BIG advance to DreamHack Open November final after defeating forZe

The Russians' adventure at the last DreamHack event ends in the semi-finals.

Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz's men have earned themselves a ticket to the finals of DreamHack Open: November 2021 after defeating FORZE 2-1. The series saw the Russians take a hard-fought Inferno 19-16 early in the series before BIG showed their excellence on Dust2 and Nuke with two solid offensive halves. Florian "⁠syrsoN⁠" Rische was in great form today, finding consistent impact with his AWP and winning a few clutches along the way.

BIG will play against fnatic in the grand finals on Sunday at 16:00 . Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin's squad come into the final after their 2-0 victory over MAD Lions earlier today with three of the top-5 highest performing players at the event.

Aleksandr "⁠zorte⁠" Zagodyrenko opened up Inferno with a sublime 1v4 clutch in the pistol round before his team began building a 6-1 lead on the offense that had spectators believe FORZE has stolen the half. Not looking to go away quietly, syrsoN started delivering frag after frag to lift a wounded BIG to an eight-round winning streak, ending the half 9-6 in favor of the Germans.

A force buy conversion from the Russians in the second half opened up the doors for the defenders to stay competitive and equalize 10-10. Aleksandr "⁠KENSI⁠" Gurkin was the shining light for FORZE, outperforming everyone on the server and pulling several multi-kill rounds to force overtime. BIG only converted one round in outside of regulation as FORZE was finally able to close their map pick 19-16.

The Germans' mastery of the Dust2 was evident in their T half, consistently cracking open bombsites as syrsoN carried his great form into the second map, ending with a 16-6 K-D after his team's 10-5 offensive campaign. tabseN shined after switching sides, keeping his team's CT side steady as BIG made their way through the entire map without ever facing a round deficit before closing 16-10.

zorte gave his team the early advantage on Nuke with another fabulous 4k in the pistol round but BIG were quick to answer back. Quick pushes into the sites by the Germans startled FORZE, forcing them to just give up rounds and save on several occasions. The Russians were able to salvage the half before moving to the T side, only trailing 7-8. BIG only dropped one round after moving to the CT side, shutting down any attempts of a FORZE comeback on their way to take Nuke 16-8 and the series 2-1.