In the second round of the IEM Major 2022 tournament in Brazil, Spirit from Russia and the local FURIA team will play among the teams that won their opening match.
SpiritThe Russian team started very strongly at the tournament in Rio de Janeiro.
In a match of the VO1 format on the Ancient Spirit map, the Bad News Eagles from Kosovo were defeated, the meeting ended with a score of 16:8. At the same time, in the first half of the Spirit card, they played far from the best way in defense and took only seven rounds. However, then Spirit scored a very strong move and showed a dominant game for the attack.
FURIAThe Brazilian team started at the stage of "legends" with the active support of their fans also very much.
In a VO1 format game, FURIA defeated the European ENCE team. The guys chose the Vertigo map, where they also showed a pretty strong game for the attacking side. In the first half of the map, FURIA won ten rounds, and then calmly brought the meeting to victory with a score of 16:6.
FURIA and Spirit last played together on the tenth of July at the IEM Cologne 2022 LAN tournament. Then, in the semifinals of the lower grid in group B, FURIA was stronger in a very stubborn struggle in the game of the VO3 format – 12:16 Nuke (the opponent's peak); 16:14 Mirage and 16:10 Overpass.
ForecastIn this match, FURIA is considered by the bookmakers to be a pretty clear favorite.
However, in a game of the VO1 format, there can be quite any outcome. Here it is quite possible to take a chance and bet on Spirit.