In the 1-2 group competition, the Imperial team from Brazil caused a shocking upset and defeated the current "North American No. 1" team Could9.
This made everyone at Fnatic feel happy, but also wary.
Fortunately, what they have to face is Imperial, the relatively weakest team in the 2-2 group.
But be wary of the fact that there are no underdogs in the Major, and any team may become a dark horse that overthrows the first-tier teams.
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Before the life and death game, in the Fnatic training room in the evening.
"I hope everyone can play what they have prepared before the game when we play Imperial."
"In a sense, Imperial is the weakest team in the 2-2 group."
"If it were SK in 2016 or 2017, we really wouldn't have the slightest chance."
"But now..."
With that said, coach Samuelsson took out a handful of bananas, broke them open and handed them to each member.
In order to avoid accidentally eating food containing stimulant ingredients, Fnatic players gave up most snacks and most fatty meats before the game.
As for bananas, they are more convenient to eat, and have a relatively high glycemic index and sugar content among fruits, so they can replenish energy relatively quickly.
Seeing that the team members all took over the bananas that he broke open, Samuelsson nodded.
"Fortunately, this is not a championship game yet. There are no Brazilian spectators, so we don't have to feel too much pressure."
"As for what we have to do now, that is to leave no regrets."
"come on!"
"..."
At 18:45 local time in Antwerp, Fnatic faced Last Dance Imperial.
Since Imperial, led by Godfather Fallen, just defeated C9 yesterday, fanatical Brazilian fans have already begun to cheer for their home team.
In Twitch’s official live stream, there are countless messages of support for Imperial.
"Let's go Imperial!"
"Let's go Imperial!"
"Let's go Imperial!"
Densely packed support slogans accounted for almost half of the chat messages.
For Fnatic, Imperial is the weakest opponent in the 2-2 group.
But on the other hand, for Imperial, isn't Fnatic the weakest opponent they can face?
Many Brazilian spectators have even seen them cheering for Brazil's last dance in the offline stadium in Antwerp.
[fer’s strength has regressed five years, my male god! 】
[The time travel is successful, let’s ask passers-by which two teams are playing in the current CSGO game? What, fallen leads the Brazilian team to face Fantic? Confirmed, it’s 2016. 】
[XD, will Fallen’s dream come true? 】
[Fnx is four games away from winning another Grand Slam. Lets go Imperial! 】
[It’s a bit confusing, guys. I feel like Imperial spent too much energy playing Could9 yesterday. 】
[Well, Fnatic is also an admirable opponent. Fnatic’s flusha once lent money to his godfather to play games. 】
[The current Fnatic has long existed in name only. What about JW? What about flusha? What kind of Fnatic is Fnatic if it’s only KRIMZ! 】
There are countless optimistic Brazilian audiences.
But they soon discovered that just on the first map between the two sides, the score was extremely tight.
Picture 1: On DUST2, which Imperial chose, the two sides fought fiercely for nearly 60 rounds.
After four overtime games, Imperial finally relied on fallen's wonderful performance to win the first game with a difficult score of 28-26.
For most foreign audiences, this may be an evenly matched visual feast, but for Chinese CSGO audiences, this long overtime is very unfriendly.
In a certain Ya TV, CSBOY live broadcast room, Masisi glanced at the system time displayed in the lower right corner of the computer.
At this time, DUST2, the first map of both sides, had just ended, and China time had reached 3:50 in the morning.
"Phew, congratulations to Imperial for finally winning the game in Figure 1 thanks to Godfather's performance."
"Why do I feel like it will be broadcast until tomorrow morning?"
"Do I want to watch a few more games? The worst thing is that after watching the first map for so long, Fnatic still lost."
"I'll give you a helmet."
And even late at night, the popularity of barrage in the live broadcast room is still not reduced by half.
[This overtime... what a wonderful thing~]
[I can’t sleep, and none of you can sleep today! 】
[It’s already 4 o’clock in the morning today, and I will have breakfast and go to work soon. 】
[My suggestion is to go to sleep to avoid sudden death. 】
[No, have you ever considered the feelings of G2 fans? If I had known, I would have woken up after sleeping to watch the G2 game. 】
[Do you still need to watch the G2 game? Woke up to another victory! 】
[I've seen through Fnatic's tactics, it's just to beat the old man, right? Fnatic, you are too hot! 】
[C9 didn’t beat the old man to death yesterday, will Fnatic continue to beat him to death today? Why do I feel that we are going to be tortured to death first? 】
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As for the Twitch TV Portuguese-language live broadcast room, the commentator continued to praise the performance of the last dance in passionate tones.
"Oh my God, is this Fallen? Four overtimes, my heart can't take it anymore."
"Every time you cheer for them, they will show up in front of you with a stronger side."
"Everyone of the hundreds of thousands of viewers on the Brazilian channel is witnessing your performance."
"We don't care what happens next, just enjoy the performance Imperial brings to you, this is The Last Dance from The Godfather!"
"..."
Fnatic players naturally had no idea what the commentators and barrages were talking about.
Although the defeat after four overtimes finally dealt a certain blow to Fnatic's morale, Qin Feng, ALEX and others in the player seats still looked as normal.
After all, DUST2 itself is Imperial's map selection, and Fnatic didn't make much preparation for this map.
Coach Samuelsson took advantage of a break in the game to come over and give the Fnatic players a squeeze on their shoulders.
"It's just a picture, nothing."
"Not to mention the map they chose."
"The next picture is the purgatory town we chose. Just fight it hard."
"Don't be too burdened."
"..."
In the second picture, the game in Purgatory Town also started soon.
Since Town is the map chosen by Fnatic, The Last Dance starts as the defender on the map.
And soon, Fnatic returned the favor to the veterans of Imperial.
Although Qin Feng's sniper rifle and Fallen were fighting back and forth, fnx and VINI suddenly pulled their hips and were constantly killed by poizon who suddenly exploded.
Less than 20 minutes into the second map, the defending Imperial was directly beaten by Fnatic to a 2-9 start.
Even though Fer and Boltz performed explosively in the last few rounds of the first half, they only pulled the game to a score of 5-10.
Is 5 points enough?
Just kidding, 13 points is not even enough.
The defense scored 5 points, which almost indicates that Imperial has been pushed to the edge of the cliff.
In the second half of the game, Fnatic struggled to win the pistol round, but ultimately failed to give Imperial any chance to make a comeback.
In the second picture, the score was fixed at 16-9, and the two sides were tied at 1-1.
Fnatic and Imperial are both just a stone's throw away from the Antwerp Arena.
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