FURIA beat NIP to leave open race for final spot in EPL playoffs

4-9-2021 23:55

The result means that both FURIA and Ninjas in Pyjamas are in contention for the last spot in playoffs heading into the final day of matches.

FURIA have secured their second win in Group D of ESL Pro League Season 14, claiming a shocking three-map series victory over one of the group favourites, Ninjas in Pyjamas. Despite the team's head coach Nicholas "⁠guerri⁠" Nogueira filling in on short notice at the start of the event, FURIA looked the better side for much of the series, coming back from a deficit on Nuke to take the map before conceding a large lead on Ancient, only to steamroll through the Mirage decider to secure the win.

The Brazilian team's victory means that Entropiq are entirely out of playoffs contention, and with Gambit and Liquid guaranteed to advance, throws the final playoff spot into the air heading into the final day of the group. A FURIA win over Liquid would guarantee that Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan's side would advance regardless of any other result, while Ninjas in Pyjamas still have two ways to qualify — either by beating Gambit outright while FURIA lose to Liquid, or winning out in a three-way tiebreaker scenario which would require that Entropiq win their match against TeamOne and both FURIA and Ninjas in Pyjamas lose their respective matches.

guerri proved to be a more than adequate stand-in for FURIA

Three quick USP-S headshots from Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser allowed Ninjas in Pyjamas to kick things off on Nuke, sustaining against FURIA's force-buy to take a 3-0 lead. The Brazilians created openings into bombsites to tie the score, but Ninjas in Pyjamas looked the better side for much of the half, with Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner leading the way to take a three-round lead by the break.

FURIA's hopes to tie the score off the back of a pistol win were immediately shut down by the Deagles of Ninjas in Pyjamas, who began to run away with the map as three additional round wins put them ahead 13-7. A resurgence from FURIA put a halt to the Swedish side's momentum, and a stalwart defense helmed by Yuri "⁠yuurih⁠" Santos and Kaike "⁠KSCERATO⁠" Cerato turned the tides as FURIA won nine rounds in a row to complete a comeback, narrowly securing the map win.

Ancient unfolded in an entirely different fashion as FURIA were the ones in firm control from the onset. Rounds for Ninjas in Pyjamas were few and far between as FURIA repeatedly locked hampus' troops out of bombsites, a defensive effort in which KSCERATO's rifling and guerri's AWP were key in posting a dominant 11-4 lead at halftime.

Despite KSCERATO continuing to post multi-kills and FURIA getting into advantageous situations, an Ninjas in Pyjamas comeback got underway in the second half. The Swedes won eight rounds in a row to steal the lead from arT's troops, and although FURIA finally stopped the streak with three of their own, they were unable to close out the map they'd taken a dominant lead on and instead it was Ninjas in Pyjamas who forced a decider, edging out a victory in thirty rounds.

It was another strong start from FURIA on Mirage as they won five rounds in a row for an early lead. A B execute allowed Ninjas in Pyjamas the chance to put their first on the board, and subsequent attacks on the same site helped them narrow the gap; however, FURIA were quick to find their footing and find a solution, running away with the latter portion of the half by securing another 11-4 lead. This time, guerri and company offered Ninjas in Pyjamas little opportunity to get back into the map, converting a pistol win into subsequent victories before closing out the map, 16-8.

ESL Pro League Season 14Best of 3

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Matchpage

4th September 2021

FURIA

Nuke

Ancient

Mirage

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Hampus 'hampus' Poser hampus	61 - 66	-5	87.0	64.3%	1.07
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner REZ	57 - 61	-4	68.3	65.5%	0.90
Linus 'LNZ' Holtäng LNZ	51 - 61	-10	64.2	67.9%	0.88
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	49 - 62	-13	74.0	65.5%	0.88
Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Plopski	35 - 58	-23	52.2	65.5%	0.76

FURIA	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato KSCERATO	74 - 44	+30	86.9	78.6%	1.36
Yuri 'yuurih' Santos yuurih	66 - 50	+16	85.8	81.0%	1.27
Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo VINI	60 - 47	+13	82.8	79.8%	1.26
Andrei 'arT' Piovezan arT	57 - 61	-4	78.5	75.0%	1.11
Nicholas 'guerri' Nogueira guerri	50 - 53	-3	58.8	72.6%	0.95

The Group D standings ahead of the final day of matches look as follows:

Group D

TEAM

So bad.

2021-09-04 23:44

10 replies

Guerri top 1

2021-09-04 23:45

1 reply

”WE ARE PLAYING AGAINST A COACH, A MANAGER!!”

2021-09-05 09:33

G2 0-5,this is bad kkkkkk

2021-09-04 23:54

youtube.com/watch?v=3dfKH2MFumI&ab_chann..

2021-09-04 23:59

4 replies

Sick video

2021-09-05 04:04

Hahahaha so good. Thanks slstune!

2021-09-05 04:09

good video lmaoo

2021-09-05 10:44

Nice video

2021-09-05 11:46

Guerri top 1 2021

2021-09-05 00:15

NIP lost to a COACH

2021-09-05 05:09

GO GUERRI

3 replies

a coach, a manager, how am I supposed to win?! Well, he certainly is giving his best, should be proud of the way he's playing. Truthfully, honda may not have been much better

2021-09-05 00:01

2 replies

he's creating a lot of room for his players which is probably what furia needs instead of trying to find another fragger. I hope they realize this after this event. So happy for Guerri and the praise he's getting, I gained a lot of respect for him after the coach cheating scandal. i.imgur.com/NgC1bAC.png

2021-09-05 00:19

Exactly, bro, balance matters, similar to happened with liquid whitout a AWP, Twisttz is awesome fragger, but Elige, NAF e Grim when stepup too, Liquid managed to maintain a level even with a star like twistzz out of his roster.

2021-09-05 01:44

EZ4GUERRI

BR CS>> SE

i give up

POGUERRI

what happens if liquid wins by 2-1 and gambit by 2-0 tomorrow? Which team advances?

2021-09-04 23:46

15 replies

If both Liquid and Gambit win, it depends on whether Entropiq beat TeamOne. If they do, then NIP qualify by winning the H2H maps won tiebreaker between FURIA, NIP, and Entropiq. If TeamOne win, FURIA qualify as they win the H2H with NIP.

2021-09-04 23:49

5 replies

Tnx <3

but how nip winning h2h ? FURIA > NIP > ENTROPIC > FURIA

2021-09-05 06:17

Rounds difference

2021-09-05 07:06

If H2H Maps won were to be the same for all of the teams then what would be used as a tiebreaker?

2021-09-05 09:01

thanks, Hoping that Team one wins which is really difficult for them

2021-09-05 13:00

Nip advances most likely

2021-09-04 23:50

Head to head would still go to Gambit. Gambit is guaranteed 1st in group Edit: NVM misunderstood, but map differential in tomorrow's matches won't affect the outcome. Only depends on who wins/loses each match

If Entropiq win, nip is classified, but if Entropiq lost, clasify furia.

In this scenario, a win from t1 will take furia to playoffs, but, if t1 loose nip will pass.

It all comes down to whether Team One can beat Entropiq or not

The score on these two matchs doesn't metter. If both Liquid and Gambit wins, there are two situations. If Entropiq wins: NIP avances. If Team One wins: Fúria advances.

Let’s go TeamOne XD

Do you think teamone will WANT furia to continue and try hard or no?

2021-09-05 13:26

Absolutely

2021-09-05 16:29

coachzera

2021-09-04 23:47

Why NiP is 3rd if they lost to FURIA?

2021-09-04 23:48

This scoreboard is wrong

2021-09-04 23:56

My hopes are with furia And I must unironically say: LETS GOOOOOOO

GUERRI_TOP_1_2021

I BELIEVE IN GARY SUPREMACY!

guerri the danish dev1ce.

2021-09-04 23:51

Kkkkkkkkk

2021-09-05 02:13

1 million dollar awper, 49 frags. 1 coachie boy, 50 frags.

2021-09-04 23:52

😀 good one

2021-09-04 23:57

Hahahah good one bro, soooo gooood hahahahha

2021-09-05 04:24

Coach played better than device lmao. What a wasted buyout.

2021-09-04 23:53

entropiq 2-0 T1 gambit 2-0 NIP liquid 2-1 Furia ez for NIP

2021-09-04 23:55

It's sad that you can't choose Guerri as MVP because he deserved it

Guerri x YNK battle of the coaches who played better than some players as stand-ins.

2021-09-05 00:25

2021-09-05 02:16

2021-09-05 14:37

scoreboard is wrong...

holy sh!t kscerato, sick perormans

2021-09-05 00:08

Guerri 6th FURIA player

2021-09-05 00:09

KSCERATO and yuurih hard carried the series. devve couldn't quite do a lot considering his teammates are not T1 material.

Lol, If he performs his merit if he dont bad teammates

2021-09-05 13:14

device outfragged by coach xd

kscerato deserves better team, the guy is insane and fearless

the team is good ...they just need a solid 5th like hen1...

2021-09-05 00:38

8/8 I miss old Furia

2021-09-05 02:17

Race Open what? Entropiq literally has no chance Both Furia and NiP lose next Game Depends on Liquid They want Throw or not Gambit I think 2-0 beat NiP So Furia in? No way

2021-09-05 00:16

Being open means that both teams can go through

2021-09-05 00:29

But both has very low chance to win their games Liquid,Gambit better So for me is done . Entropiq any chances ? NO

2021-09-05 12:02

Kscerato poggers....

2021-09-05 00:23

Sad day for me, I support both orgs :(

2021-09-05 00:28

Me too... nice to see another Brazilian that supports NiP :)

2021-09-05 00:40

Why NIP ?

Mostly because of Dev1ce, but they are a very entertaining team to watch and i dont blindly follow a top 1 team like NaVi or Gambit just because they are the best right now.

2021-09-05 02:19

I see I see

2021-09-05 02:22

GUERRI SMURFING

2021-09-05 01:07

Guerri is playing amazingly! FURIA are exceeding all expectations.

2021-09-05 01:12

No comments about NIP's shit performance?

2021-09-05 13:45

NiP are currently underperforming, that much is obvious.

2021-09-05 17:54

Impressive from guerri, no cap

2021-09-05 01:20

Even guerri have better ratings than this fake CR. I hope we have a scenario tomorrow that makes furia get into playoffs. I don't want to see more NiP on playoffs, overrated team.

2021-09-05 01:21

True, they need change, a spot on the playoff will only slow down the process.

2021-09-05 02:14

Guerri > diva

2021-09-05 01:26

device exposed as a fraud

2021-09-05 01:47

Guerri is so good omg

As I was saying there: hltv.org/forums/threads/2508191/awp-not-.. guerri hundreds of frags, he covers himself in glory, Turkey 0.

2021-09-05 09:19

To ez for GARRY

2021-09-05 02:20

Col should have used gueri as a stand in instead of nato lol

2021-09-05 02:25

Why is everyone hating on device? People just like to shit on pro players or what? He just wanted to play somewhere else to be closer to where he lives and he was probably tired of some things happening behind the scenes that we have no knowledge of. If you want to blame someone it's the org and the medias for overhyping this move while in fact it's just the most decorated player joining an awful lineup. Awful because they have been struggling since breaking up the original lineup. They don't have proper roles they overlap in many things. The only working NiP was when they had maikelele but they booted him. With allu it was OK but they never really stood out. Plopski & REZ are too inconsistent, the only rock solid player they had was f0rest, since then it's just a shitshow. hampus is the only one I would put my money on but I would have loved if he joined when they had REZ, Lekr0 & f0rest. Then you just needed nawwk or device and it would have been perfect. There was even a timeframe where they could have got olof... And if you think I'm just hating, just go watch the NiP ranking charts, it's a rollercoaster.

2021-09-05 02:52

cryvice still deserve hate he gets. Sure the ORG here has a big impact on what people expect from them, but device is the superstar. You can demand more from him to lose vs a coach and have a 0.88 rating in the end. It is pathetic nothing else. The cr7 comparing doesn't help as well. That is the difference, when S1mple plays bad it is his own fault. Because he plays independently from what their team m8 perform. Cryvice never GOAT never cr7 just a tom cruise with a career on the downhill.

2021-09-05 09:21

I'm not saying we should not expect better from him because he said he wanted to be the best player in the world and he has always been a top5 player. But as I said, you're doing just that, why the hate?

2021-09-05 10:12

god guerri

2021-09-05 03:57

Oh maaan looooool: "A FURIA win over Liquid would guarantee that Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan's side would advance regardless of any other result, while NIP still have two ways to qualify — either by beating Gambit outright while FURIA lose to Liquid, or winning out in a three-way tiebreaker scenario which would require that Entropiq win their match against TeamOne and both FURIA and NIP lose their respective matches." Cant it be easier than that? :D

as Gambit would lose vs NIP LUL When Gambit can pick Vertigo there is no universum they will lose.

2021-09-05 09:23

AHHHHH MULEKE! COMO NOIS TA AGORA?

2021-09-05 04:48

that was unexpected

2021-09-05 05:22

GG to both teams. Well done furia

2021-09-05 06:04

A MANAGER

2021-09-05 06:11

A COACH

2021-09-05 07:29

CR7 of csgo striked again.

2021-09-05 09:17

hahahahahahaha n1

2021-09-05 09:42

Good performance from furia, but don't forget NiP also had a standin from academy team. Furia really need solid fifth and they can be really scary again, until then it will be hit or miss vs top 15 teams...

2021-09-05 09:26