In the third round of the tournament in Rio de Janeiro IEM Major 2022 at the candidates stage in the fight for survival at the tournament, the Russian team Cloud9 will play against Imperial from Brazil.
Cloud9The Russian team failed the first game day and found themselves in a very unpleasant situation for themselves.
Yesterday, the guys lost two consecutive matches of the VO1 format. And if the defeat from fnatic on Inferno is even more or less justifiable, the defeat from Grayhound from Australia raises huge questions. On the Dust2 map, Cloud9 managed to lose with a score of 17:19. After the first half, Cloud9 led with a score of 10:5 for the defense side, but the Russian team showed far from the best game in attack. At the same time, sh1ro played well here again, who was able to finish the meeting with a score of +15 in frags.
ImperialThe Brazilian team at the home tournament also played poorly on the first day and suffered two defeats with a much larger score.
At the same time, Imperial can also justify the defeat of Vitality on the Inferno map. But a weak game against 9z on the Mirage map already raises big questions. In their second match of the VO1 format, Imperial lost to a team from South America with a score of 11:16. At the same time, Imperial again played very poorly in attack and took only two rounds, and then the Brazilian team tried heroically to save the match for the defense side. Separately, you can single out the ace from FalleN on the pistol round in the second half of the match, but this was also not enough for Imperial to save the game.
ForecastIn this match, Cloud9 is still considered by bookmakers to be the undisputed favorite.
If the Russian team finally shows a stable game, here it should win with a score of 2:0 on the cards, this is the outcome we suggest you bet on.
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