Having defeated Nemiga in a bitter struggle, Natus Vincere advanced to the finals of the We Play tournament! Clutch Island. At the beginning of the match, the Belarusian team took the lead: playing as terrorists on Inferno, they won several victories in a row and took the lead, having every chance of winning with a crushing score. However, NAVI managed to seize the initiative and equalize the number of points. However, Nemiga won the last few rounds, chalking up this map to their account - 16:11.
At Dust 2 the fight was almost equal, and by the end of the map the teams came up with a score of 11:11. Nemiga had several chances to take match point, but NAVI prevented their opponents from taking advantage of it. As a result, Natus Vincere won the map with a score of 22:20. On the last map, Nuke, NAVI managed to increase the pressure on their opponents from the very beginning, forcing them to win back. The result was 19:16.
Talking about the course of the match, Egor “flamie” Vasiliev noted that the team was not ready to lose the first map and be significantly behind in the score. However, this did not lead to conflicts among the players: they understood that there was still a chance to win, and were able to act coherently to realize it. Now NAVI will have to fight with Virtus.Pro for reaching the grand finals of the tournament.
