Liquid overcome NAVI in FalleN's debut in BLAST Premier Global Final

20-1-2021 18:55

The North American side kicked off the year in promising fashion, with a 2-0 victory in BLAST Premier Global Final 2020.

Liquid's first match with Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo went positively as the North American team took down Natus Vincere in two maps to progress in the BLAST Premier Global Finals upper bracket. Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip's troops stormed to a map one win on Inferno with little resistance (16-6) and carried their momentum over to Nuke for a 10-0 start. However, Liquid had to fend off a monstrous performance from Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev to get over the line as the contest went the full thirty rounds.

The result sees Liquid set up a clash with Vitality in the upper bracket semi-final, while Natus Vincere will face off against Complexity in an elimination match.

FalleN kicks his Liquid career off with a win

Liquid fell behind on their map pick of Inferno in the opening rounds as a result of a Ilya "⁠Perfecto⁠" Zalutskiy triple kill on the pistol, but the North Americans swiftly hit back on the offence once guns came out to string together five rounds of their own. Natus Vincere could muster just one additional round for the remainder of the half as Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic and co. ran riot to post a 12-3 lead at the midway point.

NAVI made it two pistol rounds from two as the second half commenced and chipped away slightly at the deficit to bring the score to 6-13. However, Liquid recomposed promptly to overwhelmingly pick up the three final rounds and lead the series, with a FalleN double AWP kill comfortably locking down Inferno 16-6.

Nuke was up next, where Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev subbed in for Valeriy "⁠b1t⁠" Vakhovskiy as Natus Vincere looked to tie up the series. The CIS side failed to achieve the start they desired as Liquid, who were brimming with confidence from the previous map, put together a water-tight defence to shut down Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov’s men time and again. Multi-kill rounds from Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski, Stewie2K and NAF saw Liquid rapidly hit double digits without a response before NAVI eventually retaliated. s1mple and Perfecto stepped up for damage control in the back-end of the half to help post five consecutive rounds and salvage a 5-10 scoreline.

With s1mple now unleashed, Natus Vincere rallied together and mounted their comeback. The CIS squad replicated Liquid’s first-half success and gave the North American side zero breathing room as they levelled the score, 11-11. A FalleN 1v3 briefly put his team ahead before NAVI took the lead for the first time. With Nuke slipping from their grasp, Liquid got their second wind to edge out their opponents and proceed in the upper bracket.

BLAST Premier Global Final 2020Best of 3

Natus Vincere

Matchpage

20th January 2021

Liquid

Inferno

Nuke

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev s1mple	47 - 31	+16	90.0	80.8%	1.39
Ilya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy Perfecto	35 - 27	+8	75.7	76.9%	1.14
Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Boombl4	23 - 40	-17	65.2	67.3%	0.83
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev flamie	15 - 21	-6	61.6	66.7%	0.78
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov electroNic	26 - 40	-14	59.5	63.5%	0.76
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy b1t	9 - 17	-8	55.1	50.0%	0.63

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Keith 'NAF' Markovic NAF	42 - 22	+20	93.0	80.8%	1.46
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski EliGE	41 - 38	+3	78.8	75.0%	1.15
Michael 'Grim' Wince Grim	32 - 32	0	67.7	76.9%	1.08
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	34 - 29	+5	66.3	73.1%	1.06
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Stewie2K	26 - 37	-11	59.6	67.3%	0.87

expected

2021-01-20 18:56

10 replies

And again, s0mple baiting for stats.

2021-01-20 19:31

9 replies

Literally a useless player Imagine baiting for hltv stats only and not even getting rank 1 lmao

2021-01-20 19:33

3 replies

Ridiculous mentality

2021-01-20 19:58

1 reply

#2 for a reason, #1 won his game easily

2021-01-21 08:20

He actually is and keep in mind he just stood in molotovs with 100hp twice and died.. xD

2021-01-22 12:24

+1 top1 my 4ss, f0cking baiter

2021-01-20 20:05

People on HLTV forums don't understand Counter Strike. There are good baits and bad baits. You want your best player alive as long as possible. The entire team is set up so Electronic and S1mple can live and have as much impact as possible.

2021-01-21 02:07

more like u dont understand how much bait there is on HLTV lol

2021-01-21 04:09

True and +1

2021-01-21 05:18

first time? KEKKK

2021-01-21 05:29

EZ FOR BAD FALLEN

NA CS IS BACK

5 replies

+1 fallen best rostermove of 2021

2021-01-20 19:47

4 replies

As a fellow dog i can agree on that

2021-01-20 23:00

I don't know if you're being serious, but looking at what Liquid needed, you couldn't ask for any other player. They needed an awper or IGL, so why not taking the father of brazilian cs, that as always spoken english and IGL's and awp's. Even if it doesn't work in the future, it's one of the most smartest moves ever

2021-01-21 05:15

2 replies

2021-01-21 07:48

2021-01-21 14:22

Nt We come back stronger

7 replies

2021-01-20 19:30

HAC E6ym A MbI KPEn4AEM

navi fans mentality in a nutshell

2021-01-20 21:23

2021-01-20 23:03

Hopefully

2021-01-20 20:00

A dreamer.

2021-01-20 22:50

lmao

2021-01-21 06:48

Fallen 3v1 clutch. Unlocked match

2021-01-20 18:57

presente

2021-01-20 23:23

cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/75229527633244..

So ez 😎😎😎

2021-01-20 23:13

NAF full time back to rifling and he pops , who would have thought. That play on Nuke lower side was so good.

2021-01-20 18:58

ez liquid

lulquid ftw !!

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING! LETS GO!

#LETSGOLIQUID <33333333333333333333333

navi so bad, ahahahaha losing to americans 6-16

2021-01-20 18:59

6 replies

It's not that Na'Vi are bad, just Liquid too good

2021-01-20 23:16

hltv.org/img/static/flags/30x20/HU.gif deadfox is your entire nation's greatest contribution to counterstrike as a whole.

2021-01-20 23:26

So i am not allowed to criticize other regions, mr iSupportSmallScenesOnly?

2021-01-20 23:55

when you criticize my region, no. :) also it's a dumb comment if you consider America's contributions to the last two fucking years of counterstrike.

2021-01-20 23:59

True, America won some of the NA events last year

2021-01-21 00:01

Lmao

2021-01-21 01:40

nice

Good for NA scene,give it some hope so it doesn't just completely dissapear.

2021-01-20 19:00

Incredible performance from Liquid. Big boost for NA and SA if it continues.

2021-01-20 19:01

13 replies

playing vitality next....

2021-01-20 19:02

12 replies

Well cya. I hope this ages well.

2021-01-20 19:04

11 replies

if vitality lose then free tourny for astralis. calling it now)))))

2021-01-20 19:08

Yes, probably.

2021-01-20 19:15

unless fallen does what fallen does

2021-01-20 19:29

create space is his job now prob so its up to elige and naf i would assume

2021-01-20 19:39

I dont think u watch liquid games or if u do, i dont think u understand what's going on. So first of all, fallen isnt gonna be the one who creates space in liquid. He said that in his interview. He is gonna play with the pack and be a semi-support player. Second, naf never entries. He is one of the most passive players in the scene. Third, stewie and elige create space. Dont just think that naf creates space just coz he is top fragger.

2021-01-20 21:55

I mean fallen was going to be support so creating space. Not NAF I never said that.

2021-01-20 21:59

Support dont create space. Entry fraggers do.

2021-01-20 23:09

Fuck im an idiot

2021-01-20 23:15

up to how well stewie and elige entry, they were ok today, but the real stars were the lurk/supports in fallen/naf

2021-01-20 23:30

Fallen is happy, would not be easy for tem.

2021-01-20 19:42

yes but vitality..

2021-01-20 19:51

POGGERS

NaVi's players except for s1mple are so god damn bad

electronic top 5 is a joke

2021-01-20 19:05

+1 should’ve been EliGe

2021-01-20 21:37

NaVi's players < LIQUID's players. -boombl4 1/11 before s0mple starts to shine on Nuke. NAF and Elige are playin' insane recently.

2021-01-20 22:56

Na'vi washed up

S0MPLE WASHED UP

Is fallen not igl?

Stewie

stewie for now, fallen second calling and keeping the nerves in check

Its probably the best for him, I've played some matches with him in the past (GC), dude is always calm

2021-01-21 14:26

As I always say, Perfecto > electronic.

2021-01-20 19:07

I CANNOT SEE ANYWHERE THE SIMPLE FAN BOYS WHERE ARE U WHEN WE TRASHED U HUH?

Holy shit Na'Vi, S1mple had like a 2.2 rating on the CT side of nuke. One man can only do so much

top1 after all

2021-01-20 19:12

2021-01-20 20:08

That aged poorly

After all these years of supporting sk/mibr i think i can support liquid for GaFallen

2021-01-20 19:13

6v5, still lost

2021-01-20 19:17

b1t is complete trash, get an actual good player to replace flamie navi!

2021-01-20 19:18

he is coach no?

2021-01-20 19:54

b1t is their 6th player brought into rotations, b1ad3(the former flipsid3 tactics player) is their coach

2021-01-20 23:31

oh he is trash lol

2021-01-21 11:36

bit "b0t" toledo

crazy how much stupid people there are in this world, look how can someone talks about another country that they dont know nothing about.. fallen will give you a taste again for sure.

Too EZ to papa Fallen Liquid is looking great

2021-01-20 19:22

I believe liquid can be really deadly if the can get rid off stewie NaVi... i am fine with perfecto/simple/electronic core. Boombla is their IGL (still replacable). But flamie... REALLY? Bit is very up and down so far, but it takes some time to realize if he can do it. So far it seems unlikely. NaVi really have no money, or wtf is going on?

Stewie is igl, it would be dumb to get rid of him

2021-01-20 21:38

Make Liquid Great Again

LETS GO LIQUID

2021-01-20 19:24

Yep

2021-01-20 19:59

fluke onliners

mad cause bot s0mple stood no chance to NA

2021-01-20 19:26

liquid is lan team nt

NaVi(4)Liquid(15)

2021-01-20 19:34

MAD S2MPLE FAN

2021-01-20 20:28

200k of Brazilians supporting Liquid today, FALLEN LEGEND <3

2021-01-20 19:25

ez pz for NA pride Team Liquid

Grim young talent player

2021-01-20 19:28

EZ4BRASIL

2021-01-20 19:38

Ofc Fallen will win on his deput, hes a Winner.

PRESENTE

2021-01-20 19:40

2021-01-20 21:00

2021-01-20 21:33

WE HAWT!!!

2021-01-20 19:53

Let's go!

almost choked it haha

was intentional Gaules said: "it's like when I ban someone from my stream, and unban him just to ban again"

2021-01-20 21:41

s1mple threw for good debut of his friend fallen

HAHAHAHA, nice excuse cuz navi choke, s1mple played his best so he didn't throw, Liquid better than navi, im sorry for ya

2021-01-20 23:22

lol feel sorry for yourself u imbecile

2021-01-24 07:34

Liquid ERA Incoming <3

2021-01-20 20:13

Keep baiting and lose then robbed to rank 3 , device come rank 2 and s1mple will be undeserved major player (true)

2021-01-20 20:15

hard luck simple

2021-01-20 20:19

2021-01-20 20:23

s1mple is so bad. If his team mates played normally and not just as decoy for him to get stats they would win more. ez 4 liquid.

2021-01-20 20:26

Liquid is showing some potential. With small changes they could be a TOP 5 team. NaVi is showing a little bit of life left in them, with small changes they could still be really good.

Liquid made the finals of the last tournament of 2020, and they just beat the current #3 team, so I think it would be fair to call them top 5 already

2021-01-20 21:39

danny when did you start being a liquid fan again?

2021-01-20 23:14

Pretty recently, I wanted to be an EG fan because I don’t like a lot of the stuff fallen’s said, but I just didn’t like their roster as much. I kinda flip between Triumph and Liquid depending on how I feel, both are my favorites at the moment

2021-01-20 23:17

Not yet, but if they keep that form then sure.

2021-01-21 10:18

BIT_bot

2021-01-20 20:29

fallen shots with awp like silver 5 lol

... and yet when he plays FPL with s1mple he outfrags him... wow such a silver

2021-01-20 21:08

calm nyx, he's only eight

2021-01-21 19:45

Russian is expert with army

2021-01-21 07:14

Let's go liquid keep the momentum going

2021-01-20 21:10

too easy for god fallen

2021-01-20 21:15

200k brazilians with Liquid LIVE when the match happened! LET'S GO LIQUID.. 2021 WILL BE THE NA YEAR !!!!

unexpected

2021-01-20 22:23

NAF destroyed. But every single player played equally well (in their roles and in key rounds). I hope this line up ages well. Inferno was just sooo good to watch. s2mple is a beast, but a baiter tho.

2021-01-20 22:51

2021 - stewie still bot rofl

2021-01-20 22:52

still igl LMAO

2021-01-20 23:32

As i said.

2021-01-20 23:20

all br fans now apparently liquid fans lmaaao

2021-01-22 01:51

Is this a problem?

2021-01-22 02:26

yes because you only support them because of one player lmao. you will instantly switch if he moves teams. Very sad BR mentality

2021-01-22 02:27

Why? Wtf is cant support fallen?

2021-01-22 13:40

you're pretending to be a liquid fan is the point. obviously

No, im cheering for liquid

2021-01-23 01:43

no because if fallen moves you'll cheer for someone else. so you are cheering for fallen not liquid

2021-01-23 16:58

This Liquid is balanced and they look confident. Liquid's never looked confident before. Not going to call it yet but I think there's a decent chance they break back into the top 3 rather soon. Best balanced roster since 2017 and they finally have leadership on the server. Main stars still 23 and under. Two players that could peak individually at top 5 on rifles. There was a lot of good to take from this. I hope they keep it up.

2021-01-20 23:36