Falcons' hot starts send GamerLegion home

GamerLegion's young squad could not recover from 0-7 and 0-10 starts on Anubis and Nuke respectively.

Falcons ensured they continued their journey at BLAST Premier Fall Groups by claiming a comfortable 2-0 victory over a young GamerLegion side, securing wins on Anubis (13-8) and Nuke (13-5).

As their reward Falcons have earned a rematch against Astralis, the team that easily beat them in the first game of this very tournament.

Date	Matches
BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2024
02/08/2024	Astralis 14:00 Falcons	Match

GamerLegion were surprisingly competitive against Vitality in their debut with Erik "⁠ztr⁠" Gustafsson in charge, their exuberant young squad showing immense firepower and potential, but it all melted away against Falcons, against whom the team suffered from slow starts on both maps.

Henrich "⁠sl3nd⁠" Hevesi was the only member of their young firepower trio who shone, and they were generally outclassed by their far more experienced opposition throughout. Still, their showing overall at BLAST Groups was enough to ensure many will be excited to see more of the team.

Falcons meanwhile came into this season in desperate need of better tournament placings, considering their thoroughly underwhelming first half of the year. Danny "⁠zonic⁠" Sørensen himself said in a pre-game interview with James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks that "something needs to happen this season, we need to provide better results."

Whilst beating this GamerLegion side is not enough for a Falcons side that invested significant money putting the squad together, the manner in which they did so was promising. Pavle "⁠Maden⁠" Bošković and Álvaro "⁠SunPayus⁠" García played like stars, Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer called a fantastic game, particularly on Nuke, and they made short work of a promising young team.

For Falcons, the CT side was excellent on Anubis, the T side was irresistible on Nuke, but whether or not they can replicate such a performance against better and more experienced teams remains to be seen.