NAVI book Grand Final spot after taking down G2
A well-playing Nikola “NiKo” Kovac fought in vain for G2 as they fall short against s1mple and company.
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.
