NAVI advanced to the semifinals of BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024 by defeating FaZe

NAVI won a crucial match against FaZe, securing a 2-1 victory. With this win, NAVI guaranteed themselves a spot in the semifinals of the BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024, which will be held at OVO Arena Wembley.

The match started on Dust 2, NAVI's choice, where they played impressively and claimed victory. It's worth mentioning b1t performance on the map, who finished with a high rating of 8.5, contributing significantly to the team's win. The second map was FaZe's choice, Nuke, where NAVI struggled. The half ended 9-3 in favor of FaZe. NAVI managed to make a slight comeback, but it wasn't enough, and they lost the map 13-9, leading to a third map.

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The final map, Mirage, started one-sidedly, with FaZe leading 7-0, but after NAVI won their first round, they started to show impressive gameplay and came back into the game, finishing the half 7-5. After an unsuccessful second pistol round for NAVI, FaZe managed to get ahead, but ultimately NAVI came back again and won with a score of 13-10. The best player of the match was Igor “w0nderful” Zhdanov, who made a significant contribution, especially on the last map where the victory was largely thanks to him.

NAVI will continue their performance on the 15th in the semifinals at OVO Arena Wembley. NAVI has played here before, but in the finals of the FACEIT Major: London 2018, where they lost to Astralis in the grand final. This time, NAVI will have another chance to play against Astralis, provided that Astralis beats the loser of the Virtus Pro/Team Spirit pair.