Monte managed to overcome Virtus.pro and made it to the ESL Challenger Jonköping 2023 final. The match was quite close and ended with a score of 2:1.

The meeting began with Monte's confident play on the opponent's Ancient pick. The team performed well on both sides and closed the map with a score of 13:8. On their own choice of Anubis, things did not go as well, and it seemed like Monte ran out of ideas, resulting in Virtus.pro winning the map with a score of 13:6.

The decisive Mirage map finally broke Monte's curse against this opponent, with a score of 13:10. In the past month, the teams played two matches in the decisive stages of tournaments, and each time Monte lost with a score of 2:1, falling short on the decider Mirage.

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Viktor "sdy" Orudzhev played a crucial role in this victory, earning a rating of 7.4 and a kill-death ratio of 61:41. His performance on the third map was decisive, finishing with a rating of 8.4 and a statistic of 27:14.

In the tournament's second semifinal, Eternal Fire and MIBR are meeting. The teams recently faced each other at PARI, Please, and the Turkish team emerged victorious. The winner of this pair will meet Monte in the final, which is scheduled to start today at 16:00 EEST.

ESL Challenger Jonköping 2023 is taking place in Sweden from November 24 to 26. The tournament's prize pool is $100,000, and the winner will also secure a slot in the ESL Pro League Season 19 with a prize pool of $750,000.

Header image: ESL Copyright | Adam Lakomy