Gambit come back to crush Enterprise and book ticket to V4 semi-finals

Enterprise are eliminated in the quarter-finals after a respectable performance at the event.

Gambit secured themselves a spot in the semi-finals of V4 Future Sports Festival 2021 after defeating Enterprise 2-1. The Slovak squad surprised everyone following their victory on Dust2 early in the series but were unable to complete the upset as Dmitry "⁠sh1ro⁠" Sokolov spearheaded the CIS avalanche on Inferno and Mirage with a 1.60 rating across the series.

Vladislav "⁠nafany⁠" Gorshkov and co. will face BIG in the semi-finals on Saturday at 13:00 . The Germans come into the playoffs after going through Group A undefeated against eSuba and Fiend.

The Slovak squad gave a good account of themselves on the CT side of Dust2, consistently breaking Gambit's offensive economy and leaving the first half ahead 9-6 after to a solid performance from Erik "⁠The eLiVe⁠" Sith. Sergey "⁠Ax1Le⁠" Rykhtorov had another off game, failing to find impact against Enterprise as the underdogs maintained their composure on the T side, closing the map 16-12 against the major semifinalists.

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Gambit came into Inferno with no intention of allowing Enterprise to find their footing on the T side. Despite a competitive start to the match, the CIS squad only registered one loss in the first eight rounds of play before snowballing their advantage to a 12-3 half. sh1ro was unplayable on the CT side, crushing the Slovak dreams of a comeback with a solo hold on the B bombsite. After switching sides nafany's squad took their fourth consecutive pistol round before comfortably taking Inferno 16-3.

Mirage saw Gambit carry on their form from the previous map, taking their fifth pistol round of the series and cruising to a 13-2 half as sh1ro continued his reign of terror. A pistol round victory enabled Enterprise to only delay the inevitable as Gambit closed the map 16-6, taking the series 2-1.