NAVI makes it to the ESL Pro League Season 14 grand final
/The NAVI team defeats Heroic with a score of 2: 1 and becomes the second grand finalist of ESL Pro League Season 14. Now "Born to Win" will face the Vitality team, which previously outplayed OG.
The semi-final match began on the Mirage map, which became the choice of the NAVI team. However, the CIS team did not have any advantage in this situation, since the Danes clung to the rounds, not letting the opponent go ahead. At some point, it seemed that Heroic would win the map, until NAVI made a comeback in the end and won the map with a score of 16:14.
On Overpass, everything developed in a similar style, though now the Danes were playing the role of catch-up. However, in this case, Heroic has already managed to return to the game, taking a series of rounds, and at the same time its peak - 16:13.
On the third decisive map, everything could have been decided quickly, since the Born to Win, having finished the first half with a minimal advantage, built a gap in attack. Nevertheless, the Danes switched to fifth gear again, and even managed to get ahead, practically covering the Nuke map. However, at the decisive rounds, first of all, from the economic point of view, NAVI showed character and brought the victory to its credit - 16:14.
Today, September 12, in the BO5-finals, NAVI will meet with the Vitality team. In turn, the Danish team ends their performance in ESL Pro League Season 14, earning $ 55,000.
Matches history: ESL Pro League Season 14
ESL Pro League Season 14 is coming online from August 16 to September 12. 24 teams from Europe, Brazil, CIS and North America are competing for a total tournament prize pool of $ 750,000 and a lot of ranking points in the ESL Pro Tour and BLAST Premier tables. The winner will not only earn a solid cash reward of $ 175,000, but also receive a direct invite to BLAST Premier World Final 2021.