The strong Russians from NAVI are ready for the Grand Final at BLAST Premier Spring Final after handing G2 an upsetting 2-1 defeat at the Consolidation Final. With the win, Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhailov and his soldiers set up a thrilling rematch against their fellow CIS titans from Gambit in the title decider.
NAVI got the win through a thrilling showing that ended up being a very close and competitive battle, where we saw the Russian side deliver an impressive performance against an otherwise in-form G2 squad. The match went back and forth between the two profiled teams and it required a fantastic individual performance by Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev for NAVI to seal the win in the end, where the Ukrainian presented a stellar match-winning clutch.
NAVI – G2 (2-0) | BLAST Premier Spring Final
16-9 (Mirage) | NiKo – 1.37 Rating / 22-19 K-D / 105.6 ADR
13-16 (Dust2) | nexa – 1.62 Rating / 33-16 K-D / 102.5 ADR
16-13 (Nuke) | NiKo – 1.46 Rating / 26-16 K-D / 104.6 ADR
MVP of the series
Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev – 1.26 Rating / 63-46 K-D / 80.2 ADR
NAVI will be in action one more time this Sunday, as their Grand Final against Gambit is set to start around 20:00 (CET). The star-studded CIS clash will be a replay of yesterday’s match at the tournament, where the youngsters from Gambit won 2-1 in the upper final.
