FURIA send NIP to Last Chance Stage in Malta

1-9-2023 22:41

The Brazilians bested Ninjas in Pyjamas in two maps despite Kaike "⁠KSCERATO⁠" Cerato having a quiet game.

arT's 29 kills proved crucial on Mirage

FURIA have qualified for the lower-bracket final at ESL Pro League S18 after their win against Ninjas in Pyjamas. The Brazilian squad did so in a two-map affair, securing Mirage (16-12) and Nuke (16-12) to put themselves one victory away from the playoffs.

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo and company now move on to the lower-bracket final against Astralis, while Ninjas in Pyjamas are set to face GamerLegion in the Last Change Stage.

Date	Matches
ESL Pro League Season 18
02/09/2023	Astralis 16:30 FURIA	Match
02/09/2023	GamerLegion 19:30 Ninjas in Pyjamas	Match

FURIA have been improving at the Maltese tournament with every game. They lost 0-2 to Movistar Riders in their opener before meeting expectations against Grayhound in a 2-0 victory. Ninjas in Pyjamas was a tougher test than the Australians, but the Brazilians were comfortable in the series despite KSCERATO's anonymous game. Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan picked up the slack on Mirage with his 29 kills, while Yuri "⁠yuurih⁠" Santos and FalleN topped the board on Nuke.

FalleN, who joined the broadcast after their victory, was full of praise for arT. "This guy here, always getting the entry frags, gotta give him props," he commended his new teammate. "Everyone is super aware of the things that can happen in the server. You have to be very creative to come up with something that can catch people off-guard and that's something arT has some different ideas than everyone else, which is very helpful."

The series started on Mirage, where the first half was as close as possible, with Ninjas in Pyjamas securing an 8-7 lead. FURIA then shifted into a higher gear and showed their proficiency on the offensive side, racking up nine rounds to secure a 16-12 victory, courtesy of arT's 1.58-rated performance.

The next map was Nuke, where a back-and-forth first half once again ended 8-7 in favor of Ninjas in Pyjamas. FURIA started dominating proceedings as soon as they got to a gun round on their CT half, however, with FalleN hitting crisp shots on the AWP to lead his team's resurgence and put his team one victory away from the playoffs.

ESL Pro League Season 18Best of 3

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Matchpage

1st September 2023

FURIA

Mirage

Nuke

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke k0nfig	36 - 37	-1	69.9	71.4%	1.01
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner REZ	35 - 40	-5	73.5	73.2%	1.01
Daniil 'headtr1ck' Valitov headtr1ck	31 - 27	+4	53.2	75.0%	0.95
Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin Brollan	33 - 40	-7	74.2	66.1%	0.93
Hampus 'hampus' Poser hampus	27 - 37	-10	56.4	62.5%	0.83

FURIA	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Yuri 'yuurih' Santos yuurih	44 - 28	+16	78.9	80.4%	1.26
Andrei 'arT' Piovezan arT	41 - 40	+1	84.2	71.4%	1.14
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	38 - 30	+8	66.8	73.2%	1.10
Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato KSCERATO	26 - 28	-2	61.9	73.2%	0.98
Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes chelo	32 - 37	-5	65.2	71.4%	0.97

NIP is a joke

2023-09-01 22:42

5 replies

nt Plopski

2023-09-01 22:43

1 reply

plopski was good. idk why hampus is calling worse than 0 mics eu premium? really, they'd know how to do a better opening than nip and then also close it better meanwhile nip is playing hide and seek, whoever has the awp needs to hide from the enemy because apparently this gun is only good for exits? and people call headtr1ck a top30 player

2023-09-01 23:55

+1 :(

NIP - Not In Playoffs

2023-09-02 01:23

hahahaha

2023-09-02 10:10

idk how DJL is a coach lol I can do a better job TBH

2 replies

Wut is he doing to the name :c

2023-09-01 23:50

what u could do with this shit lineup, even zonic wont do anything

2023-09-02 01:16

LETS FCKNG GOOOOO

2023-09-01 22:44

I think furia is finally gelling together, the slow and methodical style of fallen mixed with the over the top aggressiveness out of art's style leads to so much unpredictability for the opponents, and the players seem to start understanding each other and mixing the styles depending on the midround calling. Perhaps when the team has played for another 2-3 months, they'll be a force not to be triffled with for a few tournaments before they eventually get counter-strated.

2023-09-01 22:48

3 replies

Copium life supply, eh?

2023-09-01 23:21

Nah copium was me during Kato when i tried to convince my friends COL was winning it, because the matchups were against teams they could beat or have revenge games against.

2023-09-01 23:43

Interesting take +1

2023-09-02 00:52

headtr1ck's the only reason NiP haven't completely been trash.

2023-09-01 22:49

headtr1ck is so baiter lol, like Apex said, he is always the last alive, looks like jame, but a worse version

2023-09-01 23:54

expected, to be honest

hampus and konfig bots lost 2 important rounds on mirrage ct side. also team look lost except on t side first map

2023-09-01 23:06

leri gol, tomorrow is Astralis' time

2023-09-01 23:09

Delusional Goatvice and ChadF will expose fallen

2023-09-02 04:47

nice to see furia performing like this. Even kscerato not killing as usual, the team still played consistent. thats what was missing for furia some weeks ago the game against astralis will be a nice match. fallen x device after a long time

2023-09-01 23:20

Fallen send regards :D

2023-09-02 00:08

After vitality, the rest of this group is a joke

2023-09-02 00:15

nip would be top 10 team if trollan was kicked and rez was back in star roles, put es3tag as support

2023-09-02 01:17

Lost furia, nip need new line up or disband plz, no hope

2023-09-02 01:25

Kscerato didn't shine in terms of K/D but he brought two key rounds on CT side of Nuke, both with three kills. Sometimes that's better than having a huge but not impactful K/D.

2023-09-02 05:01