Despite the defeat that NAVI suffered in one of the first matches of the BLAST Premier Global Final last week, the team is successfully moving forward in the tournament bracket. On Saturday, she met again in a match with Liquid, and this time the esportsmen from the CIS managed to take revenge: the victory was hers with a score of 2:0. Thus, NAVI is one step away from reaching the grand final. On Sunday she will have a match against Vitality, the winner of which will face a final confrontation with Astralis. The one who ultimately takes first place will receive a prize of 600 thousand dollars.
It’s interesting that this time NAVI and Liquid played the same cards as the previous time – Inferno and Nuke. On both sides the fight was almost equal – Natus Vincere were able to retain both maps with only a slight advantage. From the very beginning, they managed to gain some advantage thanks to the active actions of Alexander “s1mple” Kostylev and Egor “flamie” Vasilyeva. Subsequently, Liquid began to play more confidently, from time to time trying to seize the initiative. However, NAVI managed to maintain victory thanks to the coordinated actions of the players, as well as the fact that they took into account the experience of the previous clash with Liquid.
Thus, Liquid left the tournament, remaining in fourth place, and how the places in the top three will be distributed will be revealed on Sunday.
