IEM Rio Major سے پاجامے میں ننجا کو ختم کریں۔

Sprout have kept their IEM Rio Major dreams alive after moving past پاجاما میں Ninjas in the 0-2 pool, defeating الیسیب۔ and company 2-0 (16-11 Vertigo, 16-14 Ancient) to eliminate them from the Legends Stage in last place.

پاجاما میں Ninjas میں شامل فیجی in making an early exit from the event in Brazil, an unexpected outcome for a team that looked to be on the climb following a strong showing at the IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR in Malta. انکر, meanwhile, can breathe a sigh of relief after buying themselves another life, but will have to continue demonstrating good form as they look toward their next match against روح in the 1-2 pool on Monday.

انکر got the series underway on Vertigo, gaining steam off a pistol round win to go up 5-0 on the CT-side. پاجاما میں Ninjas showed signs of life by securing two rounds in response, but were left looking despondent after اسماعیل "ریفریج" علی اور راسمس "زائفون" نورڈفوس combined with a handful of multi-kill rounds to double انکر‘s lead, 10-2, with the Swedes closing the deficit by three rounds to end the half.

پاجاما میں Ninjas just barely failed to recover a 2vs4 situation in the second pistol, but fought back with a force-buy in the ensuing round to gain an early footing on the defense. The momentum began to swing into the favor of الیسیب۔‘s men from there, and the rounds went dominantly in their favor as the score gap began to close, NIP managing to bring themselves within one round of evening things up, 11-10. انکر just barely clung on their lead, however, and emerged on top of a back-and-forth trading of blows to regain control of the proceedings and close out the map, 16-11.

زیفون continued to be a powerful force for انکر on the T side of Ancient, allowing his team another strong start as they put up the same 5-0 lead. Once again پاجاما میں Ninjas only began to find their footing part way through the half, but they did stop themselves from suffering another early blowout by successfully recovering a handful of disadvantageous situations, only for وکٹر "اسٹیہر" سٹیہر to secure a crucial 1vs3 clutch to just barely keep انکر in the lead at the side swap.

انکر extended their edge once on the CT side, converting a pistol round win into a spree of three to pull ahead 11-7. ہیمپس "ہیمپس" پوسٹر gunned down three انکر members to recover a 3vs5 situation and get NIP their first T side round, but انکر were quick to respond with two rounds of their own to hold on to their lead. The situation began to look grim for پاجاما میں Ninjas as the rounds they won from that point onward look labored, primarily with انکر fumbling advantages and پاجاما میں Ninjas coming out on top of late-round situations to bring overtime within reach. However, a failure to clear زیفون upon entering A site in round 30 ultimately led to NIP’s demise, allowing انکر to edge out a win, 16-14.