FURIA and Natus Vincere will compete in the final match of the 1/4 finals of IEM Rio Major 2022. Will the Brazilians be able to extend the winning streak?
FURIA
If in the framework of the Challengers Stage, the Panthers gave their fans four matches, winning three victories with one defeat, then in the Legends stage they decided to do with only three games at all. At first, FURIA did not notice any resistance from ENCE, winning 16-6 on Vertigo, then in a more difficult confrontation closed Team Spirit 16-13 on the Mirage map, and in the third round defeated opponents from BIG, taking 16-9 Nuke and 16-6 Vertigo. It turns out that the Panthers are coming to the reporting game with a series of six victories.
Natus Vincere
"Born to Win" in the qualifying stage of the IEM Rio Major 2022 showed that they are ready to regain their lost leadership in the world ranking and take another trophy. With a score of 3-0, s1mple and the company overcame the IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR, thanks to which they went straight to the stage of Legends. It started with a difficult victory over Team Vitality (25-21 at Mirage), after which two losses came. In the second round Natus Vincere lost 14-16 to Cloud 9 at Mirage, and in the third with the same score lost to Team Liquid (Ancient). However, in the next two matches in the bo3 format, "Born to Win" performed very confidently, closing 2-0 each with Bad News Eagles (16-3 Ancient and 16-9 Nuke) and BIG (16-12 Mirage and 16-11 Dust 2).
Forecast
FURIA demonstrates a high-level game, which is backed up by the phenomenal support of the home stands. Natus Vincere is the favorite, but the game is still far from ideal, so the overclocked "panthers" may well win at least one card.
