In the semi-final match broky and “FaZe” fought against the Danish team “Heroic”, who were posted as the match favorite. However, due to Covid-19 due to the basic composition of the Norwegian rain.
The day before, FaZe also celebrated a quick victory in the quarterfinals, beating Gambit, the previous season’s championship team and world ranking vice leader, on two cards.
By entering the final, FaZe has guaranteed a $ 180,000 bonus, while the tournament winners will receive $ 400,000. In the final, FaZe will fight against France’s G2 Esports, which today defeated Natus Vincere, a Ukrainian team playing in undoubtedly difficult psychological conditions. Bosnian NiKo, who previously played with broky In FaZe.
The final on Sunday will start at 18:00 Latvian time. Unlike previous games, the final will be played to victories in three cards, respectively, in theory, up to five cards can be played together. The final will take place in the “Spodek” arena in Katowice.
In the semi – final match, the first card was “Inferno”, which broky began by immediately making himself talk. With him in the lead, FaZe took the lead 10: 2, which was increased to 13: 5. Heroic, ranked eighth in the world, won several rounds in a row, making the result more polite, but FaZe was not worried about his victory (16:11).
BROKY LIVES FOR THESE CLUTCHES@brokycs | #FaZeUp pic.twitter.com/4om9wnYA8o
– #FaZeUp (@FaZeUpdate) February 26, 2022
On the second map, Nuke already felt that FaZe was on the wave. Teams for young and aggressive guys broky and Estonian ropz Denmark provided excellent support when needed Karrigan, the team leader, and “FaZe” finished the first half with a 10: 5 lead, with several thousand spectators in the “Spodek” arena chanting the broky word at times. In the second half, FaZe maintained the level and defeated the opponents with 16: 5.
broky the game ended with statistics that were difficult to cover for such a high level match (46-17 and rating 1.58). The 21 – year – old Latvian currently has the best rating in the entire tournament (1.36, the closest follower is Nobody with 1.33), and it is quite possible (and would be logical) that victory in the final will mean broky the first major MVP title. Great statistics in “FaZe” today also for Robin ropz Kolam, who scored 42-21 and a rating of 1.46, but voted for HLTV fans on the portal broky was recognized as the match MVP with 74% of the vote.
This will be the second time in a row that a Latvian representative has played in the finals of the prestigious Katowice tournament. A year ago, Marek did it YEKINDAR Galinskim with the “Virtus.pro” team, but lost in the final. At that time, due to the pandemic, the games were played remotely, but this year “Virtus.pro” stopped in the quarterfinals, taking the 5th / 6th place. place.
The Katowice tournament is not officially a “Major” tournament sponsored by the game’s developers, but its importance in the CS: GO season is also difficult to overestimate and is called the unofficial world championship. It is attended by 24 teams that qualify for the tournament from their regions.
The final tomorrow is going to be straight fire, NiKo yet to lose to his former team, FaZe making their first final since 2020, some of the worlds best on both teams and both m0nesy and broky have been on fire! #IEM
– Janko Paunovic (@YNk) February 26, 2022
