NAVI's new meeting with G2, which was their main rival at the major, ended in victory for the team from the CIS. Despite all efforts, Nikola's team "NiKo" Kovacs failed to gain revenge after losing the grand final in Stockholm, and the game ended with a score of 2 – 1 in favor of Natus Vincere.
On Nuke, NAVI, which chose it, was able to win by a small margin (16 - 14), but then, after a stubborn fight and two overtimes, lost to Inferno. Mirage became decisive for the fate of the match, and G2 failed there, unable to counter the actions of e-sportsmen from the CIS with any convincing answer. The drawing of the card ended with an impressive gap in the score of 16 – 4 in favor of Natus Vincere.
Thus, “born to win” continue to advance to the front of the lower bracket of the tournament. On Saturday evening they will have to play against Liquid, and if successful, the last test on the way to the grand final will be a confrontation with Gambit or Vitality.
G2, meanwhile, heads home with only one win: they beat NIP in their opening match, but then fell into the lower bracket after losing to Vitality – an unfortunate outcome for a team that may be playing its last tournament with its current lineup.
