Liquid eliminate MIBR from BLAST Premier Spring Groups

13-2-2021 23:39

The Brazilian squad will have another chance to make the Spring Final via the Showdown.

Liquid has defeated MIBR in a quick 2-0 series (Vertigo 16-6, Inferno 16-9) to eliminate the Brazilian side from the BLAST Premier Spring Groups. Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo & co. are slated to play FaZe next for a spot at the Spring Final, on Sunday at 16:30 .

The opening stretches of Vertigo had you think MIBR would be able to contest Liquid on the Brazilians' pick, but that perception quickly changed in the middle of the first half as the North American side took over and never let go.

Liquid will rematch FaZe for a spot at the Spring Final

MIBR secured five rounds in a row as Terrorists on the back of a second-round forcebuy win on A to lead 5-1 after consecutive clutches from Bruno "⁠shz⁠" Martinelli and Gustavo "⁠yel⁠" Knittel. But from that point on, it was an all-Liquid show featuring individual brilliance from Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski, Michael "⁠Grim⁠" Wince, and Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic, all of whom had multiple big moments as the team went 15-1 after the early struggles.

It was a similar story on Inferno, where after going down 0-4 early the Brazilians went on a successful streak on the CT side, with Marcelo "⁠chelo⁠" Cespedes, shz, and yel being the three main pillars of the MIBR defense. It was Liquid who came out on top of the half by one round, however, and the North American team then put together a near-flawless defense to secure another comfortable victory.

BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2021Best of 3

MIBR

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13th February 2021

Liquid

Vertigo

Inferno

MIBR	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Bruno 'shz' Martinelli shz	34 - 36	-2	81.4	63.8%	0.93
Gustavo 'yel' Knittel yel	28 - 33	-5	65.8	61.7%	0.89
Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes chelo	25 - 36	-11	59.5	59.6%	0.79
Daniel 'danoco' Morgado danoco	21 - 38	-17	62.4	61.7%	0.75
Ricardo 'boltz' Prass boltz	21 - 35	-14	60.0	53.2%	0.67

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski EliGE	45 - 25	+20	103.7	85.1%	1.62
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Stewie2K	33 - 26	+7	73.9	83.0%	1.30
Keith 'NAF' Markovic NAF	40 - 25	+15	79.9	87.2%	1.25
Michael 'Grim' Wince Grim	33 - 30	+3	79.3	78.7%	1.20
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	27 - 23	+4	62.7	76.6%	1.11

2021-02-13 23:39

expected

1 reply

2021-02-14 00:20

hahaa

niceu

fallen better br player 2021

2021-02-13 23:40

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2021-02-13 23:43

In the past, Brazilians were eager to see mibr play, nowadays they desperately hope for the org to end.

2021-02-13 23:46

2 replies

Not only Brazilians..

2021-02-14 02:40

Thanks to Paulo Veloso and the selling of the tag to literally a NA org.

2021-02-14 09:36

boltz in Brazil 💪💪💪💪 boltz in EU 🤒🤒🤒🤒

5 replies

8/8

2021-02-14 00:21

So true, sad to see that Boltz doesn't believe in himself.

2021-02-14 00:25

3 replies

He's a streamer there's no place for him in pro scene

2021-02-14 08:06

it is hard to have confidence when you´re getting wrecked even playing fpl truth is, EU is different from NA and even more from SA the choke were actually expected, like a guy, I believe vsm said these days, the worst team in EU beats the best in SA

2021-02-14 09:41

FPL should never be a performance benchmark for pros, they should focus on what's really important --> game time.

2021-02-14 17:11

mibr in europe, heh

2021-02-13 23:58

bp5>mibr

2021-02-14 00:27

true!

2021-02-14 01:48

I think not but i dont be 100% confident

2021-02-14 03:06

that is why its called COME TO BRAZIL not GO TO EUROPE

2021-02-14 02:05

but they cant even win in br XD hltv.org/events/2306/esl-pro-league-seas.. hltv.org/events/4308/dreamhack-open-rio-.. hltv.org/events/4326/blast-pro-series-so.. hltv.org/events/3649/esl-one-belo-horizo..

2021-02-14 02:36

CAVOU

2021-02-14 00:24

cant wait to liquid - faze rematch tomorrow. hope for a much closer series ;)

2021-02-14 00:53

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Liquid are the favorites again correct? If faze actually manage to beat them again without igl+coach, moses truly is the bald fraud lmao

2021-02-14 06:07

FaZe has a coach its Robban

2021-02-14 06:53

He isn't allowed in team speak or spectate the game. He can't pitch in during tactical time outs. He can only help them prepare

2021-02-14 13:17

You didn't watch navi vs faze if you think liquid are the favorites. Liquid will get destroyed if faze plays well

2021-02-14 08:08

Nice recovery by Liquid; excited for the rematch with FaZe.

2021-02-14 02:18

Lol shortest postmatch article I have ever seen

2021-02-14 02:23

It's better watch Mibr FE

2021-02-14 02:34

2021-02-14 02:53

Expected as much

2021-02-14 02:54

I mean did they really sign this roster and expect to win? Come on

2021-02-14 04:52

I'm happy for Fallen, hope things go well for him ln Liquid

2021-02-14 06:59

mibr Management is on par with north’s by now Their squad with kng and vsm would’ve been the way better option and even the current godsent squad will probably have the better results in the long run

2021-02-14 09:32

Ex mibr is much better than this currently...

2021-02-14 13:32

6 Brazilians in the server and they were bottom 6 on ratings? Why not send all players from that country to Valorant or whatever other game as the struggle at this one?

2021-02-14 09:42

one more 0-2 against faze

2021-02-14 13:18

It's still seenable that Liquid is facing some problems, but it seems like it's going the right way. Honestly I thought this is going to be a closer game, both teams semt to have some nice games but are still facing some problems, but yeah, Liquid just destroyed MIBR. Let's see if they can qualify.

2021-02-14 13:23