FURIA defeat Sharks; to grand final in Rio

FURIA are through to the grand final at DreamHack Open Rio after beating Sharks 2-0 in the semis (16-13 on Inferno and 16-4 on Vertigo).

The best-of-three semi-final match kicked off on Inferno where the CT-sided Sharks picked up the pistol round victory. FURIA responded in the third round, winning a 3vs3 post-plant to get on the scoreboard.

After losing the following round, FURIA got their second as Yuri "⁠yuurih⁠" Santos and Rinaldo "⁠ableJ⁠" Moda Junior won a 2vs4. FURIA took the lead thanks to Vinicius "⁠VINI⁠" Figueiredo's 1vs3 clutch in the seventh round, making it 4-3. Sharks were never able to build a strong economy on the CT-side and FURIA led 9-6 at halftime.

Raphael "⁠exit⁠" Lacerda and Jhonatan "⁠jnt⁠" Silva's double kills helped Sharks win the second pistol round, starting a four-round streak to reclaim the lead (10-9). FURIA responded in the 20th round by picking up three HE kills and tied the game at 10-10.

FURIA managed to earn four match points after extending their lead to 15-11, with VINI and yuurih carrying the load. Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan's triple AWP kill sealed the deal for FURIA who won the map 16-13.

yuurih and company started Vertigo on the CT-side and won the pistol round with a successful 5vs5 retake as VINI got a triple kill when his team had a 2vs4 disadvantage. VINI stepped up to the plate in the second round as well, securing the victory with two kills in a 2vs3 post-plant situation.

ableJ won a 1vs2 to make it 5-0 and VINI achieved the same feat in the eighth round, killing two Sharks players on his lonesome to make it 8-0. Sharks grabbed their first round victory thanks to Leonardo "⁠leo_drk⁠" Oliveira's quad kill in the tenth round (9-1).

Sharks were able to increase their tally to four rounds before halftime but they lost the second pistol to trail 12-4. FURIA went on to win the map with a 16-4 final scoreline, taking the 2-0 series victory and advancing to the playoffs at DreamHack Open Rio.