.
He's got one more left in front of him. It's that trophy right there.
We have reached the end of the money for Falcons.
That reserve cash that they sat on.
That tower of gold that was keeping them in this.
has now been shipped away at. They still have a decent enough buy, two MP9s.
That's the glaring weakness here, but Vitality have managed to put Falcons on the line.
Vitality have lost all semblance of fear or second guessings ever since their backs got put
against the wall. 11-6 to 11-9, Vitality's rattled off three straight.
Tassas walking up into the tunnels, robs with an AK, stands, waiting, for any possible aggressive
play that might come his way.
A chance for Monosian short but the Molotov is going to take away the angle.
Good utility work.
Still just two defenders here, Karrigan at long with an MP9.
Monosian's AWP.
Gonna be playing between the bombsite and Long A, now comes back, and one shot at that angle, can't land it at all.
Yeah, I'm honestly missing his, it sends on by.
He's still alive though, can still be a threat, that utility delaying them, taking a dink on board.
Here's the flight, Kiyosuke, we're gonna be the difference again!
Inside of the smoke, the line-up's standing, Kiyosuke only gets one, messy response, test as low, he stands no chance.
Vitality have brought it back. One round separates them. Falcons money in the bin.
Greatness does not go out easy.
No, you gotta earn it. You gotta take it from him.
One player inside the smoke stops Kiyosuke's play that could have been round winning.
Could never find his way through it.
And this A defense has just been bombarded in these past few rounds.
Let's walk it in. Absolutely no mercy from Vitality.
Vitality is finding a soft and deep defense at this bomb site though.
Falcons have not had that third player. They haven't had Niko in that position.
Monacy giving up the railing position so Vitality is able to turn that corner at
elbow
and get into the bomb site space for Zaiwu to make a play as well.
11 to 10, four rounds in a row
For the reigning champs
So I will get to be looking at long not gonna be able to connect
No one's stepping in flames now in the tunnels won't player committed. It's test this down low at Hawkins gonna try crunch
And so was the upper tunnels test as burns test s in the corner to HP
He's got a kill out of it.
Well done from Tessas.
Momos, he's got one, too.
A miraculous moment.
Falcon, stand a chance.
Yeah, but there's a clear runway into the A-bomb site.
Apex leads up short.
Zairu in hot pursuit.
Tessas, you've got to go.
But Zairu, he's been severed off in the back.
He's got the bomb.
It's on his back.
And he's gone.
It's Messi trying to step up.
And with the sheer power of Will,
he's found two kills right back.
Can they do it still?
Fuckings- Oh, what?!
How has he gone away with it again?!
There's no way- Oh!
He's just died from Molotov impact!
Oh, it gets drilled by the bottle!
And that was Mezzi.
That might have been the only way to take him down, what he did with 2 HP is filthy!
Mezzi against Monosy.
19 HP.
First 15 HP.
Yeah, look at the health.
Monosy.
It's meant to be the star, meant to be the star of the show, but it's Messi who is coming
out the right time.
Montesey looks away!
William the Conqueror keeps it going, 12-10 comes up and that is going to be Falkins
reaching series point.
Oh, that's got to be a feeling of relief now, 12-10, you at least have overtime
behind you pressure drifts away only slightly you still have to seal it you
still have to take this 13th round you've got two chances and you've just
experienced how hard it is to put these guys away hard enough to just get to
this point and look at the heroics out of tests is oh he truly does so much and
then a Molotov bottle hits him up the head testers gets taken out by the
the bottom stop and Monosy comes around twice to stop Mezzi in the corner but it looks the
wrong way and it's gonna be Falcons reaching series point first the semi-finals right on
the line.
The vitality that might just be the crushing moment that might just break their hearts.
Dreams of trying to equal Astralis to try and get the three majors back to back.
leave no doubt that they are the greatest of all time. That's the goal of this major
for vitality. It's slipping out of their fingers.
Let's go forward, it's giving you an echo into the open.
Forms have got the headshot.
Advantage, vitality.
Q2J catches Apex, trying to get through that CT smoke, goes again, robs response.
everybody just throwing their bodies on the line under a minute left it's
Karakin getting into the smoke he makes place like this he is crazy enough to
make place like this this is Karakin
This is counter-strike!
Kerrigan gets away with it!
Zylo enrops the only two that can stop this.
Falcons looking for the semi-finals.
Modesty waits.
Takes damage on board.
The Swing's in.
Zylo taking the kill.
Now it is Tessus.
The young son hero trying to deliver and he's on his own but he's gone!
Oh my god!
Robs with three and Vitality do not give up!
For how well Modesty has played, what are the odds he's going to miss two shots in that scenario?
Apex cannot believe they got away with that one!
Apex cannot believe they're still fighting in this map!
12, 11. Incredible heroics and risk-taking from Jeregen Panzeh. And they can get nothing
else done. The championship pedigree still lives in vitality. And look at the weapons
for Falcons. Their lights will not go out. Vitality. Make it a stand in Cologne. Over
Over time is right there, right there for the taking.
Oh, they're coming right up short though.
This time there's going to be no messing around, no details, they're just going to attack
into this.
Kiyosuke and Niko to defend, monosies all out of position.
There's a way inside of the side, they're going to send some utility forward.
They're going to get by, vitality, keep it up, we're going to bring the pressure.
Kiyosuke trying to hold, but Niko and Kiyosuke still in this for fuck's sake,
they are doing the unthinkable.
But they are making the impossible possible.
Looking to take down the number one, the defending major champions.
If Robs wants to keep his flawless streak going, he has to do it.
But Falcons have taken down the world number one.
Falcons have done it in spectacular fashion.
Just two months ago, it was the lowest point in Karagin's career.
But now he is in the semi-finals of a major.
And for Vitality devastation, all the goals, all the path, it doesn't matter how much you win, losing hurts all the same.
Apex devastated on the stage.
Vitality had hopes of going beyond the stars and pushing their greatness out the heights that no one could reach ever again.
But Falcons, they were built for this, designed for this, to take down team vitality, and now Niko has a chance.
Every major we come in, and we ask that same question, is this the one for Nikola Kovac?
Well, because of the team around him, because he's reunited with Karagan, he has that chance in Cologne.
All the pieces for Falcons falling into place the final puzzle piece
61 days in this roster and
Karrigan has delivered them into the semi-finals
Exactly as he planned and we're ready down the stage to talk with OJ and the winners
Well, it took three maps it took almost every single round bar one, but you've done it
You've made it through to a semi-final what work that was
It was a huge fight. We knew we were going up against Metallity, we could not expect an easy game.
It's been a very long day. We fought like crazy the whole time.
We're just super proud of the boys right now. We kept the composure throughout the whole time.
We were losing towards the end, some of the very close rounds.
We stayed calm and we had some good rest towards the end. Just a huge relief right now.
Just a question about staying calm. We saw a couple of times towards the end.
then you had a lead and you had to save. How hard is it the adrenaline's pumping, you can see a win
in the distance, how hard is it to back off and save? Yeah I mean there's not much else you can do
right, you have a huge lead and if we have to gain every percentage we can get in those rounds
right and that meant just saving a couple of times. Yeah even like towards the end we obviously
didn't have the best buy when we won the last round but I think we can put a lot of
I think if you ask me like two or three months ago we probably lost three more guns in these rounds and maybe even lost the game towards the end.
So, yeah, we just kept it very good.
What has been the difference? What has changed to mean that you're winning these rounds?
Yeah, I mean, we have just huge belief right now, you know, we are carrying it on from the group stage.
We had a lot of tight games, you know, and we came back a couple of times in group stage as well.
and we just wanted to kind of try to repeat what we have done in the group stage
and we have done an amazing job of doing that today.
But yeah, I mean, just happy with the team right now, you know.
If two months ago, you know, Finn was not supposed to be here
and now we are, you know, beating the favourites of the major.
We are now getting to the semi-finals, so it's been a crazy storyline so far,
but we are not done yet.
Absolutely. Just a quick word about Vitality.
That is four series on the Trot now that you've had then, number four and zero.
What code have you cracked that nobody else seems to be able to find in beating Vitality?
I'm not sure. I don't think we're doing anything specific versus them.
I think it's probably more now into their heads that we are maybe the only team that's kind of making it very competitive versus them and even winning most of the time.
I think maybe they respect us a lot, and this is the reason why they tend to play a bit differently versus us, but nothing crazy.
I think ever since, even in G2 times, me and Nelia had always, you know,
I don't want to say good times versus them, but the games were always very enjoyable and exciting
and just had to be one in the end now as well.
Well, it's going to be great to see you tomorrow here in the semi-finals.
Just one last question. That's about Counter-Strike, 27th birthday today.
What a day we've had. I mean, the match beforehand was a white-local ride.
It was all the overtime. With NCU, you take it to three maps, win like that, almost all the rounds.
This has got to be the greatest game of all time.
There's no doubt about it. There's no doubt about it. Everyone knows that and we are just proving it by each major.
May we'll see you tomorrow. Congratulations you're through to Semifinal. Put your hands together for Nico and Falcons.
Semifinalists at the Major!
16 Brazilian counter-strike hoisted a major trophy inside this arena.
And in that moment, a ferocious passion spread like wildfire through all of South America.
Uncontested, Brazil has maintained their place at the top of the continent ever since.
Tonight's match is 10 years in the making.
Because now, neighboring nations have emerged from the enormous shadow cast by Brazil and they're sharing a major playoff stage for the very first time.
It was Fallen himself who lit the fire and has carried the torch ever since.
This evening, Ninzee collectively attempts to take that flame from him.
Cologne! This one is for history! The clash of Latin America!
And the map pool could not be better.
Ninzee and Furia head-to-head in quarterfinals, both looking to break the curse.
Waste no moment to the first duel you Kindar turn from top mid and fallen swift on that fallback
Oh
Play with no fear
That was the plan from all ten players in the server catch him while he's looking at the sky
No one's here to help you fallen. No one beyond K serato. You kindar down and spawn
But they hit that pause button again with the smoke going up. There's no one for the cross.
They just got to take it dry. Okay headshots in abundance for 9z as they suddenly take over that long control
And we've got a bomb plant and we've got a message for fury 9z came to play. They ran through that
They bulldozed their way to the A site no CT cross smoke
when they swung they were happy to take all those duels as soon as fall and went
ahead but that spoke originally that was their way in it's a dangerous game here
for fury out we've seen 9z have spotty performances on dust 2 but in my
opinion at their best they can beat anybody some of the CT sets they've
used on Dust2. I think they're going to be adopted all the way to the top. We know it
gets real creative with the mid-round timings on T-side as well. Nainzi already used that
to their benefit. Just love the timing and catching, falling like that.
God that smoke up on site didn't affect anything.
Kind of pushes 90 to a place where they've got to go for duels,
heads up, and heads are what they took.
Insta kills with the pistols for 90, insta force fire to fury up.
Well, it loses his angle early, that scout's got to go for the reposition.
Middle of the map control here for 9Z.
No real contest being offered up.
Furious still just leaned back.
It's spokes and hands across the board, clearly looking to just kill some of the time off
this block.
We'll see whether 9Z want to respect that or just decide to pounce in and again this
death ball as they've tapped into is so prepared to just go and storm this B
site what they'll find a single Desert Eagle. They've got a great call here.
Yakinder by himself. Flash into the face a little spam through the smoke but they
don't actually push through and clear him from tunnels. Luckily here for Nynze the
Desert Eagle gets away from him and luckily here for Furia you can go
ahead and save in the next one because nobody's got anything to stop Nynze
in this conversion of the pistol. It's a very good start. A very very strong
call to kick off. They don't fall for that defensive smoke that gets thrown by
Kcerato up on Cat. No, they don't overthink it at all. If we were going to see
Nijic get nervous it might have been in a moment like that overthinking and
that's what we're looking for here in this quarter final. In a world where
that boom you saw nerves on display. So many eco, so many clutches. But when
you see an arena like this in front of you, who would be surprised?
I think you kind of showed some of the self-awareness of somebody who's not won in five quarter
finals in the five times that he's tried.
And without that awareness, I think the energy's a little bit different.
If it's all your second, third attempt, whatever, and we know about you kind of in finals,
But in the major quarterfinals, it's a bit of a curse for him.
But I think that's why he had a smile on his face,
because this time does feel different.
We're hoping that's the case.
Casperia themselves with a bit of a curse, right?
Super seating expectations,
surpassing stage three, three-zero, it's been happening.
Left, right, and center.
And yet those quarterfinal fumbles keep on coming.
Cologne's meant to be where they change that force.
GT, you're going to change Yuri's ideas.
Meant to tether with Yukindar down into the lower push, both players turn back around.
And so we are sat here watching the third round of this quarter final and looking at
a single kill thus far for all of Furia combined.
Yeah, it's coming in quick here for 9-Z, it's working very well.
The worry for Furio was, as the question was asked, you know, you furio the stage you've
had all these days off, what does that mean for how you feel?
And the kinder said, well, we had the time off the last couple of times and that was
an issue.
We know how to pace ourselves a little bit better.
They tried to play a ton of practice scrims in the previous majors that they played
in.
That formula wasn't successful.
It may or may not have been about that.
But we'll see if their new strategy has worked.
also peek. Find this one for free. Farewell, fallen. And you're right, I mean, no kill,
so it's small doing caseurato. Anything they can grab would be nice. You know, you take
down Max, that's a couple grand, but even that's a start. Just to kind of get this
game going as far as your own individual output goes. You're exactly right. It's
the game is going to get started. Whether they like it or not, if they don't dent
the economy then it only makes the half a lot harder. We are still looking at one
frag. Good as it gets here for 9-Z and the difference for them they come into
this quarter-final and they have the you know two quarter-finals in 2022 but it
was only Max and DGT. Yes it's a new team. I think that's why the
conversation for 9-Z it just goes beyond the major cycles themselves and
goes back to their previous quarterfinal outing. Getting onto the stage is still a
question mark for Ninzee. Watching them turn into a shell of themselves.
That's something we do not want to grow accustomed to and they also need to break.
So first gone round of the game and Molodoy puts that off out middle but
he still remains passing. There's been a lot of very safe jump spots going on
through suicide so far, even here versus the pistols,
Nainzi doing the absolute best to try to keep themselves
as unlikely as dying to that scout, to that AWP.
And I think what that does is it recognizes
the AWPing ability that Molodoy and Furia
have in their arsenal.
Yeah, for Molodoy, it's all about being read
into his rotations and how to avoid that.
Nainzi, again, prove on Dust2.
They know how to find that weaker site.
with very little information somehow Max knows.
They get Molodoy off this post and his rotation back to A.
Bomb though is going the opposite direction.
Doesn't take too much just a flash and a fire bomb and he's off of it.
Which means no support for middle.
We've got the fangs of Furia towards that B bomb site.
It almost looks like they've already done it again unless
K Serrano and you're reaching combined for a great hold.
If somebody makes a move you can see you kindar just testing the water is popping
but still not believing that he needs to actually reposition closer towards middle.
He's smoking mid.
But the time being, it's just Luchov out mid.
Number is strong. Coming through this tunnel, smoke in a moment.
Kasurado going through the sequence. It's nade after nade.
And he interrupts them nicely, but he kills none of them.
He's flying Mach 10, denied.
Yuri into the cover.
And that's where he's going to get popped.
No rotations. Luchov has mid.
Luchov has mid.
Furya get one kill on this round.
And they save with three.
It's a perfect call again for 9-Z.
And this time it's because they go for both mid-control and a B hit.
But because they didn't have anybody come out on that split through middle,
the kinder saw nothing, no reason to be alarmed.
They actually didn't know if it could have been a tap play, if it could have been late long.
They didn't have the information to use.
So far amazing again here for 9-Z.
We look at their match versus Spirit.
It ends in overtime. It's an incredible attempt.
They can't close.
But you saw so many great T rounds that looked just like this in that match.
It had Magic's speechless after the game.
Well, we'll be on our way to the first part of that if you don't get it together.
Because right now, Yuri's the only one with kills.
Kcerado lined up the damage on the two, it felt like that spray was on point, but no headshots in it.
And the time to kill since the pistol from 90 has been so incredibly crisp.
We're going NAID spam towards Long. This is an early fight.
Chance for Furia to just straight up suck it.
Mayer, one and done. And as he keeps our dives back in, second servings.
Wasso peek gets the better of him. Now there still remains pressure over here towards Long.
So, Cacerado pops the smoke, spots Wasso, and takes this down to the even 3v3.
They pulled the goalie, though. This is actually a B attack.
It was dressed up like an A hit, but they're going to walk into an open site.
Bombs in the middle of all of that.
What more could you ask for?
C2 still have no idea.
Silent as they need to be. Slicing right through it.
Already Luchoff over to the window.
Getting all the late smokes that B goers.
They Molly to showcase Cerado that now it's a retake.
At what point of this game did Furious start to get crazy?
Show the teeth.
Kcerato rounds that smoke, Max right now with a Nade out, could have gotten jumped.
But now Yuri's dead.
Kcerato splits between the two.
One inside of the smoke, he's making noise and Max comes back, still unkillable.
Molotov is on the retreat!
DUSTED!
5-0, 9-Z!
5-0 for 9-Z as they call another fantastic round, it's as if they started with a ton of
conditioning, they've already got 9-Z buying into their ideas immediately, it helps when
you're shooting hard as well.
Lasso Peak gets that instant trade outside of long after they initially bust it open.
So multi-kills in response for Furia, that's the key part.
Even if they don't get tricked in their own heads, they have to respond to the
the fact that long control has been won.
Cacerano blows up in the smoke on the corner,
gets a kill back, but they still don't have control of it.
They're still a little bit too slow
to the other side of the map.
And 19-0, that they're gonna be comfortable
playing Lucen B, they walk in, no telegraph, easy round.
round. A very happy to see 90 picking Dust 2. Speaking of picks, Mayn hosting that off
through suicide spots, nothing down in mid. And we get this Molodoy position. This is
off of the Sid timeout of course for Furia. Surrounded limitations and low nades and
Molodoy's hesitation to just give up that angle means that he just walks around. DGT
didn't approach with utility. He would have been a sitting duck for this off had
Molladoi remained posted. He's completely missed this timing. Molladoi, he's also
risking it by staying out here because now they're losing the mid control play
but they just don't feel comfortable. They're too scared about it.
Risking both his own and Fallen's life in that hold. They disintegrate the
cat defense. I'm not sure this works out that well for Furia. I mean they
can go and reclaim long control but I'm pretty sure they were heard dropping into
CT.
Oh yeah, you also peek is now going out towards long has fallen rotates underneath
them. The problem for Furious they just don't have anyone inside of mid so they
have to respond. They haven't had mid control once. This is putting tons of
subversive pressure on the Moledoy. It's gonna eat the flash, Luchov right
there on the brink of it. Luchov, a master of the entries.
Exek is coming in a few seconds. Molodoy has to hit.
Oh, and it misses already. As Molodoy is going to look to pop back up.
Now, Mayeron's posted. You've got fallen dead out towards middle.
Molodoy, finally, but it's way too late. You give them an inch and Ninzey will
barrel down into that bombsite. Take all the space you offered over with those
missed off shots. Is there any kind of recovery to be had here for Furia?
Kindard thinks yes. K Serato slowly approaching the scene. Will off shots miss both ways? No,
because that off doesn't even get a chance. Man advantage taken right back yet again.
9-Z remaining active. And now, oh, Max has been cleared out and you've got him.
It's K Serato and Yuri activated from over on that B bomb site on the rotation for a retake
and Furia's first round win. Ooh, that's a close call, but actually a fantastic retake.
Feria were in a very scary position, Volodoy missing those two shots, them taking over,
cat control. That was not a position they wanted to be in and I think even though they
win that they need to respond to the fact that they need eyes on middle. Like, Nines
ER are using it against them even if they're not playing out into the mid-B situations.
They got to be grateful they grabbed that but now it's time to evolve the game
I'd like to see Furia playing for a little bit more information.
Oh! That's a flick!
Flick through the door, not even a wall bang.
Talk about quick.
You've got to remain active here if you're Furia. You can't just shell up.
Mayeron takes a line.
Okay, Serato yet to tiptoe into it, but there's a whole lot of presence over to his left side falling.
Just dropping the smoke in front of this. What does he want to do here?
How does he want to help?
Flash over top of middle and Kcerato kills Max. That's the bomb drop. MP9 pushed through.
Walsh goes to dead man. Luchar trades. Activation at a DGT from the middle of all these CTs.
And so what they have left is a smoked off AWPer and a cap player who's not quite sure what's actually back now on Long.
With Fallen unable to fall back, it opened a door.
It missed.
Molodoy missed off shot didn't see that come out of 9z and so you can dark hail Mary moment down into the lower tunnels
It's the head shot
And that up is now online. Oh, it's it's not enough here for fury a man
They had a chance that Molodoy had a chance a real good chance at that off shot
Really changes the round because if you look at that you replayed again Molodoy put himself in that exact same spot
He went for the right pick this is a
They still almost bring back the 4v5, but a little too hasty trying to get that...
Oh, they know their pick!
Left side through the doorway, fallen skewered.
Fioria doomed.
The Kindars doesn't even top or towards top middle, and it's a fast-moving 19 now.
Oh, they know how to play with momentum, huh?
They've been trying to weaponize this all major long.
We've seen it totally stuffed twice.
their first outing versus spirit and then in that Aurora game after an
incredible single scope from that range that nail biter versus spirit the
second time around we kind of just chalk the Aurora loss up to them not
being able to reset in the what 15 hours they had between those games man I was
looking at Marin's numbers coming into this game and he had his one great
mappers vitality so like how often that happened it's like one good map
series. His numbers are overall not great but his pop-up potential has actually been pretty crazy.
Well he's finding a ceiling fast here in this quarter finals. To appreciate what he's put forward
right now in this 8-2 star, just know Mayer has never finished an international LAN event
with a higher than a 1.0 rating in this career and we've watched him for years and we can
talk about how that ought maybe is not where he belongs and that's what it has felt like
like at times, but tonight with these mid-picks,
it's feeling like a whole different story.
It's feeling like an evolution.
And the evolution in 90, in South American counter-strike
that is not Brazil, well, that's a conversation
we can have all night long.
So long as 90 keep these numbers up.
7-1 over Furia.
And of course, 7-1 had to come up in this match.
12 kills across, there are five players here, are really behind in that department, I only
bring it up because of the amount of money that 9Z have saved after this round with.
Bank accounts on infinite, everyone smiling, it may or surely not again.
this time and all while his counterpart is gearing up round after round getting
these mid picks and winning 9s he rounds out of the gate you've got a molodoy who
we've now already seen miss multiple shots let's go back to the test let's
go to the last time he was playing on a major playoff stage and the visible
frustrations that struck down fury as momentum at that event as well
Oh, but maybe, timing, maybe he just needs a few more rounds.
An internal ticker clicks.
Yeah, he's just got to trust himself.
And in that quarterfinal of Budapest, we saw him swinging for it.
Like, he kind of tried to fake it until he made it, but...
he couldn't overcome the nerves.
But we see Molodoy play too well for too long to doubt him.
Even at Astana when they got eliminated, he was putting up volume the entire game.
Tility dump is good here for Furia. It hits its mark.
But we've seen Molodoy on this angle. We saw him miss the first two shots last time
and then only land the third.
Yikindar trying to get closer to CT if needed.
There's still some concern that it's going to be that quintessential mid to B.
Molodoy confirms it. First off-shot strikes.
And with Luchov down, it's looking all the easier.
5v3 here for Buria.
Molodoy doing a good job of trying to dodge those bullets, but they finally connect.
And as 9G punching the numbers,
you've got DGT still just set the catwalk ablaze.
They're very good at this retake last time.
Coming in from CT, they're holding on to long control.
Just trying to slide up silently.
Here's the P for Max.
It's the headshot to K Serato.
He's doing a good job of dodging the follow-up.
Oh, he can't hide and gets it.
The second's right there.
He's going fishing.
He's catching everything.
Now it's man advantage.
They could just continue to lean back on the catwalk.
Fallen's down to hack.
El Paso's dead.
He already finally gets his.
Remember, Max low from the get-go, but DGT with cover.
And all that time Fallen can't get into the action.
It is a Max to stand tall on that bomb site
and rebound right back with another round win.
That's an enormous shout out for Max to deny.
He knows exactly where they're coming from.
He sees it.
The one round that they were successful
and he tries to counteract that.
It's been a smile on his face today.
He said, every time I show up to a big event like this,
I just try to enjoy it.
I have a daughter at home.
I've got no time to waste.
And Amir's went through preset on the desk.
When he wishes, when he was a younger player,
he had the same attitude of being present.
Max Wise, beyond his ears.
Eight one nine Z.
It's not too late, it's never too late for Furia, but they still have to prove that they can do it.
9Z have already stared death in the face at this event.
And I know they're not taking any rounds for granted either.
But now Nautilus said after that Spirit game, he said, I feel like I lost all three maps.
And then Nijie went on to play Aurora God's Stomp. They were in their heads, but they got to face it.
Yes.
Here we have the face diversity again!
Man, he's got a magnet on this gun. He's hit them every single time through that door.
Rujan could capitalize on the momentum with the waso trade right behind him.
Spray goes a little wild, and that's a way to get this edge right back in hand.
But they know they got him in the pit, so they try to keep the pressure up.
MP9 swing here from the akin dog. Now we're fighting fire with fire!
Furion for Oshas!
Oh my god!
On top of it!
They will jump onto that chance!
That opportunity to just get messy!
Not letting these rounds slow down.
Not letting the squeeze come up Catwalk.
But throwing themselves into the duels they know they could find.
And then this chance, win!
Absolutely pivotal moment for Furia because they win.
On a half-buy, they have some money after their full buy.
They'll get an open play.
9Z did not want to let this one go of all of them, and a chance to fall and nose it.
A chance to get that back into this half.
Molo do is not shy about that off positioning. Let's two bullets fly.
They've already lost this CT side badly, but they know that on stage here it's going to be more mental than anything.
than anything. Anything the Numbers will tell you about Dust 2 in this head-to-head.
But they need something to leverage. They need a few rounds this half.
Because a few rounds can make a world of difference if that's what starts to burrow into your opponent's
minds. One of the things that we saw with 90 and their inability to close versus spirit was two
maps with a huge advantage substantial chances to close out that series and
still they failed double upper tunnels bush is perfect no one's here but with
two here Moldova in the window it's there rightfulers that have to leave and
they're coming in kind of slowly over towards a kindar made out right now
alone they're coming away too slowly there's a chance 9z went on this still
Concerned about those middoors now just reclaiming a bit of vision. They're still not crossing the door
They need to get some movement. Aushes is now that catwalk smoke goes up case Arado is not gonna hide this comes running over
Flashbangs from long from falling you can dark peaks in great cover out of Maynard
But you did blind the riflers at least cause the tempo shift
But now as they've recovered vision Max is recovering space
Spray down through the smoke with a fire right in front of it and is yet another moment where 90 take control on their terms
and they do so convincingly.
They're winning the tempo game. They got up on Cat.
They came forward. They started organizing their exact,
which was pretty...
It had a lot of utility involved, so they took a second to do it.
While they were doing so, Furia were ruminating on the idea
that maybe this ends up being a cancel into a mid-beast split they were hoping.
With Moledoy still up in the window, Kcerado ready to start to swing,
but no commitment, no early rotation.
Furia not ahead once again.
They need to be way ahead of these rotations. They need to be in control of what the Ts are doing.
But it's Max who is in control.
Domineering performance on this T side.
side. The two rounds here you have one is the clash at long on a low by and the
retake. Not the single time have they been in total control of a round. One
on the tactic or anything. Yeah they'll shift it up for the final round double
set up, full, fall in blind with that secondary off.
His third kill of the half.
Leans back and foregoes the door control.
90 have played one round really with a trick up their sleeve.
Other than that, it's been straight forward hit.
Here we'll go with the commitment out through long.
That's a perfect block.
They'll have lines, but 90 aren't coming yet.
OK.
It's time they will play games
They tried all this very early into the round 90 have options
But this time Furia are way more awake. They started to breach
The team map control Malladoy can see all of me. They have Yuri inside of tunnels
This is more of a map that we were expecting to see but Yuri has got a lot of guys coming
He's gonna have his hands full, Luchov first. There's a bit of distance between him and the next one.
That gives Yuria a good chance at a multi-frag, so go on him to get the double.
And now everyone can come. We've got an early warning system. Oh yeah.
Big Sprint in, Mayer posted, and Flops. And it's Wasa who's been taken low. They'll find that.
The third round secured by Yuria. It is Minksmeat for the most part.
9z, what an outing in the first half of this quarter final.
I
A measly three-round defense out of the side of Fiora on Dust2 and with those
three rounds they will look to take over to the attack and turn things around
with Mayer being as hot-handed as he is coming into this first half I think
expectations exceeded and then some. It was insane I mean how clean that he
He was picking the cross on his T side, you know, the overall T side from 9-Z was A plus.
Everything was great, exactly where they played their best CS, even though they haven't won
every Dust2 game, their peak on it, it's all on display.
Mayn standing up to the pressure, Fury on the other hand, that was only 10% of what
they can give us.
They know they need to rise to the occasion, they at least pick up a round at the end
of the first half.
They are going to be chewing on granite to be able to bring this back.
90 take to the easier side now.
Station two players in longdoor swiftly. Shadow advantage is going to give Vlasso a chance.
He'll chase down you, Kindar, for the kill. Molotoy, good repuddle. Flashbang into the cat activation.
Mayor pops the support system and knows he's got Kcerato still stuck in this corner.
Dodges the flash, knows there's assistance inbound, but he opts to stick around there.
I know someone was slashing here.
They've got DGT on long two.
Do they want to run it up now?
Pizza, Molly's coming.
Max will have to move.
Oh, he's got a dive, and he doesn't get out of the position.
Fall in, catching, goes here.
It is both for Fallen in that chase into the A-bomb site,
trying to siege an opportunity,
trying to have a grasp on this game
after every fall in the first half,
Julio will respond with a T-side pistol win.
Excellent, kills on a Fallen.
I mean, let's make it a real match now.
chance for Fiora. Let's see if they can start out as cleanly as 9Z did on their conversions.
We're going through the checklist of things we need to see. We got Molotov hitting a great
shot on Long, Fallen, pretty up his score.
We have a fucking same T-Side. Good effort on getting those three. Now it's focus T, let's fucking go.
You'll always hear that teams want the T-Side map agnostic to make comeback happen because that's where you can condition, that's where you can build up, slowly control the tempo, which you can't do on T-T-Side.
I like Sid's point there, he says. Good focus to at least just get three rounds there, and
they did, right? You trickle through with two of the last three rounds of the half.
And Paulin also mentions how easily, off a pistol, they can even up.
Intender gets a spot.
But already I like it from 9Z. As soon as they want to try anything outside, in the
mid it's denied and this is with a lean towards a already Luchov waiting for
this 5-7 in hand and no support whatsoever this is all in the middle
oh my god with the first one it's looking good until Hwaso gets overwhelmed by
falling they don't have a native on this open so it's a Hail Mary spray from
DGT with no B defense whatsoever. That is Furia to tiptoe their way to a fifth round win
They get to put all their puzzle pieces together
They make a great call just like 9Z did on their T side. Path of least resistance mid B out
No help from the A guys. They're not there in time. It's perfect from Furia
Still a scary sign you get the insta 5-7 kill you get a solid scout shot
There was no point in that first half where we looked at a piece of 9Z and said oh mechanical failure
Oh, individual falloff. Not yet. That is going to take many more rounds for Furia before I think Ninesie starts to crumble in that regard.
Yeah, I mean, I don't think, you know, I don't think we're replicating what Ninesie did because I think Furia came in clammy.
I think they came in cold. They didn't really show what they can do.
But as far as getting the round together, the call overall, the macro of it, I think they'll be quite happy.
And even here, they've only lost one.
Fallen survives that bomb on one health.
Calculated.
Recycling what's left from last round.
I see will not look too in best.
best. Their game plan round 15 hinges on the single mp7 hoping they got a
heroic moments. We've got a flash though to set this up. Lucho I'm gonna try to
take the d- oh no excuse me smoke. They're getting molotov to bite. They think
Someone will come through because of that flash you will.
Molotovic commits to it. DGT 1 and done.
So again, just looking to get that SMG into the activation. They do so. They kill Molotovic and that's it.
They leave the palm in the doorway. You'll go and recover that. You've got a minute to just get through a USB 5.7 on opposite sides of the map.
Chance to catch your breath really here if you are Furia. And this is exactly what they said in that half-time listening.
Guys, good focus to get those three rounds. Now win pistol, 9-6, and then we play our game.
Here we are.
It's a moment for Fallen to go.
Are we gonna win this round guys? Because then we can start talking about the real calls versus the real setups.
But that part of the job is done and again looking very successful.
One death again.
And Furia suddenly, even though they start slow, know they can bring this back.
Thing is for 9-Z, we saw Master Class for a staff, we saw not enough for Furia.
They slip pistols, that's great, but it's 9-Z's CT setups, I think some of the best,
especially to Warwick's cat. Great tag here for Molotov, though, almost knocks down old
Nadeset and the player in one shot.
We've seen Ninesie's inability to close Dust 2 versus Spirit once leading 11-6 in that
map, and it still was not enough. Here they are versus Furia, two rounds short of that
quota and still watching their opponents claw back.
First rifle of the second half.
Commander is tapping to the ability he showed us on the attack because those doors had his name stamped across them.
Hell not even the doors just the gap. The one that Molodoy currently has the opposition within.
It smoked off in a minute and we're getting all this utility coming out of 90.
Fired to the catwalk, smoked through the doorway. Check the names they have left here.
more shot with an incendiary and that's it.
They're forcing them just to go for their exec now because they're failing to get that rotation.
The info's getting denied inside of middle.
They're gonna have to commit through something without knowing everything.
A lot of attention out towards this mid-crossfire though.
DGT currently with a nade in hand.
If he throws it to Catwalk, he won't be able to help them.
The loss of beat is about to flank this Moldova coming in to look behind him,
but has to turn around.
Time is low.
They fought really well to earn this opportunity.
Now the crunch.
Middle holds.
Max slams the door shot.
Crossers flank delivers a second.
And it is only Yikindo who is still slipped a snap for 20 seconds. Can't respond.
Nines is sat back just enough.
I'm sorry, but...
This round is exactly how Furia needed to start the game.
This is activity inside of middle.
This is denying every little bit of map control that Nines here are looking for.
That Furia are looking for. The Wasso Peak flank is a given at that timing.
Even though Moldova's game sense is telling him to watch that flank at 36 seconds,
He also has to help the exact and hope that they are pushing. That's not gonna happen today versus 90
They're showing their playing well in both halves
First gun rounds there's it's on fury to find a gap
Nineteen can't come into this game and give them lessons about how to play CS
Yes, Feria Touch Top 1 last year. They're the ones with trophies. They're the ones with all the experience. Max looks up to fallen.
But 9-Z are the ones playing better right now straight up.
It's 9-Z that took this pause that just ended.
Giving bit a chance to have a word.
Off from Molledoy on the cross.
Unable to find any value out of it.
We go three players to long immediately here for Ninesie.
Just starting the round off and the chance that Furia decided to try to blow those doors off the hinges.
It's very difficult to push team into time trouble on this map.
Ninesie successfully did that by playing on ca- Oh, dinked at the top of it.
I think this is the kind of pressure that pays off later on.
Here is Money's low. PGT looking at time as HEs.
Here we are. Aren't ready to do anything quite yet.
There's plenty more utility where those ones come from.
Just juggling it over to the ramp. I see three frag grenades already. Plus an incendiary extra.
They're waiting for the exact, I mean, you're not even trying to punish the default that might turn into a midfielder ready for an A-play.
Gotta write about it too.
This doesn't get popped, but Luchov playing the push.
Double Molly execute comes out from Furia. They're about to let those nades fly and DGT's just gonna answer with utility of his own. It's a barrage!
It is a bloodbath!
there is no successful entry here for fury of the smoke soon to fade as they
fade out of this assault. Only until Maladoy connects with one on the off and
Ykindar yes he's on long but he's got to get this going it's Maladoy with a
second Ykindar still so cautious we hit 15 seconds and that bomb still yet to
cross. Also now found out Ykindar, oh damn nearly drops the ball another
nade this one for Yuri and it barely barely chips away at him so it will be
be a healthy man advantaged with eyes on the cross for Furia to somehow have reclaimed control of that site.
And they're able to pause and that's what they needed.
Heroic moment for Moledoy.
In the middle of that messiness, the perfect call to answer via utility and he lands both these shots.
Yeah, absolutely clutch out of Moledoy.
That's very scary though all those bits of utility moving into the right spot
before the cat exact even started. It's still worrying, it's still worrying, but
it's around on the board for Furia.
When you're playing against a team that's really good sometimes you got
the windows losing situations it's not just cologne it's not just a major it's
a cologne major and everyone can feel it I love this press though 90 again get
active there's just no hesitation from this team and you kindars you tell
The usage serves as an invitation, they'll swing, and he finds the head shot a little
quicker than his last duel in the previous round.
Mayeron's on the fallback, Maladoy will not let DGT escape.
That two-man forward mid-play costs 90 bodies.
This is an excellent pick-off.
They've covered everything.
And now they have the right to chill a little bit.
They can start to stage whatever attack they want to.
See if another push happens.
If someone's thirsty for a frag, oh don't walk into that.
That's dangerous.
Mayurn, a stick.
Perfect shot.
Now versus Molotov.
Two duels picked up, man, advantage earns.
Just the right amount of mayonnaise.
And here comes Max.
Getting Max onto the flank caught out by Uri.
At least his head shot's swift.
You're going to know Mayurn's got that up
over towards the A site.
And you know, damn well, Wasso's off somewhere
towards B. What's your move, Uri?
One player with a positive KD here on Furia, looking for the one on two.
Interesting pathing.
Ooh.
Through the smoke, he runs the risk and encroaching ever closer.
If Mayer can't hold his nerve, if he gets caught off by this unexpected proximity out of Yuri,
then the bomb plant's gonna go uncontested and show off he hits the headshot.
Got it, the round is perfect. He gets that plant down, he's got a Molly.
The amount of clutches Yuri has won in 2026 is a statistical anomaly.
And in a year where we have seen his individual level taper off to that of which was a driving force in 2025,
now is a hell of a time for Yuri to try to end this.
And he's playing the catch-all position. Wasso's coming in expecting to clear this.
Yuri's just got a hit. The great shot.
Oh, does he expect it? Does he start to consider it?
Cross him in the right spot! It's not that fast! Clear!
Lasso doesn't peek, and instead Yuri sticks the land in 1v3.
What a moment for Yuri. Comes away with the optic clutch and makes it a two-round game.
What a thing to do on stage.
The first clutch of this quarter finals could not come any more critical moment.
moment. With those flags, Yuri takes over as the top performing player on Furia right now.
Another full control situation for 9z. Another one that Furia bring back. And since coming in to
say, okay, we've got all this pop-off potential, that's excellent, but let's start taking control
things with our game plan. We should also have that to our advantage.
Nineteen are now in a moment where they realize counting up the rounds they should have won.
The half-five, that clash at long, this clutch, this game could have been over.
How many more moments are they going to be gifted?
The battle of the AWPers in round 19 could be found.
Smoke through the doorway and then a second.
DGT flashed for the challenge. Oh, perfect jump!
They flashed him, they smoked him all the way.
They see nothing else inside of middle as well.
There have been few rounds in the second half where Ninesie do not try to take an initiative.
We've seen it cost them with the double up towards top mid. This time by the four herbs.
Very strong cat setups. Last time they walked right into this.
right into this. They're gonna test this medal again. No difference. And it's supported by
a duo of riflers right in front of it. Luchov gets his, falls back, DGT sticks around, and
a two versus five seems unthinkable. Ball do it, drops the ball. He wants to take action
some way. Two on five, but still a minute up. That constant looming thread of Wasso
Pete towards long. Yeah, Yuri feels preoccupied to hold it. They're still a little bit
week towards me but bombs not gotten picked up yet
potentially be
along say
and it will be it looks like for fury uh...
they will simply give up in a leavened route
also gets active
points
themselves slain
thirty seconds and now it's gone
i've been trying
but good to know that your intuition of holding those long doors is constant
Hwaso couldn't help himself, 5v2 goes for it.
There was value in trying to cancel out the Uri Maladoy save.
But it looks like 9Z content to just let them have these two rifles in the next one.
You're never going to have to police 9Z on how active they're being.
There hasn't been a round that hasn't had the right amount of activity.
Again, another full control situation.
This time it actually gets converted.
9Z closer to that finish line.
And it's such a classic conversation in Counter-Strike
that you can play this kind of Counter-Strike,
this aggressive, confident, active, mobile CT side,
and then you hit the big stage and the nerves creep in
and the confidence dwindles.
And suddenly you're not making those moves
that can make or break big moments,
but tonight, Ninesie has.
Not looking at to let another stage game escape them.
Well, the streak will continue for one of these teams in the wrong direction.
There's only one winner tonight, and it feels like theory are painfully aware of that.
Wow, this setup. Two best rifleers on 9Z sitting right in front.
They're also not flashing it. I mean, the first time they ran into it, sure.
All the way back to the mid-point.
Only one cross. There's a weakness towards this B site. Bombs heading that way. Three players strong in the tunnels.
It takes a second, but Lujok joins forces alongside Max.
The case of Otto's already through. Oh, they're limit testing now. Furia starting to get ahead of some of these timings.
Yep, there is a chance.
This is one of the most empty mid-plays we've had from 90 CT side, but it's also some of the most utility we've seen Furia throw on this cat approach.
Not re-smoking middle, so I think Furia know they have a chance. Nade will come out.
It's going to pop it open. Pistol's in front. Easy. Two to the two of those. And now the three rifles will have to try and answer.
But now you've got a ton of bodies here in the CT spot. And as they lay up, bomb has been dropped in the middle of all that because the pistol players pushed past.
And if these smokes fade, there is no chance that you can reclaim this.
Molodoy, weakened even further still, but...
Oh, Quasso could have gotten caught if that smoke fade! Lucky to be alive!
That would have been nice if they still haven't dealt with either player,
and B-Max already pushing the tunnels.
Constant on the back line, R-90.
He knows how to do the finishing move. Like, when there's time on his side, like, he is...
He's the one taking the map control.
They're still doing so concerned about flank that they're not worried about lower tunnels, not this close.
Oh, at least he won't get away with the escape. That's what seniority's mind.
Another late-round moment here for Yuri to try to get impact, but remember still, no bomb.
Yeah, I mean, this is just a fade-away walk-away moment from Furia.
Ninze are about to secure their 12.
Let's see if they can even walk away. Yuri's gonna walk right into his dad.
One of the two players who saved last rounds.
That investment wasn't great, was it?
Something...
Oh, that's something awful.
Molledoy has to be the hero, this next round, or it's over.
They bought behind those two guns saved.
There is no op-multi or double entry to work with.
Perfect support from 9Z on this CT side.
That's getting one back through the CT smoke, but...
Nobody peeled off that E-bomb site.
And the three remaining members of Furia just don't have the gas.
Oh, there's a wall bang at least on Luchok for Furia to try to hang on with.
We saw like two pistols turned into previous round.
Well, now you just got quick Drupal Technines around this up.
Last round we did see them playing a bit more free, but they didn't have that much coming into it.
It felt like the right energy. Double flash getting ready here for Wassopeak.
And he's putting himself in position to spam blind actually.
Crosshairs in the perfect place.
Here comes up, flash hits. He doesn't shoot immediately.
And that's going to leave you kindar with a chance. Not only for the kill, but the upgrade.
You put an AK in your kindar's hands. You give Furia just a slightly larger chance.
Molledoy versus Mayeron in a moment flashbangs. Yeah, not only hits him, but they confirm he's stuck behind this car
At a minute though, there is still map control everywhere else for Furia. Molledoy making sure Mayeron hasn't left
Can't be certain about it
Can 9z keep up these ambitious moves. It's a quick peek into the cap play
It's a fire bomb that gives them a path. It's DGT maybe ahead of what Fury may expect.
Sure enough, the Kingdom is down. Oh, but a good Tech 9 answer back by Uri.
Maynard's still locked into this position. It's going to have to be Lujol.
Tags to the doors at the start of the round to try and keep off this cap pressure.
Three players in their attempt to push through.
Maynard doesn't have to worry about long. Moldoi can't skill on him either.
20 seconds. Maynard missed. The shot, the cover.
Now Molo-Doy's got his 15 to the clock.
Keisarotto open road, but there's a fast flanking behind him.
Here comes Max. Never stopping.
Oh, but the cover. It's off-put-up from the site.
Now Bomb planted. Max looking to close this.
And as he finds the headshot to Keisarotto...
He's diving in.
...nerve-stricken Molo-Doy on the other side.
A whistle blast.
Max has stepped the landing.
9-Z do not waste their chance to strike first.
Quarter-finals.
Map 1 secured.
like the 9C we saw in the beginning of step 3 to be completely honest when they
were taking Vitality and beating them when they were taking a fight against
Spirit and arguably could have beat them this was a well-playing 9C who did
everything in their own order in order to get the best chances of winning this
game I think again we spoke about how decisive they were and how they open
up the rounds speak of openings I think they went 15 to 6 and opening
kills going their way or something along those lines so they gave
themselves all the I guess all the space they needed in order to close
out enough rounds because it was getting a big guy's in the second half at times but Jason I'll be honest that was a surprise to me
Dude, I think the first half it felt like they were a step ahead of fury and fall in the whole way
I thought that was actually a 60 half that they were able to call how many times did we see like Moledoy left alone at
Relic case Serrano could never figure out what he was supposed to be in middle for a mid to B split if he was supposed to shift over to
Help with maids and utility they could never get that coordinate
Then you add the slow starts from the individual players, but really I think a lot of this especially the comeback that 9z put down
I think that's a testament to the tough battles they had against Vitality and Spirit in Stage 3.
I think the fact that they got taken so close in such a grindy atmosphere,
that's I think what gave them the confidence and the ability to stay in that game and actually persevere.
That was phenomenal for 9z. The way they played just the approach, they were in Furia's face the entire time, but
it happens again for Furia. Come play of time, everyone goes missing and it's just the style of play.
Like on that CT side just sit back let 9z execute. Where's the aggression?
Where are the mid-round information plays from your kinder?
Why isn't he on short sometimes getting flashed in? Why aren't they doing something?
They tried one round to go aggressive immediately, you know at the start of the round it didn't work out
But for most of that we were talking about their CT side. This wasn't it
Like they're just sitting back getting executed on coming in for the retakes, right?
There was no proactive place no taking the fight to 9z in a consistent way and
That's why they had the field day.
It was the exact inverse of what you said could catch a 90 off guard.
Right, if you're furry, you want to get in their faces,
turns out the shoe was on the other foot, which is insane.
It felt like, it felt like Furia kind of,
especially in the first like six, seven rounds of that game,
they had like the same reaction that Yankees was out of,
just like, oh, it's happening again.
Like, here we are in the quarterfinal,
here we are struggling down zero to five.
And I felt like at some point during that game,
some of the plays from Molledooly,
I started to sense he like fell back out of that trap
of trying to overextend to make plays.
He had the cue, he was probably frustrated,
he was having a quiet game,
He was probably frustrated he wasn't having impact letting his team do better
I just got away from furious so far in the first half
Let's get into that and just a second though because we do need to go back to the first half
Janko, what have you got for us?
Yeah, I think it's one of these rounds where you see like Jason pointed out
Falling into some of these old traps for Furia and trying to do too much even though you're losing
You cannot panic here more though
It's a great random shot to get the entry on to Myron who was absolutely lights out
9z after a while decides to just execute a again. They're just being executed on but it's fine 5 4 5e 3
He drops down the smoke and decides to play around it dude
You do not battle on this in a 5e 3 just save the smoke fall back
You have a two-man advantage let your teammates rotate in buy some time instead. He dies
That's one less player. Look at these angles that now 9z is taking you can't do that if an op is along
He's gonna take your head off max great ending to the game had a great game throughout some crispy shots
here and they shut down the retake and this is exactly the sort of thing that
your teammates are going to get frustrated about like you're struggling for
your life here you're trying to get back into the game you have a 5v3 and then
you throw it away. Yeah I'm with you I think that's I think that's beautifully
explained that the back out of the backing away from the AWP and then you
let your teammates clear marriage yeah and those are the things that just
seemed like Fury had them at some point during stage three and they've
just kind of they've kind of fallen by the way since I've been forgotten and
for Moload they're core of stars has been great every major in groups then
and come play us, no one shows up.
And Moldova has the biggest drop-off of them all, right?
And I don't know if it's the nerves at this point
or what it is, but it just keeps happening.
And you can't have your best guys,
especially the openers.
That's the biggest problem for Fury.
You're gonna watch this game or the stats,
and you're gonna say, case, Serato, where was he?
What can he do when his openers
are not getting any openings?
And he's 3V5.
Like, there's not much really for you to do
from that situation.
That's what it feels like for Moldova,
and that's what you said as well, Jason.
Then it comes into his own mind as well,
where he didn't try to overextend himself a little bit to get back into the game.
And maybe that's the right thing to do at times,
but I think for Molotov it's been a reoccurring issue
that there's not really the way you get back into a game.
You've got to stick with the game plan.
You've got to stick with your style
because we know that he's good for it if he precision himself right.
But once you start to, I guess,
panic a little bit in the way you approach the game,
that's when a good team like Nancy will punish you.
Can I just say too, I mean, you know,
if we're going to stick on the Molotov plant,
Mayeron was looking more like Molotov than Molotov,
and Mayeron had a sick game with AWP.
And that's the crazy thing is like,
when they're first round in that first half and you think all right let's get it
going let's bring a couple together start feeling better and then mayor hits a
blinder on the cross and you're playing five on four immediately and then the
next round he does it again so like right when you're in a position to get your
momentum back that's when a little bit of luck maybe I'm not gonna say luck but
a little bit of fortune goes your way of nailing those two shots on the cross
and what are you supposed to do if you're furious backs against the wall
again and this is why I was so crazy here and your kinder say that in the
opening interview it's like how is that on your mind when you say like oh
we've gone to the quarter finals and just kind of get upset and it's like
Boys I can't be the mindset. I can't be the thought running through your head here
Speaking of man
When was the last time you saw an AWP player hit that many shots through the crossing from Dawes under?
Cyru? Cyru, maybe I don't think he's done that many in one game.
Not that well
Not that consistent
That was insane for man and coming into to the player right
He was the worst rated AWP player out of all the ops heading into the playoffs
He'd been struggling a little bit in terms of struggling sure
Still winning with 9c, but he wasn't really the driving force of the catalyst
But in this game on the T side, once you open up almost every single buy-round with your AWP taking out one of the players from Furia
Through the double-gauze as well. There's different ways of dying in Counter Strike, and I bet you they were frustrated about it
Your round is six seconds old and you already did like that every single round. That's frustrating
I think one of the cool things about 9z is they're so in that like like a little innocent naïve phase
We're like they're still like just so much trying to achieve this goal as a team
Like they're so very well teamed to and because if you look at you know
the round you highlighted with Molledoy sticking around at the bomb site, Mayeron was playing
more supportive style too. Like he gets some of those opening picks, right, but you see
them executing an A and he's just sat back like holding goose for the peek and he's like
I don't actually need to make a play right now, I'm just here to protect my teammates
as they scale up into the bomb site. Really intelligent AWPing, really intelligent teamplay
from 9Z and that's what came out on top.
That was so crazy because you know what was Mayeron's first 4A into tier 1 Counter
Strike?
What's that?
It was MIBR, while Fallen was still on the team and the Brazilian lineup and
He was a right for them. I mean, he only recently turned to the AWP.
So it wasn't the best of stints.
Those six months in MIPR, now he's come to collect.
It was a hard time becoming a Brazilian team.
So the fifth player was always a little bit of a hot potato.
So what are you talking about?
We move into that second half, though.
And you think, OK, maybe some signs of life from Ferrera.
They win the pistol and they subsequently convert the next two rounds.
How do you, Nines, you start to put a stop to that, though?
Just keep playing great counter strike and keep playing as a team.
This is a default, alright, to change the up of the angle, but we want to do a B split really from the side of Furia
But you can see the reaction from 9z, when that comes in, the B players, they're out front, so the plan is we fight for mid
If they come mid to B, we're fighting for it, the A rotator is there as well, if they come A, we retake, doesn't matter
Who also peek on the second wave of it, pushes long now, catches molotov, and it's just a slaughter in mid
because they just make a call and stick with it, right?
Like in the completely mowed down,
just one player left alive,
and this is the first gun round,
they're immediately back into it.
Look at the breakdown of that too,
when Molodoy falls, both the players in mid,
one tries to push forward at the B bomb site,
the other backs away to try and handle the long push,
but he's also got a teammate on Catwalk
whose responsibility is then handling the long push.
So you actually could have doubled up
and still tried to force your way forward.
And I think Fury had just got a little bit lost
in this game with how bad they were getting beaten.
I think the players just kind of lost
a little bit of focus here and there
and some things slipped.
That was the decisiveness we talked about from 9C coming into the game.
They stick to the plan, they go with the plan, and you know, it didn't work out and they were singing around.
There were a couple of blondes as well when 9C had a man up, you know,
given they won so many intro kills in this game, but they didn't really scare them.
They didn't really change the way they were approached the following round.
So maybe, as you said, maybe they're a bit naive, you know, maybe they're a bit inexperienced
in the sense that they don't realize the possible ramifications of their mistakes.
And that actually helps them in a game like this.
That's a fun time to be on a team, honestly.
Like, that's a really fun time to be in a team.
when everyone is like actually just actually playing for the game plan that you have at that moment and it's because you're achieving
Your biggest success for the first time in your career with this group. So it's really easy to be aligned
It's when the difficulties come later that that starts to fade away
Yeah, potentially could come in the second map of this series, but to tie this one up in a nice neat bow
Obviously the clutch for max to kind of end things out. That was beautiful to see
But was there a kind of another finishing blow moment for you, Yanko? Yeah, I think like just the
resilience right so fear did win two rounds a 3v5 and a 1v2 so this is the
final buy from 9z and again DGT with the aggressive play this is what you wanted
to see from yes it is gets a 5v4 now it's still a 4a setup three guys committed
on short right mayron gets one lucho gets the second right and in a 5v2 the
rest of the players just have to save right and then this was off the back
of losing two rounds and as Jason pointed out kind of a silly way right
and you still have, you know, the bravado to take the game to Fury and this was the turning point
or actually the last nail in the coffin really in a way.
Yeah, I like that because there was actually around two rounds prior I think where they also
tried to go catwalk Fury and again like didn't flash the corner. Like how many times we've seen
teams at this level not Molotov, not flashback the AWPer, not force the defenders back and
then all of a sudden you're kind of just dry walking into an off-crossing.
And we're talking about it. Fury at T sides haven't been that great. You know usually
it's win pistol convert and then one or two rounds is all you need right and here the two banners that
they won are 3v5 and a 1v2 clutch from Yuri like they weren't getting themselves in that many
good situations rather that the score maybe what was it 13-8 didn't even feel that close
it's going to take a huge 180 from Furia if they're going to avoid elimination especially
considering when you're talking about the concerns on the T side them starting on that
on Mirage, what's the expectation here for you, Janko?
I mean, I think they just need a better performance from guys like Ikeinder.
They need some openers. They need to make full-on's life slightly easier,
whether that's going to be Ikeinder calling around for himself or his own number,
what sort of openings, whether that's something you saw in your prep
and you already have round set for early on in the half,
but if you're constantly playing 4v5s, 3v5s,
that's not going to be a fun time on the T side.
If anything, I don't think the way 90 is going to play is going to change that much.
They're going to be proactive, they're going to be aggressive, they're going to try to look for those openings.
So, if I'm furrier, if I'm your kinder, if I'm fallen, I want my teammates to punish that aggression.
Because it's going to be ramp peaks, it's going to be pushing apps, it's going to be a B-apps push at a certain timing as well.
And I would be surprised if 90 doesn't try to retake middle, in the middle of a round as well.
When that happens, and when you offer the opportunity to punish that aggression from 90,
that's the first way and best way of stopping that.
If they don't do that, they'll continue to do it round after round after round,
as we saw in Dustin.
I think we'll see pretty early on what kind of a mood fury is in for this second map, like
in the first three gun rounds.
If you look at the group stage that they played, Jukinder was like, he's always kind of testing
some limits, right?
He's playing so well, I think, that he was feeling the game and reading it very well
and so confident in it.
He was doing his classic, like, take some risks and get the high end of the reward.
Walk through a smoke here because you kind of sense the defense base up what's
come.
If that is missing when we get into this and see their T-side, it's an issue
because he is such a critical part to this offense, creating space for so many
people.
this game is we also talk so much about the pressure, the stage, the arena, the noise, everything.
And you'd think after winning a 3v5 and a 1v2, you know, that gives the momentum over to the side
of Furia. Like now, oh, Nyanzee is going to start breaking. But ultimately, it doesn't matter if
what you do on the server, you know, isn't that great. And Nyanzee had the sort of
fortitude to keep taking the game to Furia. And if Furia couldn't handle it, they just
couldn't handle the fights. They couldn't handle the aggression. And until they can't figure
out the way to switch that up on Mirage they're done. We've just got a couple of seconds left but I do
just want to pose the question to you Yanco do you think it's possible that Nainzee actually do this
actually make it to the semifinals? I think it's over I think Furia's just choking again and they
can't perform on the major playoff stage that's it Nainzee taking it. Well we've got Hallevalon
to be desired from the side of Furia and fair play after that shambolic performance on Dust2.
Is it another major playoff fumble from the side of Furia? Those answers will be delivered on Mirage.
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Imagine first map you're starting over past he said the crowd who
Bro hard. I'm not gonna lie. It's gonna be hard
So we've been there so what do you think you guys have ideas for you guys? Yeah, I guess not day. Yeah, but we have any ideas
You think her friend was good go to
Yeah, yeah, first pick inferno that was we're thinking as well for me. I mean you cannot pick all past, you know
Yeah, they're picking over there picking over person faces
It is they picked over past four times and new new twice and inferno once third. They better not over pass if you go peak
Overpass, but let's decide the best over presence of America. Well, they better get it this third make sense
They ban Anubis, we ban Ancient, then Overpass Nuke is going to be one of those 3rds.
Maybe they pick Nuke and say, they're going to pick this 2.
You can put this on her before.
Is there maps which you would be afraid to play against Fiora?
No way, no way, second up on an U-Bus
Ah, no, no, no, that would be too easy, bro
That's too easy for me, I don't play out because it's too easy, bro
We're still waiting a team that's going to pick an U-Bus against us
Haven't played an official since February
For a month, no
There's the flash, that's going to catch Grimm's out
They're going to push on through
MVP, they've got the creep for the speedup
They've got Grimm's out of the triple
The fernectic are not done yet
You believe it
9z they come in they win the first map
They shock the stage here in quarter finals
They do everything they need to to show you that they can win this series
And pull off the big
upset of the quarter finals
Some said the easier side of the bracket, 90 say they agree.
Are they going to be the threats to make it to Grants?
And are Fury are going to be the ones to crumble underneath the pressure of this arena?
Fallen's won it before, but doing it twice, doing it three times and setting a record.
that's a mounting pressure maybe no one can stand but that's a reality they'll
have to face now first the team that deserves to be here
played their game and then some back on dust to let's see what they've gotten
stored for us on mirage 90 to the CT side to start it
well adoy head tuck p250
ooh miss chances had a first kill wasp confirms lower tunnels we've got mayor and just trying
to keep himself alive gear support system looks good where there's one there's a lord
That's the case with 9z. Oh, that's scary already man. Sure Fallen you can take over the A site. Sure Yuri you can take B
But you don't have is the bomb that belongs to mayor. I gonna make this connection Luchov
He's in safety. He can get information. We'll leave a gap big enough that fallen can take advantage. That's the question
There are police everywhere
It is just in states. There's no punish pick in this series Connor
Mirage at the bottom of the mat pool by the numbers here for 90
There's one
Hold your horses. We've got low HP mayor and we've got half HP max
Surely not another clutch for Yuri. Get that dink now DGT's down low
Ooh, all they have to do is kill time until we can't get that bomb back. Will they be too nervous?
Tunnels players gonna have to go really wide to get this angle Yuri's halfway
He could dodge this right behind him
But he's got a move and now he's got another 1v1 locked in he doubles back and max makes the brave move of getting back up connector
Will Yuri clear it he's gonna run in max to the left side Yuri
Show us your teeth
Come on Yuri fight deep
May your moves fast in 12 health Yuri. This is just so instrumental
Nice. He thought they had this in the bag. Yuri confirms
How are you going to move this forward, Mayer?
You've got a flash, but don't you dare pull that out.
It's going to have to be the surgical headshot fourth kill on a silver platter.
He's going to...
Rollin' Behauls!
Fioria, strike first!
The one making count on the clutch.
Does it again.
One ups himself on Mirage.
A holy impossible situation.
Sectioned off piece by piece.
A chance for Mayer, but that hurt the damage too much.
And it's Yuri.
We saw it back in the first map.
Just a glimpse of his collectibility.
We thought maybe that could get Furious game going.
Well, how about starting a map with that instead?
There is no mountain of 9-Z rounds that you were meant to surpass, but there is a looming
threat here in the second round of Mirage that a force by could rebound right back,
Fallen sees the sandwich drop.
This keeps coming for you.
Oh no, he's going to start shooting.
Max down.
Fallen!
Yeah, he gets that kill.
Oh!
Oh, it's all, it's all for naught.
It doesn't matter if they can't pull out the second round.
Max down, hands to the Galil.
The Kindars going to wait for that bomb to arrive.
Mayeron's calling for help.
Right?
No, sorry.
Max isn't calling for help. He'll fall back MP7 doesn't instantly jump now that double-market rotation comes in
Ninesies bodies are throwing themselves to the b-side as Max just keeps his head down low
And there's the MP7 kill for your kinder 2v5 clawback is what's demanded of them 50 to the clock
There's the second Molledoy's now on the scene with your kinder putting fire to the feed
Molledoy pinched off from the catwalk and they get it. Ninesie forced by right back
They know the clutch
They know it entirely.
For the mental, Ninzee would replay this situation the exact same way if they knew that they denied the conversion.
Nothing feels better than that for them. Nothing feels worse for Furia.
Trying to buy back themselves instantly.
Are the lights too bright?
The cheese come cascading into the A-sides, the right side smokes come out.
They look to make it a second tier exec to draw out any incendiaries if the CTs have them.
They stay wide awake in mid with two on the A site, it's still a good looking setup from
the CT side.
Double smoke, well tied.
Oh smoke to Palace and E-Ramp.
Oh yeah.
Wanting effort now for Furia to get through and 9-Z are going to know they'll be desperate to try and puncture.
And so a Desert Eagle kill from all the doys all they've received, so Pete's got the cover of good.
Mayor and Horton commitment, Kacerotto fighting.
It'll be majority standing at the end of round three as 9-Z pull ahead.
Can we talk about how ready 9-Z are for every single move Furia are making?
Back on Dust2, hero Mirage.
Again, so I was trying to say during the Eurik Lush that shouldn't have happened.
From the bottom of their map pool, here is Mirage.
They've lost three out of four games.
But one of those losses is to spirit it over time.
The game they won was against Vitality.
They fix up the place just in time for the Major.
Oh.
You can think about that, frag your name for the little that this round will last.
Quick kills inside of the A site, your clocks mean nothing to a 9-Z rolling forward with
now what is massive momentum.
The gun rounds will keep on coming, the tests will be thrown their way, but you're
painting a beautiful picture about a 90 that can do this. They have incredible I
mean they just have incredible rotations. They have the whole spirit of Latin
America in their gameplay they still bring it. Furia are you know a Frankenstein
team in terms of the styles they bring in and then they have a personality
absolutely but 90 are more pure in terms of what we are used to seeing. Those
original South American line-ups. They bring the cross and you see these sides.
You kind of are fastened through the fire. And it's a mother-doy first blood.
Oh, this works out.
And that ambition down through underpass, well worth it for the 5v3.
Max once again looks to just skate by this threat. Now, bomb is deep inside apartment,
so there's a little hesitation. And within that timing, Max strikes one down.
Oh, no.
Oh, no.
Oh, no.
Oh no. Rounds still alive. Bombs picked up.
Max making a move off of the catwalk.
At least the bomb isn't on Kcerado over there. They have to try to refocus.
There's a chance to take him out. Mayor not watching this.
Good job, good job.
Wasso from the bottom of connector and Molodoyed low health through back.
Galil taught me it never really had a chance to get active.
to get active. He gives it a pause and he'll try to use the element of surprise to win this 1v2.
Oh, but the trade's good. The numbers make a difference. Max goes up 5-2 with a 3k
and puts 9-Z comfortably leading 4-1. At the pause and start the South Cacerados game crashed
at a moment where Max takes one out and
and he's up there and be asked.
It's a tough thing to stomach.
That's sure as hell not the venue you want to deal with this and yet professionals they are.
I've got to say Cologne, it's been ten years I've done this job.
job is launders and eyes, first time having the privilege of casting in this cathedral
and from where I'm standing up here in the rafters, this room is beautiful.
Yeah, it's all that.
It's an honor to be here with you guys tonight.
You're in for a treat with Counter-Strike all weekend long.
An imposing presence from the upper deck in this arena.
But yet somehow, it doesn't shake 9Z.
Yeah, that's right. And they had every right to it. If they did, it would be the least surprising thing.
Even Magic said, you know, they play insane. But we'll just have to see if the crowd affects them.
Still waiting on that.
There were a lot of Furia fans here, naturally.
But I think 9Z will start to win some back that keep playing like this.
Stuffed. No contest with the Tech 9 up Catwalk, and Waso just banking on his teammate. I love
the confidence, let these pistols try their damnedest. It's a rock solid defense across
the board, not one death on the side of 9-Z so far.
Furia continuing to get pieced up. Obviously an unfortunate disconnect. Outside of that
though it's been the slow starts. Domineering CT sides again. Just have to talk about how
good they are making connections. Tell me about a round where they didn't know where
Fyria were going. I can't even think of a single round in this series where they weren't
aware of what Fyria were going to do next, genuinely. And in the vast majority of rounds
Zephyria won back on Dust2.
9Z still knew what they were doing.
They just clutched up.
They just battled through a lot of CTs.
The rubber is beating the road here for 9Z.
The flowers are bearing handed out.
And Max has said it.
They're trying to garner the respect of the tier 1 teams
that they feel that they can compete against.
Viper fallen, lost, Luchov hands on him,
another duel just over the edge of it,
and you've got Malibu and Low Health on the answer,
trying to get your Kindar into this mix.
As Wasupit turns his back, that's a safety net,
four middle momentarily, Maynard going wide out
through the site, he knows Yuri's locked in,
this'll be a high pressure shot in a moment.
But that moment seemingly fleeting,
Fury, guilt, while Mayer is blind, he gets the walk out from the ramp confirming the attack as Moldeo's low HP will remain a liability and that Mayer still just gives him a little more space, a little more time.
He was holding chest wide enough to be able to hit that. The land flash is perfect, but your Kinder has a lead. Flash comes out of the ramp, rotations coming around CTs are slow to be.
There's a chance for Furia to pick this up.
There's a real chance.
Furia come into this beatman bruised.
They may not believe that they could find an empty site
because they have not been able to find them versus this team.
But here it is.
The opportunity is granted.
A three on two retake, but they have the site.
Walking at the perfect moment,
Mollidoy with Luchov going top middle look how much he fell for this and so a smoke grenade offered up for your kinder
X has an HE watch out for this
Kinders got a stuff this side of the retake
Remember Mollidoy's low HP. You think you can't bank on this. They go jump the cap. Nope mayor. It's not
Max like move by the time they arrived not wanting to deal with the smoke instead
They've got fire in front of them. There's a kid on max
There's a kid on mayor and there's a smoke on Luchov trying to arrive from the apartments
You can guard, just picks up the first duel.
There goes that low health of Molledoy.
They could dive it.
They're going to try to get all hands on,
and Mayer just slips by.
I don't think there's enough time here.
It's really close, but they miss it.
Timing on the side of Furia, they'll swoop away.
Those last two 90 members, a hard second round,
and one with a massive bright stag.
Hit those cat jumps.
Mayer by a hair.
Can't get on that bomb in time.
Oh, and he saw that shadow creep and ready to shot.
But a moment here for Furia and again, I feel like they're almost scared of the thought they believe they have an empty site.
But they get it. They went another disadvantage situation that turned around they've got so far.
If there's a world where Furia are going to fight in this quarterfinal,
That a 3 versus 5 like that sprinkled in at this moment could wind up being key
Getting a full change here of K. Serato's PC
Can you believe mayors form again, you know you mentioned at the start of this series
You said you go back to the vitality game great one good map
But only usually one good map in a series nine and four at the moment with impact on that a site
That's what I was so curious about you know mayors just this it's an aberration for that reason
That's what we talk about the stage players.
He wasn't part of this 90 lineup the last two times.
They had an opportunity at a major.
They saw something in him.
It's very impressive for me and I think they'll be a lot of praise for him after this.
It's important to see that evolution as well from somebody on 90's camp
camp because we go back to Dust2, you know the real driving force of this team, the story of their run into playoffs was very much about
Luchov's entry ability, and then DGT being that secondary rifle right behind him. Two strong
Riflers in different goals that drive 9z to top 8 at a major. That was not a part of Dust2, yet two opening frags.
And now we go over to Mirage, we've played far less rounds, seven rounds into this.
He's already got more entries this map than he did in the previous, on the CT side.
Wow. But his opening duels are now coming Luchov's way which goes to tell you maybe this 90 second map
even with Mayer at the top of the scoreboard can bank on what has reliably won them games before.
I'll tell you right now it's communication that's holding a theory of back.
What they brought to this major in the last stage showed us in my opinion that they're they're back to the top.
They actually had insane game plans.
They were not a question coming out of that last stage. They they had everything
What we're seeing here, it's just they're just not bringing it in or when they are it's just too late
Obviously now they're going up against it all
A lot of fans out here from Maladoy.
Fans in both Kazakhstan and Brazil.
Even Canada Connor.
Just in Canada.
The ESL player profile with Maladoy came out this event.
We take a deep dive into his journey, his just single-handed decision-making to leave behind everything he knew to chase a dream of Counter-Strike.
One that he said relates to Fallen because they played both in Cyber Cafes.
And the interesting thing is we go, you know, Cyber Cafes in 2026, it's not every country that that's your journey in.
And yet for Kazakhstan it remains that way.
And so Moldova and Fallen find that commonality, their first tournaments for no money.
Fallen said he's been thinking about having children and the thought of being a father since bringing
Molodoy into this roster. Going into that relationship is clearly very special. Molodoy is saying
maybe I'm not. There is no Molodoy if not for Fallen. Now the two of them have to dig real deep in this moment.
It's a 90 tactical timeout to try to keep their hands on control of this game.
We'll see if the time to think helps.
We've got a full Galeel buy here for Furia, which is not comfortable at all.
You're going up against the fully stocked 90, but using our utility very well.
Man.
All Galeels, all utility.
What's the master plan here, Furia?
Looking like it could be a fast connector split.
They're up the ramp, instant off-shot, no one's dead.
Oh, good position from Keisarotto.
Fast move by Molotoy, and it's gonna come up ninth
in spades!
DGT with two.
Keisarotto finally has a chance to catch you off
with that forward glill on Catwalk.
Well, now what about his recovery?
It's insane off of that pause.
They took attack after the tech,
and they instantly are able to respond to Furia
calling a fast game plan.
All those glills are gone.
All the money. Gone.
Great place to set the area and there's no support here for Max.
Oh no.
He doesn't spread wide enough.
You'd think no world case Serato considers this and he's got a minute to try to work together the clutch.
He'll give up the audio cue. Flash comes over.
Never would you suspect this.
And so totally blindsided by Max who gets away with it.
Yeah.
Fireproof inside of the windowsill 90 up 6-2.
Yeah. And he had to...
Had the thought to get that Mali out too.
Another unfortunate moment here for K. Serrano.
This half is not beyond reproach or fury out once again.
They know it, they've been here before.
They didn't get that early scare like 90, which I feel like has added so much resilience to them.
Otherwise, you know, otherwise, if not for that spirit game, I feel like what happened when they played against Aurora could have been happening right here in the quarters.
This round thought out, it really felt like momentarily it had legs, but, you know, it's in these messy moments that sometimes you see the explosive rifle abilities of 9Z across the board.
You're not just banking on one guy to drop that 3k and that was playing rounds at home. You know, that's
That's the style of play that they're used to to share the responsibility. They wear well
And one that right now has got fury up against the ropes. We get the a kinder a key hero by this time
And sure enough
Down in the first duel a take top mid-control get denied at the bottom
And also though smart move already
They've got a ramp smoke smoking off Connector. It's like they know what's happening every single time and with Waso in this position, Mayeron has open lines towards Connector.
Feria are going to have to get extra creative here.
This is all about freeing Mayeron up.
Almost fully pushed on both sides of the map, but at that point you can get too spread out.
Okay, Fallen emerges to the correct side.
And Mayer will be fighting by himself for now.
Wasso is coming around the ramp.
Flashback is going to let him know it's inbound, and luckily for Mayer, he's a layover to just stick on this line,
and he misses his shot, it's bred his out.
A flood of Furia players take to this A site,
to this A site and now there will be no question about this bomb plant either. No contest offered
up. And they're worried about the right things. They plant default, they know that they haven't
killed the second player on A. He put the AWP in Molledoy's hands and wasso peek arrival
out through R- Oh! And now with that AWP are dead, Pendulum swings momentarily back
90s away. Kcerato's position has been found out with a quick headshot on max. He gets
his revenge inside that window. DGT though still trying to push this retake forward.
We're talking about kids on the side of 90 but with flashes up and over you're he's gonna go for the swing
Oh, and he misses his chance. It's down to the final wire case
Yet again so close so close
At least secure their third it's Rono said just let me play
gets that last kill just in time keeps this happen live it's off tech nines
burial win finally around where they actually get vacant space no contact
until ticket booth how many times we watch players die top mid off cat
connector or stairs
Do you slip the net? Come out with a fish.
Trying to remain slippery from here on out and get this move from 9-Z back out middle
to just try to reapply the pressure.
Fallen trying to bring in the audacious place.
A lot more pressure, a lot more active.
That's what you love to see. Maxed out to an MP9.
Finally, getting through the money.
That's step one.
One final real test.
Because that's a 1v1, it's expensive for Fury as well.
Fallen yet to frag so far on Mirage.
a bit of a team though. I mean, Lutro flashes, they're gonna see this. Paul is coming down,
People's has gone out, sun's out.
Also back into cover two.
It's a quick attempt out of Urius now,
he's just gonna grab the grenades
and we've got Max MP9 in hand,
spotted out by Kei Shirato,
both will swing through.
And that B defense does not hang strong.
They will at the very least deal with Uri
and do it fast enough
that they can still get this line
as the bench cross occurs.
You know there's one player back there,
there's still a good amount of utility here for Fury
up to secure a bit of space,
but it's numbers advantage 9Z on this retake.
This is actually a difficult decision.
If they go for this, they risk all their money.
They probably have a better chance next round,
but they're 4v3.
They're thinking about it still.
The retakes have been solid.
Flashbang here for Luchov,
and that's gonna be when they suddenly
just burst down through this doorway.
You can't force a turn.
As he goes back, he gets himself a kill and a half,
falling there to help him.
And now you're fighting up against the disadvantage,
and yet Luchov still takes a look.
Player over the bench, they'll still know about.
From the beginning, they spotted that,
And the crossback didn't happen, but Mayer gives this up, hard-fought battle here for
Furia to play catch-up versus 9-Z.
Absolute best-case situation here for Furia.
They get 9-Z to participate in a very scary situation, but they can't get that one kill
towards E-Box.
Furia keep two alive, they win the round, they got through the money, they're still
in up here on Mayer.
Now they've given themselves a real chance.
That's Fallen's first kill in the game, and if he doesn't get it,
I guarantee you they lose that retake. It's perfect to flash dodge the frag
and the cohesion there in the setup.
That's really a moment too where they didn't get the value out of that double ramp push that they were hoping for, right?
Right? Kcerato dies instantly, Yuri gets a flash off the wall and then dies almost near seconds later.
They're doing what they need to do to get the open sight, which is good.
That was a small annoyance, Yuri, but still, point remains.
You know, 90 also had to face a Furia that was clawing back a few rounds in Dust 2,
but they had a stockpile in the reserves to close out that game.
ample chances. This is Furia nipping at your heels. Two rounds away from tying out this
half and your force to come into this one with a buy like this. It's guns in the hands
of the best performing 90 players on Mirage. There makes it up into Ladderoom again. The
good gun to watch in this round. Also, he's got an M4.
He immediately evacuates his position.
Bomb inside of connector. Oh, the headshot he survives.
Max's USP up next will finish the job.
Unfortunately, can't get damage in the next one, so
That'll take the likelihood of Luchov getting anything and throw it out the window.
A missed AWP shot could have been.
Luchov finds a duel here and it's a great distraction for Wasobe.
They've been great off kill case Serato.
And the AWP is still in CT. They've got to get this bomb back. They need control of everything.
It's on top of stairs, I think. The bomb is stuck.
Yes. It was fallen. He was watching it.
They'll go ahead and grab it. Now it's got to be a clutch.
Marin in the middle of all this.
AWP tries to go over top of Ticket.
And when the Kindar comes off of this bomb play, he is still very much stuck behind triple.
There's no trade possibility here, so great damage on the Kindar.
He wins his tool and puts this one round from a tied up half.
This is not just a comeback, it's turning into a good half now for Piria.
They've had a battle through it all to get this chance.
Because now they're actually in control of some rounds, which is a huge change of pace.
Before only converting losing situations.
Let's see if they can stick the landing.
Max doesn't want to regret going for too much information this time.
but it's still a Furia who put him as the apple of their eye.
Molodoy, can he punish?
Oh, misses.
Golden chance.
The Molly separates them. Can they exec through this?
Fallen loses the duel. Doesn't even get any damage out.
Now Lucho versus the Kindard next. You win that one too.
Single-handedly holding off towards the ladder.
Max perfectly in behind Yuri.
Slays him with the MP9.
And just when it felt like Furia, we're gonna have a tight half.
It's gonna fall to this 2v5 recovery instead.
You've got three players layered towards the market.
Mollinoy strikes one off, and at 100 health from 25 seconds, he's also got this bomb.
He's looking for his moment, but he won't be able to fake plant too many times here.
That's what he wants to deliver.
A moment of truth!
As he's now got DGT down to 47, he's all back up.
Oh, but DGT slips by.
He's starting to read this correctly.
Yep.
He's got wind of this and eye for it and now a chance to react is the first bullet sail right by scoped in on the hunt
And at the other side goes his opposition
He will stick it to them and tie
Six all as fury of fine four straight
But don't stay with the old play!
For the second time in this quarter final, Furia find momentum at the very end of a half.
It was not nearly as convincing on Dust2 as it was here on Mirage.
Four straight, five of the last six.
A turning in the tide after Ninzey stopped them with that round two fours by
and we thought that Yuri's clutch was all in vain.
This formula for Furia on Mirage looks like it could still win
It's clubs off on overpass.
Oh, definitely. It feels like we could get there.
Furia will have to take us there.
But they've done what they need to do to lay the foundation for a comeback.
and then the game.
There's any notes with this team it's gotta be those.
They've only needed to die the big clutches.
Clutches.
Opening kill, Mayor.
Oh, he's got the double.
With that on the pass, belongs to Furia.
With that, a CG side berth could bode well.
We got a Hail Mary moment here for 9Z,
as they're just gonna look to take control of the A site
and Max will indeed get that bomb down on defaults.
Yeah, he has one priority.
Careful here with these peeps.
Also, it's got a flash to throw up over the ramp,
and this is gonna force a redirection out of Furia.
Two players layered up for spawn,
Ekindar is also on a ramp flank. There goes that flash. Now they throw that out and check this out.
Ninesie getting off site.
This is the right play, but Ekindar coming in on the flank. I mean, this should be the end of it.
Walsil maybe takes one with him before he goes.
Remember, bomb is planted default. These connector post-plants, they're gonna have to stop the cross.
Ekindar...
Oh my goodness! No!
No! No! It's all gone wrong!
It's all gone wrong!
He couldn't find the head. The entire site collapses.
Pressure right back on!
Oh no.
A crouching, I mean, wasso just...
Oh, it turns into two kills there for DGT.
Stomps him out like a bug.
So a missed chance in the pistol to pull ahead.
How are we going to get Finals, get Kinder if we can't get out of quarters?
I'll tell you this much though.
If 9Z lost that pistol, I wouldn't break them at all in the second half compared to Furia's CT side.
I think them winning this pistol only means there's now a chance that 9Z can close the map,
but Furia know it's still going to be fine, it's just going to be harder.
They'll start with an attempt to try to deny the conversion just like 90 did to them.
Look at the damage on the 5-7 shot.
Look at the lightning.
Yeah, why not?
Listen, you gotta dig deep throughout this one.
Be careful.
Desert Eagle's ready to roar.
She's got low health on three.
They could do this.
Falling right back into the action.
Watch it all, Molotov is the Galax!
And now it's a couple of Galils, but the bomb at least still controlled.
If DGT can open connector, then that bomb could run over to this A site.
And sure enough, he gets there, but it's very costly.
So do you bank on DGT's 12 health?
This is very tough, because you can't get out of connector knowing the TAC guys could come over top of you.
So what if he stays B?
Ah, yeah.
Yeah, okay, he's lost his teammate. He'll send that flash back in.
and Mayeron's gonna try to bank on his full HP versus the two on site.
It is yet again damage from the Deagle, but you've got Foli right behind you!
Math tight for the first by win!
Züria haven't touched the lead since the first round of this game,
but they are back in a position to do so.
That's right, they stole it away.
The Ganges like 9-Z did it under the first half.
I'm seeing Molledoy getting locked in for the first time in this game.
Way too many misses on Dust2.
I don't care how many shots he hit.
He wasn't himself. At this event, your kinder has a fantastic rating. Moldova has been getting pure volume.
And I want to say Yuri's brought them chances now. Let's take the easy route.
But just enough time to wake up.
It officially gets scary for the first time in this series for 9Z.
Full strength, Furia hasn't reared its head, and they know that.
But fleeting control of the game is something we've seen 9Z half to stomach, half to handle,
and ultimately they lose to Spirit in two of those situations.
On a stage like this, when the pressure is undeniably mounted, you can't let those
doubts begin to creep in regardless of Furia's fight back. You have wounded this animal,
don't be surprised when it lashes out and right now Furia do so. With a real advantage
here in the 15th round, rifles on their side, a Galil for Luchov, how is he meant to get
those oh so important entries
like swing lines up easy damage from all the way with the law so peak
window challenge almost cost the on all his head has a big a team kill
Dropping utility into the window sill to try to make it awkward.
Maloudoy just wants to get the hell out of here and he's got support on the other side of that smoke to do so.
Hwaso's going to jump on this, but rather just get the kill.
Tries to reload in the cover. That's where you kindar gets him.
He goes 4B3, frag grenades, fantastic.
Spray control for Taserato into the second pistol player and now that Luchov-Galil into the action, but it's all a little too late.
Enter Luchov, someone who we haven't had to discuss.
9Z have been great because of Mayer and today, Waso here on Mirage.
But Luchov has been the, for a lot of people, the reason that 9Z are making this run as
spectacular as it has been.
Some incredible maps out of this man.
And I see another situation.
Should be no problem here.
Eight seconds they can run at this.
And...
Check it.
Let's just make sure no bomb plant happens right there.
All good.
Game goes to one round, they don't get that plant.
Furia have the lead.
Hell of a battle to get here, but they re-secure it.
And with the lead, should come the freebie.
Clock's out.
Mind see, this will be nothing more than an active desperation.
And it's nice to see Furio with their foot on the throat a little.
We go back to Dust 2.
There was this constant lack of activity on a CT side.
Why not send Mollidoi on this expedition with the Mach 10?
There was a moment in this quarter final where it felt like Furio weren't gonna
bring their game to the table. You start to feel it, you start to come alive, you
start to deal with this very real 9-Z challenge tonight. And as you'd expect
the block shredded 9-7s to Furio lead.
All adoying the positive, you kinder of the positives.
It's looking up here now for Furia.
Quick change-up.
Whoa. We got the part-time hopper and the full-time hopper working together.
Father and son here, both on the double-op.
The last time they played here at Cologne,
Paulin also called it a double-op with him and Colterra.
Great spam, you kinder.
From the window into top middle,
middle and Luchov's dead. No entry afforded to 9C this time.
And even while they trail Furia, they are still holding on to more successful opening duels than Furia.
This is a really interesting looking map and I'd love to see it more creative.
We've got the ops on mid and B, but kind of both B players at the moment.
Fall in banking on walkouts so they can lean a little bit more mobile towards A
and have heavy presence at mid at the same time.
This is the kind of map that's harder to read.
No one in CT spawn, it's their one sore spot.
You can either move to the position.
Molotov pops in the middle of the site.
Everybody for 9Z out through that ramp.
And they're running out of utility.
Death ball attempt, flashbang, at least that flash stalks the M4s from trying to get the damage on the cross.
Yes it does.
Wasupi jumps and now confirms, gets the Jikinder active, who's gonna offer a clean headshot to DGT.
Molodoy on the scene, you've cut down half of what remained of 90, and now it's open lines.
That lackluster amount of utility puts them exposed, but still, back to the even keel!
And now that all the remains in this retake is the double opps, they wait patiently and it pays off.
He collects his utility source forward, but with this bomb planted in front of Max, he has to hold his nerve.
Yes.
And Max has a daughter at home, and Fallen has a son in the server.
And that son burns bright.
Molodoid's on the angle. Fallen's going to take up responsibility of this defuse. They've got all the tools for the job.
Smoke on top of it. Kick for the 5 second stick. Molodoid.
Yeah, pistol out. He tries to challenge.
Max gets the first, but the defuse founds.
Molagoy sacrifices himself.
They kill the clock, they win the round, and Furia hit 10.
But again, just another warning sign to Furia to how much you need to nail down 90.
That was a worry of kills out of nowhere.
Back to make that round suddenly feel alive.
That was the one thing they had to be scared of, having the two ops over towards B,
that they had to retake together and they still managed it.
Utility in there and the big difference.
Three player jumble down bottom middle,
just asking to have this nade dunked on their heads,
but it's actually a bad bounce from Kcerado.
Already thought they would have gotten over the bench.
They scale slowly, but they move beyond that damaging utility.
It's going to be Max's responsibility to climb up. Remember, him, Mayer, and TGT, the ones with Don's.
Oh, yes. But will they think that Max is actually in here? Blue Chop kills Yuri over towards Khan.
Kaserotto still, yes. Very nervous that Max is indeed on this line.
Kaserotto will take damage.
That's well fought. That's a hard duel for the CTs.
Kaserotto played it confidently.
Dropping the bomb onto the ground as well, just reconfirming that there's still some sort of presence here
Fallen operating on his own, over towards that B site, Jaws, this case Serato gets the tail end of the setup
I'd like to see Fiora ahead of things, finally
Luchov trying to run that, tech nine, over towards the ramp, DGT's the bomb here, can't lose it like this
Now case Serato's going to sit on top of it, you think, you can't do it, yes
gets that trade back, happens, Luchov tags the Tech 9, and Maladoy over top.
Furia starting to see the finish line on their map pick up Miran.
They're starting to believe they're starting to look good.
They've been through it all. They could have suffered
the greatest embarrassment getting two out here on stage.
It looks like they might stay that off.
The double off persists.
Again, when Fallen played here the last time, Matt Cologne with Coldzera.
He had the second off.
Now they've got an even better offer to abuse this setup on CT side.
Nynzee for once of the ones who look a little bit confused.
Well maybe not this round, this round's fast.
Yeah, it's falling to eat a flash trying to capitalize on the blind hopper.
5v3, hyper aggressive entries come out from Nynzee.
Oh, forgive me, what a call.
Why not just change up that tempo, slam your head into the B site.
The problem that was the problem to the retake on the A site, and now the two players that die first, they run right into them.
But if you know where the ops are, you want to full exact into them. You want to use your flashes.
You don't want to do contact plays, and Furio hoping for more of those.
That's what got Furio the lead, but 9-8 learned fast enough.
Instead of trying to handle K Serato towards the window instead of dealing with Moldodoy on ticket
They hit that B bomb site hard fallen flashed the damn near entire time
They'll vacate the site four players up here for 90 and just before furia can secure that 12
This is actually really interesting
And I think this one go this is them surviving the nerves a little bit actually thinking about what to do next
and not just crumbling after seeing that they've given up that second conversion.
The call is very pragmatic. They get the off blind inside of B. They're right. This is the weaker site.
This is where Fallen came from when they retook that last round. They deal with that problem,
but still money here for Furia. One off coming in now.
And the question is, where do Ninesie take it next?
Here you have done really well keeping eyes on mid.
Candidson.
Flash out through and he's got the entry.
And Molledoy misses a shot, he'll get Mollied back as well.
He's going to test the punch and Mayeron's cover, perfect.
Now Molledoy another missed one.
That's the full punish.
Fallen will try to find an evacuation route, let them have that ace site.
It is a foregone conclusion.
Back to back, electric momentum.
Those are not easy shots, but he just needed to hit one
Whoa
That changes things
It's the hard a play
Three safe or furious not the end of the world. I think they'd be really worried
They lost majority here lost grip of that off. They might not see that next round
And actually, even though there's still a little bit of a lead here for Furia, I feel
like there's some pressure alleviated for 9Z.
They avoid trying to split it down the middle.
It's two-side execs, a fast B and a fast A, and that's suddenly got Furia talking.
And this opens up the game plan now for 9-Z.
And also shakes off that mounting pressure of not being able to win consecutive rounds,
not since the fifth and sixth rounds of this map.
It's just finding where the edge of the cards are now for 9-Z.
The thing that's really scary is that, where do you make your aggressive move next round,
if you don't know if 9-Z are going to move out quickly on either side.
They want to take board aggressive control inside of middle and hope it's not an early
play.
And then going for a retake if they have to, but give themselves a big flank chance.
Ninzee again, they want to keep the tempo up.
They're going back to two rounds ago.
Okay, Serato gets winged at that top mid cross, but he's not able to get the kill
on Luchov.
And this one's actually underpass play.
They got fallen, jump spotting and throwing utility.
They have kind of established inside of middle, and so a third, a new round here for 9z.
Money's teetering now for Furia.
This is the kind of round you grind out the time and the utility, and you can easily influence
Furia to save.
They've already shown us a willingness to do it in the last round.
What would they have if not for the three survivors?
The longer this round goes on, without enough information, they will just fall into a stack.
Battle of the Opera is queued up, but Molledoy bends the knee.
Yuri, watching the ramp for him. Palace is smoked.
DGT gonna try to torment Yuri. Yuri's gonna try to do his best to get Molledoy a chance to fight connector.
Maynard has slowly just taken over these angles, one by one, piece by piece.
Now waiting for that ticket peek.
I just want to, I don't know if GGT's gonna take this risk, but right now Yuri's not necessarily watching from his swing.
Here it comes, Molladoy. Oh, just missed it by a second.
Bomb confirmed.
Oh, that shot.
Max is dead, Luchov scoops up the bomb.
Yuri gives that cover over towards the palace. Still, Luchov will try to entry.
25 seconds on this clock, a third supportive piece.
Now from the... Oh!
Molladoy hits the headshot, and this off rocks solid from within this side.
It's going to deliver that 12.
That's cold.
Find the line for Furia!
For Reed!
Map points!
Perfect for playing off the setup.
Right Reed on the situation.
A new game plan for 9z.
But once they open up that angle from the side of default and he gets the first kill,
Yuri swings.
Takes out DGT.
Allows Molledoy to farm even further.
And that was a Molledoy who was being hunted by mayor.
He saw him post up on those mid angles.
And what felt like space being afforded over to 19 is just them playing Mawadoi's game.
But it hinges on him hitting them, which he will, as does Yakin Dar, again with an opening
kill out through that mid-window.
There were moments in this match where it felt like Furio were never going to find this
major form.
A recovery was demanded of them and they have damn near delivered.
Hanging on to man advantage here in the 22nd round.
Oh, watch for it, it dies.
Pressing into them.
This could be a curtain call now for 9-Z.
It's Mayerner-Max to somehow get back this 2v4.
Somehow, someway, when at the moment, Furia's numbers do remain split.
It's a free beyond fallen.
And that, you'd think, would draw somebody off of the opposite site
where the bomb actually is.
There's going to be a critical fight here
between Max and Yikindar,
and Yikindars played it far more patiently
than Max expects.
Bomb down at 45 seconds.
And while Mayer and May has superseded all expectations
in the first map,
a clutch in this moment seems damn impossible.
How could you imagine him piecing this together?
A smoke to maybe get him up the catwalk,
an AK to fluster him from that A-side.
Okay, maybe something like that.
Oh my goodness.
His second shot, the Kindar presses in.
Furio will not race this moment.
They will continue to attempt to lift this curse.
And finally from Furia, a response, a sign of life.
Yeah, a sign of life. I think that's the best way to encapsulate this game.
It wasn't necessarily as you said, the prettiest of counters right coming out from either team,
but oh my, what's this important for Furia to stay alive in this matchup.
Sure, they needed to win the RAS, but also the fashion they did it in.
I feel like they were outplayed in the first half once more.
Somehow, some way, they get away with six rounds and there's hope for the second.
And then finally, Molo-Doy shows up, you know, a little bit more composed,
hitting his shots, playing a bit more mature, they say it in the playoff.
and seemingly a furrier that is beg-alive.
Yeah, I think I'm with you.
I think Ninesie looked like the better team in the first half,
but you got some of the strength of fury
in terms of their individuals,
like with the kind of players stepping up.
I mean, what, there's the 1v3,
the 1v3 in the pistol, 1v3, 1v4 from Molo-Do.
Yeah, whatever they were.
And then like two last second defuse,
like they barely held on in that first half,
but the difference from Dust 2
is at least those small wins let them wake up.
Like kept them close enough
to keep it within striking distance.
And then yeah, you switch sides,
did you get Molo do a pop it off with the AWP and now it all pans out well.
I mean five out of the six rounds that Fiora won there was either one of their
players left alive or none like that was the hardest fought six rounds on T side
that I have ever seen but most importantly they got him they got six
doesn't matter how they got him they gave them enough of a buffer in the
second half to be able to close things out. Yeah I think we should go back to
some of those moments because I don't want to say maybe there was a little
of an angel looking over them in some of these situations, but just about for we got some of these
rounds over the line. That's what it felt like. The rounds we were referring to is first and foremost
round seven. Again, as Janko said, you know, they weren't able to keep a lot of people alive.
This time around, it's a 2v3 scenario. Bomb goes down. You have Molotov to 13 HP.
You have 9c. At this point, up five to one, having played a great beginning to the first
half, very composed, seemed to be in control of the game. And the way they approach this
retake as well, seemed to be alright, waiting for the Molotov, sticking together, flashing
for each other, maybe here the spacing was a little bit off, Lutschoff gets a kill and then
it's just you can't a left but unfortunately there's no time left to defuse the bomb but this
bomb we're talking 0.05 seconds. Unfortunate you know that can happen once in a while. It's
happened two times in a half, we're moving fast into round nine right here Jason, it's happening
one more time, this time around they buy from through as well, they are on the ropes, if
they lose this I'm willing to say it's game over. This is one of those rounds that gets a low
buy where I feel like 9z did that whole thing where they got a little bit too cute on the map
like a double push in towards the B halls. You have a lot of resources on the other side of the map
against this low buy. Your operator doesn't have anyone to keep the spacing between you
and those technides get way too close from doing anything with it and they slip.
What was this plan from Fallen as well? I've never seen this plan. In the end it made
all the difference because the ABS guy couldn't cover his teammate but yeah they just kept coming
these clutches and even in the final round. This is wild. In all the wake up it was a 4k with
a 1v2 just masterfully played really in the end but it was by the skin of their teeth that
Fury I was able to rack up these six rounds their best round was probably that half-bite that they called out of a timeout
So keep a minute because for the economy. It was important
To they could keep buying from that point on
I think there was a cool difference to in their CT side when they switched halves because I felt like it was kind of similar to dust
Two's in the sense that it was kind of like play a little bit further back
They didn't seem to want to be too aggressive in this one
They were clearing out some ramps and they're not only pushing up mid
But the difference is Maladua hitting a shot
So if you're gonna play that far back at the offers gotta hit a shot
We should have got it at the end, like back to back rounds. He misses a couple of shots, save.
He's got a couple of shots, winning.
Just going back to those early moments, like I don't want to be too critical of Fira,
because as you said, Janko, a win is a win, but like we know they have more of a capacity to be getting these done way cleaner
and maybe even more of them on their side. No, like are we allowed to critique even if they still won?
Yes, we are, and we should, but we also shouldn't forget that they ended up winning in the extended series,
But that's not gonna mean much unless they improve going into overpass like so far what I've seen on the server
I trust I'm Z more. I mean even the first round the Jacob pointed out
That's a mutual sort of pushing cat to go T spawn to flank when he has two teammates on a like in
There's no need to go for that play if he just stays on B. Maybe it doesn't happen
But most important as you can see here is your kinder and Maldoy having better games and having between the two of them
You know seven out of the eight opening kills that fury I managed to get there
still losing in that department by a large margin and that's really important
for Furia moving forward. You mentioned it after Dust2, look at well, K-Cerato, look at his
frags as well when you start having those guys finding openings for you all of a
sudden the space opens up for K-Cerato to slot in and make some plays happen. So
this time it took a little bit but the Furia team just kind of woke up
and then you started seeing it all kind of fall into place the way it
should, the way we expected it to. Finally, it seems that they've woken up on this
stage. Move on to the second half though because 90, they win the pistol,
out of Furia, stole them in their tracks. Just one of those things where maybe
your prep has ruined you, right, like because you need to be, you need to really
trust this round if you're going to go B in an anti-force, right, you obviously
know what can happen with the pistols being in play, that was a weak fake from
DGT towards A, but I just had four players here from the start pretty much,
they just decided to stack maybe just something, you know, in the mid-round
they said that they were going to do but this was what enabled the comeback
to start happening, right, because after you lose that second round, you
You know, your money is in the bin and it becomes much more difficult to play the T side.
You just got bottlenecked, man, like if you're gonna execute that, like you have to get out.
Like you just have to, even if you're jumping to your death, like you have to create that space
so there's no chance that anyone following up can actually do anything.
But yeah, for me, I can't get away from the AWP in the second half.
I think that was the save in Grace with Molo.
I love the second round.
That's huge to get you started, but that AWP started really heating up and started making
every kind of move that 9-Z was trying to do, Moload picked one off, right?
Shaved it a little bit thinner.
I think it's also, you know, an example of where we get to see the limitations of 19.
That T-side, you know, we had this round in the second round in the second half where they
trust a call out of spawn. Every time they try to run a default on the T-side, they got smacked
down. Then they went two rounds in a row. That's a fast B execute, it's a fast A execute,
out of spawn calling. The players don't have to make individual decision-making,
they just have to follow the plan that was laid out coming into the game. But
I think that's the limitation for 19 this game. The more this game become a default game,
The more individual decision making that has to be taken, that's what pairs like Ikinra,
Keisarato, fall for that matter, they'll eat your life.
So I think this was a game that, you know, successfully sold by Freer, was slowed down
to a point where 9C had to try to default a bit more, didn't work out.
On that case, there's bad news for 9C fans because the decided there's going to be
an overpass.
Not much you can do on that map or on your T side outside of default.
They did have success on it in this tournament, but yeah, I agree that it's going to
be a clash of styles.
We were joking in the podcast with Furia, it's like against them, when you play T-Side
Overpass, it actually is like it is in scrims, because the Kinder is just balloons every round
and although he is there supporting him, so that's going to be for me the name of the
game.
You know, can you deal, can you find a way to deal with that aggression early on?
Punish it, if you can, then you can have something going.
I'm glad you mentioned that, because that's the way I feel going into this third
map, is it all, for me it all falls on your Kinder and how he does and how effective
he is.
huge. There's going to be plenty of gaps he can test. There's going to be plenty of
space he can challenge. Walking through smoke, getting through bathrooms, trying
to gain an advantage off a risky play. That's the kind of stuff he loves. And
Fallen has specifically referenced this map and said, this is a map where we
kind of lost our tempo. Like teams started figuring us out and we
couldn't get back into it. And that was one of the big priorities as he
said specifically. Yikinder came in with fresh ideas, new ideas, a few
little details to change, a few adaptations, and that's actually gotten
this overpass back under control for them where they're really, really
confident on this map and now that it's the decider, you better live up to those words.
Yeah, I mean it was so crucial in terms of the success in the last part of 2025 as well. It's
great to see them refining their form, but I guess to play devil's advocate for a moment,
Janko, are you confident that your kinder is going to be showing up in that classic
aggressive style to be starting this off? I'm confident he's going to be aggressive,
but how much success he's going to have, I'm not sure. And they have to have success on
the CT side because if there's one thing, I still don't trust their T side. Like even
after Mirage, I know they got six but it wasn't pretty and a couple of those was just
9-Z maybe doing a little bit too much when they didn't need to and obviously the clutches, right?
So I think it has to be a nine round CT side for Fury if they're going to win this.
How poetic is it though to a certain extent? We've talked so much before the series began
about this being like kind of Fallen's Last for All, he's announced his retirement at the
end of the year. He's like the OG master of Overpass like when the Brazilians burst onto
of the scene in LG and SK. This was the map where everyone was like, they have such a
God-tier understanding of how to do this that nobody can match them. So now here we
are with a chance for them to finally win a playoff series at a major for the first
time since we were playing Global Offensive in like five years, four years. So, you know,
if you're coming back to this map, I think there's something cool about that and Fallen
better have a masterclass because as Janko said, the T-sides today are looking absolutely
rough. If anything, you got to speak to Moldova as well. I know Moldova stepped
up in the later stage of Mirage, had three or four good rounds overall, but he's
He's also been inconsistent so far in this series and I feel like on a map like Overpass CT side,
Yakintha is going to be aggressive. As Janko said, he's never going to change the way he's playing
regardless of if he's finding success or not. It's just a question whether or not this guy has to clean up
after the mess that Yakintha's going to make. Sometimes he's needed a lot because Yakintha's maybe not finding too much success.
Sometimes he gets away with a little bit less but for Molotov to play consistently well on Overpass,
I think that's a massive win connection.
He has to keep his cool. I remember around against Maus, it was against the half-buy and Yakintha died.
He got one kill, he fell back to bank and waited for his teammates and they came over rotated and they won the round cleanly
You know it can't change here and now in those situations
You're just going to keep fighting keep repicking because you think you need to win it like for your team
You want to win it for your team like you need to stay patient and play together
That has been the strength of
Furia in this tournament just to put the script for a second to look at the side of 90
I have a lot of times played on this map, but just looking at their mentality right correct me if I'm wrong
It still felt like they had that aggressive mentality on Mara, sure
Maybe it didn't always go their way, but it seems like they're not scared. No doubt
The mentality is there like we're taking the fight to fury out no matter what time and time again
It's just tricky. You need to
Understand and at which moment in the round sort of you've done enough and just take a step back like you pressured them
You made things uncomfortable for them. They they need to figure out what to do now
You can just take a step back and maybe a couple of times
They did a little bit too much and sort of the round resolved itself in furious favor
So that balance finding it is not easy
But if they can do it they have a good chance of winning in a game where there's been a lot of question marks in terms of players
Performing another feel like one thing that has been consistent is the 9c decides to play their version of the game
If they were to lose an overpass at least they go out in their own terms
I don't expect them to change that proactive aggressiveness
We see it on the CT side that's gonna continue is over pass a map that's really fitted for that
They can't beat to some degree, but it's hard to do it over and over and over and even more
So as we discussed on the T side you have to have a certain amount of default or a certain amount of gating map control
Usually utility otherwise guys like you kind of and will that will pick you apart and that's going to be an issue
This is a very get back to lucha. All right
He put himself on the map really with that game against Paris and no Paris vision was out 0-3
But you know he had they had 11 rounds on T side overpass and he was just having a field day
So I don't want to say she's been quiet, but doesn't have you know many memorable moments so far in this game
This would be a great moment for him to step up
I don't often ask some predictions
But this has been a way more competitive fair than I was going to give it credit for right Jason
Where are you landing cards in this one who's going to the semis?
I know I this feels crazy for me to even say it myself because I feel like Nancy's been the better team certainly on map one
Certainly for the first half of Mirage, but I'm taking fury of this
This is where I lean towards that experience and those individuals that have already shown us they can they can kind of seal
Not at majors, but we've seen them in playoffs of big events being able to seal things out
So I I'm taking fury. I have to put faith that I'm now
I'm gonna stick with 9z. They played better counter strike for the most part of the series, right?
The look the clutches really ruined their chances on Mirage. I think they'll do a better job on overpass and win
I think 9z has been the better team tonight so far. I was in but I do think that they had the one opportunity
And Mirage to close it out. It's not gonna happen
bets on either side of the equation it doesn't like being wrong either way we
do need the third map to decide who is going through to the semifinals in the
South American showdown will the clock strike midnight on 90s Cinderella run
only time and overpass will tell
Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay.
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I have the same thing. I guess they're speaking Spanish. I don't know. So, are you speaking
Spanish with the coach? Sometimes because he speaks Spanish, but we all speak Portuguese
better than he speaks Spanish. So sometimes we speak Portuguese with him and when we are
in-game we speak Spanish. That's pretty funny though. So he's listening to you guys communicating
in Spanish but then in the timeouts speaking Portuguese? Yes. Wow. You throw the enemies.
For us, like the Argentinian players, it's more normal to speak Portuguese really, the
server is in Brazil.
When we started to play, always you play against and with Brazilians.
It's kind of a similar language and we learn the language.
So it's kind of easy for us to speak Portuguese, but it's more difficult for the Brazilians
to speak Spanish.
Interesting.
I'm searching in Reels on Instagram and there are people who talk in chat, you know, they're
like searching for a language practicing and a lot of people who speak Portuguese, they
don't understand people who speak in Spanish and I mean like, and Myron said that it's
easy to adapt because it's language is kind of similar, but for some reason, why is
people speaking it?
It's kind of different.
Yeah, yeah, interesting.
Yeah, okay.
That for me is kind of mind-boggling though that you change like I can barely speak English properly, right?
So the fact that you guys do multiple languages and now you're doing this with us in English, it's it's extremely impressive
I'm very grateful to be here to have the team I have
I'm very happy with the guys, the coach, the analysts, the CEO that's here with us.
So yeah, a lot of people from Argentina are cheering for us and waiting for this moment
for four years because our last major was in 2022.
So yeah, I'm very excited to be here.
In the best moment in my career, it was definitely my qualification to the Antwerp Major.
That was a legendary for the South American team because it never decided us a team from
South America, not Brazil, like Uriwaya, Shenzhen, Chile and the rest of South America qualified
for the Major.
So, yeah, it was historic for all directions.
So, yeah, that will be with me all my life.
I think the person who inspires me more, I will say Fallen, and it's obviously one,
but I want to say another one, and he's with me in the team right now, who is BIT.
He's a legendary player from Brazil, and now he's our coach again, so yeah, I'm very happy to work with him.
I want to achieve a lot of more missions, but I will say a playoff mission.
Yeah, that's my goal, my real goal, because I want to win a Major,
but I want to be realistic at the same time, so I will say, yeah, play off a Major.
Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!
Well, haven't we laid the foundation for a perfect end?
9z picking up the first map and Furia, who we didn't know if they could, responding.
And now from the top of their map pool,
Overpass a series with no punish picks whatsoever. We can have the very best map
to end it.
An entire decade Cologne you have waited to cheer for this event as a major. An
entire decade Cologne that's fallen has sat here waiting for a chance to touch
that trophy as a major. So one final chance Cologne! Let me hear you roar!
Thank goodness we get a chance to see Overpass.
Jiria may have overcome their demons.
And now we put a microscope to every pistol, every mistake, every punish, and every rotation.
As Ninzee, run this out long to get ahead of a very difficult T side.
I love the tempo, gotta be honest.
Ninzee once again, right back at it.
Straight into the furnace.
And Molodo is gonna give Maynard something to think about
in the backdrop.
You've got three sets of feet on Scytho.
If Ninzee wanted the bomb plant,
they've got that at least.
Now hang on for dear life.
If Ninzee, or you have DGT babysitting stairs,
there's no one coming up there.
Everyone rotating in from CT.
They could run into a crossfire,
get clothes lined on their way in.
That's the dream situation for Ninzee.
Look at the bodies though.
All these players about to just fly out
through that dumpster and that constant threat as well with the bank bush.
Fallen's clean with the first one, drop by Lujop inside the corner.
He starts to rack them up again in his explosiveness,
but once more, moment going from the first kill down,
back into it, reload needed, bomb ticks quick,
and there's no kick for him to scoop up fast enough.
He's got to go.
There's no time.
It's so close, surely.
That thing's going to blow.
Run.
A hell of an effort.
It had to be the last bullet before the reload.
He couldn't nail him there and the crossfire is king.
They take out Max, but where there's Max, there's Luchov.
First kill to Furia, but a swift bomb plant.
And again, every round is gold here for 9z.
It had to be that shot.
Everybody's looking forward to their CT side on Overpass.
Both these teams massively overperform on the defense.
The pistol is just the easiest way to take the pressure off of the second half.
Flash in for K-Sirado, P250 versus blinded people, forces the team kill.
But luckily there's utility for Ninzee as well.
On top of that one they will just cut right through this P defense.
Nothing else to hold them back.
Kindar Heaven USP? I don't think so.
And even then we see 9Z played appropriately, dropped their smokes and make sure that they don't make mistakes.
Both of these teams lost to round 2 force buys in the previous map.
Yeah, but if that doesn't happen now, then it doesn't seem like it will.
Molodoy pushing in, chance to see the side, and Jock takes him down.
Calm situation now for 9Z.
They gave themselves a very small chance by buying barely anything.
a couple of P250s and that flash we saw Kceroto try to capitalize on.
This exit will come towards Erie, he knows it, but now he gets spotted.
Ah, no chance to get the jump on him.
It's a massive chance.
So far this major period have played over past twice, 13-6, 13-7, versus Batboom and Maus respectively over on the other side.
90 have played it four times this major, 13-8 to the Mongols, 16-12 to Spirit, 13-1 to ParaVision, and 13-10 to Tyloo.
That's an incredible resume, undefeated so far on the map.
Well, if you don't, I'll give you our lives.
tried to work on coming into this major having to wait four years to return after their Antwerp outing.
That's a long time to think about your dreams and aspirations.
And now Loochaw will be thinking about what he can offer in the next one because it's opening kill here for Fury.
A body's on the site, flashbang misses two targets and monster.
Kacerotto from behind the pillar still yet to activate. Max is leaning in on this.
And as Kacerotto finds a small sanctuary behind this pillar,
It feels like it's the kind of spot that could go unnoticed. Sure enough, he swings and he tethers nicely off of Yuri
who now has another and with that Furia's first gun round sucks the life out of Ninzee.
Yeah, one of them, one of the dome there for Mayern. He's about to go down.
They'll try to escape here at 39 seconds. Really uncomfortable spot for Ninzee.
Spending all their money, being able to save an AK and a glill, but just the Molly extra for Mayern and
And Furia and what's really important here on vertigo or on vertigo on overpass is the verticality
He's going for the boost within the site
Timing that up perfectly with your case orado
And for 90 the T side on this map is very B centric when they get the opportunity they show variety because they're a good team
But leaning towards monster whenever it's not being heavily covered is something they're gonna try a lot
Late rounds ending B, early rounds where there aren't double ups outside of
monster with a crossfire. Feria have to protect it. They're very good on those
entries.
The O3 start for Feria would have been a complete nightmare.
Because how many maps in a row can you start from behind?
Here comes a fully loaded Furia, the up on Maladoy.
With those two saves, they know that a buy is coming in, but they also know that that
buy is a skeleton buy.
9z they they won't have the capacity to go and sell fakes to go for a thorough default to bring it up to respond
I'm a little bit worried seeing fear of playing this far back
Because if they give up all the space
They create a situation where it's one missed off shot and the site gets overrun. It's extra pressure on Molladoi
No inside bathroom setup
He puts himself in a must-hit position no rotations over. I'm not liking this right now for Furia
I mean I know Molotov is on form
But it was a communication on map one that I was concerned about keeping the ideas moving to get information
That's what won them these rounds. Oh, but he nails it, right?
But what about form goes supernova?
Because he nails the first shot. Luchov right into it with a peek. Good entry out of Luchov.
Talked head, Bill gets popped by Uri. More bodies when the first one comes from, he commits to the spray!
And Uri got the slack! Just like that!
Throwing himself, thrusting forward past Molo-Doi's point of contact, catching a multi-kill moment.
And that doesn't matter, just take your breath away by Uri. Beautiful rifle work.
You cannot talk about the success of Uria in 2025 without talking about the success of Uri.
10 seconds and DGT is going to hope he dies on time. There he goes.
3 up and 3 down for Yuri as they close this round.
And as small as it seems, it comes up with this first shot. That's just so key.
Again, playing that far back is inviting a lot of danger.
But this is a moment where the shoulders can come down a bit.
You know that you're now going up against a save.
And it's time to make some money early.
Even if it sprays a bit wild, it's just such better cover on that side of the truck
and standing in the open stairs.
It's a gut wrenching feeling for 9Z to come crashing back to reality.
You are in the mud on the T side of Overpass.
This third map was never meant to be easy.
Domestically, great record for 9Z on Overpass.
At this major, great record for 9Z on Overpass.
Luchoff, Glock, headshot, all the sudden there's a spanner in the works. What an
oddity of a situation we've got here. 4v5 still. No, excuse me, 4v4 now. No
way to grab that off. Why are the teams playing this like they have a chance to
win this round? They've got a kill from that far away. They can't go back and get
the gun. Four on four situation. I mean just do it again. And just, yeah,
and again it comes down to, well right now you've got Yuri in place.
holding the line. I hate even entertaining the thought. Oh, the bomb goes down.
AK's in hand. Yuri's up close, he's also dead. K Serato's M4 tries to recover, this was
Glock's from the top of the bottom. There's nothing coming into this, just Glock's.
Righta grabbed the bomb, Luchov has got it, and now an AK in hand.
Mayeron's concerned about giving cover. And with Luchov, as slow as he is, he
fails or falls back. Nades you nothing. Mayeron gets a gun. Now there's AK's,
for both. Can't be tripping over your feet now, Furia. Fallen looking timid on the approach.
Oh, good reaction for Fallen and they've got it. But never, never in a million years
should this round have gotten this close. A warning sign for Furia. Maybe a slap
upside the head that'll keep them sharp moving forward. But tell me, that doesn't
have 9-Z confidence starting to hit the boiling point. Why does it even look like
they have a chance that entire time? And it's again because of the position
It's so dangerous when you let them get that close.
And apparently it doesn't matter what kind of guns you have.
It's ridiculous.
The locks.
Oh, man.
They need to do more on it.
But they're winning around the half of the loot.
They lose a little bit of money with it coming so close.
That's not a way to call.
I don't know what will be.
This round starts with a more forward opening move, Furious throwing a Kindar down at the connector.
Got a heavy B-Lean out of the game, immediately opens, no.
I actually, I do, I do really like to read again, like early rounds and everything,
90 will always default back to taking over Monster.
I like that Furious thinking about that, they really left the A-Side entirely vacant.
Could be scary.
It is off, it catches you off, but it's only for 30 damage.
Goes back in and Max is gonna find the headshot.
The repeat comes in, Molledoy goes down.
And because they're playing open roads, there's not this instant bounce from 90.
They don't feel the need to rush that forward,
and so they're not gonna get tripped up by the fact that Furia had so many bodies here.
That's the other part of it. They don't actually just full exec.
They test monster.
They'll try to walk out in the middle of a timing.
But man, how is there no response at all here for Feria?
The fog of war is complete and total towards A.
And it's the walk up.
It's the dead silent move.
The kinder is going to try to cause some interference.
No one's here at balloons, and Eagle is washed.
Yuri leans that M4 forward, careful because Mayer's on this exact line, but Mayer's also
got to give this up to go and push the bomb in, and that opens the door for the two fury
riflemen to start to claw it back significantly. Mayer's low, cleaned up by Kcerato. The two
of them, a double kill apiece, Yuri and Kcerato stripping into what was all of Ninzy on that
bomb site.
They just got to give it up to Yuri, man. It's really critical kills.
9-Z on that bomb site. Maynard was holding for that exact Uri push Mohan
but he had to move that bomb in and when he does Uri finds the perfect moment to
push the opposite side of the site that Keisarato is distracting from.
They're getting insane form out of Uri.
Hell of a day to do it.
Still another moment where it's very scary 9-Z pulling that call out.
They go into a timeout now. Max has got the one AK, they invest behind it, but it's a
tapered buy, only some money going in.
When this flank got washed, I mean, again, like, the fact that Yuri even gets the kill towards
Long, he would never have stood there if he was worried about that.
Assist on the 3rd as well.
High efficacy on that grenade, huh?
Low health mayor, one of the pistols employed here, flashbangs behind their targets, but
the kinder not getting his kills just yet.
It's okay. It could be recovered.
The real chance to cut him down locks her pipe held and that one's convincing.
Fury up with the Floria kills.
Go up to a 5-2 CT lead on Overpass and yet all of them still seem laser focused.
Surely with how 9Z have tested them in rounds they're not supposed to.
This does not feel safe still.
I mean it's Fallen's Overpass that invented the forward A aggression from balloons.
It used to be him using fur in this position to get space pushed back and then phase for the team that adopted that use rain in that position
But he's the one who invented it
And it hasn't fallen out of meta there are so many aggressive CT options to implore you just have to make the call
early punish and now it's the utility from safety here from the CT side
oh what a crazy position after a CT push going for a boost like this this would be such an
insane read like the thought that it would even go back to do this and look they're covering this
correctly oh my goodness and you can push off a short and you he was gonna do
that so many layers to this short play this round between the teams it's crazy
cuz a kill comes up for fury it's actually give themselves a chance but they
still knew what was gonna happen on both ends of that bush all it is gonna
have to be instrumental yet again 45 on this clock you raise the support
system once more tries to get into position but as this smoke remains up
It's just Molotoy worried about the bathroom's door.
And now that it's faded, he could drop match, but there come the shots and the confirmation on that jump up.
Nobody's locked! And down goes Yuri! Down goes Molotoy!
It's a great sight yet again!
The piercing attack, crushing everything.
Spotting a ginder who now has no chance to even go for this.
Bomb gets planted and 9z close it.
There is no holding them back once they come knocking on the front of this A-bomb site.
Glock's four guns.
And Ninesie shows us a real depth in this round. The amount of set ups they had, an anticipation of moves from Furia outside of the B site.
That isn't just them getting lucky with the A hit.
They got unlucky with the Fallen's boost. They were watching for it. He still got the kill, and then they got two back.
Shout out Hwaso Pete for the wallbang headshot return.
And your kinders push off some short even though it sneaks by because they have to call their player in blue to now refrag
It was a piece
The rotation is still not enough
Again, I would just like to see a little bit more bathrooms control out of fury
But in a round like that I can understand it was more of a heavy emphasis towards be from the CT side
But these early positions are looking more competitive
High-level overpass
Kicking in Mayurn is on the up
He had two good maps in this series, but starting this one zero and five
And to be fair, that spam back was also pretty fortunate, but my goodness, what an attack.
Here come those luchov entries.
It's one of the specialties all major long that 9Z had been able to bank on.
He's kind of an untapped secret weapon right now.
A scary sixth gear for 9Z.
We're needing damage on the approach, but it does go both directions.
And again, we're going to play this game of cat and mouse outside of the B bomb site, DGT
to the top of the boost.
Ship damage on Quesarado and Fallen, a kind of light-hearted spam comes through and doesn't
find it's target at a fury up, but fury will just keep trying these different angles.
Ice made this time out of 90, that'll get Quesarado dangerously low.
It becomes a game of battleship, you know, between short and inside the site, you can alert them of your presence. There's still, there's no ceiling over the site.
You might as well have used the fact that you can go with spams.
So, some damage dealt both ways. A lot of it unconfirmed.
But, the last few rounds...
And I see have started to lean and end towards a which I think is a little bit unexpected
This flash for Yuri to set up falling into the fight and back into the cover
But they are closing the gap now. He's a little more concerned about the short side
Max has got the one answer back careful in these to be ex situations
Cacerados gonna clamp down on it this time around Mayeron can't get that deep angle good on fallen to catch those two kills
He has the second most amount of kills on furia at the moment. Yeah at the moment what a time become alive on overpass of course
That's a moment aim that he gets those he gets full-blinded yes has to fall back
And not just that but it felt like for a second
He goes into the short side where he was about to find a duel still kind of blind
Has second guesses
More awkward position and still delivers to on the walk up
That was not an easy position for Fallen to get one, let alone both.
I thought he was flustered, this kind of indecision for a second.
And he knows that, they know where he is, not much room to fall back.
It's a good TT angle that he takes, but he just straight up has to deliver.
Knows he has to fight to the death.
And he says class is in session.
Slight limitations for 90 and around 10.
This elusive fourth around win on the T side.
And a total change up for the tempo.
A completely unannounced move.
Look how unfair it's not getting respected.
But they don't get the kill.
Oh!
They don't get the kill.
And there's enough CTs here.
Recover's it back, Flash finds them, setting up.
Because you'd think, of course, he's not going to do that entirely alone.
It doesn't matter how good the setup is in the approach. They don't get that open and kill. It's all for none.
Feria will take their position. It doesn't matter what the damage you're on your way in case you're on a watchful eye on the boost.
Always ready. A flash comes through, it takes fall and blinds you! Still a cover!
Max can't clamp down on it if I'm not mistaken. The player with the Mac 10 in the middle of all that.
So economic limitations show why 90 are up against a wall at the moment and Mayn in the backdrop.
There was no need to discuss his shortcomings as an AWPer at this event or events prior in this quarter final until now.
He has had real glorious moments in both Dust2 and Mirage.
But a difficult side in this time, swarmed in the final 30 seconds,
his second kill just now collected and they want to rip that off from his hand so that it's not an option here for 9C.
Yep, he'll get a chance to play on CT side.
There won't be too much T side-off impact.
But again this is about getting rounds. They didn't want to have the start on the T side on this map.
But they knew that it was coming.
Again we look back and see how important those pistol and conversions were.
Can actually snapshot a lot of these rounds and see the position for 9Z is so good.
But Yuri comes up clutch with Maltese. Moldeau is hitting his first shot.
This is what made Mirage possible in the second half for Furia.
This is what we expected from Furia coming into the series on map 1.
But now none of that matters. All that matters is closing overpass.
And they're showing themselves they can do it.
But if I'm 9-Z, I'm still confident I can pick up one or two.
It's a weird one, but those nades well placed.
The Kindar has been floating around this opening, and Molledoy will welcome this challenge.
Miss times the off shot as the Kindar jumps in front of him, gets killed out through that
smoke.
Now Molledoy really feels like he's got to get something because he can't really
control this gun.
They just have to hide for long enough that he gets scared because now his rifle
support is gone.
Does he want to take the risk?
I love that he's staying here. He's getting that rotation in from Yuri and he holds on to space doesn't immediately evacuate
And really just leaves that gun. This is actually a crazy lurk position out of Luchoff's like look at where this round is actually going
You'll stick here for the time being and remember there's only two guns and Luchoff holds one of them
So they're actually allocating him to the other side of the site
Luchoff's dead and so when he goes down this becomes far less likely
90 bank on a half health Watto peak.
They're going to work short.
50 seconds.
Oh, what a move actually.
I mean, Fallen's not going to be able to see this.
Just trying to chase.
Case the Rotto playing with grenades.
I mean, reloading behind the pillar.
He doesn't feel ready.
Fallen's caught out in the open.
But remember, they just don't have the hardware.
AK's last at bat.
And so, they'll sweep him under the rug.
Furia secure an eight.
Yeah, this half goes from good to stellar here for Furia.
This is 8 without a pistol and a conversion.
It's time to lock in.
What a daunting task, lies ahead for 90 once we switch sides.
It's one they should have always known they've had to deal with floating overpass versus fury up.
But now it feels real.
And that electric tempo that they began this T side with, flying down long with pistols.
It is slowly receded into playing the map and keeping options and waiting for furious tests.
Shrugging to defend against those first kills. Getting those for themselves.
Inside bathrooms control. One thing they've been doing so well is just pressure on just absolute opposite sides of the map.
The kinder trying to play his advantage here. Molledoy protects him on the outside of bathrooms. How will this get cleared?
Perfectly timed from you, Kindar. Oh, clean versus Luchov.
Take it three, come on.
Max will deny that.
Still a solid multi-kill out of your front bathroom's defender.
Molodoye gonna be just locking it on this angle now,
knowing there's support standing behind him. Fire pops,
and he will still offer half his health running back through it.
A two versus four in an uncomfortable place,
especially when you still need to pick up that bomb.
And yet this is what's left of Nines' T-side.
Stellar defense put forward by Furia, at times pushed to its limits.
Molodoy Stoik sits back, relaxes and knows that him and his team have indeed done enough.
Done enough to put down in the minds of 9Z. A massive ask of them lies ahead on the other side of halftime.
What is that? You can't think of simple!
Let's throw it out! This is the SPL!
This is a major!
A pistol in conversion had Ninzee's hopes high out of the gate here on Mach 3.
But Brazil has been given real reasons to celebrate at the moment.
A second pistol victory here for Ninzee in the middle of the cathedral
would suddenly make this place electric as their hopes could once again
return to new heights. Glawd! Who wants to see a comeback?
They want Furia forged in the fire.
9Z wins 70% of their pistol rounds on this map.
But this one, they need 100%.
Oh, what?
The flash is perfect. Luchoff hits his shot.
Maren eyes wide open.
The P250 is deadly from a distance. Oh, but they take this out. They don't see the bomb.
Then again, cover everything.
The headshots in the pistols. We go back to Dust2.
It's been this way since the first round of this series.
It feels like they're just whenever they just so solid on these pistols just instant headshots. So furia a Yuri still alive
So you never know right?
That should have been another in the 9z back pocket
I'm so interested in the CT side just with the amount of kind of jostling and
Out positioning that was going on outside of that B bomb site on 9z's approach
Even if it only came up as three rounds on that t-side it felt like they were really trying to just warm their way through
I thought you were in control of a lot of those two positions that
They're still recovery though. You think it's impossible down to your kindar all four players here. Surely they all just swing
That was one of the tack bosses to talk more in these versus clutch situations
Come on
They can happen last one's the hardest they make a meal out of it, but they win that pistol
They win that both pistols on this map and look how excited they are at this chance
Wow
Let's go stay composed keep talking keep talking to each other keep making plans keep understanding
Situations in situations make it difficult for them kite get good positions
The reminder to communicate has been huge. It's been a through line at this major
It has made the difference on these tack pauses.
It feels like the most obvious thing to say, but when the pressure's on, that's when the communication falls off, and that's when you lose everything.
That's why Sid wants it even from the dead players, right? All hands on deck.
And that's what's been so impressive about 90. Like, through all their difficult games, they have kept communication high.
They haven't come through with very, like, boring setups without map control. They always bring that.
But that's a reminder for a future round.
Furia coming into this one with Glocks a couple of flashes, hoping to score a plant.
It would be an abject failure if they somehow lost this.
One in a million rounds.
Probably inspired by Nynze's attempt with a similar buy.
Last half.
No plant off the pistol, that's what this means.
Furia kills it a bomb plant for Nynze's Glocks on the attack.
Furia's not so much.
On for the ace.
Quasso peek right there with Juli on the other end of it.
Any of that? All five. Just an ace for the road.
Or is it an ace on the foundation of Ninesie's extension into the playoffs?
That's the question that we'll only have answered in some time.
It's also a moment, no kills. No bomb planted in the second rounds.
Money is the scariest thing to go up against on overpass.
But it comes to CT side.
If you can get six Mollies every round you buy them.
That all instantly on the mayor.
Tech nines though.
Here for Furia.
Stage perfect. All neat is insane.
That's kind of what my interest was piqued by, right?
These elder setups on the piece of ice.
And Sendier is going to burn Mollidoya.
Wasso in the middle of that smoke.
Supported by the rifle. Gets a little awkward.
Kcerato and Uri trying to reclaim this one again and there's all yeah, he'll find it over top
So that really sucks the momentum out of the hands of Fiora cuz now Kcerato the one with the low health also bunts smoke
Dangerous cross. He'll still hit two takes
Luchov kills him in the middle of all that but just a reminder that things can change quickly with the talent that Fiora have
I'm...
Aferia did a fantastic job in that first half of taking very scary positions, but hitting their first shot, denying the opening entry, and then taking full control.
90 will have that responsibility now for themselves.
They close out. We're gonna get a strong game plan on this T side of Aferia. They're comfortable being here. They just know that this lead isn't as big as it might seem to the untrained eye.
They know to take every T-Round dead serious.
If you're up, if you- if you win this round, I would literally rather be them than Uria in this match already.
But there's that 1% second kill! This is massive out of K-Cerrado!
Just playing games through the monster pipe, and it's lethal.
There's still a second half of this map to figure out for Furia, but you've got Mayeron in a tough spot, dropping his smoke on bathroom.
Furia never made this mistake in the first half. This will take a quick adjustment if, ever, Yori tiptoes his way out from the top of connector.
That bomb is going to be Molledoy's responsibility. This sends you Kindar and Fallen in front of that bomb with their smokes out, ready to blank at this A site.
Can Mayer adjust the scope fast enough and slam the shot to Yuri?
Because as those grenades begin popping inside of the site of this now, a sudden rush up from Luchoff, a leg shot, and there's that pinch.
Yuri perfectly times it to tether into the A site, and the double kill from Keisarado, worse, it's weight and gold.
Honestly, Mayer is in a spot where it's time to get out of there, right?
If you wanted to have a chance of taking this off into the next round, they have money to buy it again,
but you wouldn't want to do that.
And again, this is a moment where we see Ninesie make mistakes,
make a mistake that Furia did not on their CT side.
Two kills through the smoke on Monster.
All the advantages that you may have have nothing to do with that.
Oh, one more Punisher.
Make it really expensive. Get through this money quickly is what
Furia are gonna try to do.
Gretchop hanging on for dear life, but it's feeling less and less likely.
Right off the thread of K Serato, who will collect a triple kill this round.
Attribute this one to K Serato, as Furia now have 10.
This could be a right off for 9-Z. We'll see.
They still get their money for virtually everything they need.
What if Acer Auto doesn't just put them in a good position?
He just wins the round with those two kills.
It's impossible to call around.
The stakes are high.
You want to tell yourself, you don't want to be passive, you just want to be making the
right play.
And sometimes that means shooting back through a smoke.
But as soon as you die, you realize, you're taking risks playing at this level versus
players of this caliber.
There's never an easy choice to make.
90 didn't get to this position by playing as a Tier 2 team and pretending they're
playing against Tier 1 teams.
played as if they had the same amount of top 20 players as all of their competition.
That's what got them here. They can't turn their back on that, but that also means they
have to rise up to the challenge of more, a new set of top 20 players and continue to impress
on a level that you could never precipitate for their run coming into this major.
You can walk that tightrope all you want, but don't be surprised if Kcerado shoves you off it.
You can already see the change up in Ninzey, not a single player extending down that ramp towards Monster.
I don't doubt that Ninzey have other defensive options, but I know damn well that left a mark on them.
This one working out a little bit towards 9Z, holding onto utility more, not burning it early, not anticipating a fast move from Furia, which they're right about.
Furia are coming into this very slowly and actually not willing themselves to risk any kind of forward map control.
Now those smokes start to come out for the CT side.
DGT down here, still has his smoke and his incendiary, Max is playing flex here, and you
know he just wants to make the right move.
Do I lean and reinforce B or do I stay towards A where they're coming in late?
Well it is a B play.
All the way for short, Kcerato's the one to go through, Flash finds its target, second
player back, there's Wasso, now low HP, Max is also wounded, your Kingdom is gonna
give Luchov a touch. The monster pipe's still slow to the play, but Max, what are you gonna
do here? You have no health to work! So Mayn on the scene as Max burnt to a crisp in front
of him, looks for the off-shot, drops one, but the bomb plant's still secured!
It has to be a one on four, and I don't know if that's gonna happen.
Oh! They deny him! Swing wide through it! It's a team effort here from Furya in the
face of the utility. Late grenades out of 9-Z, but it's all for naught. Their
money's gone, and Furya on the brink of victory!
here to take 12 now that was the chance for 9z to respond in the second half
their most comfortable half in their entire map will they get the pistol and
conversion they're looking for but as soon as they hit the money and the full
rifles they call the fury up case orado once again opening kill out in front of
that mall at top on short that's what opens up the site no hesitation for
one of the three players in that pack, met by the flames, doesn't give a damn, dives right through it.
So not only do you feel his wrath when he spams a smoke, you just had a great point about having to go up and play those risks.
But a guy like Kcerado can also just storm your castle, and he did that.
An unexpected move, Katz9Z off. Did they do anything wrong, or do they just get caught by a world-class player?
And 9-Z are playing now for overtime.
They will not bring anything into this round.
A sinking feeling hits as 9-Z after their two pistols in this series thought,
it's our time, we know how to do this.
Well that chance may have vanished at the hands of Case Aronto.
This is a game that in many ways, for all of Furia, feels like a curse.
Yikindar's inability to win quarterfinals at majors.
Molledoy's performance in Budapest, leaving him looking like a shell of himself.
And this constant 3-0, stage 3 start that fizzles out at majors.
You lose the opening map, it all feels like it's becoming a reality again.
And yet in the back of your minds you just know if we can fight, if we can claw our
way back into these halves as Furia have, then you can get to overpass.
We've fallen, changed the world of Counter-Strike on this map.
We're fallen, inspired, all the nations where every player from 9-Z hailed from.
And so you give him that comfort zone,
and he'll give you six rounds to try to fight it off.
Six rounds to battle for your dreams, 9-Z.
Furia, map, match, semi-finals points.
And so they step on to the tightrope and they have to see what can they get away with.
Who's going to make the first move?
Can they stick to their CT game plan that they know works?
Or is this just a bridge too far as the confidence boiled over for Furia?
And they finally ascended to the form that we saw last stage.
That's certainly what it feels like.
One more mistake, Taserado.
Punished them twice already.
It's been a demon for this B site defense.
A millimeter from the kill.
Another mistake.
catch Basso and this time it looks like they're just gonna bounce.
At times Furia sat back and let things stew this time they want in.
And as they try to get into it, it's Keisarotto to catch another.
DGT looks to be the hero, drops that bomb.
And now it's Keisarotto on the scene.
He's the reason this momentum rolled forward.
It's built up by Molotoy.
Then Luchov on the recovery line.
He's got anything more than one.
Another multi-kill from Keisarotto.
Max says he has a daughter now and the time is limited. Do not waste these chances, but it's taken from him.
This cathedral will see more of Brazil's guardian angel.
Fallen stomps on the deep purple embers. We've seen burning slowly throughout this major. 9Z are no more.
This is a team that deserves the praise, surviving a map, pushing Viria to their limit.
We saw that they could stand on stage and still play their best CS, but they gave Viria
enough time to reach their form of trying to be the top team in the world, the team
they were six months ago.
With the player that's won here 10 years ago looking to do it again.
on the side of a bracket where he knows his hardest test might have been right now.
Ten years he has chased the thought of hoisting this trophy as a major victor again.
And he's not doing it with an entire roster of Brazilians by his side because a fallen story
and fallen's influence goes beyond just his nation's borders.
Not only to that of South America, but to Kazakhstan and beyond, Fiora Secure Semifinals.
They certainly do a semi-final in Secure, a very popular winner here as well.
First off, congratulations on another semi-final here in the Cathedral.
Thank you very much guys. Amazing to play here every time.
Very happy we went through. Thank you so much for being here.
What about 9C? They've had this Cinderella run.
What is it like to play them when you don't know a lot about team when they seem to have beat everyone?
What is it like to take them on? They played very good. It was our hardest match so far
I think they could have gone through. They played very good. All series they play on this tournament
And it's just that at some point we kept believing that we could come back
Mirage we did a very good defense and overpass a very good defense
So I guess sometimes our T-Hofs doesn't work and that's what they take them out of the tournament
What is it like to play here?
I was I was talking about this when we opened up earlier on if we look on that trophy the last time the major is here
Was ten years ago the team you were with at the time is embazing on it. You lifted that trophy
What is it like to play here? It's amazing guys Lexus is a place where I feel everyone is coming from around the world
To celebrate counter strike you can see this game through NIC completely different continent and still for arena
So yeah, this is probably one of the best place to play counter strike
if not the best, it's amazing to be here.
If we talk about bookends to careers, what is the difference between the person I speak
to right now, who is, you say, on a retirement tour, last time you played here, and the player
who lifted that trophy 10 years ago, what is the difference?
The difference is that at that time I feel like I was still trying to prove myself,
still trying to win a lot, and I was trying to put the first group on the top of the
world, and now I'm trying to do it again with a different group, and I know the
lifting this major trophy is part of the piece so maybe I can do it one more time
so the difference is I'm going for my second turn this time. What do you think
is going to happen in that semi-final? What are you bringing? It's gonna be a
crazy match. A lot of people have big respect for those guys they're very
friendly very good players they also have some struggles on playoffs like we
have been having lately so it's gonna be a crazy match it's gonna be a
pleasure to play them and hopefully the best gonna win let's see. We love
watching you play we love watching you win congratulations Fulham
Fiora threw to a semi-final.
I think we shall!
Semi-final Saturday.
And today's game is all about living in the present.
Easy to say. Harder to do.
Aurora encircled with rumours but simultaneously going further than ever before.
The thoughts of the future creep into your mind on both sides of the stage, the past.
How can you ignore it if you're Gabriel Toledo?
We don't know who's gonna win this one.
We don't know who's going to Grand Finals tomorrow.
But let's have some fun and find out!
Everyone wants to win a major, not everyone knows how to.
Let's see who's up to the task today.
Furia, selecting the T side star and they're looking to pull his soul fly out the gate.
Major Rookie's B side is going to be bombarded with a rush.
He's going straight in.
Madge and Wiccardia are quick to tend to this.
It's about our first shot and soul fly takes down Fulham, puts his head on the parter.
There's Madge and there's a nice double out of Wiccardia.
Shut down one arc!
Kaisa also tried to fight a couple of consolation, frags Aurora!
A rep-rolling star!
Hitting him with pace and soul flight, he delivers.
The young man won, killed to the name.
With the setup, it was sound.
And the Turks strike first.
Is there a force fight?
In the ranks here, just chips one away, then playing ahead of the smokes.
Wakadia plays waste to the attack, and that's what you want to see.
not with and not missing hitting hard and finding the fire it's not the force but
there is a scout molotoy into play trundles down middle looking for an
opener you need to get the black flash online early for them spent all his pennies
to facilitate this
tax good but they got a p250 alongside these blocks life at a youthsland I
don't think you're clearing this. I don't think you're ready. I was assuming it would be clear what's equal to 9
Molotoy any further impact much more to the man get his old look be tasty this one now
at least it's retrieve still should be walk in the park all right look at it bring the
new dawn of a new age for Turkish Counter-Strike semi-finals one thing grand finals the other
And the way Centauros and Mokadia displayed themselves, sure it was against Bedburn.
Oh, I'm faking the mid to B, the other three ready to pounce into Softline Mokadia.
Interceptors.
Softline, could be two for two, and defensive is bomb-sized, he starts off with seedings,
does handle the akinda.
Oh, and he makes it look easy.
I'm going to go to the left.
Comfortable dispatch of three.
Ego goes nowhere.
All right.
So they want to bring out the
adb play that it's any cash to
do so.
They're late seconds.
I in from walks it so they
will have the all advantage
not available for fury and
they haven't gone with scouting
back to back rounds falling
down to the tech nine.
Keep your eyes on the game
plan.
They really want to try and
bomb out soul fly over to
feel it himself. Round three into lower titles and he draws first blood.
Kcerato cuts out of the round by the South Pole sniper. Backs away, job done, mission accomplished.
Fiora already walking wonky.
It's the dream start, Chad. For Aurora.
Desk bringing a slow one here on the T side into question for fury. I remember they opted to be here
Disadvantaged
All the dust go and scavenge back the AK so now he's equipped with a rifle
All know to play late-long never free. You want some short control as you kind of throws out a bit to be smoked
That's a and Zantara's passive and soul plan. It's the B defender playing long in this setup
No AWP to hold the arms length on this side. It's going to be the rifles to do the work.
45 seconds.
So the smoke on Zintares.
The U-Tour has to be perfect if you want to get down Zintares. Throws out his HE, doesn't
find any initial connection, but his mate does.
Not just that, into the meat grinder.
Yuria shred it up nicely.
Considering the save already couldn't be a slower start
Multiple members yet to get out those starting blocks fall in Molodoye kinder and that last name has been instrumental
in setting the tempo
How long will it be before we see Molodoye get an orb in his hands this is spotless for Aurora
They lose it after time Wakadia starting to track this one down five four three two one
And oh lucky. He is so damn lucky regarding how to consider the clock. I want a second pause
That would have been devastating to the finances early. Oh my goodness. I'll still wipe the board. No threat in this
Let major cook
couple of 35 year olds in the server right now
John Fallon
Believe their teams to the final
That's so calm so composed you've only lost two kills in three rounds of play
K Sarato, look at the make-or-play. Woksyk here with the ult.
What's it gonna be?
K Sarato out.
Just a vision. Does remove Woksyk.
He's got Suntara's up on his screen.
And Suntara's hitting his!
K Sarato denies.
Looking for that quick follow-up.
You have no doubt Suntara's would have provided.
That's what you want to see from K Sarato.
Takes his space, takes the advantage.
Naintain's control of Long.
Full detail, but that HG drone by the CT's may have blown the gun away.
They're still so compromised. A flash at Glock.
Molotov starts at B.
Okay, hang on. Retrieval mission accomplished.
Complete success. Yuri retrieves it. Has Kevlar as well.
The bomb's going A. How's Molotov going to contribute to this?
He's completely detached. Oh my goodness. Surely Magus set up to succeed now.
All three of them are here.
They've shown the bomb, they've turned it back off, we can out.
He's hit the headshot, he's provided again.
K-Sorato for his third.
All of those into B, they can rotate back all the way, but he only has a clock.
They've got the time, but Monodoy, the space,
can he do anything with his clock to hamper Rotation?
He's got another K-Sorato quad kill.
Stepping up on the big stage.
Living up to the hero AK.
He's got his cape on his back.
And he is single-handedly gifted Furia the first round of this semi-final.
Is it less?
Wiccardia has other plans.
Molotoy's actually managed to borrow so deep as Wiccardia, here he is.
Clear!
Okay, Molotoy down.
Got the kick at the time.
Oh my goodness, for surely not the frags though.
Oh, what a nice block as well.
This is really all on Yuri.
He has to play this perfectly.
Fallen as well could be disrupted with his positioning.
doesn't want to be left alone, doesn't want to leave Yuri high and dry on the
sidetime ticking. Fallen will make his move.
Wiccardia's got to hurry this up. Yuri don't you move a muscle. Don't move a muscle.
All of our hard work. The maid is going to find him. Yuri picks up and before the grenade finds him, he delivers what Pacerato started.
Talk about touch and go.
Keisarato the hero does it all.
And that one still comes down to the wire.
You think it times against him, but they don't have the weapons.
Yuri saves the day.
And this is what Keisarato started, just unleashing fury.
And that's their first, out comes the Molotov.
Or potentially an eco.
So back in both teams with the buys.
Interesting mismatch in the head-to-head of the default set-ups of these two teams.
If you're as in your kinder, he's the long probe.
It'll be tasked with taking on Magi on the other side, but they're not shoring up long.
They're playing to disrupt short.
All right, holds the rotation.
Fallen throws out mid-to-B utility as alert smokes donned on the B bomb site.
This is a really threatening an avok guard set up from the two of them one sits and T wants to get the info off the flash though
He's dropped off. They've completely sold long at some point. They have to think it's a consideration
What's the acknowledges the possibility
Still wearing into this mid to be they're taking short space now the timing could be good for Aurora if they get a move on
Here they come, the pilot doesn't believe his life doesn't pull the trigger,
South way only the one, they've breached the site,
Muller is in trouble, still hits match up.
Nice little quick score from the goalie,
back and forward.
Quick with the AK-47, they'll find consecutive.
And that's the money in the mud.
Losing the hero AK, then back to back with the buys,
they're in trouble with the finances.
Can Aurora keep a cool head about them?
They will have to take the light investment here,
They have no other option
Just the timing here looks like we can't you got caught sleeping your kingdom giving the good graces to waltz on out
And this one from Molotow combat open up close and personal
The boss man seals the deal we're back under is already striking hard the scout tags has hit
You can't go down to boxing Scout you find safe haven
It's called by a scout bullet, two of them now wounded by Woxic.
Right now this is going to be about the finish, this scout is harassing Shaw, but the stack's
over towards B. So USP and the D-Golf magi are tucked in
carp, with the low HP he might be able to get something done, does depend on this
finish. So taking their time not rushing the plate, switching wards B with the pack. The
bomb top cat, as they set up U2 the game plan it's been clear. Bombard this B bomb
site. Just fallen, okay. Yes he does, easy one for fallen, should be able to wipe this
one away now, Zintara's up close to personal. He's got the eagle, he's been jumped over completely,
over looked by Fallen, it's a late to train necessary. Stops things from going awry and
Woxic another attack, that's three connections from that scout. And now a triangle out of his
position, Woxic, can you take anybody with you at your low on HP? Moldedoy. And then
you take the fight and you're kimmed up. He knows exactly where you are.
Thanks for coming. 3-3, we're all tied up.
to get back into the guns there is no Wauksic AWP available this is a great
opportunity for Molotowick to start to settle into the game that's a quick one
now on the cross with Cardio going close this one could have got out of
control he has the hand on the AK that's in Torres we're talking about
bit of a grimace he knew what could have been the Faber coach on the mic
give and see the same opportunity. We're all tied up early stages. Long spawns for
Furia if they want to use them.
Changing the tide in the last three has been opening kills all in favor of
Can Aurora respond? No kit, no AWP, limited utility.
Slept off, doesn't find anything on the cross.
They're not a room right now.
Alright, respecting the default.
Not harassing Lola, not playing short.
Not trying to be a jarring force to the space that's being taken.
That Jart has liberated Zontarius from his A duties.
They're fed up with his B bomb site.
And the point of contention.
That would be a great time for a fake.
That's exactly what they're cooking.
a gift at a second smoke they'll rain in and it will affirm their belief they're in the
right place on this gamble.
They certainly could be a bit split here.
Going for it without the smoke they've got the CT smoke instead there's three here.
Sof like close to the doors that's the test for Fallen.
He'll pass.
It's Makario a good angle but is there a response from Kcerato?
Any event is captain in the smoke lost in the sauce.
Let's collect now our Aurora.
Woxix right behind you, Kendo.
He's got threats on every front
and he's not considering the backstop.
Woxix could find it through the doors.
And Yuri thrust into an unwinnable clutch.
7 HP, got him back away.
Even with this guy's record in the event,
so far no chance in the world.
Xantares takes him out of the pitch up.
Aurora responds and that was a tricky round.
Furia trying to get quite technical, trying to keep those pieces moving.
But opening kill on the Stalfly was great, but LeCardia, we know what this man has been delivering.
The future of Turkey is here and present.
And you said it, Maga, he put his troops in the right place.
He was so ahead of that complex call from Furia, he had a third body on B.
And here's the response with Sid on the timeout.
So going back and forth with Bs in the early stages.
I'm going to get in before the money is gone.
does the game plan now shift they settle into something a little bit more
standard Yuri has the best long spawn doesn't like their posture to take
these eyes on Molotov is all picking suicide as usual has a beast for me so
it will be late to the plate but Woxic has his so we get to see them go toe
a toe.
Bitnaked damage on the fallen.
Not down from Maja.
And a second, onto Yukinda who dismantles.
One of the tracked down Maja's pushes.
Again, they just sell long.
long. Consider Pratt playing it for both teams heavily. Not scared of Furia taking this.
I want to stuff the short progression.
How do you all flash on Santara's call?
Nobody will be hindered by this. Looking at collapse on middle Wakadia coming to join
the play.
What's Sid's timeout lead to Furia?
Finding that fourth round.
Esurano, if he is around short, he's about to get an awful lot of information here.
Here's Otaris. Got his head. Look at that.
Perfect setup to succeed to Centares.
Not just Flash, Centares provides the head.
Wakandia, cheating back over to what's been out 40 seconds.
Furia look hesitant.
They feel like they've been rumpled that they're going to be red.
We'll tour on the site ready to deal damage.
You just need a good entry.
Eyes on Yikinda.
to provide the trade if he can't hack it.
There's Makaria in the window. He's done it again.
Removing Makaria. You need Soulfly.
There's the trade. Is it available?
Is it available? Mantle's up for two.
Soulfly's done very well.
Puts him into a winnable retake on B.
Tontaris is quick on the back door as well.
Not just going to join him. Two through Tons.
Wox it, kicking up a stink from the door side.
Volodoy. Spotted out by Tontaris.
Towards that big box, you've got a lurk smoke thrown out by Tontaris.
That's going to enable them to close that gap, but on a door,
I know we were not far off.
Woxickel moved just the pressure release.
It's going to go great to the smoke.
He wouldn't be ready.
Yuri Yez catches Madge.
And Zataris is running for the hills.
We're going blow for blow here.
That was tough.
I felt like SoulFly had done enough.
Don't want to get into weirds with the nitty and the gritty.
We'll leave that for the desk, but the game plan is clear.
And that's on both sides.
See a long left open as avoids in food just here time and time again
Eight rounds of play
We're locked up
County has been caught a couple of times now in that window and this is great from Yuri
You can see all the way sweat and bullets there having to take the open gravitate towards the smoke
That's a tough position to find yourself
Eiko around to the same to AK. Couple of investments, smokes, pistol upgrades, and Torres. We're going to take a fight through short.
TKB, the can opener into this round.
Against the AWP.
Looking to crack skulls. Spongebob, he holds. Perfect.
Threat neutralised.
AK picked up. Wakadia has that now.
Again, back to B.
This is brutal
Elected to start on the attack
This is gonna put you in a weird spot for the next gun rounds
And they've walled still they have all this you till the site is theirs, and they shouldn't have any issues holding on to it
More mollies more smokes
Plenty more to block and hold them at the door. I
I question, do Aurora want to play aggressive next round into lower tunnels to really be
an absolute nuisance and then force the round into a mid-round 3v3 type scenario?
And then on the other side, if they get long spawns, just fall in, want to call
the rip, send it, change the pace.
It's a game of bluff.
on the fight but no dramas round is secure for Furia. Five on the board in the
moment's time. Yikinda will take Soulfly with him. Yuri wants a little bit more for
his troubles. This guy's been a rock. They do retain the AK. It's the best of a
bad situation.
The second time out from Faber, that mental game will be the conversation into this next
round.
Woxing has the AWP, Molotoy as well.
This rounder has the best longs for it, the game plan has been working.
You lost the pistol, you lost the conversion, sure.
So how's the gun rounds are concerned?
You've been sticking to your guns and you've been converting.
One tricky round, maybe an overcook, maybe a little bit too long in the lab.
And it's major time, mate dude, let's get this one back underway.
Time out done, conversations hard. Moldero has a good beast form.
So if you want to go post up on the line, is there any aggression from Aurora?
on his own. Gonna pressure be unusual.
The rabble off the shot through the smoke. He needs to announce his presence. This is
part of the trickery. Now they're going to pop out long and just on his own. The rotation
is just left him. Woksek hedging back.
They're juggling nades. Roger.
Sittering the pop but it's just such a quick pop. Now they know him. Taked on
the corner good flash good support walks and catches Yuri still standing his
ground the flashes keep up a magic can he stand his ground on the door side a
miss shot from Momoloid shape it up nicely for a rectified situation
trading timeouts into rounds Faber gave him a stern at talking to an Aurora
immediately wrestled back for a 5-5 scoreline K Sarato the unknown
own entity. Flash of Flash there from Wakanya on the short side. I think they know and they'll take it.
Holding on now. An opportunity here with this one.
For Aurora to break the Bank of Fury going into the final round of this first half.
We'll catch this in the replay but the Flash is
Copping the kinder multiple opportunities where he just wanted to search for would take the fight find the entry but he's team
Passing in the opportunity that let's see if they can respond
Second time and perhaps the smoke is there Moksek. I'm gonna have to find that immediate incision this time
Territory gained for Furia cross to Aurora
I haven't been playing to the beat of the Brazilian drum.
He wants to fight this.
Archer, down to Fallen. Captain on Captain Crime.
So one can simmer now. Three players here, Wakania.
We'll serve it early to address this.
Taro searching forward, he wants answers.
for this kind of angle. He's known for his aim and his pre-aim, but clearing these corners
procedurally, has he even ready for Uri?
Oh, he was! Adjusted up, Uri bests him, though, extends the advantage, Furio working with
a door smoke at the 55-second mark.
God, he's in a good position to get me if I fall and spot him and the head-sip!
Went like a young man right there.
Chris from the rifle now just to to find their biggest fear factor is this Woxic or if he sounds off a shot
They'll find the finish right now
They could be heading into the stack case righto searching for info is anybody home is sector clear
Can I call the rotation in long also?
The fans of fury a clear out the site the bomb starts to rotate fallen has the rotation and Woxic and soul flight
It might just have to be the same
And that's if your kinder will let you
The money's not great either.
There's been a back and forth affair.
The bomb tossed, now planted and the hunt is on.
1900 for Aurora going into the final round of this half.
We need to hold on to this.
To keep these guns.
What's this?
It does take a little heavy flak through the doors.
Took down one.
No secret as to where these guns are being saved.
How much will Fioria invest into finding
The removal of them
It'd have to be one hell of a white swing here from the a kind of distracted by the
Utility and creeping and crawling forward
So flies gone walks it just 10 HP cowering in the corner. They're coming for him
and they take it all the way!
Doljan Hunt, solid stuff. This is a stage game. This isn't a brawl like what yesterday offered.
These are some clean rounds.
And that one's on Fallen. The entry.
And then the second on to Wakadia, to really tip the Scals heavily in their favour.
Magi trying to make a plays, and Tyra is the same, and Bosh!
Fallen's got your number. Final round, first half.
Hello?
Centaura is lucky to be alive, attacked through the doors, puts him on 8 HP.
Will Yutel dump in mid?
He's having to get lost to this AWP, and he's glass, damage done, spam through, self-fly
low.
They're going for this 3-man B, flash to the ready.
Still wants to go.
Pacerato, flash!
Oh, just a hand!
How has he got a second?
Unreal!
Got a second!
Unreal!
He could have found some Taurus!
Okay, Macho, fall in, then he'll stand off on the long side.
Body's dropping on B, Macho wants to be involved somehow.
He can't be so far away from that B bomb site.
What a case Seratoco did, Darbel.
B bomb site to finish the half looks likely.
Four congregated in the upper tunnels.
Smoke now faded.
Still safety first, the mantra of fury.
Not going to force the finish.
I'm going to find it. I'm going to turn the screws into Aris.
It feels like it has to make a play.
Even though it's pre-dead to react.
He's found his corner. His roost.
You're kinder unprepared.
Guess what? Outthrowing his nades.
Takes the Q. Takes the fight.
Don't Aris delivers.
Paul's us back into the four on three.
Not just position compromise, another frag from Keisarato, getting his third, there's Woxic.
Removes the threat on the long side, but an open red carpet run to Plant on B.
It's a bad door smoke, Yuri will lob one out.
And it's not gonna matter, just one man to find.
Keisarato with another 4k, an ace to finish the half.
The crowd wants it.
Will Keisarato go for it? Looks like he wants it.
Not an easy shot. Now he knows.
Geisarato, four-five, girls!
They're up at the half!
Furious start, he's side!
With a bang!
There's the flash that's going to catch creeps out, they're going to push up through.
FK gets Robert Krip to the straight-out, he gets himself the triple!
The Fnatic are not done yet!
Can you believe it?
We swap sides, map 1, first semi-final of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major.
We've got Aurora taking on Furia, and it was a T-start deliberately from Furia,
where they leave with the lead.
We have swapped those sides, and the fangs of Furia are fragging 19
between Cacerato and the Uri. Fallen calling a good game, hitting some good shots and on the other side
we've seen Zintaras and Wakadia up to their usual antics.
Let me tell you guys something. We are playing so fucking good and flowing so well.
We just need to keep these vibes, this energy and the confidence on each other.
Everything you guys called was perfectly executed. Everything, good job so far.
But we still need to be able to hold.
Tom's the key word.
Slow and steady won the race, the game plan paying off, but now, a touch of aggression.
Julie's in lower tunnels, as Zintara's in Wakandi to break through.
The staggered setup, one high, one low.
Zintara's actually guessed the information safely.
He's seen enough.
Understandably.
On the back foot now.
Gotta get out of there and Molly can beat him.
Oh fly, he's not got the weapons to punish their retreat.
Okay, well, they over stayed there welcome, that bottom of flames.
That would have been at their feet.
They've rejicked the setup, now looking to take some short space.
The kind of flash that they're ready.
This could be huge for Molledoy.
This could be a massacre.
So Fly denies! What a shot!
Instantaneous on that glock.
The head of the smoke, they're gonna go.
They're flanking, they're aware, pulls them, distracts them.
The kinder into the head of Zintara.
Starts like down, second victim.
more, peeks on out, commits to the crouch, it's Wakandic and sits him down. Falling on
the long side. Gotta hit these headshots because they're hitting them at range, that was a
nasty one. Thanks for hitting. Big fight for Matcha, overwhelmed by the Jor-Boretis. No
kit. They have to be quick about this and they are hitting the shots necessary, it's
just Woxic to save Aurora. Oh, this pistol is going furious way.
the
Tanks round. Big moves. Great
opener from Soulfly. Bomb does
go down.
See if the force follows.
That diffuse will confirm the
eight.
The kinder unnecessary double
under a lot of pressure there.
Now I'm going to opt in with the
Well, for Wakandia Scout in Waxix hands, the rest you have to invest, okay, now starting
to juggle out an actually, Furia, off to the timeout.
This is going to give 30 seconds for the Turks to be able to organize themselves.
This is a good opportunity now for Aurora to converge with the coach, have a conversation
and settle in.
Zintares has been given an AK.
Thank you very much, Soulfly.
There's a Scout for Waxix.
We know we can hit those tags.
He's not the second string anymore. This boy's got the galil.
They've got enough utilt to make this interesting.
The key piece on the other side.
Molotow is AWP.
It's in the mix.
It's been made possible, and it needs to find a den.
They've foregone utilt to make this a possibility.
He's only got four kills to his name so far.
I do not have the best second round break in the tournament so far, 11%.
And Molledoy sits down, walks sick with a quick one.
Keisarato playing with confidence.
Intercepts the Xbox Smoke.
This is going to make this second round now an awful lot harder.
It's all flight.
It's himself an upgrade short.
Okay Serano, just to shut them down before they get a chance.
Had to juggling Util.
I'm keen to pull his ears.
Either way, he will note this.
And he will say sector clear.
Keep the Sergers 4s on mid. Pressure on Uri on B.
That cup isn't far away. Molodoy will be up to scope up.
Guess the info here. He's in trouble.
He gets an early warning though. The drain out of stop flight.
Molodoy down after one.
From the window side, it's Wiccardia, we know he's got impact in his veins.
Has he got one here in this game? 6-8-B on the 1-V-2.
Removing your kinder makes it look slightly more likely, but if they just double swing, he's a dead man.
The calm before the storm.
Smoke all fade.
For the will be gone out. Wiccardia finds another case.
K-Siroto!
To the safe zone!
Why was that nerve-wracking?
Ah, now by the right there,
Nikinda headed to play one of the knockout blows,
surging in tunnels on his own, making the move,
setting the tempo, but the team was not ready.
Will K-Siroto be able to get to the awp? Yes.
But do you force fire again?
One man alive, you kept the pressure on,
and this is where your mouth could slip away.
If you shove right now, Aurora,
and you can't stick to landing, that's 10 for Furia.
This is a huge call to make.
The bias is taking shape.
It's not the shove.
It's a partial.
2900 into the next, hedging their bets.
They want to keep the pressure on.
Back to B, they go.
Hang on, timing could be everything here, the flash is light through, Molodai does turn
it just in time, has some support, K-Syranto and Molodai will combine, and now just the
two prongs on B, he's going to go the transfer, nobody's looking at Yuri, keeps his sight
like safe, furia fine double digits.
Five consecutive rounds now, three this half,
two to close down the first,
and that is the final tactical timeout called from favor.
They tried to keep the pressure on,
they did not do enough damage,
but they will by now, Oxyx orb.
Any AKs in the glill.
It's among spawns to work with, just looking for your first round of this half on your map choice.
They're going. Straight out. Wossick's behind the overwatch.
Well they go on the swing. The smoke does bloom.
Off the flashes they do connect. Zatars ascetic duck so blind.
So many fights. Fallen didn't have the weapon.
An MP9 not a cop for it. Then an easy bit. Four mages accelerating.
He's going to go and call B Clear. That pulls K Serato away.
It's going to keep Madger uncertain as to the rotations and he is calling it.
If he's able to worm into what's lower tunnels, he can cut them off at the pass.
This is a massive play.
He's up mid.
He's not going to spot anything.
We'll leave you able to dart back in time.
Doesn't look likely.
Moledoy is going to trundle over through CT.
Softlight has a smoke for the doors.
in they run and is this the round or is there anything more?
Now the penny drops. Mordow and Meand is over but they cannot give this a go.
Job done. Longfights one and Aurora find their first in their second half.
Credit to Solfly for his contribution there on the long side. He let them win out
with his frag on to Fallen.
To be on a semi-final stage in the Lancess Arena, as your first major experience, I mean,
this is just going to set the bar impossibly high.
Because he gets to play his favorite video game in front of the Lancess Arena.
How you doing?
4th!
Full burst to U-Tool, Phaefiria saved on K-Sirato and Molotov.
3.1 on bug, M4 drops available, your kidnicker by himself.
We're the mental game against them and then we're going to close this round by round remember the protocols we're doing just fine
Stay with it. Let's watch and go
Back in with the flies wants to get the suicide all the way looking to take the fight
It's got two tools line. They do want to be disrupted to watch this tunnels position. We saw it on the pistol same philosophy bigger guns
Guns.
Isntara is as prepared.
Woxic's locked in by Molodoy's scope.
Two fights, simultaneously.
There's the Utah, and there's the headshot.
Molodoy wins out of Woxic, but the tunnels is clear.
Or is it?
Molodoy, aggressive in response to the loss of his teammates.
This is not a fight you'd expect from him.
Oh!
And there's the Molodoy special!
Quick scope, neck broken.
I want more! The feast on a second! Dips down!
Mother-Doi down! It's into the 1v2!
I don't know if your kid is here. The bomb's into his spawn. They're gonna go back and get it.
The flash, the run! Your kinder! He's in a worthy one!
And it's up against that rookie! Imagine when the Clutch, your team needs!
He knows where your kinder was.
He's looking to take that space, expecting the over rotation.
45 seconds on the clock.
Yaquinda pokes the bus.
The Kazak delivers 11 on the board and that one that one is gonna leave some
echoes put a dent in the mental
the frustration starting to brew
I feel this one slipping away.
Back to B.
Omen Tunnels.
K Serrano brought down a heavy nade damage.
Falling with full long control.
The kinder joins in.
The kinder's going to be given the good graces to rotate over to CT in time.
The fangs on beat.
The Kinders across.
Three stroms to defend this.
Another smoke.
A moment of pause.
Three jig in the U-Tilt.
the same finish, the kinder still here. It's so quiet on the rest of the map.
All four of the doors, your kingdom gets aggressive.
Did not play the tracks.
There's the Torres.
Commits to the spray, it is what I'm doing.
Backing away from the B bomb site.
I'm in the long game, and there's just two rounds away.
But that is going to fill Aurora with confidence.
Get a brittle bite, and you broke into that site
up against the stack.
The individual output there, that's a team effort.
Colorado on the cams, taking a moment of pause.
As that rounds, it feels like it slipped through the fingers.
You had the right reed, the right stack.
You just couldn't connect the dots.
Now just leaving the side awfully late here, Bombs gonna go off.
Now make that safe haven. The AK saved.
They didn't want any of those Molotovic late-round hijinks coming into play on the big stage.
That's the trade game. Looks good.
And Matchup takes down your kinder, walks it.
Nice shot.
The side player and then Zintares holds the rotation at bay and makes sure
that they can get in, get that bomb down and secure the 7th.
You win this one.
Fury's money is busted.
X box and mid-door smoke. You can't blow a hole in this one, Mollidoy. Give it your best
go. Finally creeping through middle. Soft flight on the weakest of the weapons, the Mach 10.
Looks like they just want to take the short space and execute into A. There's options
for the pivot but Aurora this is a pack roll team.
Grouped up, ready to erupt.
And it's a launch on the flashbang now your kinders got so much work to do
anticipates the flame on the ramp side progress from soft like looking up
a space he's taken on that Mac 10 has the cover nothing from your kinder.
This is going to be a save. The AWP was out of position. Aurora found the perfect timing.
They're going to try and take this away.
They'll make their life an awful lot easier going into the next.
As mentioned, Fury up.
They're going to position where they have to take that eco.
So these saved guns give them an opportunity for the double dip.
They've got a great call from Maja. They catch the timing.
If Molotow is playing Kaa, if he's playing Ramp, that's a different looking round altogether.
Calculated gamble.
Rolls the dice.
And absolutely nails it.
It's their first consecutive rounds on the T side.
So, the fly takes full and widows, they're chipping away at these investments,
but the biggest of the lot has been kept, and Yuri has just found an AK.
So another ground brought into this.
See if it can be the difference, make up.
The last second scavenge from Yuri.
Molodoy spotted that with the AWP,
reloaded the information and made that possible.
This game has been about the details.
Molodoy, interception.
tries his hand at some aggression will mantle up the Xbox and looking for his
counterpart Woxic on the other side of things this is high-willed and high-willed!
Woxic's gone! Not a guarantee Fallen is up close you've got Centaures trying to clear
corners, spots the shoulder of Gabriel Toledo. He's got problems, multiple targets
overwhelmed you know your kid is on the corner but are you ready for Keisarotto?
No you're not!
Double on the farm-ass, Maga on the backflip, can't commit the bomb.
His teammate Wakadia disconnected from the play, but he wants to bring the fight.
He's testing K-Serate, catches him as he jumps. Perfect timing, no help.
For the rest of this one, Maga. One man on a mission.
Or Furious C12 on your map picking this semi-final.
The bait play on Long.
The kid has found himself a gun now as well.
This doesn't get any easier for Match-Up.
The long move around the world has been cut off.
He is it. He knows it. He knows exactly what's up.
He just runs straight back into the bomb site to fight on his terms with his over-pride and ready to close.
That's what you want to see from Molledoy on the major stage.
Starts it, ends it, and puts 12 on the board for Furia.
They made the most out of all of those saves.
The fact that Molledoy is playing like this is a fear factor going into the next map.
Here's playing some Liberator Counter-Strike, not shying away from the stage,
stepping up and delivering openers, closers and everything in between.
The AK, the Famous, they make the most and Aurora.
They are rocked.
And they are going fast, long side, Woxic ahead.
Throws out the extinguish, but will reveal thanks to the flashbang.
Val'Fla takes the space.
They do have this control.
Head to head here.
Yikinda not ready for Wakadia.
And off angle in the mag 10, upgraded!
Big Maid, Wakadia swallows 50 damage, a boost over.
Molenoid may be unprepared for this.
He's been caught by the spam of Zintares.
Still dangerous game being played.
And he's managed to catch Stintara on the edge of the smoke.
A smoke break exposes another and it results in the loss of Molotovic.
Advantage Aurora.
Oh, and bit by Woxic.
He's not going down without a fight here.
Four rounds demanded in consecutive fashion.
If Aurora won hopes of seeing Dust2 converted in their favor.
to finish in this 2v4, pivoting back, Uri tends to be, Keisarotto slips through CT.
Meanwhile, a path of least resistance, it's been found. Does Keisarotto try and
make a player? Is this the long game again? Is this another CT side save?
There's a bit of cash in the coffers, we'll go a long way, but the bomb going
down with Woxic posted up. We know what that means.
I don't think Mononoi asked for that HE.
In the pressure moments, stakes will happen.
there's no reward. A couple of clean ones from Wox. They're keen eyes. A South
Port Sniper. That's a team. They are drawing this back into just a three round
game. Bomb goes off. 12 to nine.
Down the stretch, that light bite. It's put in Furia. A strong enough position
to buy again. The saved guns, pistols in play, that round win. The risk taken from
Fallen, running with no armour whatsoever. There's the AWP and fours in the hands of
those who need it. And both teams, expending all of their timeouts from this
moment forward. Unless we find ourself in OT, the coaches have to sit back
I got the best seats in the house.
This one here.
New model, I think.
Costing you, kind of.
Yeah, there it is.
Highlighted.
And Waxix contributions on the long side.
Okay, you're first of the four demanded.
Oh, they want to stall out the midst of E-Play here.
Excuse me, the lower tunnels push with those mollies.
So your kinder cannot make that move.
Magic takes the space swiftly.
Casually.
This B pop again with the B element.
Criss Cross smokes thrown out, match up.
the doors at all this is going to be five man through tunnels once more the wolf pack of Aurora
Taking dust to him, it finds a fury, falling the facilitator.
Your kinder and molotov are down to fire,
and they're one map away from the grand final.
MUSIC
That's most off from Furia.
They turned this ship right on around,
and it felt like everybody was popping off for the Brazilian squad.
We're looking at a Kcerato who wants to win that major trophy
and Jango, he is doing everything in his power to ensure they get that step closer.
Yes, it was a little bit of a rough start until he showed up to that T-side for Furious,
hard at it and ended it. But this was, I believe, the best Furia we've seen yet in Palo.
Absolutely, by far. And I think you're the big pink too as it goes back to when
where you kind of told us after the quarter-final,
CT sides are rock solid.
Look at the way this half began for them
when they switched over to the defensive side of things.
That was absolutely no, nothing that it felt like
a ruler could actually do to penetrate that defense
and start putting significant numbers of rounds in the board.
I thought it was really solid CT side.
A super rolling match throughout the game.
I think both teams were very proactive
once they turned to the CT side.
They didn't want to give up the space at every single time.
They lost character.
They were trying to find it back somewhere else,
whether that being on the extremities
or the, you know, fighting it out,
like the space they all already given up.
Both teams are going to go to the nail for every single one.
Yeah, let's dive right into it. Let's go back to the beginning, because when you give K-Zorado a Heroic,
he has the opportunity to send the momentum in his favor straight away, right?
He does, he does. And when you turn your attention to round number four, where we can see a Heroic in the hands of K-Zorado,
the man we just highlighted having a phenomenal game, and he really wants to go into that grand final.
And you know, if this round is where you really want to be handing out a kick to the guy that you think can do the most, but also the spawn that he has,
I think Aurora gets a little bit too eager to fight him when she actually gets to pit, but he actually finds a fork here of this one.
of this one. And then this is where I get a little bit worried, Fury, because this is
the early signs of a bit of lack of discipline. Why do you feel like Moledoy doesn't have
to go over this one? It actually almost slips out of their hands. Fallen was caught on
cab walk and couldn't really do anything else. It had to find this perfect timing to find
that flank. But it's these small details of discipline that I've been lacking a little
bit for Fury, but they turned it around and did so much better throughout the MSU
to gain. But sure, they want to pick up their guns, but at least the first thing
you want to make sure, once you play your game, is that you should cure it around.
I thought it was really cool from Case Around 2, because when we saw in the 9Z series
That game was a little bit more grindy, a little bit more back and forth.
It felt like Keisarotto really needed the success out of your kinder, out of Molledoy to create his openings.
And this one coming in with the AK, he's just like,
Oh, immediately I'll have impact.
Immediately I'm going to be the guy for us to get us started.
And it's a lovely luxury that Furia has where it can go that deep to find that impact.
Also great when Keisarotto gets an ace later on in the game as well, Janko.
That's things you like to see up on the pitch.
It's also so many times.
I mean, first, we saw this yesterday or two days ago on Overpass,
getting kills through the smoke now on B tunnels he does it again perhaps just if
you know case Serato is on the other side don't go for it just stay away from
it and yeah I mean from B going back towards that a fake and usually players
are very good at denying this final kill but he was just too good nothing walks he
can do in that scenario and that's what you love to see if you're a fury of
fan right I mean just nine out of the 17 kills coming from those two rounds
putting in Q's for it. Yeah and I mean just the the impact I mean it's just the
critical ones as well where they come in and then obviously it buys time in
Maladu I kind of start stepping up with the AWP later on let a little I mean I'm
not gonna call a last gasp from Aurora but at that point it felt like fear was
also a shot and I just echoed a yeah because this is the best fear we've seen
all event all those questions you might have had of them going up against some
of the softer opponents and you know bait you know that their stage 3 run
wasn't the most impressive this is a team in Aurora that's been playing
super well so for you to come in and handle business today after such a
shake you look against 9z very impressive. Let's bring back to the T side
conversation you're bringing up Alec is of course Roxyla on the CT side of
Furia. T side is where we have questions though, what did you learn? Yeah I said this is the
most important half of the series for Furia and they were cooking they were
cooking fallen instead you're gonna see here right the B split this smoke is
missed intentionally for doors so that the players coming in from it have an
angle on guys here towards the left or even on the box outside of
tunnels. Molotov adds a smoke for CT spawns, they can't get shots from Ram and
this is all working out great. They're going to find an engine but then lack of
discipline for Molotov is going to cost them. After that kill you can see him
turning his assignment with CT spawn. Just hold that, right? Cacerato is supposed to
trade Fallen instead. Molotov turns, dies to Major, Major then kills Cacerato and
Nuri can't do anything. So even though they lost the round I think this was
a really cool concept, a really cool idea from Furia and we saw them have
have a lot of good plans on their T side that as we heard from Sid were executed perfectly.
I agree with you on this one that he obviously has to be covering CT but I guess this is just
a showcase of stress on happening on stage right because the guy, I think his soul is
like he runs right through the smoke that happens in winter right and I think they
just get surprised by it so it's probably very chaotic and team speaking and Molo
since he doesn't catch a certain one in CT rotating he turns around at the most
unfortunate moment right and you know that's just part of stage countering but
you know if you want to play like a perfect counter I guess he should have just kept
attention on CT. Fallen will have something to say about this. Since game is about this, you have to be more patient than your opponent, right?
You have your thing, if those guys die there, that's not your responsibility, right? That's on them, but you cannot die like this in this execute.
Also, you'd like in that kind of a situation, Maul, I'm going to have the confidence that even if his teammates go down in mid, as long as he gets this play in CT spawn, he's got plenty of time to help recover the situation and whatever it is, the 2vx scenario from there where you have intel of what the B defenders are positioned in.
So, yeah, a slight mistake, doesn't really punish them this time.
In a well-played way, they never let a roar get into this game in a significant way.
Some of the patients that we talked about, they did show it in the second half.
I mean, when they didn't lose rounds, they didn't throw away guns,
they just conceded, you know, the round and kept their head in it.
And it ultimately allowed Molo-Doy to find some of those openings with the AWP
and leading them a couple of rounds.
And that's what makes it difficult to play the second half on the T side
or rather easier for the CTs.
You know exactly how many rounds you need. So when you're playing with a big lead, you don't need to go for every single round
And I don't think Aurora played a bad game. I think they just got outplayed. I think also
I think they really I think that case or other round was really deflating
I mean a little bit reductive
And I think like that whole thing of like the hot start that I wanted to see Aurora get out to you in the
Pistol you convert and then you go into there and case or other kind of rips that away from you
I think that would be their biggest strength in this matchup is them being able to kind of take that advantage and run with it
They're coming into this one on like a six map win streak before losing this one as well
Their series up to this point had gone to zero all the way through and now they're gonna get tested now
They have to bounce back in a series just a retention point about the T side maybe being a bit like last different
Or I was just looking at the the round distribution there and it was you know very hit or miss and it's totally right the patients coming up
Trump's full furia because then you get to save his weapons
And then you have more of an opportunity to kind of hold any momentum from Aurora
FURIA, Aurora didn't do bad. FURIA did better in key rounds. That's why you see, you know,
all these resets is because whenever Aurora really needed the round to break the economy
for FURIA, get some breathing room, like they couldn't make it happen. And that in
the first half, obviously, they won the pistol and the first gun round, like that was just
Kiro Ake from Keisarato. So that really hurts your chances, you know, I'm happy
with what they've shown. Yes, they end up losing, but I wouldn't count them
out just yet. I think Aurora likes to play a decent game as well. I gotta agree to that one.
I think the most important thing for me is that they have to play not to lose. I think that's
what stands out to me. Like when they lost territory, they would be pushing into middle,
try and find openings. They were trying to push into tunnels to try and limit the space that
they would give up to Fjord. And then you did turn your attention to Fjord. They had some
really great calls. Well, I saw a lot of the things that I've been looking out for Fjord
is that they take this space and then do this cross rotation throughout the map and go
in to be that did this multiple times this game around and I think that's it's
hard to do and it requires you to have more patience than you've already shown.
Yeah I think it's totally fair to frame it as it's not a bad game necessary for a
world but I think this goes to say what we were talking about in the pre-match
segment right the fact that they haven't gone up against an opposition
of this caliber Jason and that's exactly the way you're gonna get punished
when you go up against the top tier team. Yeah and I mean they're throwing a
bunch of different looks at you as well and Major never got to get any
kind of a rhythm when your T side is that kind of stop and go and Fury is
winning the important rounds as an IGL, you don't get that same kind of feel for how you
duck, you want to work them around the map. And I think for that the major, his playbook
surely just collapsed around him. You also didn't have the performance on towers that
you're used to getting, not as strong on the entries, but still so decent enough.
But I just think there wasn't enough in the tank for Aurora to come back on that
second half.
If Furia, that map pick does land, wait, that's going to be a little bit of nuke.
What are you thinking for this one, Janko? Why have they gone with this?
More of a punish pick for Aurora than anything else. Furia is saying that they're
comfortable on all six maps that they play and anything is really an option for
them and I think maybe they looked at the bad boom game too that Aurora did end
up winning but there were a lot of situations there even on Aurora city
cyber looked a little bit lost you know maybe communication wasn't exactly on
point so I think theory are just while they were doing their preparation saw
that they could exploit some of those things on you I remember talking to
you again a couple of Vince Bergman and he said that when this identity
crisis kind of hit your new was the one they would you know turn their
attention to where things seem normal and that's why I think it's also one the
right one is that like the pick that they can punish their opponent but at
the same time that's where they feel like they can still play their own
identity and the same identity that they've been known for and what they've
been good at so it just makes perfect sense for both your opponent but also for
themselves. And I think you know for a fear you're coming into this map too
starting I mean this is that point too that we brought up in the pre-match
which matters less now that they've taken Dust2 without starting on that
T side there is a window of opportunity for Aurora to get back into but I'm
more concerned when you switch sides the upper boss out of Aurora what
scare me the most when you have someone like a Wakadi, when you have someone like a Zantars
with the way they've been playing, opening up some room for walks if you didn't, whenever
Major wants to mix those in, those can be very, very deadly.
Well, you even said about the CT side versus Bet Boom, it wasn't watertight by any stretch
of the imagination for a war, and that's a completely different caliber of opponent.
Yeah, there was the Wakadi, the Aikoron, some more kills, and sure, they also lost
some clutches to Boomage on the other side of that, but just when you're looking
at it from a macro perspective, it wasn't the best.
As we said, Aurora is still playing well.
I think that is the danger here for Furia,
is to get a bit complacent just because,
coreline-wise, it wasn't mega close.
But I think if they drop off a level, then Aurora,
even on Nuke, can make this game super competitive.
Got about one minute before we get back into the action.
So, Jason, is this the last time we see Aurora up on the stage?
I'm just going to say no.
I actually came into the series
of thinking Aurora was actually going to win this series.
I thought they were going to cause the upset today.
So I'm just going to stick with that,
out of just faith of the way Aurora has been playing
and say they're going to fight back here on Nuke.
I know maybe it's a comfort zone that Friar can go back to but you know you're in this kind of a scenario
And it's not always been a comfort pick for them
They have had their own struggles on Nuke at various points
So I'm just gonna put some faith in the roar to bounce back here
Buy in this Peter, you can buy in this Nick, won't you?
Oh, I'll buy it a little bit
Just a little bit, come on
He's a smart guy, right?
I don't want to rule anyone playing in the final fight
So I think there's a case that they can buy a fight
I want to see Fallen in the final, baby
You know, and Friar is playing their best counter strike at the moment
I feel they can close it out on their own matter.
Well, let's see if they can indeed continue that momentum and things looking likely as we turn to the ground of new the map pick of furia coming into this semi-final
It's going down in just a few moments
24 teams came to crack off. Only six remain.
Threat test! The acoustics!
The teams are about to strike!
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Hello everyone, you asked for Ilya, Monasi, Ossipo settings,
and he's here with me.
Hello Monasi.
Hello, man.
Nice to meet you, nice to meet you.
We are going to be doing your setup completely.
Talking about peripherals, all the settings,
all the in-game settings that you have.
Tell us what you have prepared for us.
Let's go.
Mousepad. Very easy. It's just mousepad, nothing special. For the eSports player you need keyboard.
Perfect. It's a mouse as well, you need to aim.
I think when I see this mouse on the internet I see your face next to it all the time. Is that true?
Yes, it's true. It's actually a very good mouse. I like Logitech overall.
Since I started playing in Na'Vi I've been using Logitech because they had this Gpro X series.
Yes, I use it every time.
I will plug your cables.
Thank you so much for that.
I see that you are using the older version of the Logitech.
Yes.
All the SuperStrike, any reason?
Just preference.
Just preference for now.
Maybe I will start using later SuperStrike.
I used it at the beginning of the year, but I decided to switch because I was used
to this mouse before because I've been playing for a long time.
Also wired keyboard, I use cable for some reason.
I don't know.
Just feel more comfortable.
About your seating, by the way, before we dive into the settings.
So the way I sit, I always pull the chair down, all the way down.
And this armrest, I don't really care about it too much.
The only thing I don't like is when, for example, in some tournaments, the armrests,
they hit the table and I cannot control the height of the table.
So if this is the case, I remove them.
But if they don't really bother me, I just leave them.
And about the height of the table, do you have any preference there?
No, I usually just, half the way I set it up, I put the monitor always between 7 and 6.
So it's between 7 and 6.
I put it a bit in front and after I understand by the feeling how high, yeah.
You're putting it between what do you say, 6 and 7 and 6?
7 and 6.
Tell me how you sit comfortably so I can measure it for our viewers.
Where your head and eye level is in the monitor level as well.
I just do it by the feeling. I like when, how to say it, my legs are like kind of
touching the ground, you know, but I see just very comfortably and I understand
when I put the monitors between 7 and 6, I need to understand how
the table should be set up for me. After that I put the mouse pad more to the right of the
the monitor so I leave like a little bit of gap here. The mousepad is hanging off the
edge of the table. I move my keyboard a little bit more to the left. I turn it
slightly to the right. That's how I just always was playing. I remember when I was
a very small kid I was playing like this you know. But after I started
turning it because I started playing on some LANs. You need space. I don't know.
Yes, I need some space. I don't actually care too much about the Inners. I have G333 Logitech with the Logitech sound card.
I don't know, I have these Inners like for four years almost since I joined G2.
Hey, Lancers! Are you still there?
It's the semi-final Saturday and Dust2 in the bag for Furia.
Do we continue to see the poetry flawlessly executed?
I'm gonna roll or I'll put up a fight, some furious pig.
Hey, Lang says, why don't you make some noise to counter strike?
It's gonna be a CT style for the war.
They'll leave every piece playing to their prime.
As we head to the Cedar Creek, seasoned captains on both sides of the server, the area to
start on the offense.
Fallen and his soldiers at the tracks to set the tempo.
Playing once a furious run throughout the major. It's W four times foot Aurora,
3-1 record, and set up for a top pump.
Needle smoke.
That jump is possible.
Looks likely.
Oh, he sets it up.
McGarty! Oh, it's a second his roll!
Okay!
Spam it off heads!
Kaseyra to begin the cutout of the round.
There's one back.
Into the warehouse, down the vent.
and then you'll be a little bit underneath them, they've no idea surely.
Now they do, Zataris has caught him.
You want to get that bomb down, you've got to get past Saltfly, fall in that range with the glock,
can't find that follow-up bullet, just monodoy, last seen warehouse.
And walks around in the corner for a clean click!
That's what Aurora needed to start off, Luke, and you can see what it needs to match up.
Trying to bring the energy early in this one.
See if their mental can hold on.
That's the start they're looking for should spell the eco the Brazilian core and this is great for the party up
This is the Eagle rounds against that boom
Really got the party started
That's one there from Moxick science swiping
Final frag yeah, it's a clear intent here to bring this energy. We'll see how long they can keep it
Not for the force not the eco
So smoke we're gonna get down secret with pace
Let's run as a cross
Taras is already down to deal with this.
I'm a part of this, so I'm likely to be finished.
How many is he gay?
It's going to be one big burst and he's got nothing!
Empty hands for Zontaris!
Once again Zontaris can both drop down.
Bumble from Zontaris.
Not the weapon he wants at range.
He goes in the gap, smoke on the side, fall in the punch in the code.
There's Zontaris and Zontaris in combination to finish off that clean Serato.
You're in.
Ooh, head on the angle.
Zontaris rings his bell.
The bomb lasts something but I think the round is out of their grasp.
That's going to get hot.
Fall, fall, falling.
and set here, it flushes him in,
flashing his face, small noise gone,
rocks it, closes it down.
Shaky moments there in a couple of those fights.
And that setup was strong.
They played two ramps, they acknowledged the cross.
Centauros goes down first,
but two players can immediately descend
and take those fights.
So very well done from Aurora.
That's a stabilizer in the early stages.
He's trying to stuff him in the choke there, leave you a bit of pressure.
He goes down and locks it by into the form.
This man made his mark in Counter-Strike.
And now it's the international venture now.
Trying to take Turkey to new heights.
This isn't a full shove.
Arshel off the plant for Furia.
That's money to get the buy into the next. So more threats, more problems for Aurora.
U2's in the sky, a second smoke wall.
Now there's an investment that you need to be fearful of.
Wax it with the orb up in the heavens.
I'm trying to breach into topside. Yuri looking like he'll be the late piece dropping main.
Another squeaky swipe does that change the go signal
Forced away by the flames
I straight out of your kingdom searching into the site trading blows
Macha Macha stands his ground
And you read his late these sure you found soul fly, but you've got a minute to try and piece together another clutch
And that's kind of a new e-specialty
Does he have the capacity? Does he have the time?
Adrian Wachsee will have to start acknowledging the possibilities in a moment's time.
Round to Heaven.
Outside to Main.
So that was strong. The bomb under their remit. This is tough to break for Yuri.
to go ahead, but has to be the
main play. Still hasn't announced
his presence. Six of close little
he can shop from the offer. Now
he knows where Magi reason he's
running out to do another
Yuri special. Just imagine to
stand his ground for that third.
He's done so much work and it
does even more. Determined
the hands on the AWP that and I find it to bring it out but under pressure Aurora. The pistol round
has been most solid in the lot so far. Last two. I've had their moments.
We've been sent there from Yuri. They have been able to drop the AWP
Well, thanks to Akadia's extra funds.
Get back in now with the full buy.
Crossroads paste the bombs apart of this.
You stay silent on this descent.
It's always played in like a book!
Beautiful!
Case it off to the call!
There's soft light!
A whole lot more work to do!
All of our targets on his screen, Molodoy will remove his head.
Fallen linked his heart, they're keeping this tricky, he's a tar-raiser behind Molodoy.
Various hopes and dreams down with it for...
Just to crack their silence on this T side, you got the card here?
Oh, look in the right way, big one back from Yuri, but if they pivot, they're not aware of Matcha.
Fallen.
He's saying it's clear, little do they know, Yuri will you get the info, will you buy your time for this sweep from Fallen.
He's told, wait, just wait, now we go!
That's a tricky way to get your first T round on the board.
I haven't planned.
They're going to give this one a look.
HP on low.
No, they're not.
Lots of risk.
The old NEM4 with the money already shattered.
Got the kit, but they don't want to give this one a chance.
Patience.
It's the key in that one given fall in the time.
At least I have something to contend with in the next Aurora.
It's a bit of a pill to swallow for the Turks.
You often talk about manipulating rotations as well.
A demonstration from Fury up.
And the communication clearly flying as well.
This is the fire right here. Eurink surprised.
Mkhardia trying to make the plate of wins the round.
Place one step too far. The rotations go with it.
Get to the mic before the money's gone. MP9, 5-7, that's the lower.
Cardio on a fan, that's not great.
Fury with some clear pace and intent with yard crosses.
We've seen them with the tech minds.
Now the AKs just charge yard, get the space.
So Aurora want to play ahead.
They want to play for some yard control.
already hampered eyes furious tea campaign round five
On a lick of damage dealt to the defensive side deep smoke thrown out by centares to delay on squeak
It's not much utility invested for fury to find that opening. So they get nothing with it
It's gonna be a very tough round to get back into
Looks like Fallen's got a plan.
One of the boys is a big part of that, especially with Yuri finding Riccardia.
Hang on.
Suddenly they just let loose, charging in towards that side.
Zintara has to be somewhat of a rock here.
Support from Solflug.
Takes some of that space away.
The Nade.
Hampers Zintara down to half.
He's been spotted.
That information is relayed.
He's still able to 5-1.
Then you're getting the core off guard.
Thought he was safe to plant.
Solflug, good at chipping.
Scuttles out the Nade.
Falling them all at night side by side.
Student in the master.
Favreau were infested, every penny, Molodoy can come up clutch, Alphanort,
Softly spotted here comes Woxicco, there's the first isolated, they try to
overwhelm them, strengthen numbers, surely strengthen numbers, they will
prevail, another CT round for Aurora.
I'd fall for that, they open up, they set him up, they chip back in, limited
U2, Flushy Mccardia into the fight.
Fall one, nothing consecutive.
Resilient call, and well-handled under pressure.
So up to the task, Aurora at the desk,
they are playing well.
Regardless of the result, we had on fold on map number one.
They are here to play today.
Furious shove, right on the A-case, the little heavy.
It's time back to the yard antics.
You cannot be questioned.
Aurora do have their stage legs.
They stand further than any Turkish team has ever been.
In the major circuit.
What he knows nothing's crossed.
The kinder looking to take some space.
Close man, Wakadia knows this is a possibility.
We all hanked in the balance of this.
The move from the kinder.
There's friction on topside.
Just one back.
Magikos go down, Yuri accelerates, Hasmokadia unnoticed, 14 HP.
From Heaven, Centauri is with empty hands. A bullet between his eyes from Yuri's galil.
Soulfly makes his presence known.
Waxing behind the smoke main.
Flash is available to get Soulfly back in. It's Wakadia to set him up.
Can he do what Centauri's could from Heaven?
Looking for that, Frank swings on out. Pacerato to receive him and that could be Furious Second.
It is Furious Second!
Here's Button and a shift right now. Two massive kills to draw them back.
Natural Wakandia, they find opening incisions.
Yuri with the double, and that spells Trouble as the attempt to go back in it just felt meek.
It's a play on design, it worked for a duck, it didn't look like they were connected there.
So a hard part of the attempt from Aurora does continue to see-saw off the finances.
The game continues like this, and Yuri up.
Break serve.
Your landslide of grounds will follow.
And look at the reaction there. That's after the flashes came in.
He was well dead watching that unfold.
And those are the frustrations that you have to avoid creeping in if you are Aurora.
Happy cognizant of the saves.
and the opposite in the mix, the block utility, and it won't be full force.
Rampus and Torres, man set up for success by Salfwai.
Rampakta joined on the yard right-flop as gambles have to be taken in around like this
So it's not just by a standard round with a bite.
It's hard to punch up on the line, smoke about to fade.
Keisaranto playing a dangerous game.
Waxi, he's there to punish that exact maneuver.
Fast blood drawn.
By the biggest gun.
And we've got this ramp stack.
Yeah, this is what Soul Flay's in position to deal with.
Now they know about this close-up.
He's nine, they don't know about that second man.
Centaura is being set up to succeed.
It's Soul Flay the bait.
Santarez there should have been that right hook!
Oh no!
It's absolutely nothing!
Match up running down!
It's a collapse!
Longtik trying to hold on to his honor, hold on to his awp.
He's dropping through.
He wants friction, he wants to fight.
He's telling Mikado I can do something here.
Just wait and see.
What I can find, he goes fishing.
Mokadio punches nose in, spotted now. Yuri is low HP.
Oh, he's hit him! Fallen rocked!
And all bullet through his boots. Can't adjust Molodoy, proactive!
And that shoots the curate.
And that's an AWP for Molodoy right there.
Yuri with three big ones, again.
Back to back rounds. This man is finding impact.
and clutches, he's a claw-backs, down to one-around game. He goes down with the
ship, and the gun saved. Threat on the board, again Aurora's bite, has to be
light on. This is Tuckett-Ram. He takes all flight, he played that well, he
valued his life, but this Akim-1 Centaur isn't going to be chicken himself,
Match it the same.
Fable to find legality.
Ava, you can see his reaction in the background there as well.
You can see from Match's face if yours is losing his grip, this one shouldn't be too much to say.
Just Wiccardia.
Bit of a one-man army or four.
It's not my position to get something done.
There's a lot of bodies here.
City duck, there's the trade. AK denied and surely the rest of the ram will fall into place. It's just the starter pistols.
And it's Buria that are picking up pace.
Reminds that to the moment, roll up.
Broke new ground for Turkish counter-strike, but this is the first time they find themselves in the semi-finals of a major.
in the most heartbreaking fashion
rio fallen will know his story.
Stage experience, a lot more
lopsided and you compound that
with the success. They just
need to piece the final moments
this together. But again,
furious was for thought poise
Hulkarman collected, not getting drawn into a back and forth forced by a fair.
Continuing the crisp game plan.
Santares, Woxic and Salflight on the pistols to get through.
25.
Yes, Santares, Uri's approach from Heaven, makes the angles awkward, Woxic vulnerable and they will fall.
We've got a tied up game, folks!
Four rounds to the side, not far off the mark, I'd even be happy with that, and that's without
the pistol.
So putting in the high graft, another financial war of attrition, and now looking to put a
little bit more pain down range.
Get with his pace on yard.
Kid is surging.
Acting bigger than he is.
Voxix already down towards secret to plug this gap, so his rifle is no.
He's got the line.
Ramp and top need to hold strong.
This matchup.
Harness up.
The Turkish prodigy in Wakadia.
And just smoke, so I'll make the move just yet, but does give them a little bit of staging area.
Tarras is the man to fill the void.
Salflite's across towards Redpult, and a ramp explosion at Reddy, and the Turkish Terminator stopped this.
He has to find the stage wobble and shake it off!
Only the one!
Territory lost.
Magier accelerates forward, yeah, Kinder gets the reaction they were waiting for.
Lover extension puts Furia back in the driving seat.
Woxic on to Frolund.
Keisaratu vs. Mikadia, standoff, Magiers forward position,
could take that bomb off the back of Molodoy.
Barrel spotted, Magier ready.
Gesting info safely, but with 28 seconds, that bomb carrier needs help.
No one nearby to lend a hand, and Mikadia's the Keisaratu!
Oh no, it doesn't!
Manchester, Wuxi can't hit a shot!
Hang on a second, it's up to Magier!
Both of them are there! Jumping, what's he doing?
45, this is tense!
Should be a dead man!
Should be dead!
This is agonising for Aurora.
They're being strung out, they're being toyed with.
This rotation is push pulled.
I can't believe Molotov doesn't lose bomb there.
When the barrel spotted matches in the off angle, he gets the info and they get the round.
They're so calm.
They get the stating area, they take some space, they force the rotations, they're putting
so much pressure on Aurora and it's just mounting now as every round slips by.
More and more pressure, blocked on top, that's four consecutive, five of the last
Six and that cushion that's just from the pistol. This one here, Saltfly moves, thinks
he's the man who has to try and take some space, take the risk, gets some
information and Madjah attempts to play the clock, forces their hand, doesn't
want the fight.
Are the cracks starting to show?
Pressure mounting, emotions start to overcome you.
You need a cool head on your shoulders to play your best Counter-Strike.
An audible dismount.
This brings you back into a mentally, if you can somehow scrap this one into your favor, but just with the pace.
Yes.
If you were playing fast, if they gave you a chance, if they gave you some chaos,
You'd feel like these upgrades have an opportunity, but if you use their advantages, the weapons,
the great success just like that.
That'll do nicely.
I don't have a chance.
Katara's draws attention to itself with the vent break.
This round's going to go down flat for Aurora.
Just feel like being toyed with at this point.
Yeah, like a cat, a ball of string.
It leaves you in one place, in one place, certainly.
You have to start taking the fight.
You need to play for yard control.
You need to start shoving lobby on timings.
But you might be playing right into their hands as Molledoy.
It's a quick flick as that is called tumble.
A little bit more pressure, sure.
He can do ball back open and take it out of the window.
It's all flying.
Not long for this world, and that is 6-foot here right now.
I can't see the tight game at the half.
You've got to feel those furia fans.
Know that final right around the corner.
Is there any bounce back?
Is there any resurgence or is this the mental collapse that we had all feared?
Let's go, quick down the fence.
That's a problem, soul fight as well.
Removes Moledoy, falls back in towards the safety
of the B side with Guardian Charges in.
That's the aggression you were talking about.
Caution to the wind, proactive on the defense.
McKenna definitely has playmaking potential
in his position.
That's all in case Rato start knocking on that door.
This shot from Fulham with that AWP, has he still got it?
With the big gun, a distraction, profits, Yikinder.
Oh, it's got the second on Deloxic!
My John Thomas!
He's just popping pixels!
Playmaking potential.
And he lives up to it, Yakinda gets down the vent instantly, lies in wait, binds his time,
and he strikes thrice.
This is the second big round with the rifles in hand where Aurora have had a huge advantage.
3v5 slips through the fingertips.
What a piece in this period machine the Akinda is.
Fresh is at its highest. He's down the vent in the first 15. I don't believe it.
and around 11 in their own right one of those in a half on the side of you and then just
he just heats up the hard hand in this round your kinder has given them the lead before
the break and Aurora it's nothing they can do to sit back and watch the star you better
If you're a Rory you really can't have that halftime score, read 8 to 4.
This fear feels like an ecstasy for their campaign towards that grand final already down a map.
Just a scout to get past, but it's once upon a scout, does miss his first on the sliver gap.
I make that same mistake twice, tags up, falling.
Falling back, looking for that shot, can't quite hit it, but dips away, maintains his life.
life. Friction elsewhere, leaves us in that 2-1-2. They know where they both are.
Both seem rampant. Bucardio finds his way up towards the site in time for
this pivot heaven. He's in the perfect place. They shouldn't have a chance. He's perfectly
set up to succeed over one! Pondrope, Uri in the clutch! Hang on! Walks in with a
It's ugly, not the weapon he wants in a 1v1 with such major ramifications.
And AK will work on him.
Better, but there's Yuri!
Their heart is breaking in real time as they feel that grand final dream fading away.
Wave, Urea, again on these T-Starts, eight on the scoreboard.
I
Driving towards this grand final now, a wall up.
Shadows of themselves to be saw in the quarter final,
that we saw on Dust2.
A pistol, some celebrations, and then a collapse.
Furia with an eight round haul on the T side of Luke.
He's got a lot more than just the one on Silo to deal with.
Centauri's equipping that B250 with Cardi up, removed!
Still hold the info for your kinder here.
Might get a second if he's not careful.
Mox, if that is.
Morning shot here, Tanya all back away.
Confirms there's a beacon of intel on the secret stairs,
and his name's your kinder.
Santoris throws his hand!
Alright, alright, Mangold, mental wreckage right now.
A half-time break.
One team dreading was to come the other, frothing with anticipation.
Looking to return.
It's a major grand final after a near ten-year-long drought.
3v5 can they buy back in
Play this one by the book time is already against them 35 now to walk stick an important one back
Didn't see him didn't react
had all the time he needed to line up that shot and Stoffy's lining up Nades!
This ain't warm-up! This is a major semi-final!
Uriak now controlled the tempo and tone of this game from the outset.
They are looking cool, calm and calculated.
Stopping this team.
Nothing's getting in their way.
They keep playing like this.
the team. Now pistol rounds.
into the eco. Just look at those
player cans taking the body
language. This is not a winnable
round short.
as a leader, and with the lifeblood of the team.
Just calling strategies, they're here to unite the force.
Now he is the engine of Aurora.
Hoping to get them started.
How much can you say?
What can you do?
You know you're meant to be in this one.
It might be in the hands of Gabriel.
Tanks him up, dips down.
He knows his life is more valuable
than a couple of eco-frags.
The best of the bad situation did match up.
Right now this is looking like nightmare fuel.
You can ask him to dig deep, you can demand a response,
but your players have to deliver.
One man can only do so much, his players have to believe.
Opening move, progression of the Kiddur, taking space, not giving them anything.
Lost a secret ready on the brakes, three players fallen out here as well as the
OpStarts ran. They want to shut this down before they can do rotations.
You can see the game plan to be disrupted on yard.
Oh, is he just to break the smokes? Slow the timing.
I try and keep Centaurus quiet.
He's got company.
We are there. Centaurus spots them towards Upbreakable.
He's fallen as low.
I'm into this!
He's got a freebie in the back!
Centaurus removes, spots the head on top of the fight!
They're all a crumble!
Mikalia just a whisper of hell.
Magics take it.
Couple of bullets on the fading smoke.
He sticks and stands his ground.
He knows bloodshed required,
and it's him that goes down.
What is Mikalia supposed to do
as Fioria continue to make magic happen?
A mismatch.
Well, maybe Fury just wants it more.
It's having a 10-4.
Another choice for Wakadia in a 1-v-4.
This round will, with a win-part,
and it appears the bride of Turkey the same.
around his team was always the mental game.
It's never a question of can they make the playoffs?
We've seen it plenty of times.
That's what we get from them when the heat gets turned up.
Desk just cast and we talk about it.
I thought that quarter-final was going to put hair on that chest
to steady their legs on this big stage.
This isn't a young team.
Zintara is Macho Woxi.
All storied individuals of Turkish Counter-Strike how many times we get to taste the lancess
and is this how you want to go out or fury up they're not giving you a choice
This is a 10 round run from Furia.
Two more for the close.
Is there any discrepancy Aurora can create?
The game plan has been so clear from start to finish with Furia in both these maps, in both these halves.
Both of them connected bullets there.
Picardia's four position on main now noted.
They're heading towards Rambus, Molotov with the AWP.
Picardia, we'll get across.
He seems guaranteed.
And now I'm going to stick to R.S.
Molodeuikin kicked out to the site.
Yuri to react.
Starfly still fair in corners.
Molodeuikin's player for a second one here.
And Yurkinda is in hot pursuit.
We're cardying on the wiser.
Into the wall.
From his M4.
Having a mother's meeting on ramp.
Molodeuikin back away.
This one's just a matter of time.
That's a pivots to help.
Once you can sort of fly back to lobby, try and turn this into a top pincer. 45.
That's a nice charge up that ladder. It's all about the timing here. Is Yuri on the angle or not?
See if it's going for all. Down goes Matcha!
And the Furia run to this grand final.
Their opponent completely hamstrung since that four.
Fallen onto Woxic Door.
Anything for self-life, absolutely nothing!
Four are all up!
They're getting dominated, absolutely blanked.
Three kills in the second half, four rounds deep, no resistance.
A run of 11 straight rounds.
The belief is dead and Fury up five frags away, fallen in his disciples.
I set on the price.
I'm going to guess the info on the cross yard.
Down goes your kinder, that's a change.
Wakania has provided the opening to extend play.
Kaserato draws back.
Molanoi on the war park.
Looking for that flag, he's fouled Wakania!
Problems exacerbated for Aurora!
Furia's loyalists.
Over eight years, Kaserato and Yori were in that jersey.
Chasing the dream.
of having just a fraction of the legacy that their captain has
and in the very same arena
the very same cathedral
that decade-long drought of major finals
fore-fallen
and he could be the one to secure it, denied by SoulFly
you've got K-Soul, what a go!
and that's why he was here!
He finds the kills and we get one kill!
The gladiator is in the cathedral, the pain, the legacy.
His story is made in Brazil.
Falling for the menace, he lights the way as Fliria finds final form.
Aurora absolutely dismantled piece by piece.
The mental game, they were not here to play today.
Notice it's not crazy celebrations, they've got another objective in mind, and that is
on Sunday.
For Aurora, heartbreak, you didn't manage to put up the fight, you dreamed of.
This was business, this was a clinic, and this is a major final burst for your kinder,
And they get to go to battle with one of the absolute best to ever do it.
The Godfather of the region, the man on the retirement tour, ten years after the fact,
ten years after putting Brazil on the map, this man is back here to do it again.
It's a party in the stands on one side and complete opposite on the other.
You're chasing legacy, you're chasing trophies.
And Furia, they deny.
Well congratulations, but Samba Beat has carried you into a major grand final. Congratulations.
I appreciate it, I don't know what to say.
Honestly grateful for this opportunity.
I've been playing CS for more than 15 years and this is my first Grand Final in a major role, it's crazy.
We speak with a lot of hyperbole when we talk about winning in Cologne, we talk about majors.
Does it feel different as a player being here, being in the Lancest, knowing that you're in a Grand Final?
Well, honestly for me it feels different to play with these guys.
That's the most important and different thing for me throughout my career.
I haven't had this incredible teammates and this incredible support from the fan base and from everybody who's besides feria
And I'm very thankful for that. I mean we can see over there. We can see your fans. There's drums
There's whistles those balloons as people bouncing up and down how much I mean obviously you can see them in your eye
Like how much does that help during a match?
Well listen, I think it's easier to play as underdogs when everybody's bullying you but
But honestly, knowing that there's always going to be people behind you,
always supporting you, this is something that gives you strength, consistent strength.
And I'm super thankful for everybody here that I've been here, not only the Fury fans,
the whole crowd, the whole stadium, thank you guys.
It is amazing, it's turning out to be one of the great events, isn't it?
You mentioned before you're enjoying playing with these players,
it felt then, it felt like you've really started to click.
I feel like we started to play the first tournament we played together, which was Astana.
And throughout times we just were trying to fix the details, fix the details.
Sometimes we were over cooking the kitchen, but here we are after a rough season, after
rough pass for many of the players.
Here we are in the major finals and honestly it feels amazing.
I have to ask this question.
We talk about Fall and you know he is legendary in the scene.
He's done so much.
here he lifted that trophy ten years ago how much do you and the other guys want
to win this for him well you know when he announced his retirement it was a very
sad day not only for the Brazilian CS or our camp it was a sad day for a
contest right and of course a man of his figure deserves to go out with a
bang and it would be great it would be amazing he would be the first one to
win Cologne three times I believe and that that that's our goal and that's our
goal well listen it's been great chance you what can we expect tomorrow in a
grand final well it depends who we playing I hopefully if we play spirit I
hope the dunk is gonna get sick or something and if we play Falcons well
we lost to them last time the both of these teams are very strong and I don't
know man are you ready for it tomorrow of course we are yeah well
listen it's great I want to get you if you take this pen to sign your name into
history and we'll get a round of applause for this amazing audience we
have our first grand finalist thank you to your kinder and fury on
At the Major Grand Final!
Nine times in a row. Niko and Monosy beat Donk in a head to head across G2, across Falcons.
But at the major stage in Budapest, everything changed.
Spirit got a leg up, they humiliated Falcons on that stage.
And they have hit hard every time it matters since.
Rio playoffs, Estana final, a BO5 spirit swept over this Falcon.
And so the question today is, do things change for the Falcons?
Can they finish what they started?
Taking down the World No. 1 yesterday is great, but it only matters if you continue on this trajectory.
Team Spirit had to fight hard to get here.
A never-ending five-hour match against G2 in the quarterfinals left them bruised, left them exhausted,
but hungry as ever to defend their trophy here in Cologne.
Anubis our first map, Mirage next, Duster's side, Atlantis, are you ready?
Let the semi-finals begin.
At the side, Spurrick gets to be the guy set in the pace, set in the tone at which this semi-final operates.
And already they're wasting no time making their presence known.
Quick play out towards main, but this is all a little ruse.
Bomb laid back over towards middle.
They're going to keep Falcons guessing throughout the start of Anubis.
They come honestly haven't moved a muscle.
Ethan the call from the get-go.
It's tense.
And eventually the onus is on spirit to make this move.
Tess is alone in the heavies.
Spirit charging.
They go straight away, but Modesty lives up to his end of the bargain out here in the middle.
There's no Barrettas. Tears through Team Spirit.
As they go looking for any semblance of control, the net only grows tighter.
Round Spirit to start the semis.
Falcons choke him out. Pistol round secure and Fiber live at the end of it.
still two struggling teams in pistols across this tournament so far, even into the playoffs
yesterday for Spirit that was decided off of false flies more often than not. So important
for Paucus to lock that in because they have struggled in their second rounds. Team Spirit
take the breather full eco coming in, glocks across the board. Consider this a two for
Zero starts. Chas to settle your nerves on the stage. You can't say Spirit don't have
that experience and I'm not even talking about last year, just yesterday, spending
five hours in a battle against G2. It was meant to be a lopsided quarterfinal.
spirit will put to the test. They still have some levelling up to do. Against the Falcons
who have that faith and that goes a long way.
I think it's almost hard to quantify when it comes to Team Spirit with the game they
They had both to get them into the Lices, but also their first one with this squad up on the stage.
Two very drawn out games versus opponents you'd like to think they should be beating easy.
But on one hand, they show the resilience, right? The ability to pull it back, they do that without a coach.
And I think that's a key take away from me. It's the fact that they did win those games, right?
You could credit, or you could question the accomplishment of Spirit, how difficult those games were, how difficult they should have been.
But at the end of the day, facing multiple over times, multiple elimination points,
Spirit still weathered the storm. That is resilience.
That is what you need to win. That is what Falcons have struggled with prior to Karagin joining this roster.
So Spirit, no, they can win from any position.
First come round now.
The Falcons have a couple of moves in play, late flashes on this B site, getting them aggressive.
Yeah, Tini is hanging around for exactly this.
This is the move that Falcons like to pull in, these are flashes that Monosy coined.
The contact from the back of it, into the stalemate out towards B.
It's time and attention wasted, it draws score into this B bomb site.
B bomb site.
Bomp ran through that molly just to stop the falcon's push.
And that muck first jewel might be between Donk and Kiyosuke, static on this B site,
flying in the open.
Spirit keep up appearances, utility into middle, magics kicking up a fuss, but this
B bomb site is the object of their desires.
Kiyosuke has fallen for it.
I can hear it.
I'm out against the CFT and Spirit players.
Smoke's gonna buy you a couple more seconds,
but the rest of the Falcons are a long way from home.
I'll group them. Clear out middle.
This one smoke has bought so much time.
They can move now.
So they start to rotate bodies over,
and a lot of them are that.
Spirit losing the timing on this site here.
Reinforcements arrive. It's QCK with the spot.
Niko, though, first is strike, and this chokehold has to get broken.
Gonkin Shirou come through with entries.
Magik's now spotted, knows about Karagin.
Captain's clash, and he comes out on top.
This is fast flank, try to reel it in.
Time real low, they need this kill, and Doc fails them out.
I don't believe Sparrow in that round.
Valkyrie's in everything right at the start.
They don't fall for the tricks.
They reclaim middle.
They have a stack on that B bomb site,
But they give away so much space to Team Spirit.
Spirit just walk all over them.
Very impressive, a late round clutch out here for Duncan Coe.
Malcolm Scott celebrates you soon.
Successive pistol, already coming down to this one-money breaking round.
Always trying to make a move, always trying to push the boat out but don't go right into
all of spirit.
Open as gifted.
And you might just look to try and play this one with a bit of pace, two quick entries.
Oh man, lights away, it's Niko on the chopping block.
He mates again, one way away, it's Niko.
He needs to do something spectacular, it's damaged, but Donk's gonna best him in that
head to head.
and in being patient in these scary moments,
they get a lot of entries, they get spotted,
Falcons are moving all over the map,
they're flanking from B,
he's purr-defined to sit back, relax, and acclimatize,
get that second wave of utility in,
because you're standing there stuck in the open,
not knowing when he's gonna get swung,
and Spirit able to do it with ease.
This is a really good sign for Donk starting strong.
It's super hard to characterize that game from him yesterday
because while he goes and gets 40 kills across Mirage,
it didn't feel like the Donk that we see every day.
He was getting traded a lot. G2 had a lot of plans on how to deal with him
one-to-one in many, many rounds.
And we know with Donk, that's not what he wants.
So already starting off of both these gun rounds
with a couple of massive entries here from Donk.
Has put Spirit in the right place.
Falcon saving guns. That's all they'll have next round.
Slow and steady for spirits.
Yeah, no issues here, folding out of the gate.
The slower style lending itself well to the aggressive move that Falcons have looked to make.
Almost sitting on top of the board, I mean, it's everything you like to see if you're
a spirit fan.
Two hero guns to work with here, Carrigan, Yasuke, the foul play together here, and
The world's apart.
The Karrigan dead first. That's one of those rifles removed.
Even though you're going to scramble a stack in place here, play a bit of a gamble.
Spirit are in no position where they've got to commit. Plenty of time left.
They may be expecting a stack. Donk will hang around.
Ooh, they'll swung. That proves to be one too many.
Zontik's going to try and tame them here, but our molly forces you back.
Now weapons retrieved.
Spirit are between two minds. They want to stop these guns from getting picked up.
They also want to run the bomb away, so while they get this empty B bomb site, they still
are trying to fight main.
Will that be more weapons to the Falcons as running decoys for them manage another kill?
No way, Kiyosuke does this all on his own!
Look who's ahead of the curb on this rotation.
Miko already in position!
Does he get around that they were meant to win?
Tonea left in this all alone!
He's got the time to go for a bomb plant, but up until now, this whole round has
and built around setting up Kiyosuke, three players about to face him and the first shot
not connecting.
Here's the crushing blow, Modesty don't want to deal it, that is not the round that Falcons
are meant to pull through on, at every step of the way they've got unshakable faith
in their rookie.
That just tests this wide swinging, Kiyosuke peeks off of him, Modesty does the same,
everyone puts their life on the line for this rifle to find the glory and Kiyosuke
with three kills, gets him out of there with ease, they run so he can walk it over the line.
That's a shocking round to lose and you see those POVs of Spirit looking shook trying to trap that spray.
And where with Falcons of the past we saw often used to home in on the unthinkable
rounds they lost since Carrigan moved in it's the unthinkable rounds they win and this is
where I think the lack of a coach for Spirit really could come to hurt them.
And we've been given Magic's a hell of a lot of praise up until now.
He's played a lot of close games on this run to get to this semi-final.
It was first outing at the Major as a captain.
But if there ever was a game where you're going to really feel the burn,
the lack of a coach, it feels like it's destined to be this one.
And first time in the Lancers as well for Magic,
since almost surprising to hear, right?
We saw this guy on a major stage back in Team Spirit.
in 2022 against Garagin in that Antwap game and so experience but also
incomparably so to the Falcons captain. Already a spanner in the works here with
Falcons winning that eco round spirit. I'm gonna keep it tight here running low on
Uto already, but slowly gaining space.
They've got that mid control.
Balcones haven't really vied for it
at the beginning of any of these rounds.
And Magix has got the read.
He has pushed all the way through.
A spirit, get ready to assault B.
Monosy and Kiyosuke here.
Side by side, it's the odd looking for an opening.
And they'll strike in time.
But Monosy puts a bit of distance
between himself and Main.
This spam's coming close.
And it will be an off the side.
Shirou gets rid of that AWP.
Frank is in.
This is all the while, Magix is working an entirely different angle, out through middle,
bomb rotates around to try and join him.
He's in a position to try and throw the timings through a loop,
Carrigan dead on that rotation.
This boost allows Tessas to catch a ball!
And so a bit of ingenuity goes a long way.
Tanea again, thrust into a clutch.
This time he's got two 1B1s in front of him, player from main, player from mid.
He'll battle forward, goes looking for Tessas, and can't reel him in.
Oh, Niko having to set up his players, even setting up his support staff.
Tessa's over the top with a triple kill, and Teneir in another clutch.
That's not the guy you want in the clutch here, but Team Spirit, he's looking uncomfortable.
He was meant to be the hard-headed entry, keen to run in first, be alongside Dong,
taking over a lot of these entry duties on the two-sided times.
But looking very uncomfortable in these 1BXs is Teneir.
He was the hole yesterday in Team Spirits bucket on that CT side.
So you do not want that continuing here in this semi-final.
As Falcons pounce and win more and more difficult rounds.
Spirit finally broke, Triple B on the anti-ego, again Falcons clean away from the middle of
the map. At what point will Spirit really start to abuse that position? As the desk
was standing up, so many uncertainties on this map for Falcons, mainly because only
Saw Karaghan pull it through here at the Major, didn't touch it at Astana. Three wins
in a row, tight wins but wins nonetheless for the Falcons here at Cologne.
They've got two rather, Nabi and Vitality both going into overtime.
Time's set for this replay but that's where the stack is for the Falcons.
One step ahead, this is a mow down.
Not an inch of ground gained, 14 spirit.
And so a commanding lead building up at the start of the semi-final.
Breakthrough round coming off the hero guns.
That's where the fortunes have changed a bit for the Falcons, able to respond even on
the back of that Magic's mid-flank, now in control over the money.
They've got a spirit in a vulnerable position, trying to collect as much as they can on
this CT half before the swap.
It's lucky, very calm right now for Falcons.
This is one of the more aggressive moves we've seen Niko pushed up close in the middle.
He's got supportive AWP.
Honestly, never far away.
Kyosuke really all eyes on him on this B site because side by side with Karagin, who, yes, has added a lot of the untangibles for Falcons,
We've still seen the struggles as an individuals, especially on his CT side holding positions.
Go that Molly force, just shallow.
Spirit avoid the extra damage, magic's already down low, Zontik's got to be careful.
I made his non deterred Niko from playing this aggressive stance out towards mid.
All available for a quick drop down should they need it.
I'm all in this is huge.
Yes, okay, we'll get flushed out of there at least.
It's going to give over this control. Dark taken by Team Spirit.
Eyes set on the B-Play again.
Then the real object of their desire to start this semi-3 strong for the Falcons.
They're in position. They're ready for this.
Smokes obscure.
He's going to get to play behind them, hoping that chance spam can connect.
Donk doesn't need to leave it to chance.
One rattling through.
Carrigan's play through. The Smokes gets denied.
Niko, he's done a lot of damage.
He finishes off Donk in that head-to-head.
And Modesty and Tess says that he still feels interested in this.
They lose Modesty on that check.
Niko swung, a spirit bite back.
The Falcons are everything they have at Donk there. He is down to 7 health as he gets
that first kill over the smoke onto Kyosuke no less. Shira triple in that post-plot, hunts
down Modesty, hearing you jumping about in 10 pull, and even takes that over B piece.
Now he has Shira armed and even more dangerous here in this playoff game. He'd be thanks
Just from Shira today, Jess talked about his struggles on stages at times.
The drop-off or not, him and Don Carr, undeniable.
still reassuring signs from Doc to kick off this game. No reason to call the alarm.
This kind of stressful position that the Falcons have put Spurri in
could dissipate very, very quickly with another well-placed rifle round.
Suddenly, you're back on top in this tee side, you'll be able to streak some rounds together,
make something of it after all.
That's very much hinge on winning this one.
Make no mistake, Falcon's half is already locked in enough, this is all just bonus play at this point on CT side of Nuvus.
You don't want to lose that momentum going into a pistol round.
Spirit again, slow and steady in AMA.
Shira holds, looking for monosy, who has been in a new position every time on this AWP.
I've been running the triple B for a little while, but I'm common to see you make a bit
of a play for info, but that doesn't look to be the case.
Instead, Karagin leaves on rotation, goes back to pick up middle.
That means this two man hold isn't getting any support anytime soon.
Luck being thrown in from Tanea, right as Falcons trying to caress through Main.
It's a one for one right now.
Again with a very awkward fight out there towards middle and Tess says getting sandwiched
there on either side of him.
Players out towards main, it's Shiro closing in on that AWP and a free kill out in the
open.
This is a layup for this Aplomb, 3B2, and even the Falcons are moving over, their money
on the line here, they're going for this and coming up short, Gibbs Spirit, away back
into the half.
smoke just denies it and immediately calls it off here for Falcons unless they find a kill on a lurk and they're not going for this round so
Spear with a bit of extra util it goes a long way in ensuring this round and sending Falcons on their merry way out
This is already looking like an exciting head-to-head in middle between caragon of magics definitely an ugly fight for caragon
But gets there at the right time. That's magics who continues to exploit this gap of middle
No one really playing it late in these gun rounds
So he's able to run right through on this A-Split.
The machine of Team Spirit shug, shug, shugging along on this T-Side.
Getting the job done.
I've been more early aggression, feeling like maybe they've been a little too blind in some
of these rounds that have gone by.
They were scared out of going for this early on, what with Spirit just holding this default,
ready to punish any aggressive move.
Alcantins felt like wherever they have tried to get stuck in, they've gone awaiting,
They've gone into the waiting spirit forces
This time it's a far bigger grouping out towards middle
Maybe trying to catch magics on some of these mid-legs
They hear space getting taken away out towards main
Bees on an uncertainty right now for the Falcons. They've got no idea what's going on on that half of the map
They're really only prepared for this mid-fight
Bit of an A side lean
So as the bomb links up with magics, it is going in to the Falcons, but they're moving away.
Maybe the worst possible time on this. Tess says with the spot.
Monacy's Orbs already gone.
Mid now taken. Where does Spirit want to end this?
They've got Zontics floating around me, but it feels like they're going to walk this bomb through Temple.
And we'll put them with an earshot of this Monacy Orb.
Maybe you're thinking it's just magic. So not ready for the whole squad right now walking in through this beef rank
Honestly take space. You know someone's coming in at least so if I was trying to clear out more of the map
They'd realize that nothing's down in water does that save them does that help them?
It doesn't look likely caragon picks up the big green, but
All over this bomb site. They can run him down
Util flies in the face of caragon and he's already thinking about that same because his team are ready to get cut off
to the right. It's a double
up here for Falcons. Something
for later. Maybe a spirit
take the round Falcons leave
with loot. Realization was
there for Falcons. It just
Perfect call from Magix. We're waiting to see if it will be exploited. This is the perfect round for it.
This is a real game of cat and mouse right now between these two squads.
Everyone trying to find these timings. And right now it's Spirit coming up with them.
Magix seemingly securing every gap for Team Spirit.
Now you got this double orb to work with. Wasn't really in the repertoire.
It wasn't really what you were looking for but gifted an AWP from Shiro.
Falcons decide to play with it.
Carrigan picks up that second door.
I should be able to beside him.
Honestly, he's going to be floating.
Might go for a kick.
I'll just set up a main.
New to the middle.
I'll just go and know if Falcons want to probe this part of the map now
and keep some presence there.
And so Spearant might just go for something cool to out of spawn, it's looking like they're surrounding this B-box like we're ahead.
Alright, that's quick from Karagan. Kiyosuke here to help him out.
And he's now scoped up ready for a swing out through Dark, gets the spot at least, actually goes back to look for this Karagan.
What? Make a magic happen on the AWP!
Donk left up.
Well, the carry can all be able to stop him.
Come on!
Donk's on his way to something.
That might have seen him on the top.
It takes fire to fight fire.
Stubbs Donk cold in the clutch.
Oh, my goodness.
A 1v5 coming out of nowhere.
Donk with a beautiful spray.
And, of course, it's you to stop him
because you can't out-shoot this guy.
Donk nearly doing something dastardly
in this V-bomb side, but it's the Carrigan's second orb that keeps Falcons above water.
You can almost feel the monocy influence he's been watching him a lot. That was quick.
Yeah.
That is not what you expected from the Carrigan's secondary orb.
Oh, he's now...
Now he's feeling it a little.
Pushed all the way through main.
Have KSCK in behind him.
Trying to go for that early pressure again.
But once more, it's handed away these openings.
Sure, they've done that set up a couple of times.
They've been waiting for that move.
They know that Falcons have a couple of tricks up their sleeve here on CT and UBIS.
and so a double B push, shut down by Spira,
and the round just falls into their lap.
The job now is to just not drop it.
And Marth Alcans could make a full gamble,
hedge their bets, and they're still uncertain to do so.
Niko hangs around in his position.
Monocie ready to react.
And Tessas wants to play his nade, so he gives up a main.
timing miss from Monossey to near on the edge of a scope but the time is good.
It's that shot now they hear that Utah come in they know where Spirit are going.
Monossey is going to get here in time through that Utah. Tess says Bison a couple more seconds.
Monossey all pot next.
The elbow can't quite find it.
Still this 5v3 but it's getting stopped it now.
Dawkins in pole position.
He takes on Tix and Shiro to try and wrestle this one back under that control
And all the way through to Liko Falls, spirit, regain control, and this semi-final is living up to the hype.
We are split right down the half to start things off.
I
Oh well, there's the first one, Frank!
He can get some double!
There's still two pairs left!
He's got no help on them!
13 and 3!
Oh my goodness!
How did he do this?
How did he go to it again?
Now the team are doing it again!
It's all on the line here in the Lancers.
Two teams vying for championships Sunday.
A best of five and a major trophy here on Counter-Strike's biggest and best stage.
It's Team Spirit looking to defend their title here in Cologne.
Or Falcons looking to win as finally promised as Carrigan joins this roster.
You think the hard part is done?
They took down Team Vitality yesterday, but Spirit saved themselves.
We're just getting started.
This one's eating up slow and steady.
Anubis first map, Falcons pick in their pocket, but Spirit in here, half way.
Yeah, Spirit went down to try and foil some of the Falcons' antics with
slow, grueling rounds.
Well, Falcons inject a bit more chaos into this teeside.
He's certainly making an aggressive move as of the rest of Team Spirit to open up in this pistol
It feels like that drop down was heard Falcons don't commit anyone out through the rugs yet now they get this spot
They see multiple players down here in the water. This is where the mound is full of lost trades back and forth
Magic's turns the tide. Oh
Doesn't need to hang around he's got teammates nearby to try and cover this
It's cute. Okay, that's Niko
You know where the old
Side by side for the Falcons.
Donkau to the pitch yet Shiro as well.
These are the two heavy hitters for Team Spirit watching from the wayside.
Is this pistol still hangs in the balance?
Sontics is meant to be ice cold in these positions.
We've seen Tiniere struggle in them.
The Falcons might test the sole player on this A-bomb site.
Bit of patience first.
Spirit starts to make a move and it couldn't be better timed.
Look at Magix go.
Palkans are walking in, but they don't know that Thor is closing behind them.
Zontek's any step hard is only going to speed up his captain's move.
He plays full retake on this side.
Yeah, try and lend as much time to Magix as they can.
You know, he's got the element of surprise right now.
Bomb even planted open. Magix could try and swing out to deny this, but...
They get into these post-plots. Kiyosuke with the spot.
And so this big element of surprise move that Spirit will be waiting for
Has now been rumbled next to the play
Zontics into the inside by side out through the camera into this car
Magics won the two
Massive round here for the Falcons both pistols in their pocket in this map pick and very calmly done
by the capable Kiyosuke, Niko walks around the world with him, Falcons swim ahead with
the lead again.
For Niko again for Team Spirit, Falcons just redeeming these 3v rounds.
That was chaos.
That was the Karagin call, come through that stair smoke, everybody jumping down rugs
after seeing Spirit take control, Falcon's not afraid.
Team playing with Bravado.
And with the confidence of a squad
that just beat the world's best.
Karrigan's just a probe here,
trying to figure out if this side is truly clear.
One can come in or he can rotate out,
depending on how hard Spirit rotates in this position.
They've still kept magics.
On the other side of the map, Karim is calling. He has so much room. He is up in heaven and he hasn't seen a soul.
He takes two women through the smoke gun pistols, but Falcons no problems. 42, this one's a lock.
Yeah, Don Deagle patrols up here towards heaven.
He's got four rifles ready to try and deal with him as soon as he plays his hand.
I'll see how close gets spotted.
Ron can't get his bearings on that eagle.
And with Magik's dead, no issues there for the Falcons.
It's a clean conversion and a lead locked in.
Yeah, not looking scared in the slightest,
but does that change hitting full-wifery rounds
here now for spirits?
Chura, all who have to wait.
Team spirit, a couple of cold players, a couple of slow starts. Don't consider
punctuating the scoreboard, but otherwise still waiting for more.
To be able to support here, not alone as he tries to hold down middle magics nearby, that
Nade keeps the advantage belonging to Spirit.
Acceleration out here towards Main.
Niko making ground, smoke slows his roll.
Ashura hiding out towards the fountain, gets here very very quickly and move, not spotted
by the Falcons as he plays out.
That catches them by surprise.
come through for Spirit and with it a key round to try and turn the tide. A lot of decisions
made very quickly but may perfectly hit the Spirit. Smoking that Molotov from Niko they pull back,
they're able to recommit. Sontics has a great bait for his teammate, costing his life but on the
easy trade for Team Spirit puts him in the advantage and Magic just keeps pushing the
blowtie, keeps flanking, he keeps poking Falcons, causing a lot of nuisance here
is the captain of Team Spirit. As the falcons bank empties out its caragon clock armor,
Niko the only AK.
Fiora waiting that final. It always felt like the quarters, the semis decided the bracket.
We're going to be the hardest challenge for the team that makes it all the way.
It's hard to avoid the elephant in the room that Nico is eyeing up, that major trophy.
And what a difficult one it would be. Vitality, spirit, Fiora,
Counter strikes, elites.
Can anyone on Spirit stop this play?
It's not that way you can get the ball rolling.
Modesty responds with two of his own.
And so quickly this triple stack is reduced just down to Shiro.
They'll hold the line for a moment.
Or maybe more than a moment.
Shiro gets it done.
Magic's surviving just as he's supposed to.
And that force for the Falcons doesn't leave much of a mark.
It doesn't just feel like Magix has the perfect read of the game at this point.
He is just pushed B main in the silence at a minute mark
and walks right behind the Falcons.
Not only does that tell you it's going to be an April.
He gets a three kill in the middle, his whole team of fast rotating
and Shiro's rifles have been very commendable
across these couple of playoff games.
He's had some big moments on AK's and M4's.
He did the same yesterday with an ace against G2.
massive moment from Shiro. Magic's not getting scared yet, he drops into the water, Spirit
starts to take space back. And you can imagine it's a very jarring tonal switch here between
these halves. Spirit went from being super passive on their T sides, now really aggressive
across the CT half. And it's Magic's acting as the tip of the spear. This is a rookie
Captain been in the squad for a long time sure
Readdit given that captain seat post his removal
And he's called some fantastic rounds across this major run, but to do it now versus Carrigan, I
Mean that would just be groundbreaking wouldn't it? That's not the guy I meant to out call here especially the pieces are in play for the Falcons
Magix at times has even said he didn't feel he had the trust of that 90 game that put
Spirit in the playoffs. More over times, more madness, and more doubt lingering for Spirit,
but how can you doubt him now? Time and time again, brought them through the overtime
against G2, called them back out of a 12-9 map. Magix still has to hold his own as
an individual, but as the players walk through the smoke, those kills are on a plate.
This is Don combined for a double and Falcons round goes out the window.
Hello, Niko with a bit of a timing.
Got to take it though.
Through that con smoke.
The longer he takes, Magic's now gun on against his head ripped off.
Donks in trouble, he's low.
It's policy here alongside him.
Him and Niko ready to play out at a moment's notice.
What is he now looking for Teneir?
Oh, I'll find him and he gets to swing out for a couple of free-fies now as Monossey
left in the clutch!
Surely not.
Five points of health.
You'd look at this and say it's impossible.
Bomb dropped over at Main.
He might just have to win this with these gunfights.
Smoke down instead.
Monossey tries to turn this into a long drawn-out round.
But a five points of health, one smoke spam.
Any point of damage, that's Monossey's round over.
And a lead building at 14 Spirit.
That's the reed. What's the angle?
Where does he think Zontics and Shiro have gotten to?
They're coming back.
If he's caught in the open, this one's done.
Needs to be clinical.
Oh, nearly misses that timing, but just about skirts away in the dark.
Still, they're out through the temple. They're in the bomb site now.
And it tightens around Monosy, a shot away from certain death, that's the spot and on
that swing, gives it up.
There's just so much respect in this server, every single player must be feared, must be
careful, Spirit do that so slowly, so cautiously, tracking him down in the 2v1, no one willing
to swing out on their own.
Look at the sweat on Sonic's forehead.
This one's getting scary now for Falcons.
A key gun round shut out by a little pocket play, pushing through that B main smoke,
put Spirit in the 5v3, and they convert, despite Modesty's best efforts.
And so four rounds in a row, since Spirit found guns on this CT side of Anubis.
This was meant to be the magic for Falcons coming through with this...
Punish Pic.
A map that Donk himself has said he doesn't like.
Let's call it random.
Right now, Spirit's slow and steady.
Or just three rounds away from stealing it away.
Pistols now for Falcons.
Do we get any explosive rounds in this game, or is it all cat and mouse?
I think I was trying to beckon him into a fight hoping he could find something with the
D. Goleli when that's not provided.
You know, you just got to leave this to your site here, Team Spirit playing very reserved
here.
the pistols. Again gonna attempt this boost in the mid-round. There's no one
here for Monocy to find on this deagle. Everywhere the Falcons have looked,
Spirit stayed out of their crosshairs, they've remained elusive. Is that about
the changes? Tinius skirts out towards mid. Just run for a clear and then leaves.
And that puts him in the right place.
Three over towards B, 14 spirit.
Another correct gamble, and that's one hell of an opening.
Kiyosuke's deagle, the little one.
Teneir comes barreling through, trying to offer up assistance, but they've spotted him.
They beeline right for him.
Pick up on magics, Teneir needs something.
Can't regain control.
to this fleet of entries provided by Kiyosuke puts the Falcons back in a
fighting position. Tatsun Shirou still looking interested. How committed can they
really get to this? The odds so overwhelmingly against them as they brace
for this retake. It's that swing and this decides it. Everyone peeps together. Kiyosuke's
golden round to try and stop this spiraling out of control.
It's onto Donk as well. What a cracking head shot from Kiyosuke to open up that B-bombsite.
These are the two top T-side performers on this stage. Kiyosuke and Donk. Phenoms
phenoms in their own right and Kiyosuke constantly chasing him while that round overtakes him.
Falcons still in this game winning their eco.
Thank you.
It's Monk ready to trade magics if things go awry.
That Molly traps magics in position.
Easy shot for Kiyosuke.
It just well blocks the door.
Donk could not come through.
Good deed.
Unpunished.
Falcons just sit back and relax.
They shut the door again.
Smoke down.
You can't have this for the fort.
You must sit in a disadvantage.
It's kind of been very commendable in these 4v5s.
They're changing their mind on the gamble.
This is nice, they're just reaching the middle, they're going to go put their pieces in the right place.
Still, you've got to fight your way out this round.
You come up short, you're broke, suddenly your hand falcons back the lead.
The stack is in the right place and this round worked so much.
Ronko only good for one. Tanier tries to make the round saving play through these smokes.
He'll get spammed out.
And Shiro on the other end of the map has no part to play.
Falcons with a breakthrough.
Kisuke back-to-back openings.
The try and be the difference maker and now a tie game.
And the wealth of talent is making the difference here for Falcons, right?
In these moments, there's so many different players you can rely on.
Niko comes out with two kills there, Monosy's had moments.
Kyosuke, we just saw, and somehow Tess is still top of the board sneaking up there.
Spirit, with the exception of a couple of multi-kills from Donkenshiro,
It's been a team game, it's been magic's his cause, it's been strong positions.
Shiro does hold his orb, that's something here for Team Spirit, the Falcons have leveled the playing field.
Any worry now is that they've done more than that, right? Shiro has this AWP, money isn't really there,
and anyone else to put much into this round.
Gonna be a couple of pistols at most.
We are not losing our heads, we are playing 3-5, everything is cool, we continue in the same tempo, emotions don't bother us, this is not our map, we are playing.
The Falcons just walk in though, should be climbed by a flash.
Patience on this T side, good grenades.
And an aggressive flash set up here by Tamir, so if something wants to just jump it, he can.
Off the back of Shiro's shots.
We want to control the Falcons and they're doing it later in the round with no ones here
again.
Just aren't moving in, but P250 armor is all he got to play for.
Falcons have found nothing.
Maybe this threat of middle is enough just to walk back towards B main.
Leave a lurker and trust in your numbers.
That smoke will keep spirit guessing.
It's a nice idea for Karrigan, right?
If you're anticipating an A with a lean, if you're anticipating a stack out towards this side of the map,
that draws all the attention over the way, seeing that smoke down in Temple.
And so this has been a game where Magics has had a bunch of fantastic calls,
but here we get to see a bit of brilliance of the carry, and that one smoke just misdirecting everything.
There's 14 Spirit.
They had no intention of using Middle, it's just so late in the round, Spirit.
Have to make the gamble to go surely if they're blocking Temple, they're coming camera,
but no one was entering Middle, they're the Falcons.
It was just a means to an end, an MTV bombsite.
Team Spira coming in to try and scramble some guns
at the end of the round, looked to inflict some damage.
Shira needs to keep his AWP. Otherwise, anyone else?
Free range, send him in.
I think Spira letting Falcons save all their guns here
might come back to haunt them later in this game.
It really could. I mean, look at the money. It's already the problematic spot, right?
You've got Kiyosuke Karagin both at 5 plus grand.
I'm not breaking it.
It's going to tick on up now, and as you get later into this game,
the idea that your opponent becomes unbreakable, that is a terrifying feat.
Just like it's really going to have a lot of money.
They felt like they needed that armor to buy up full in this round, right?
We had four players with Kevlar, so Spirit in order to get rifles and full nades,
that is the decision they have to make.
They're going to keep those SMGs, keep some for later.
Shiro keeps his arm
But make no mistake this is a must-win round for Team Spirit or Falcons will pocket their map pick
I like that we also heard Shiro just talk in that time out, you know, say look
It's not our map pick and not acknowledgment that this one was never meant to be easy
You're relying on your home ground and Mirage and Dust2 in the decider
Wouldn't it be nice just to make a game quick and easy for once as something Spirit haven't experienced here in Cologne
Not since that second stage. It has been a grind every game going the distance.
Spirit really want this first engagement in middle two SMGs are there,
Falcon's giving him nothing.
As the report comes in, spirit reposition.
Go for yet another gamble.
Shiro with a very well timed clear, right as Niko left that position.
And now Donk starts to walk on through, hot on the heels of an A-Play with a backstab.
See this Utah come down in mid.
You know the spirit is going to be a little bit certain.
That's what Hell of a catch for Niko.
Light up for Taneir's ulti.
Hopes he can save a bit of face here.
That's a massive double.
Will it be enough?
Honesty gets grabbed as Maddox comes flying in from nowhere.
No way, and Niko dead!
Team Spirit do not go down easy!
It looks so good for Falcons, but I will say those SMG's actually do spirit more hard, more good than Han.
They got a lot of damage on that connector.
Xenia able to just spam them down, making them soft and easy.
Byzantics body shots and magic's jumping the corner.
Well, that's magic's all over.
Spirit survive.
set it a second ago they're not going to break falcons in this regulation there
will be back-to-back buys coming in that has kept spirit in this first map and
they do it again without Donk without Shirou
the evolution of the team in spirit is clear
You see the trust they have in each other at these moments, right?
It's certainly had to get forged on this grind of a run that you talk about.
They do this all without a coach, without some veteran long standing stood behind the
team with them.
And so you've got to learn to trust the guy sitting next to you.
the idea of just walking down mid here for Falcons right it's been a chasm on
both halves no team has really played consistently towards the doors that smoke
comes in Falcons do want to cool its bluff they all want to something Nate
will do damage but today can just get peaked here in camera he's got to keep
it up not sure he got that spot they're shuffling away Falcons are getting closer
good shot from Taneir keeps this round in life he's got more in store double
to near before the trade but that's bomb in middle and Monos he can't lose it.
Magic's doing what he so often does the moment this info comes through he
instantly gets aggressive and he's just gonna play for the space this is such a
smart move from Magic's doesn't commit to the flank doesn't commit to the
backstab the longer he waits they're gonna come to hit him!
No way! It's a hell of a time to find your sixth kill.
Real 23 rounds deep, Carrigan has just put them back in a 3 on 3.
Where does this end up?
It's the question spirit are asking themselves, they've gambled over towards B.
Leaving Zontics alone.
Oh!
Should have been a catch for Monacy. That would have been an empty A bomb site,
but now Zontics gets the full back along this one out.
Try and play for the round.
Don Cicero nowhere to be seen, no moves being made.
As he starts to peek, Padong swings out the connector, finds that kill.
3v2, Zontik's on his own.
It's Niko and Karagin.
The shock reunion, trying to see through that 12th round for the Falcons.
And they've got the full might of Team Spirit to go against.
Karagin, they're coming through right behind him,
gonna get himself into a position now here towards Heaven.
Niko waiting back there in Main.
He's not planted for him, so he's going to be pretty active here.
Has to be involved as they look for this cross.
Neco, can't chain him together.
And so it's handed off to Kalligan in this clutch.
Oh, this would be a time to find his thing on this stage.
And so quiet.
Oh, I am shut down by Cheryl.
Nailed by her in the deep views, but spirit just get it.
The man that hyped him up rounds ago.
Shiro Galevas in his clutch!
And Spirit now with the chance to close on Falcons, Matt Big!
Well, this would throw the whole series into jeopardy.
This would flip it upside down.
This would put Spirit heavy weight, heavy favor for that defending title.
Garaghan did so much, but he even got Shiro off the bomb and reswings in the 1v1.
You'd think he wouldn't fall for it.
Shiro stunning shots.
And Team Spirit take map point first
You don't break Falcons easy they have more money they have another bite do they have an overtime in store
Can't ignore the difference monosy could have made on that AWP if even one of those shots are connected
It's got one more chance to put that all to work
This guy's meant to be a secret weapon
Donk has been avoided in this game, right?
Here he sits on this B site surrounded by Falcons.
That entry from Nico could change their tune.
It's not to pull back a bit.
Karagin checks mid.
The monosy still moves forward looking for his pick.
Donk waits, unwavered in his position.
Falcons coming in.
Facing first right in at that up.
Donk crowd, Jesses comes through in the opening.
And two kills away from overtime.
Falcons breathe a little easier.
Shiro trying to make a hero play comes through that smoke but doesn't leave an impression.
And Tanea coming at terms with it.
Surely this is not his round.
Falcons doing more than enough.
Look in a salvage and over time.
And after a string of misses from Modesty.
Boat as he rides to the occasion in round 24!
I can say you can't get rid of us with that easy aim to overtime.
They limp their way there.
That was getting scary and hairy down the stretch,
but into Boat's play.
And isn't it just the way Karrion does his best work?
So let's see what Falcons can do.
Starting off on the T side again, they keep the good times rolling.
I'm gonna hold the fort as long as I physically can.
Bring that bomb over right now.
is to be careful and consider every step of the way a shot away from certain death
full belly utile as he makes his way over even the chance now to use its own
utile against them down here in the connector
spam phasantics would be huge
does he want to give away his position break on his smoke
this is always hungry to try and force a fight
so low
Now, Tom's going to go down. They're expecting a reaction.
There's no move yet for Spirit, with each second they waste,
Taneir closes in on this backstab.
They don't know about him in main.
He's got the full element of surprise.
Taneir draws so much attention, it falls down to Tessa's now
to try and save this.
Taneir, Lama, Klaver, and the last thing he sees,
that ain't Kane. Tessa in his hand,
throwing off for the first and overtime.
I don't believe Taneir goes there.
He absolutely sells Taneir down the river.
that was perfectly played, slow 2v2, Tindy gets there in time,
Sontek swings out back side giving away that kill
and Tess says what a heroic play coming out to be made there.
Fulton had the difficulty of trying to be stable to take risks
but to also just be a safe pair of hands,
towing a very fine line.
But Tess says finds the space, makes the play
and wins the round for the Falcons.
He is...
...hand held high 22 kills alongside Monosy.
Pintess has just been having a monster majorise some of these games where he's just stood tall and delivered.
It's the type of Alper you expect from a star.
Maybe a bit of a case change here for the Falcons, this one coming in quick.
First level game.
He's been very drawn out rounds and to now in OT a round to the good and they feel like they can swap the pace up
Miko shooting ghosts
And that keeps up his position just ease back into this 5v5 Miko open to make a move
Decisive with the first the lips to tell the tale, but not for long. It's
It's Karrigan on a spay!
Lefto Shiro.
Can't lose your wall.
Time to waste him.
Money on the line, it's a roundy.
Feels like he can't attempt.
A clutch player, sure, but if you get that all, boy,
it's not coming back.
Falkins back to background in OT and Spirit are broke.
That's a frustrating one.
Shiro knows he has to save that AWP.
I can't believe he's going through it as well.
That's the pressure on this moment in this overtime.
They are full broke for this last round, 2 MP9s, 3 MP4s, desperate times now between Spirit as Falcons surge ahead.
Spirit had their chance to close this map.
But Falcons grabbing back control.
And Monosy can remember his misses but he's hit some spectacular shots to save Falcons in these rounds.
Magic's up close, we saw what MP9's gone through before, it's going to have to do it again.
Valk, danger, caught by monosy, Magic's gone saviour!
One more man here is Shiro, but how much can he really resist this?
They're all around him, the SSNG put in a box!
Rotate starts to arrive, more hero plays might be required, and Nier gonna struggle
for one back on this dark flank.
Falcons far from comfortable.
This one doesn't even feel like I'm going to get that bombed out.
It's going to come in with these fights.
That's what it comes down to.
Niko will deliver his attention now
as it's Niko and Monosy 2v2.
This was the duo, the signing that was supposed to elevate the Falcons.
Ended up needing a bit more help.
But these were the two that were meant to battle against Robson, Zywu,
Shiro and Donk, these big duos in the top squads.
And they have outmaneuvered Team Spirit.
They've got them doubting. They've made them second guess.
Open bomb site. Open bomb plant.
And Falcons with all the time in the world to get comfortable.
And Perry drops out for Falcons, they have an entirely open bomb site,
there is no kit in play for Spirit, they're going to have to find one.
They threw themselves round corners to get into this 2v2,
but you have those star players of the Falcons in this late round situation.
You wouldn't want anyone else.
They shot from Monacy, and a swap off to the rightful,
Teneir playing very late on this flank, Niko holds it, the line,
locks it down with a clinical headshot, Teneir no health,
No time, no chance. This is a flawless half in overtime from the Falcons.
The calm they feel in that 2v2, when you look up and see who's left to pull through for you.
and it has felt like that. All
game long, right? We've had
some of the high performing
Falcons players in these like
clutches for spirit. It's been
to near. It's been on takes. It's
been magic. You obviously not
had bunk in these clutches. You
really do. But spirit can't
match that output here in
overtime. Whoa, Nico.
3 opportunities to close on your map pick.
Garrygan bringing out a classic to the Org.
In the first of 3.
Had a quiet game, also had a couple of massive multi-kills.
Not hit a frag, hit a lead.
Here to get Falcons to a final, here to lift a trophy.
And round by round that's feeling more realistic.
Steve Spirit just have to sit in it, leaving him brawless half of his T side and it starts
with an A attack.
Magic's late midler, going to spring to life now, Monosy dead after one, it's Donk,
keeping the advantage belonging to Spirit.
Hasn't been left alive in a lot of these late rounds, he's set that earlier but here,
no trade on Donk, he will be a problem to deal with later in this retake.
still causing chaos finally dealt with but it doesn't leave you much of a
fighting position flashes a good shiro conceals himself tries to hide away has
no say in the matter but this is where you've got to deal with don't the test
says up for the job doesn't like it don't on a tear
it's pickable time to kill for don't he doesn't even get a second to react
nobody does see a head behind the site yours is off don't double on that
entry and stops the clutch in its tracks a much needed round win to keep spirit in this.
And again lacking of timeouts because it's been neck and neck the entire way.
Masonic pulls his troops back, takes a breather here in this overtime as Falcons
look to not fumble their three round advantage.
That's been a real variety in this spirit, T-Side, but I think one of the main consistencies has been these Magik's mid-legs.
They were game-defining, it felt like in that original T-Side campaign.
Even now, he's double out towards mid, helping to turn the tide in that post-plat,
stopping Falcons from amassing the retake fast enough.
I wonder if they want to try and stick someone on him.
Just so much space getting taken every single round.
And you know, Falcons are renowned, then, with Toro double mid-set-up, would go for a fight, would put some pressure, some presence,
Magic's never been caught by it.
Hey look at Monossey, he's just out on an island here watching for any mid control.
Ali Volly of Util trading that out with Team Spirit.
This time they don't leave mid open.
They always have a player with eyes on it.
Yeah Monossey adds absolutely to the meta AWPer in this match.
Shiro has done more to rifles I feel than his AWP and his depth.
He called off in these recent few rounds.
Now would be a time to change that as he holds for the same this mid-fight with the AWP, not being given away.
Magix takes that space again, pressure on this B-bomb site, keep the Falcons flustered, they throw their U-Till.
Spiriget that Con control, they're about to dart in.
Open up for Kiyosuke, why not make it a double?
On back, but to the end they're fighting a losing battle here as they go into the stack.
Shirou has reclaimed one on the other side of the map.
There's more where that came from.
You're going to try and long this out.
You realized you were walking right in to the talons of the Falcons.
So they try and change direction to Nia and Shiro.
The last hopes to keep this game alive.
Oh my goodness.
She's going to get it!
Shiro!
Stutterstack hits that shot.
Bombs gonna go down spirit able to stabilize in this post-parts
Don't tell me sure is gonna do it all they boost up one for the flank
But Karen's still gonna come in through the water. So this should be a free shot for shiro
Nails it no doubt no time they don't they've misread it completely misread it. They're in the open. Oh my god
That almost goes very very wrong. Team spirit with a misunderstanding and
Shiro saves them again. We just said he was quiet in these last few rounds. Well
that is one hell of a way to make yourself known.
Two versus four. Shiro finds every single frag and the game-saving flick of the
AWP keeps spirit one round from another overtime.
Barker's got nothing to show for it. They bring speed to this round. Niko drops in quick.
This was how Donk opened their CT. Half in this OT, aggression.
Vashira holding for it. No looking instead of foot wrong, still riding the high.
There's big round in the one prior.
He's dead. But then he'd leave an AWP for later.
5v4 up against a broken Falcons.
Hying up a run back into another overtime.
That's been Spirit's whole thing across these playoffs.
I think we're going to go away. There's a B-stack right now for the Falcons. And I think they're
changing their minds here. The walk back. Hanging up this A-bomb site. Tessa is starting
to feel the pressure as the mollies reign in. The full onslaught are Util. One from
can't find any more that's a bomb plot here left to a retake a man down that's
a crazy shot for Karrigan
surely that kill isn't the one that gives you an edge
here's the backstab for Kyrgyzsoke
Zontek's clutch required
the spirit want to complete this and they've got him trapped
they've got him boxed in
Zontek shut down
Kasem K with a massive clutch to save the Falcons on them, that pick.
They will keep their style so much faith in him as time and time again he delivers.
It is said, a trophy tells the story of its era.
This is our history.
It's a Chrome classic, it's inspiring.
And then, of course, you have the birth modern era.
Last Paris major, 2023.
It is.
And so we, the DHL Esports Logistics Division, have decided
no more lifeless geometry, no more sterile sculptures,
A trophy should breathe.
Behold the future of eSports accolades.
The world's first liquid trophy.
Why is it bubbling?
Because it's alive a year ago.
And breathes competition.
It's burning.
The world's first.
It's beautiful.
Now, due to its fragility and intricate brilliance,
I will be hand-delivering the Cologne Major Trophy myself.
Or we could ship it.
The team expects it by 6pm sharp.
We miss the window, we miss the Major.
You're joking, right?
Freya, this is no laughing matter.
Dear children have entrusted us to deliver e-sports history.
And we always deliver.
And with that, Freya, here you go.
You're right in shotgun with me.
What, really?
To Cologne.
Yes, so strap in, team.
As the old saying goes, all roads lead to Cologne.
We are 5 takes away from Junction 7 ETA 42 minutes can I get a status update please
I'm sorry.
Roger that, love machine.
We got eyes on the payload.
The GFC confirms you're about eight minutes behind schedule.
If we don't pick up the pace to resect the beat,
we're going to start without a trophy.
It's much too over.
Done with this.
Whoa! Careful!
Drive steady!
Anybody would completely destabilize the operation.
We're late already.
What's going on?
They're currently at a red light.
How much time do they go?
Uh, about, it leaves in 52 minutes.
It's a love of game, and they're never going to make it.
You can watch out!
It's bombing through the car on my leg!
Uh, machine one, uh, come check. Do you read?
Keep this up, Hugo!
Your T-minus 52 minutes from the payload.
It's spinning though.
We've hit turbulence.
They are literally in a van, chap.
There's a four-cylinder state-of-the-art diesel vehicle, Trace.
Trace.
My bad.
One's two.
Do you read me?
We've had a little hiccup!
We're back on track.
Can we get a status update on lost time?
Over.
There with me machine one.
How quick do they have to drive to make it?
About a hundred kilometers an hour.
A hundred kilometers?
They can still make it.
Machine one.
Time to a pedal to the metal.
Full throttle.
Engine's engaged.
You can still make it.
We're not going to make it Alex. GPS says 45 minutes, boat leaves in 30.
I will make it. Hugo, engage thrusters.
Watch that, sir.
It's leaking again!
Machine one, talk to me. What is your position? I repeat, what is your position?
Oh
Why are you stopping look
I'm believe me
All right get a move on
Oh, I know exactly who you are mr. Richardson dear oh dear I thought I'd seen the last of you people
What are you doing here? Look at me!
I've escaped this e-sports nonsense.
Why can't you just leave me alone?
So, let him breathe!
So this is where you've been barring your head in the muck, is it, yeah?
Running away from your colossal mistake.
Oh, great.
Yeah, look at that! What's the matter with you?
Price tag, none of you are manageable!
Oh, you just had to bring it up, didn't you?
You know how that hurts me.
Mr. Control, this is Birdie girl.
Looks like we've hit an obstruction.
Copy that, Birdie girl. We'll assess the report back.
I'll be right back.
I'll leave this all behind. You can come join me in the woods.
Oh, what? Playing with your sheep? How?
Oh, you'll be fed up playing about enough of this.
Good luck to you.
I'll go hang out with your sheep. Sick one, mate.
Yeah?
Sheep man.
Wait. There's a DHL depot two kilometers north-northwest.
If they come through the field, they can still make the drop-off in time.
Wait, you want them to abandon ship-chatting?
Yes, Trace.
It's time to go on foot.
Machine one. Star command has found a depot two kilometers north northwest.
Please proceed on foot. I repeat, please proceed on foot.
That means run!
Run!
No, absolutely not.
We're running out of time for it. This is it.
Copy that, sponge two. We're going dark.
There it is!
Oh my god!
I just did it!
There it is!
There it is!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
What the f***?
No!
Embarrassing.
They're so close!
He's doing... we have a problem.
So, what do we do now?
You just lost yours?
Well, let's clean it up a little bit.
Sure.
I'm going to clean it up a little bit.
I'm going to clean it up a little bit.
I'm going to clean it up a little bit.
Let's clean up a little bit, shall we?
Machine one, we've had to abort mission. Trace has gone and had and delivered last year's trophy. Over and out.
See? Told you. We always deliver.
I'm surprised they didn't burn your skin, boss.
That's the thing about leadership, Hugo.
You've got to have thick skin.
We are too strong to do an action to calm us down!
We are back!
24 teams came to crack off, only 6 remaining.
So let's test the acoustic!
I found a place to take you
Hold me in your pocket
New year 2015
And that was the year where my brother gave me Counter-Strike
The first thing I wanted to do is just line destroy your game
I was very happy when he ran from the computer
He already started to kill all the data
He could go to the group and tune something
He made a lot of other games, it was interesting
I started playing Dota in World of Warcraft.
In one year I started playing Dota.
Watching International for example every year was traditional with my brother.
I started enjoying playing Dota more than CS for some reason.
I had a friend with who I played online.
All of a sudden we were playing only one and I won him like once.
I won him second time and the next days he just drifted with me
and he said I don't want to play with you anymore
and I had no friends I'd have to play in Dota.
So I started playing CS because I had my school friends.
Yeah, we shared the computer, and I can't do anything about it anymore.
They were constantly going to the dacha with it.
Then he came back to us and took it.
But I think I liked it.
The main thing was that we bought it, so that he could play without me.
Is everything ok?
Everything is ok, trust me.
I can't wait for the bomb.
I planned to buy a single.
Yes, drop.
Yes, drop, drop.
Yes, drop.
Yes, drop.
Bomb and f**k deal.
What do you think?
Get out of here.
Now the bomb goes in 40 seconds on the clock actually going to go around the world to come back to a middle
Oh, I wish you'd do that
Jake? Where's he off to?
The safest route possible
This is the longest rotation
What are you doing?
Oh, that's the best thing I've ever done
Oh, that's the best thing I've ever done
Oh, no, oh, no tech issue in the round
This one has to blast
He's playing off his teammate's screen, he's in the spellwings!
Oh, they're gonna have to run this down long.
Baronka, Baronka.
She's right on the screen, and they're coming to Molly's.
They're bringing a passive, a spark in line.
She's already on the flashing peaks.
Good guy.
Every T's dead, the retake's under way, but the guy on site isn't the one with the kit.
the kids is over now there's no time to get this done all these dead cts for the
The kids not where it needs to be.
Wait, wait, wait, why don't we pick it up?
Pick it up! They find it on site! It's just the right amount of time!
It's just delivery by magic from the heavens!
Falcon's take-math one and I found some super fans all around. What's your names?
Mers.
I'm Madzin.
I'm Lukas.
Lukas has been coming. A lot of the events always making these amazing displays.
But I hear that you two have been fans of Counter-Strike for so long
and you've been to so many events.
Yeah, we've been to a lot of events during the years.
It's a fifth or sixth? A fifth or sixth. I think it's sixth major.
Yeah, sixth major.
Six major. Where are you from?
Denmark.
Well, I was gonna ask, yeah.
But the thing is, you're wearing the pocket jersey now, so I can only assume for one reason.
Jesus Kerrigan, you know.
This is the Kerrigan, well, of course. We follow Kerrigan, of course.
And you also follow Kerrigan?
Yeah, of course. For years now, like, eh, I can't remember where I started watching, but...
It's like, I don't know, almost 10 years now.
Kerrigan is just the ghost, come on.
I miss all the skilfuls.
Exactly, exactly.
Come on, exactly.
Making friends.
Does anyone go to Skeregan?
Forever, ever.
The best thing in Lila, but we also miss KDN.
KDN, we miss KDN.
So KDN, take yourself together.
If he's watching, we miss him.
But tell me then, how is Skeregan going to win the major for Falcons?
Oh, he's going to win?
He's going to keep calm because Falcons needed calm.
They needed to be calm during the mid rounds.
and the Keregan can give it to them, that's all they need.
Also the most important thing, it's Niko time.
It's very important, it's Niko time.
He deserves it, he is so much.
Yeah, he deserves it, Niko deserves it.
And you agree, I know.
I think we all agree if you're a Counter-Strike fan.
Thank you all so much.
Falcons sit a map away from the IEM Cologne grand final.
That ticking clock rages on as Falcons try to fulfill a destiny.
Potential first major final for Monosy, the first for Kiyosuke.
first in four years for Tess's and the first for Nico in five long years.
Karigan is laser guided, laser focused with only one destination on his mind, the
major grand finals. The spirit expected this, the nervous was always going to be
tough. It's like a home ground. A 7 map win streak on Mirage and Nubis in the
rear view they're here to defend their title. They have unfinished business in
Cologne. They're chasing their own glory, their own legacy. Team Spirits map, Team
Spirits chance. This semi-final is far from over.
Do we get the bounce back, Spirit Star T side?
Very reliant on their defense in this litany of winds, but no strangers to strong starts.
Don't performing out of the gate in this game
So spirit decisive pistol coming out under a bit of a pressure on this a side keeps Falcons eyes misplaced
Honestly dead first as Tania leads the way in this pistol not before a quick tap back for Nico
Mom's heading in through the apartments
Pull the wall over the eyes of the Falcons here. Carrie gets the only man that hasn't moved the muscle
Little boost in the mid-round that will catch them by surprise and Carrigan holds his own over at B
There's the follow-up and that's the bomb guard of Falcons!
Run amok in the pistol!
That is now every pistol in this series going their way!
Yeah, Faleco's from Spirit has just given Falcons those early four rounds to the both halves being played
Will that continue with no bomb guard from Team Spirits?
They get caught off guard. I love what they were doing. The call was great
They go back behind enemy lines and could split market go for this flank
But they call it off trying to escape out under some banging shots connected from Nico and Karagin
And keep Falcons in the lead
That full eco comes through again. He but team spirit don't look a bit flustered in this game
Honestly wants that open as soon as possible
And of course, as in many games on Mirage, you're going to see a lot of hits on his B-Pomsite
character getting tested.
Yeah, a lot of squads like to try and exploit him here.
I know you're going to find him on this half of the map.
I know he is the weakest player on the Falcon squad.
But interestingly enough, Spirit was still really handy with their B-Poms yesterday
when they had to combat us in that position.
That was not an easy fight.
That's not a weak player, they have Hunter on short, that's a hard sight to hit for Spirit.
They were still really keen at just running B site pops all game, so expecting more of that today.
What kind of support will Falcons offer to this B-con site?
This is the question anti-ego cleaners can be as they have tended to be for the Falcons, but here comes Spirit guns.
slow start feels unacceptable at this point
Spirit of God, I kick down that door.
Flash ready.
Spirit wait for reaction on middle and nothing's given.
and holds his molly for some time and Magic waits for Niko's mistake.
Nothing is given. Only taken.
Nice time to boost, but Kiyosuke is on his own.
I think there's magic stuff in that presence of mind to check this, up and over on the bench,
clothes exchanged, no kill found, it's Nico breaking that silence, him and Tessus trading
contact and Shiro can't reel it in.
Tontics and Tanea worlds the part here and the bomb lost out on the catwalk and
this is now a desperate grasp of the 2v4 and carrying it.
I'm going down for free over at this B site dealing with every single player that's come his way
I mean it's not a good sign for spirit of character and starts holding his own in every single position
He was really getting warmed up towards the end of the new best getting some key frags in
CT side
Now on B site holding his own in this round in this one be one as a set spirit back to save
Sontics is going to hold his AK and Falcons go 3-0 up.
Nice re-aggress in middle of the Kiyosuke's contact.
Nico comes through that con-snooker.
It is a fearless Falcons play again.
And finally, Spirit cool a pause for the first time in this semi-final,
feeling the pressure.
You know, this is a sign that they're recognising
there's a bit of tension right now within the team.
You've seen Spirit be very sparing with the pauses,
what we're then not having a coach.
Ock doing a lot of the talking.
And not being immune to TIL.
Saw that in the 9C game.
Stressful one.
Matched with the interview from Magix at the end of it.
An emotional match that took a real toll on this squad.
Even at the end of that G2 match, you heard that, you know,
protracted tech pause giving them some time to kind of dial back in they were
getting in their heads they were getting frustrated they've not been above that on
this major run.
What happens but can you use it in your favor can you weaponize it or does it just
knock you out of the game? Can spirit keep their focus and what is feeling
like a very shaky match? Falcons staying calm three-round lead AK saved
Donk Beagle searching B with nothing given over and lucky to him because
Monos is on this line so it's gonna have to be an execute here for Spirit to
make it work. Smoke to cut this line off.
Monos is already moving back to the other side of the map. It's far too quiet.
Spirit are in no hurry.
Monos is surprising to not see Donk get that AK-47 off of the save. That's
something that Spirit have always done, right? Whether it's called or just
assumed. And there it is, it was a matter of time.
Give yourself your best possible chance to win. Although we've been credited
Karagin with some good b-holes to get this one going, but in this round Kiyosuke
is not close by to opera support. Karagin's still delivering that open and now
Kiyosuke arrives, and Karagin's the only piece that's holding on.
Trying to buy time for his teammate, but he doesn't need them!
Karagin, on for the ace!
Cut down one shy of him, but to say he's done enough is an understatement!
Soak it in!
But that's not an everyday thing for this guy!
What does this mean for this series?
of Karrigan's having rounds like that to start Mirage.
He's snapping dunk on that B-Hits, making it look like it's nothing.
Clinical shots from Karrigan, you know how much he wants this,
willing to depart phase mid-season just to keep up a major streak.
Just to get back in another play-off, just a fight for the final.
We still often see Karrigan in four CS2 majors,
three Grand Finals featuring this man.
Say what you want, you can't say he doesn't want it.
And so no better time to show up than this second map,
this sanctuary for Team Spirit on Mirage.
And right now it's no contest.
Just worrying signs for Team Spirit across this series.
Will they get better?
Doesn't feel like they have that punch right now that we so often associate with the
the world's best rifler.
One and four on Donk.
Two players, yet to frag.
I think if your team is sharp of spirit,
you know, having Karrigan be the guy
that's wrecking you right now
is its own unique type of burn to the mental.
In the eyes of a player like Donk,
I'll put it bluntly, Karrigan's a bot.
And yeah, here he is.
You know, meant to be the guy
bringing the tactical prowess, he is hitting hard.
And that's only going to fire up the Falcons.
Terran's best game at the Major thus far, 15 kills, did it twice, 1B Vitality, 1B G2.
He's on track to have his best individual map of the Major, and we're only five rounds
in.
What's Dogg doing to say about that, huh?
Quick kill, modesty trades.
He's going to connect, and he comes through the smoke.
It's a mess.
Zontics will keep this round alive.
Honestly, he has to move aggressive, push down on the ramp to near-stacking
him, where's he gone? Can they figure it out? He missed that timing once he crouched.
This is so weird now. Teneir in behind enemy lines, but who gets the better of this timing?
It's left to chance. Monty's about to cross his path and wait for him to check it. So
open up for Teneir. Oh, they're going back. This is cheeky. Spirit are getting very
cheeky in some of these mid rounds. I wonder if it will do them right or wrong.
There's a man who waits back site. To me he is a step, he goes in for another fight, yes, okay, it's too quiet and he realize as to me he finds that frag, Karagan might feel flustered.
Okay, now we really see how wild this ride is. Karagan hears them coming his way. 1v3 clutch attempt from the Falcons captain. He has held his own in every one of these rounds.
Finn Carrigan Anderson, team on his back, but shut down!
No magic and that round is final, he's Spurred, get on the board!
It's nice to know that all on limits here to this man
has heard at least do something, they get themselves in this game.
Massive entries for Teneir, the patient pays dividends,
waits out monosy, feeling shaky in his position,
and Teneir, profits with two more kills on that A site.
Gives Spurred the best possible chance to close out that round.
carry them or not. So Team Spirit they don't wait forever. Honestly I need a flick. Who
peeks first? These tests as into the or they go. Honestly holds a wrong line and tests
train in as well so spirit can cool off all they can just go right out right they push this one through
you get two entries like that you might just look to play with a bit of pace there they're kind of
hesitant with shiro going back but the rifles look to get stuck in look to get committed caragon the
guy to try and fight first and he's gonna best dunk again in the head to the arresting one back
but in comes kiyosuke and now him and nico side by side hoping to recover this man down
Round is handed off to Kiyosuke Spam connects!
Magics win the response!
Alright, it's a captain's game, huh?
Magics showing up with a massive kill over the stairs,
Spam's a second, keeps Spirit alive in another very scary round
because Spam could quick to rotate, they know it's a fake
and they know what Spirit are going to commit
so those two entries are too easy to say no to.
Spirit reset the orb, they send it into a...
Falcons now, forcing back.
Spirra had the chance to break them and really build into this game.
A warring star could dissipate.
Just starting to breathe a little easier, don't you? The idea
that you can launch this into a level playing field if you win this round.
Again, they're coming the way of Karagin.
Time block, and it goes deep.
Feels like Tenir is more than willing to just walk right through that.
So they're coming Karagin's way.
Rotations a long way out for the Falcons.
And Carrigan by them anytime all bearing down upon him is going to catch Cheryl and brings him down low.
A little too much.
As four players adorn that b side, Carrigan's got nowhere safe to hide.
The save called Niko, Monosy and Tessence just hoping to get out with these guns and armour.
The inspiration.
Bit by bit, start to enter the conversation again and they will have an AWP and an M4 to go up against in the next.
This is where the strong start from Karagin. While it's nice, you want some of these superstars switching on line soon.
Your biggest mistake will be to doubt Team Spirit at this point in the matchup.
Just because I've had a slow start, it looked a little shaky at times.
Glock is on a tree warming in now. All the kills on this hunt.
No off-save. Nothing left for Falcons.
2.5 in the bank. This is an eco. This is Spirit.
Evening up.
I mean, do we remember Mao's last year, took down the World Cup 1, took down Team Vitality
in the semi-finals?
Oh my goodness.
Went on to that grand final.
Felt like they'd done the hard part.
spirit hit harder. Can this round get any more weird? Because Donk is out in the picture.
Aaron's even purchased off the eagle. What with the hot hands he's coming to this game
with? He's suke patrolling in the windows giving another.
53 only pistols for the Falcons, and they keep that lead!
Kiyosuke trying to get ahead of this, goes over to pat out this B site.
Tessa's aggression out through top mid, spots that bomb, now they know it's late.
Kiyosuke's fantastic ground, brought to a close.
And that bomb, they're getting away from B.
Now a moment of doubt, because Tanea still holds the bomb site.
They don't know where Niko's gotten to in all this downtime.
He's going to help him out, go back apps, check under, clear this for him, make sure they can group up and trade the kill.
Niko hears him running away, does he know what that means?
They recommand, they do it loud, Niko in position.
He's going to try and get himself tucked in right before this hit and gets there just in time.
There's so much uncertainty in this, now they know where Niko is.
And they look twice him out, play that together, play to their strength, in numbers.
Alright, great to see today a fine success in these late round situations.
as a massive 3K, a lot of thought behind it.
Knows he has to push the boat out on his B fake.
Does so well, it draws the bomb back in
and they hunt that final kill together.
Very, very important round foot in here.
We are getting shades of Falcons winning that full ego.
It just eagles like they did yesterday on Dust2,
but not here, not now.
Spirit saved themselves in a 2v4.
Falcons could ride it off, they've got rifles
and they're riding on a...
He's trying to stem the bleeding soon, right?
This is a big streak, 14 spirit, warning into the T side.
And even back on that first map, they were prepared for this series to go the distance.
They know they have what it takes on Mirage.
So you don't want them feeling too comfortable. You don't want anything feeling too certain.
Walk down through mid. How can Magix playing it together?
Magix actually set out first. Donk looking for trade.
So he goes back down the 12 time. Donk just can't find any piece at the start of Mirage.
Now they look for the B hit.
Karagin, Kiyosuke, this time side by side in the bottom side.
Karagin's gone right away.
Kiyosuke burning, Silas bites again.
Rotate starts to arrive, but this is starting to feel like a losing battle.
Break on the smoke, nets them nothing.
If you're not given a reason to go for this, if you're not given a reason to
believe, you might have to ride it off.
Niko goes looking for his entry.
Magic's floating around up close.
The steps hurt. Niko with the trade.
But it's not the invitation they were hoping for.
Him and Modesty 2B3.
And around they've got to reconsider.
Team Spirit keep the streak going.
Five in a row.
Absolute form flip on the day as well.
We have Timir absolutely carrying Spirit through these rounds.
While Donkeys just dead after nothing.
Spam through the smoke by Niko. He didn't even get a chance to play this round.
And Tenev binds Niko at the end as well. Triple kill, 12-5.
Tenev's standing tall in this high-impact game.
Winning round after round for Team Spirit on the T side. They take the lead.
Valken's used a second time-out.
That's just wild to see, isn't it? I mean, this guy's been a real focal point for Team Spirit
throughout the major run. Had some really rough games in there where he certainly looks a little uncomfortable.
Now in the highest pressure moment, he is giving you a fantastic game.
Spirit cannot afford to waste that.
Yeah, you can imagine on the desk coming in, bro.
We saw Teneir pushed off that long position
when we hit one of the over times on Dust2 yesterday.
Donk said, look, this is mine now. I need to do it.
You're not holding your position.
We saw some sloppy holes from Teneir.
And so what a time to flip that on its head and stand tall.
There's still time for Donk to get activated on this T side.
few more rounds in the face.
Falcons just have what they saved.
An AWP.
And some light upgrades as Spirit goes to something standard.
A set piece.
Hey, execute getting lined up here for Team Spirit.
Falcons playing close with four players.
That's an opening for Monosy.
been getting avoided here on this CT half but with a hero orb comes heroic moves
Niko with another why not make it the double?
Niko takes the risk takes the chance have they given Shiro an opportunity with that
ballsy move out of monosy certainly given him an orb no better gun for the job
We can close this in, seeming determined to try and have more impact is the Falcons.
Captain!
It's a ludicrously quick!
And so now the going gets tough for Nico.
Health advantage, sure, but a shero that's well on his way to that B-bomb site and open
the post as weapon of choice.
This is far from an easy round.
Drive it quickly, and that might be...
What's the deal?
That's just in time!
Unscorping clear there, he thought he had it.
Falcons get saved by Monossey and Nico.
The two superstars do what they do best,
and that is when you bounce.
Two from Monossey, triple from Nico,
and an absolute shut down here from the Falcons
on a low-economy round.
So quick, almost, and too quick to unscope in that 1v1.
ground street broken here by Falcons on low eco. What can they make with it?
I see one-count range. Very much feeling inspired after that round prior and
getting left out of the action has another chance to play this is Falcons
Trying to regain control over Mirage.
And they do so by brawling, they do so by fighting.
They've got the edge on spirit in these heads-up engagements.
Yusuke sitting back over towards the connect.
They've been a quiet start for this guy.
While Monosiniko have arrived, you're still waiting for him to get going.
On the side of this smoke, there are a lot of Crosshairs trained on this position.
Which leaves it to Chance.
Chance is a fine thing indeed, he's out of there.
Can't hunt him down now, he has disappeared.
Nico goes search, he's at least going to clear mid and that opens up timing if he wants to
take it.
This is absolutely where Magix has gone and so Falcons roll the dice, they opt to gamble,
they trust in the flank from Nico and Monosy moves into this site, no matter where Spirico
they are running into a trap.
The moment you see that monosy orb, you know you've been rumbled.
Nico's backstab might just beat them to it.
There's the orb firing off. Nico closing in.
No one left to hide for spirit. Falcons take the lead.
What a beautiful move from Nico in the late round.
It just walks it right down under.
Perfect flank, perfect read.
And Nico's had one hell of a game here in this semifinal.
Searching for that one lost trophy the one that always eluded him
We say captain set the culture within a team and I think this is carrying all over the idea that he really does
Keep his stars and he's not shy of them. I think this falcon swung a hell of a lot of room to play
Something he's always done. In fact at his lowest moments
It's been where he's actually assumed more control and had to kind of over micro manage.
When you're dealing with veterans of the game like Niko, Prodigies in monosy and Kiyosuke.
And just captains players like Tess says,
you've got a tremendous amount of faith in these individuals to make the right moves and react accordingly.
That makes them very, very flexible indeed.
Kiyosuke playing it forward.
One could fight for him.
Two teammates.
There's Niko, a love tap back in the connector,
and dies after one.
Round still hot, Spirit.
A lot to play for here.
We'd love to split this half right down the middle.
They've got to seem to overtime back on the Nubis.
Spirit searching for it.
They're going to leave Zontik's in a strong position.
Still utilizing middle, coming up connected to Nier.
Tess is hiding out.
Where has he gone?
It's Niko who has to win these fights.
Head on. Spirit coming through.
Niko's searching those kills, but they read it well.
Don't discount the possibility behind that smoke.
The character might die in front of the Molotov, but Shiro says not today.
Tess is the only player remaining in this site and they've got the spot as well.
There is nowhere to hide as Shiro shoots him through default.
Monacy and impossibility in this 1v3.
through the window but they're considering this and with a miss from monacy spirit hone
in on this split half their major lifeline relies on a mirage recovery they go to the
defense they're better half a spirit skill in this thing
Well, yesterday was one of Counter-Strike's most chaotic days.
Today, stories will be cemented here in the Cathedral of Counter-Strike, the Lancaster
Arena, giving us two semi-finals, Furia already waiting for a B05 and Falcons and Spirit
surging for success.
The Spirit is defending champions for Falcons.
It's reuniting on Nico and Karaghan, looking to do what they never could back in Boston.
It's an even game, safe to say, Spirit have woken up a bit, but Donk has still gone cold in this second map of Mirage.
Yeah, he has been a non-factor, never really given the room to play.
The receiving end of all these fans, all the trickery out of the Falcons,
and a likely candidate sitting up top of the board. It's Carragut,
holding that top spot, Nico there alongside, and the veterans performing on this all-important second map.
Falkins landing on his head.
It's now the time for him to change his fortune.
Or is this just a bump in the road for Falkins on a glorious run to this grand final?
Shiro rotates in.
Donk is out of commission in this pistol. Falkins are lining up and executing.
They are going into a stack, three strong here for Team Spirit.
So you really hope this is enough? Falcons flawless pistol track record in this series.
Is that about to change? Kiyosuke, does it think so?
Three from him on the entry, he's got a gun-lengthy fight up against Donk.
I think he might just decide it.
Down to this, a 1v1 and the two generational talents ready to go blow for blow.
Nico's got experience. Donk has raw speed.
Let's the silence do the talking.
Nico now at the spot.
A pistol round that shapes the momentum
of this charge for the final!
Nico's got it!
He always did is a testing head to head for Nico nine times in a row did him a
modesty beat Donk and while that only changed at the end of 2025 Nico is
back on his BS looking to send Donk another wrong down. These are two players going head
to head on big event MVPs. Nico holds nine, Donk holds eight. Trying to challenge Nico.
Trying to take it away here in Cologne. And look at Donk at the end of that round.
We cannot believe it here. Niko looking the wrong way.
These are not mistakes you see out of a format world number one.
Don come in. It's broken every rule, every record.
The most consistent player we've ever seen in the few years we've been watching him.
And to see a game like this is uncanny.
It doesn't make sense. It doesn't compute.
That could have been his way back into the match.
FG7 out on Shoreside, they go spamming, Doc takes one, but the entry still comes in.
This B bomb site is under threats.
Odyssey offers up a double there from Catwalk, before he's dealt with.
Hit coming in over towards B and Carrigan just skirts on by with that bomb in tow.
That was really the best chance for Spirit if they wanted to make something of this force by.
AK now retreat for Taneer, sitting top of the board at 14 Spirit.
A guy that's been at the focal point blamed for a lot of the problems, blamed for a lot of the showcomings.
That's some very quiet games here, and the clutch is handed off to him.
Can he make something of this?
Spam at a car again! He says, not today!
He goes by shut down!
And so Falcons off to a rip glory start in this second half.
Doesn't it feel like destiny? Doesn't it feel like it's all there for the taking?
You're getting a spirit on a shaky day, you're getting Donk, dead after one.
And you have won every single pistol you've converted, every single pistol in this series
have Falcons, something that plagued them at the dawn of this roster.
It was comedic, how poor they were, in what are supposed to be 50-50 rounds.
Well, now they've won them all.
Chasing that legacy, Niko is having none of it.
And when you talk about players with a point to prove at these majors, there is no better
candidate than Niko, of our second, Don Stegel, can I give them a way out?
Kiyosuke is going to expand down low, it's handed off to Niko in this clutch, the riders
you speak are the devil, he must appear, Niko with one mic!
This was never supposed to be this close, they have demanded so much of Niko to start
this second half from a clutch in the pistol now off to do it again
this won't be some big bombastic finish Niko's got to test his brain here as
this is a drawn-out 1v1 saw him look comfortable to do so versus Donk but this
is Magic's the captain the thinking man in team spirit
But Stepp's heard and that's all Magic's needs but it's not the answer he was
hoping for. Feels like now he's in the wrong position. Niko trying to fake him
out. Rifle retrieved for Magic's as this is a tense moment but Magic's finishes!
Niko can't piece it together! And a spark on his face! As Magic's knows, that round can
reignite the fires 14 spirit and that gives them an opportunity here that
gives them a chance that breaks the money fully of Falcons after their pistol
win magic sketch one up on the top performer in this map and that is
going to feel good with the rounds and Nico has delivered here for Falcons
magic stabilizes the game
doctor is dying breath cheering every round cheering every teammate that has
kept him in this series trying to buy enough time for him to come alive in this semi-final.
And this is when the stress hits because suddenly it's an uphill battle.
Money broken, two AKs, they've won the Falcon.
Spirit have economic advantage.
They gave the Utils a go for a draw now around here.
It's a punchy to Falcons trying to make this.
They sent one of their rifles out with Tessas over here towards A.
It's too Kate. Really trying to force this opening on the other end of the map
but he needs Util head on.
And that is an edge that Spirit will continue to have throughout this round.
Putting all this pressure on early.
Trying to draw as much as you can out of Team Spirit.
Trying to set up Donk.
the
double knees land around falcons evading capture
the
magic see I mean of all players in the playoffs he has the highest
successful flashes coming into the playoffs knows what it takes
set his team up for success but in this round he is on his own
he's missed a jump twice now he needs to hold his position
Falcons are coming in. They have no util to stop him. He has nothing to stop them. It's
coming down to gunfights in this B site, 2v5.
First steps are heard and they know that hits on its way. Tess has sent in first, Niko
dead. First set of openers going the way of Spirit and they'll continue to do so
as it's only Modesty left. Only has this 1v1 available for a little moment. These
Rotates are on their way, so he's looking for it as fast as he can, honestly with big damage, but the Rotates are alive, no touch today!
You can see how difficult it is to get out of the B-apartments when you don't have a speck of utility,
but a default side smoke does nothing to stop Team Spirit, full vision and full faith in their crossfire,
holding that sight in very strong indeed, Falcons full of broken spirit.
The lead is up for grabs, better take it while you can.
They've earned their timeouts very very quickly so going to use this as a chance just to talk
things over are the Falcons because a big task in front of them is spirit.
Thanks to that clutch from Magix converting upon it.
Now in a powerful position on this CT half.
Yeah, who knows what these next few rounds will hold,
but if Spirit were to win this map with the game we got out of
Donk with the four-kill first half, with the whiffed pistol,
1v1, you would bang on him winning every single time.
If Spirit actually win this map, what does that even say
about this team?
The fact that they can do it together,
so little reliance on their star
shows the evolution of this squad that we've been seeing from time and time with Magix in this role.
With Zontics back in the server.
With Shiro step up on all guns.
And Teneir led them through this T-Site to get here.
With so many multi-kills.
Team spirit, this one should be easy.
Chance to demote down for Magix.
Oop, hardly here for Zontis. Good one.
We'll stop that bomb plant and that's really what the Falcons were looking for in this round.
No worries here. Clean up crew is in.
Come on. Spirit back in the lead, but for how long?
That's the million dollar question here. Maybe Falcons have the answer.
So,
time flows come back out, monosies all will be delayed.
This Falcons are still reeling from their third round of this half.
Back to make control, Zontex makes a move, Shiro makes a move into ladder.
Zontex on the A side for a change.
He's going to support Donk and the character, he's going to hold, look at the fight together,
but that Molly pushes Shirou back, Donk is on his own, he wants more.
That's the most terrifying factor right now, the idea that Donk can start rolling in this
series, oh!
The whole line's up!
The stars are lined for Shirou!
And this starts to feel decidedly different to that first half.
Full control with the rifles.
Testers and Niko not together here in this 2B5.
Testers trying to open the back door, but this bomb is dropped.
This bomb is loose, out in middle.
Irretrievable.
How interested even are you, Testers?
He says, they're giving him a fight here, it's on ticks.
Doesn't necessarily need to hang around and take this,
but you know if you get rid of him, round is dead,
Nico still aggressing down through those lower tunnels,
slowly closing in.
There's 30 seconds left in this round,
you almost have to win it to the kills at this point.
Nico, that's all he, but he can't follow up.
Dom gets the better of him.
And Tess says he was living on borrowed time
throughout all of that round.
Two for Donk, collateral out of Shiro, proves to be more than enough.
You could see the way in, the input was powered out for Spirit.
It had such powerful positions, they didn't have to commit to fight.
Even if Donk dies there in middle, Zontik's nose,
you can stop them picking up that bomb from the window position.
Spirit set up very well in that 4v2.
Thank you, Shiro and Donk.
Those two, finding four and shutting down the round here.
Four team Spirits, much needed.
puts Falcons back with pistols.
Pop out the map smoke bit of pace here for the Falcons, Shiro stands to bleed it.
Closing in but Shiro just keeping them at arm's length this entire time.
Anyone that's made it close to the spawn is on the receiving end of this all.
Niko Deagle will now save them and Matessa has brushed the sides.
Spirits are making moves and wants a deciding map.
Tom's looking different. He's looking alive now, isn't he?
These shots are connecting. He's converting a beautiful spray out of the open trust.
He's still got the confidence of the Wildsbets rifleman.
And that can go a long way with skills like this.
11-8, quite a streak, a massing here for Team Spirit.
They say, Falcons, if you want those finals, you're going to have to come and get it.
Here's that, there's about an aggressive move here out of spirit.
More informed, thinks twice about going around that corner.
Spirna done making moves, this is more than just ramp aggression.
They just haven't played the B-side in this half.
In the last few rounds, Magix has shut it down, so they're just fine to leave a solo player in that position.
Again, Tontik's Neander's over.
Spirna have the right call.
Can they connect the shots?
Everything on the timer is just waiting for these smokes to fade but the Falcons do commit to this A plate.
They're going in it to a spirit stack.
30 seconds left on this round. Time is becoming a real problem here for the Falcons.
They're gonna force them to commit, force them just to go in to uncharted waters right in to this stack.
Donk, only good for one. Tania's got them back. Deals with Tessas on that backstab.
Stay alive.
Honestly, Locke in a fight over here, the bomb's going to go down, he wins his on Shiro.
Still bomb loose out in the open, no time for monosy, no miracle, no angle to mark.
It's Team Spirit, looking to run away with Mirage.
You can't banquish this team.
They look dead in the water, they look done on this stage.
They look like they had nothing left and Bonk had four kills a half time,
somehow spirited here from eight six down on pistols that clutch from magics
reignited team spirit they have not lost around since Falcons are banging their
head up against the wall stack after stack successful for team spirit and
this might all be decided on dust
suddenly that smirk from magics at the end of his clutch gets a whole
different meaning he knew what they were capable of. And now they're going to come
a chance to win the apartments. You know this guy, you're mowing it down at this
V-bomb site. So Falcons I think twice. They've got no other options here though.
The only path is the one right in front of them. Into the hail storm from Magics.
Give me, give me, give me, I'm getting the ball.
Nothing left in this for Monacy.
Bomb lost.
Magic's on his way to an ace.
And I'm aroused to pass them by in an instant.
From close and competitive,
to spirit running away with it.
And it all happened so fast.
It feels only right that it starts with a magic clutch, it ends with a magic slowdown.
And as soon as Modesty rounds this corner, he is a dead man.
Team spirit hold it together. They keep themselves afloat.
Don't a non-factor in the start of this game, but individuals there keep it alive long enough to get back online.
Back on line!
Gotta kill the dragon while it sleeps.
It is awake, it is roaring to life.
Donk is coming back.
Magic is leaving this team,
and the grand final is still up for the base.
control regained by spirit and we are going to distance magics turning water into wine
in that crucial clutch moment and spraying down falcons to end it all ever since that
moment Yaako nothing left in the tank for falcons.
He just loves a good clutch on Mirage. He did it yesterday, he did it today as well.
And on a map where Donk was human, spirits still extend the series.
Another guy that was surprisingly good was obviously Kerrigan.
And even though they won both pistol rounds, Kerrigan is activated and he will stop fragging the first half.
They just didn't manage to convert. And it's worrisome because the fact that he lost his map is just a lot of size of trouble, especially in gun rounds.
I mean, looking at the T-Round specifically, I think that the last round it's a good example of the, I think, Karrigan just running out of ideas, you know, I think, you know, going for that, you know, approach towards Ibiza, seemed like he liked a little bit of ideas, you know, they've tried so many different approaches, but I think it seems to be working at them.
And I feel like also the fact that they gifted a couple of rounds old to the Spirit Cam, but notoriously that the anti-force round, which they have been struggling with, has been a little bit of an issue.
And mental side, you know, it's about resetting now and going into a map that they are very known for.
Yeah, not over for either side of the equation, but let's talk about this one in a more linear fashion
We've got round number eight from what was a pretty broadly first half stika. What are you pulling out here?
And this is just to exactly underline the point where the falcons were just struggling on those gun rounds
This is the round where it felt very much winnable. He was okay
Limina is doing on top mid then he finds another gap onto magics and now after
Pretty good trade on short one for one here. It leaves in a pretty
Actually, very winnable situation right now, but the way they slow down everything, the way
Shiro lurks around this map, T'Nier takes a lot of space, they know they were on eco,
they know they don't have Kevlar's, he's just being activated with this MP7 and MP9
sorry and the way how they just slow down the whole gameplay and in the end anyway
hit B site which was by the way their target whole T site, they were just targeting
that site even though Kerrigan had a good game and they just are able to convert
these rounds and it's just a miracle how they're able to bounce back in such an
unfavorable position again and again. I think most of the time you can you
could probably tell the fact that Syura is always lurking somewhere at least
like finding himself where he's not part of the pack, right? This is the third
time he does this in the game and that's very like Syura is that he
decides to be a little bit away from the pack and then he punishes someone
pushing him whenever they're going for the information and that creates like
another avenue. This was one of the example he also did that the one on
the newbies where he catches the monster off guard and I think you know
It's the way that he's doing it. It's very frustrating to go back into play like that and always do this kind of things
But you also got to be prepared for because he's always been doing and he's still gonna continue doing it
It's that's the way that spirit funds are way back at these games
He's reading the game really well because in Mirage when the numbers are getting low and low for T side the
Opportunities to rotate are no longer through CT and kitchen like you can actually push and go through underground
Go through top mid that's when shiro actually slows down and he's catching them time and time again
going from connector up to short, going from connector down to under rush.
It happened multiple times in this map alone and I just pray Shiro for reading the game so well in clutch situations.
We pointed them out, this is usually where he struggles, right on the big stage.
He had a great Tanubis, he had a good Mirage too, but that's where you see some of the sloppiness from Falcons, right there in a 4v2 situation
and it's just one by one by one the remaining players who die and it's not going to be perfect for them
them but on this map they gave a little bit too much to the side of Spirit.
It was a map where Donk looked human as you said, Jack Coach, agree? That's not a
feat that happens often and if you falconed you want to take that
opportunity hands-on, doesn't come back. It's quite a statement from the likes
of Spirit, I think, the fact that they can win this game where Donk doesn't
really show up, you know, like, this is, this is Donk not showing up in the
fashion that we know he is, right? You know, he even gets three moles kills
and do end up in 14 in 17, right? He still had impact here and there but
as far from what we know Donk can bring to the table right and I
I think even like when this game ended, multiple of the Spirit guys, they walked up to Dong and they actually gave him a hug.
I think they wanted to comfort him a little bit. I know that it looks like the Spirit players are aware that he's not feeling the game right now.
And they know he's going to be important moving on to Dust2 and even the piss around where he whiffs a little bit on Niko.
You know, it's just not the Dong that we know of. And I think he knows himself that he's maybe letting the guys a little bit down,
but it's good to see that they can take a turn.
Hindsight is always 2020, but I guess we should take a look at what ultimately was the final now in the coffin moment.
This is a 1v1 between Maddox and Niko.
Siko, why don't you run us through this one, and how maybe this was a play the best one?
This is again full eco, almost, coming from Team Spirit, and they somehow convert.
They have a Brawl in connector through the smokes.
They, again, make a good trade.
The guys on A are just dying.
Coming out of abs, immediately don't delete one, then it deals a good amount of damage on a second one.
Actually, Shirou here is able to finish the kill off, and after all, Niko is getting himself in a pretty good duel.
Okay, so this is 1v1.
Let's be in the picture.
He goes back to pick up the c4. Magix knows that something's off. He knows that Magix is B player
But the way he overtakes and overcooks it in here is again kind of worrisome because you know, they're on an eco
You know, they don't have any keglar you want to take the duel whenever possible and the way he
Plays this in an arena where when there is audience and there's gonna be a lot of cheers
Revealing some of the positions you just cannot do that. That was not Niko S1
we won't clutch you kind of want to bring that capacity of your aim a little bit forward and just take the
Goal head on and search for him instead of being searched. Well, I mean, it's the big player
And he doesn't know where he is. He's suspecting somewhere close to be throws some utility
Hoping to keep him there and goes to the other side. It's very hard to deal with no information
I'm more wondering why are you fighting connector at 125 in the round when apps on a or smokes?
Where's the communication to just hold and wait you're playing up against an equal you're taking fights for no reason that you
don't need to take any already found one kill and I think this is where we're
seeing you know some of the deficiencies with the Falcons and Anubis
has been great, Dust2 has been great but some of the other maps is where you see
weaknesses and then maybe just not being on the same page enough not having
enough time. On the other side you have a team spirit that's quietly on a 13
match win streak all best of threes or best of fives ever since that
lost to Vitality in Rio they haven't lost the game so that's a ton of
reps that they have with this five-man lineup where you know they have an edge
over Falcons in moments like these. And obviously it was kind of the tea side
where we had questions I guess for Falcons is what we were all hearing the
current reporter to be fixing here. I guess this was a bit more of the Falcons
evolved like they kind of put forward a compelling case on some of these
elements. I think it's tough. We always talk about winning pistol losing
second round right? This has an even bigger swing because it's an eco so
Spirit has money in the bank they get the win bonus Falcons don't have as
much economy behind it. You could see the round after that, I think they had three smokes
when they bought, right? Like there's not many plays in your playbook when you have that
sort of a buy. Like those rounds are very hard to win. So you try there, you lose, then
it's an e-coat, then again it's a buy with monocino up, right? Like that's not a scenario
in which you want to be. And then for spirit, winning rounds, having a big economy, all
of a sudden you can take gambles, play 4A, do this, do that. And they're a very,
very good city side team. Like they're very smart about how they go about these things,
especially when they have a lead, and that was too much for this Falcons team to overcome on a map like Mirage.
The main reason for me why I brought it around 15 is that, yes, finally Falcons won the G-side pistol round,
and now this is where you are building up the whole game plan.
The fact that they crumble so early in that half is worrisome, because I don't know if everyone is aware of this,
but we always place overpads and nuke as the most CT-sided maps.
Here at Major, it's Mirage.
Like most of the good T-side teams actually crumble and this is the most CT-sided map we've had in a long time
And obviously it's just by slim margin over overpass, but it's a new trend. Overpass was never the CT-sided
So you have to get the ball rolling early on T-side, which they did by the winning pistol round.
Nico in amazing one-on-one against Dongwery. He was out positions, but Dongwery just missed the shot.
Nico, it just it just did really really well
But then you have to bring the callings and obviously the individuals to step up the T-side that did not happen
And on the other hand, it gave the momentum back to Spirit.
Speaking of that CT side, that is where Spirit are going to be starting on that third and final map of Dust2.
Set me up, Janko. What should we be expecting from this defense?
I think we'll have to wait and see what the approach for Falcons is.
We saw a 10-year struggle yesterday, but he stepped up tremendously today on Mirage for his team, right?
And yesterday that was one messy game for the Falcons. Also for Team Spirit, they had to come from behind and win the game in overtime, right?
Donk plays towards that B bomb site, you do wonder like,
wouldn't he be better used as an A rotator so he can be everywhere a little bit?
So we saw G2 actually take the fight to Donk.
Like, their game plan was to go B a lot early on
and they were finding success and have to see what Falcons plan to do.
And you split up your two best players, like,
and Shirro is having a phenomenal game right now, you know,
and that's going to be very important for Spirit
when Falcons turn their attention to the A side.
But, you know, it's also about the fact that Donk, you know,
I don't think Donk's going to have two bad games in a row.
I need like this is not even bad like but let's just put it mediocre
I don't think that's gonna be a case so the fact that you have done on one side and you have sure on the other one
That's at least where you're gonna be like where do we want to put our X in the basket, right?
And I think the G2 approach like either you just gonna go all in and you just gonna like over rumble like don't or they need
You can try and avoid him, but then you gotta turn your attention to it's interesting because if you go away like sure
He's not there, but it can be a 3v3 week if you go to him you have a 5v2
Then you play a retake, maybe even 2v3, but at least you neutralize Dong.
Exactly, yeah. What approach would you take, Steaker?
If you were Falcons in this very moment, starting T-side,
what do you think is going to be the most effective?
All right, I actually looked into some of the stats around Dong,
and I noticed quite a trend that whenever he has an AK,
that's when you avoid him, when he doesn't have an AK,
that's when you can actually try to abuse him.
And this is one of the players that is just notoriously known
for his first build accuracy and the way he's able to string out these multi-kills
with M4, not that much possible, right? But with AK, I honestly fear Dong, and everyone in this arena
should fear Dong when he's on the AK, but obviously we've had a little bit of a quiet game, and yes,
that might come into play here on us too, but I still think that Foghons is here to play, obviously,
and Dong is going to disrupt the most of the game plan that they're trying to bring.
Less than a minute left, gentlemen. Where are we putting our eggs? In what basket are they
laying right now, Janko? I think Spirit is the favorite to take this. In the last three months,
they've only lost it to Vitality in that 3-0 final and to Aurora in this stage 3 game.
This is a map that they're just so proficient on, they can do a lot of different things and this is where you feel like after Mirage
Donk will be back to his usual form.
It would surprise me if it goes a bit to all-time, it's a map that both teams just really love to play.
And if it goes to all-time, one-up each other.
Well, it all comes down to this, this third and Fala decided to see who seals the spot in the Cologne.
Major Grand Final versus Furia. It's going down on Dust2 after this short break.