Spirit reach Group A UB final in Copenhagen

HEROIC were knocked down to the consolidation final.

Spirit have secured a spot in the BLAST Premier Fall Groups's Group A upper bracket final with a 2-0 victory over HEROIC.

HEROIC once again had to play with their coach Eetu "⁠sAw⁠" Saha as Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov still couldn't fly to Copenhagen. On the opening day they upset Complexity with the Finn in their starting five.

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degster-less HEROIC stun Complexity at BLAST

This time around HEROIC failed to progress through the upper bracket, although they did still surprise by taking Spirit to the brink on Vertigo. Boris "⁠magixx⁠" Vorobiev needed to clutch a 1vs2 situation in the final round of regulation to get his team over the line.

A brilliant start on the CT side of their Anubis pick cleared the path for Spirit, as they even took a 7-5 lead before switching to the easier T side. HEROIC ran out of fuel on the harder side, only managing to tally one round on the defense as Danil "⁠donk⁠" Kryshkovets and his teammates comfortably closed out the map 13-6 to secure their spot in the group final.

"You can't deny that we would have had a better chance with degster," René "⁠TeSeS⁠" Madsen said after the match. "It's annoying that we can't play with a full team, but it is what it is. No matter the situation, we will try to make the most out of it."

HEROIC will hope their AWPer can make it to Denmark before Friday when they are slated to play the consolidation final against the winner of the lower bracket bout between Complexity and OG.