Natus Vincere made it to the playoffs of ESL Pro League Season 16, despite losing three out of five matches in the group stage. Despite the fact that Natus Vincere, Spirit and Ninjas in Pajamas had the same number of victories at the end of this stage, NAVI gained an advantage over the two opponents due to the difference in the number of rounds won and lost. Thus, from this group fnatic, Vitality and Natus Vincere advance to the playoffs.
Commenting on the not very successful start at ESL Pro League Season 16, Alexander “s1mple” Kostylev noted that NAVI did not have the opportunity to devote enough time to joint training. Since the roster held a bootcamp with headtr1ck, they did not have time to practice the game with the participation of s1mple. He expects the team will now have enough time before the playoffs to fix this problem.
Analyzing the unsuccessful match against Vitality, one of the NAVI members Victor “sdy” Orujov mentioned that the squad made too many mistakes, the reasons for which still need to be sorted out. According to him, the players at times misjudged the situation or acted inconsistently, which ultimately led to defeat.
Now NAVI will have to compete in the playoffs of ESL Pro League Season 16, which starts on September 27.
