A major Brazilian roster shuffle is beginning to take form.

FURIA became the latest to confirm upcoming changes with their announcement of André "drop" Abreu and Rafael "saffee" Costa's departure from the current lineup.

Their Brazilian counterparts in paiN and MIBR have also recently confirmed changes. 

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On paiN Gaming, Wesley "⁠hardzao⁠" Lopes follows Gabriel "⁠NEKIZ⁠" Schenato on the bench.

Rumors are still connecting Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo to FURIA, who will also now be on the look for a new rifler to replace André "drop" Abreu. Abreu and Costa are both rumored to join MIBR.

The three teams looks like this as the moment:

{cflag:BR} Raffael "saffee" Costa (benched)

{cflag:BR} Henrique "HEN1" Teles (benched)

{cflag:BR} Matheus "Tuurtle" Anhaia  (benched)

{cflag:BR} Rodrigo "⁠biguzera⁠" Bittencourt

{cflag:BR} Felipe "⁠skullz⁠" Medeiros

{cflag:BR} Romeu "⁠zevy⁠" Rocco Brazil

{cflag:BR} Vinicios "⁠PKL⁠" Coelho (benched)

{cflag:BR} Gabriel "⁠NEKIZ⁠" Schenato (benched) 

{cflag:BR} Wesley "⁠hardzao⁠" Lopes (benched)

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It was a Friday night in Rio filled with tension and excitement before one of the most anticipated matches of the year took place. In Jeunesse Arena the crowd had found their way to the brawl between FURIA and NAVI.

On paper NAVI were the clear favorites, but what would 18.000 screaming fans do to the equation?

We quickly got the answer. On Nuke, NAVI’s map pick, the match was much closer than expected. FURIA kept up, and even had a golden chance to steal the map away in the end, but lost to an eco buy from NAVI to effectively hand NAVI the map.

FURIA did not take the flat ending to the first map with them to Ancient. On their own map pick they dominated the T-side leading 10-5 at the half. The Brazilians won the map 16-11 to put the Arena into ecstasy!

But it was not the noise level or the fantastic atmosphere that stood out the most. It was s1mple! The Ukrainian mastermind was lowest on the scoreboard after the two first maps! A 0.84 rating told the story of a superstar that had missed a couple of sitters. Was the crowd getting to him?

Mirage was the third and final map of the game. Normally a good map for both teams. It was FURIA who took an 8-7 lead to the second half. In a nailbiter of a second half the two teams fought each other in the inferno of Jeunesse Arena.

At 10-10 the match took a turn. For the first time on the map, FURIA created a gap. Everything went in the way of FURIA! The Arena erupted while all the kills went in the way of FURIA. FURIA won 16-10 and is ready for the Semi-Finals, while NAVI and s1mple are out of the tournament after a lackluster performance.

FURIA will now go up against Heroic tomorrow.

FURIA - NAVI 2-1 | IEM Rio Major Champions Stage

14-16 (Nuke) | {cflag:UA} sdy – 1.23 Rating / 21-16 K-D / 76.6 ADR

16-14 (Ancient) | {cflag:BR} KSCERATO – 1.68 Rating / 24-15 K-D / 107.4 ADR

16-10 (Mirage) | {cflag:BR} drop – 1.65 Rating / 29-14 K-D / 102.7 ADR

MVP: {cflag:BR} Kaike “kscerato” Cerato - 1.37 rating

Lowest rated: Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev 0.87 rating

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Natus Vincere

It is safe to say, that you don’t just have to face FURIA, when going head-to-head with the Brazilians on the server at IEM Rio. You also have to handle the pressure from more than 4000 spectators cheering their countrymen to victory. A fact that Team Spirit had to realize today in Rio.

Against FURIA it was all Team Spirit in the first 13 rounds. An 11-2 lead was established after a stellar CT side. But then things took a drastic turn. Spearheaded by the youngster André "drop" Abreu and Kaike “kscerato” Cerato, FURIA started an incredible comeback. At 14-13, FURIA went ahead while the home crowd went completely amok.

Team Spirit was shell-shocked and did not manage to recover. FURIA completed the comeback and won the match and probably all the remaining hearts in Riocentro, that weren't already on the "FURIA" bandwagon. The Brazilians are now 2-0 up and are now one win away from playing in the playoffs next week. 

Team Spirit - FURIA 0-1 | IEM Rio Major Legends Stage

13-16 (Mirage) | {cflag:BR} KSCERATO – 1.42 Rating / 26-18 K-D / 89.8 ADR

On Monday, the Brazilian organization revealed that André “drop” Abreu would be promoted from FURIA Academy to take honda’s spot on the main roster. But now, the head coach of FURIA, Nicholas “guerri” Nogueira has announced that FURIA will play one final event with honda at ESL Pro League Season 14 because their emergency transfer request to field their new addition got rejected.

FURIA and honda will take upon the Entropiq squad who just won Malta Vibes, on September 1 at 16:45 (CET) for their opening match of Group D in ESL Pro League Season 14.

FURIA’s roster for EPL looks as follows:

Nicholas “guerri” Nogueira (head coach)

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FURIA Academy

There is still no solution to FURIA's fifth-man problem. Since the departure of Henrique 'HEN1' Teles in December last year, the Brazilian team has tried different players. Most notable was the signing of Paytyn 'Junior' Johnson, who joined the team in January 2021. The American AWP'er never really settled in and was benched at the start of June. 

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Lucas '⁠honda' Cano stepped in, but now the young Brazilian has been put on the sideline as well. Furia confirmed the news to the [link:{"url":"https://ge.globo.com/esports/csgo/noticia/csgo-furia-utilizara-drop-na-vaga-de-honda-na-pro-league.ghtml","isNewTab":true,"text":"Brazilian outlet ge"}], and stated that they were still actively searching for a new fifth player. For ESL Pro League, the Brazilians will try out their academy player André 'drop' Abreu. The change needs to be confirmed by ESL as an emergency transfer request, as 'drop' was not part of Furia's lineup for the tournament.

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Today Isurus and Jaguares became the fourth and fifth team to withdraw from this year's first Regional Major Rankings tournament in South America.

Isurus announced the departure from the tournament after their loan player from Furia, André "⁠drop⁠" Abreu had confessed to owning a VAC-banned account.

- Unfortunately, due to the recent announcement of FURIA where they communicated that drop actually confessed to having a VAC ban, we have decided to cancel our participation in CBCS.

The reason behind the many exits from the tournament is caused by multiple players being associated with VAC-banned accounts. Previously Keyd, Bears and DETONA has left the tournament. With the many forfeits from the tournament, only three out of the original 16 teams will not make it to the playoffs.

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