European team G2 defeated Natus Vincere in a tense match at Spodek Arena and secured their place in the grand finals. Thus, G2 was able to put an end to the losing streak against the CIS team, which had been going on since June 2020: only last year they lost three times to NAVI in the LAN-tournament playoffs.
At Inferno, the Europeans played aggressively from the start, forcing Natus Vincere to defend. Soon the advantage became overwhelming: 10 – 2 in favor of G2. Thanks to the efforts of Alexander «s1mple» Kostylev Natus Vincere regained a few points, but even after the change of sides the advantage remained with their rivals (15 – 8). After several successful rounds for NAVI, the map ended with the score 16 – 12 in favor of G2.
On Mirage, the events unfolded in a similar way: after losing an early advantage, NAVI managed to even the score by winning seven rounds in a row, but it was not enough. In the end, the map also stayed with G2 with a score of 16 – 13. It is noteworthy that a significant contribution to the victory of the European team was made by Ilya «m0NESY» Osipov, recently transferred to it from Navi Junior.
Now G2 will face FaZe in the grand final, which will take place on Sunday evening.