The Russian dragons takes down harmless Danes
Spirit is through to the important upper final in IEM Beijing-Haidian.
The series began on North’s map pick Overpass, and the Danes started out red hot. North managed to win 11 rounds in a row on a fantastic T-side, resulting in an impressive 11-4 score at halftime. But the Danes couldn’t bring the same level into the second half and Spirit dismantled the Danish side beating them 12-1. Even a heroic aizy, producing a 31-22 k/d and a 1.50 rating couldn’t avoid the comeback from Spirit and save North from the 16-12 defeat.
A clearly frustrated MSL went to Twitter saying “Never been more tilted about a CT side in my life”
The second map on Dust2 was almost a direct replication of the first map. North produced yet again a stellar first half resulting in a 9-6 advantage going into the second half. But once again, with way too many mistakes and individual errors, North only managed to win four rounds in the second half as T’s, which meant that Spirit could take the confident 2-0 victory.
Once again a very frustrated IGL from North who acknowledged the great number of mistakes from his side.
Spirit looked on the contrary very sharp and was efficient in punishing the mistake from North. Their captain and IGL Leonid “chopper” Vishnyakov lead the way with a strong performance. They also showed great character by being able to come back from tough situations two maps in a row.
Spirit advance to the upper final where they will meet the winner of the K23 – Sprout matchup. North on the other hand is being sent down in to the dangerous lower bracket.
