Team Natus Vincere, which currently ranks first in the HLTV ranking, was defeated in the opening match of the ESL Pro lang="EN-US">League Season 11. She lost to the North team with a score of 0:2 on the maps Nuke and Dust2. The next NAVI match will be played on Thursday, March 19. Now their opponent will be the team BIG.
Several cybersportsmen have already commented on the first defeat of NAVI. Daniel "Zeus" Teslenko, who played for the team in the past, urged not to judge it harshly for the loss. In his opinion, everything will be fine in the future.
Ilya "Perfecto" Zalutsky, one of the Natus Vincere players, apologized to the team's fans for the unsuccessful performance. Indeed, at the end of the match against North he was last in scoring.
However, the team ESL Pro League and the team Astralis, which is now the closest rival of NAVI in the ranking, began their journey with defeat HLTV. The Danes lost to the Ninjas in Pijamas team with a score of 0:2. However, on May 18 they managed to somewhat restore their reputation by beating GODSENT in the group tournament match.
We can only hope that Natus Vincere will be able to rehabilitate themselves for the defeat – In the coming days, the team will have several more group stage matches.
