After an unexpected loss to Akuma, Natus Vincere still managed to pull themselves together and defeat forZe in the EPIC CIS League. Thus, «born to win» will still continue to fight for the final stage in the lower set of the tournament. The win over forZe didn't give NAVI much trouble: the team won two maps (Dust2 and Mirage) in a row. Thus, forZe leave the tournament in 7th – 8th place and get 1.5$ prize money and 950 rating points. Natus Vincere will now prepare for the next match: it will be held on May 28, and in it the team will meet Team Spirit or Gambit Esports.
Earlier, commenting on the unsuccessful match against Akuma, Kirill «Boombl4» Mikhailov said that he was ashamed in front of the fans for such a performance, but he could not say what exactly was the problem. The team could not find their game, which eventually led to a crushing defeat. However, the players were able to pull themselves together and now the team is ready to take note of the mistakes and fight their way out of the bottom set. The player apologized to the fans and promised that Natus Vincere will try to avoid such failures.
Analyst Alexander «Petr1k» Petrik, commenting on this performance NAVI, noted that even professional players in CS: GO results are often unpredictable, and it is difficult to predict what factors affect the success of the game.