NAVI managed to defeat Spirit for the first time since the beginning of 2024, but in what match. NAVI confidently rolled over Spirit and advanced to the semifinals of ESL Pro League Season 20. Should they win the semifinals, this could be 4 straight finals for NAVI, starting with a loss in the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024 against the same Spirit.
Match Preview
This will be the fifth meeting between NAVI and Spirit, with Spirit winning each time. So NAVI has an opportunity to avenge the past few times and reach the semifinals of ESl Pro League Season 20.
This time is the most ideal time to win, as Spirit are in bad form and NAVI are in one of the best, like when they won the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024.
Game Details
The first map was Dust 2, Spirit's choice, who started the game 0-5 not in their favor and ended the first half 9-3 in favor of NAVI. They did not have a great performance in the second half and lost with a resounding score of 13-5.
The second was Mirage, NAVI's choice, where they started the attack not quite confident, but were able to come together towards the end, ending the half 5-7 in favor of Spirit. In the second half NAVI came back into the game very confidently and ended the map in their favor with a score of 13-9.
Best Player of the Match
The title of best player of the match went to Justinas “jL” Lekavičius, who has an incredible tournament, finishing the game on Mirage almost single-handedly. His two-card rating was 8.6, which is just incredible. Mihai “iM” Ivan was the second best on the NAVI team, but his rating is not even close to jL and is 6.8
❓ Have you forgotten who the MVP of the last major was? pic.twitter.com/JzOkZxz9mf
— bo3.gg (@CS2_bo3gg) September 20, 2024
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Next Matches
In the next match NAVI will play the winner of the G2/Team Liquid pairing, who will play today. Spirit in turn leave the tournament in 5th-8th place and received $32,000 for their efforts.
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