In the upper bracket match of BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021, which took place on November 25, Natus Vincere won against the Danish Heroic, thus sending the latter to the lower bracket of the tournament. In previous matches, Heroic created the impression of a team that can compete with NAVI as equals. The score in all three rounds partly confirms this: on Mirage the Danes took the lead by a small margin (16 – 14), and the other two NAVI maps won with an advantage of several points: 11 – 16 on Inferno and 12 – 16 on Overpass.
Commenting on the outcome of the match, Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhailov noted the high level of play of the opponents. He called Casper "cadiaN" Möller is an excellent in-game leader and mentioned that his team has many strengths that make it a difficult opponent. As expected, the most productive Natus Vincere player in this match was Alexander “s1mple” Kostylev, who received a rating of 1.40.
In another match of this stage, Vitality defeated Astralis. Thus, the composition of the participants in the upper bracket final match, which will take place on Saturday, has been determined. And its winner will advance to the grand final, where he will have to compete for the main prize with the team that manages to qualify in the lower bracket of the tournament.
