At the end of the second day of the tournament, Natus Vincere became the leader in its group, thus securing a good place in the knockout stage. In the opening match of the day, she lost to Complexity and fell into the lower bracket, but then won a series of victories. The team beat G2 by a small margin (16 - 14), then took revenge in the game against Complexity (16 - 3) and, finally, won an equally convincing victory over Liquid (4 - 16). Now Natus Vincere will begin participation in the next stage of the group tournament immediately from the third round, and its opponent will be determined in the near future.
It’s interesting that NAVI managed to perform successfully in today’s matches, despite the absence of Alexander “s1mple” in the lineup. Kostyleva. Rumors that the sniper will miss BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022 have already been heard before, but now they have received factual confirmation. The team management did not give detailed comments about the reasons for this decision, citing “personal reasons.” player. s1mple's place in the team was temporarily taken by Daniil "headtr1k" Valitov from Navi Junior. It is unclear whether s1mple will return to the roster if the team makes it to the BLAST Premier Fall playoffs.
