Monte beat FURIA to advance to IEM Cologne group stage

The Brazilians will have another chance to qualify in a match against The MongolZ on Friday.

Monte did not let slow starts into Mirage and Ancient deter them

Monte have secured a spot in the IEM Cologne group stage after beating FURIA 2-1 (Mirage 16-13, Overpass 5-16, Ancient 16-7) in the upper bracket of the Play-in stage.

The Ukrainian-majority squad came into the event fresh off losing their main star, Mohammad "⁠BOROS⁠" Malhas, whom they replaced with former Astralis Talent member Alexander "⁠br0⁠" Bro. The ne squad has looked solid so far, albeit facing off against other teams who also underwent a couple of changes in Imperial and FURIA.

Overpass in the series against Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's new team was the only blip on the radar, something Viktor "⁠sdy⁠" Orudzhev explained was a result of lack of practice on the map with the new lineup on the analyst desk after the match.

"We didn't have enough time, we have only had five pracc days before this tournament," he said, setting expectations low for the upcoming group stage, where they will join many of the bigger names.

Monte started out slow on the other two maps, Mirage and Ancient, but once they got rolling they were difficult to stop for FURIA. The Brazilians gave up an 8-3 lead on the opener and started out 5-3 up on the Terrorist side on Ancient, only to get steamrolled 16-7 on the decider, unable to deal with Monte's quick pace.

Ever consistent, Kaike "⁠KSCERATO⁠" Cerato had a rare disappearance in the series as the second-lowest fragger on the server.

Matchpage
2
1
27th July 2023
16
Mirage
13
5
Overpass
16
16
Ancient
7
 Monte K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
55 - 38 +17 74.2 68.5% 1.16
41 - 43 -2 75.8 78.1% 1.10
54 - 44 +10 69.1 67.1% 1.05
49 - 50 -1 78.0 72.6% 1.02
36 - 55 -19 61.7 63.0% 0.74
 FURIA K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
57 - 49 +8 90.6 71.2% 1.23
46 - 48 -2 70.2 71.2% 1.08
48 - 52 -4 66.4 63.0% 0.94
38 - 39 -1 64.2 72.6% 0.93
40 - 50 -10 58.3 58.9% 0.85
Jordan Mohammad 'BOROS' Malhas
Mohammad 'BOROS' Malhas
Age:
19
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.10
Maps played:
531
KPR:
0.78
DPR:
0.73
Brazil Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo
Age:
32
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
1690
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.60
Ukraine Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev
Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
1358
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.63
Denmark Alexander 'br0' Bro
Alexander 'br0' Bro
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
312
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.66
Brazil Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato
Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.15
Maps played:
1014
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.58
mid vs mid
2023-07-27 23:27
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7 replies
Now imagine Monte with BOROS. Doesn't look like a major fluke anymore, huh?)
2023-07-28 02:04
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6 replies
They had their chance at a major with boros. On another note, Furia is absolute shit. They lost like a 14-8 or 7 lead to B.I.G. in Rio on Vertigo. They seem to have the firepower but they simply can't win anything. So winning against Furia isn't something that gives you extreme chances at a major, if that is what you're saying
2023-07-28 03:30
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1 reply
FURIA is far from perfect, but it is far from being a total crap as well. Solid team with a several world-class stars like Kaike and Yuri
2023-07-28 11:14
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Why boros downgrade tho?
2023-07-28 06:38
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3 replies
Better salary, better environment, and good looking roster(at least overall players have much higher ceiling)
2023-07-28 06:57
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Arab money + higher potential of the organization (give Falcons 1-2 years and you will be surprised)
2023-07-28 11:15
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1 reply
surprise how shit they are or what
2023-07-28 13:57
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1 round, 1 more round xd
2023-07-27 23:28
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1 reply
#18
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Europe chespiZ
Monte still stronk
2023-07-28 00:31
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#3
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Romania bLaZe_420
-700k
2023-07-27 23:28
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#4
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United Kingdom Jonty04l32
Underperformance by KSCERATO hit FURIA hard...
2023-07-27 23:32
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2 replies
#32
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Denmark P0vTr
More like baitcerato being exposed in a non-baity set-up-for-him environment
2023-07-28 10:29
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1 reply
He`s just lost his father recently. Obviously there will be ups and downs at the start of the season.
2023-07-28 12:54
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(no jokes), br fans, just know, you are AWESOME and based, good luck to furia and imp, and vamooooooooooos
2023-07-27 23:34
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1 reply
#8
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Ukraine Sb076
True
2023-07-27 23:47
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Monte Caralho
2023-07-27 23:36
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please Mongolz, send them home tomorrow, you guys deserve to stay in Cologne longer (;_;)
2023-07-27 23:40
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4 replies
In your dreams
2023-07-27 23:53
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2 replies
wouldn't be the first time FURIA loses to Mongolians.
2023-07-27 23:54
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They have looked more impressive than Furia so far, so not impossible.
2023-07-28 12:49
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imagine if fallen got the third colone for him and the team
2023-07-27 23:57
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Fallen performing better than kscerato? what's going on here, haha.
2023-07-27 23:53
0
nice performance
2023-07-27 23:55
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Pathetic. And dont get me started on ffffffff arT
2023-07-27 23:57
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kscerato where? asleep?
2023-07-28 00:06
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even without boros monte is strong
2023-07-28 00:19
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#17
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Philippines sijibats
It's like Mirage was their decider
2023-07-28 00:24
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1 reply
exactly 🎯
2023-07-28 00:35
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#20
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Europe eazenX
Good to see Monte still up there
2023-07-28 00:39
0
GJ Monte. Unfortunately Bro is still worse than BOROS.
2023-07-28 00:42
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#22
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Brazil Anarchy_BR
Gg Monte you guys got a sick way to play haha For FURIA, well, underwhelming performance considering that KSCERATO is their star and he’s still recovering of the lost of his father. They will improve!
2023-07-28 00:55
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1 reply
i hope so! art and kaike still can show more than decent teamplay
2023-07-28 09:49
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#25
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Brazil Sukoru
Fallen the washed up and overrated paycheck stealer ruining another team, who would have guessed? LMAO
2023-07-28 06:19
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5 replies
Still salty about how he beat Vitality a month ago with a much worse team?
2023-07-28 08:47
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3 replies
You mean the event Vitality went to finals and Fallen didn’t?
2023-07-28 12:51
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2 replies
Yes I mean that event and we are talking about their matchups and not the whole event. learn to read
2023-07-28 13:32
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1 reply
So the first match after vitality’s major win. I’m sure they had been practicing really hard. Also why would a first matchup matter that much, clearly vitality went further anyway. Just needed to shake off some post major rust. That match is meaningless to look at tbh
2023-07-28 17:58
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#33
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Brazil AWFenrir
+1
2023-07-28 11:09
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#29
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Ukraine bia
I hope FURIA will take the spot
2023-07-28 08:52
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1 reply
+1
2023-07-28 09:48
0
the mongolz crush them again
2023-07-28 11:14
0
gl for furia in next matches
2023-07-28 11:55
0
They need a little bit more time and not play ancient, lets play nuke or vertigo we have more chances
2023-07-28 15:33
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