It seems that whenever they play in Brazil, FURIA Esports transforms into a much more competitive team. The opportunity to entertain and inspire fans is great, and Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo’s squad does not want to miss it.
The Two Victories
At IEM Rio 2024, FURIA had to start in group A, where their first match was scheduled to be against FaZe Clan. Given that FaZe finished in the top eight at almost every CS2 event in 2024 and that their most recent result was a 3rd – 4th place at BLAST Premier Fall Final, FURIA’s chances of winning the match were slim.
But thanks to a phenomenal second half, the Brazilians took the score from 6 – 6 to 7 – 13. Kaike “KSCERATO” Cerato had an excellent performance and was the main reason why FURIA won. His 22-8 / 112.1 / 1.79 score speaks for itself.
FURIA’s second match was against another formidable team. MOUZ is currently ranked 5th globally and defeated paiN Gaming in the first round. But FURIA looked amazing against them, except on the second map, Mirage, which they lost 5 – 13. On the other two, the scores were 13 – 8 (Nuke) and 13 – 5 (Dust II).
Thanks to these results, FURIA will have a great opportunity tomorrow. If they win against Natus Vincere, they will advance directly to the semifinals of IEM Rio 2024.
Other Results
In the other group A matches, Na’Vi defeated Imperial Esports and Team Liquid. The first match was easy but the second one needed three maps to conclude and had a 13 – 11 score on the third.
In the lower bracket, Imperial and paiN were eliminated by Complexity and FaZe Clan respectively.
In group B, the first round was full of surprises. Team Vitality were expected to defeat 9z Team. But the other results were arguably upsets.
The MongolZ defeated Virtus.pro 13 – 10. Astralis defeated Eternal Fire 11 – 13. HEROIC defeated the BLAST Premier Fall Final champions, G2 Esports, 13 – 10. It remains to be seen what will happen next but a lot of great teams are already in trouble and might miss the playoffs of IEM Rio 2024.
