torzsi-powered MOUZ hands Falcons first non-Vitality defeat since m0NESY addition

The Hungarian sniper was unstoppable and helped power a comeback from 5-12 down on Mirage to sweep the series.

MOUZ have secured a bye to the semi-finals of IEM Dallas after defeating Falcons 2-0 in the upper bracket final of Group B.

It was Falcons' first defeat to a team other than Vitality since adding Ilya "⁠m0NESY⁠" Osipov, and came about after a complete collapse, first on Dust2 (4-13) and then from a 12-5 lead on Mirage to lose in overtime.

Ádám "⁠torzsi⁠" Torzsás' utter dominance ensured a swift victory on the former, his 21-4 K-D (17-3 on CT side) decimating Falcons' defaults and executes round after round.

Falcons lost two early force-buys and capitulated entirely from that moment on, with the usually reliable m0NESY and Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač pairing having near-negligible impact and the rest of their team failing to step up in their stead.

A Damjan "⁠kyxsan⁠" Stoilkovski triple — including a knife kill — allowed Falcons to start Mirage on better footing, and the Macedonian captain found impact deeper into the half alongside openers from m0NESY to take his team from a 2-3 deficit to an 8-4 lead at the break.

Falcons seemed set to send the series to a Nuke decider after they won the second pistol and had an immediate answer for MOUZ's first gun round victory to hit map point, 12-5, but visible frustration started to set in as MOUZ dug deep to pull off an immense comeback.

That charge was again led by torzsi, whose 19-6 K-D and 2.04 CT rating, combined with a 1.63 CT showing from Lotan "⁠Spinx⁠" Giladi, powered MOUZ to a flawless 10-round spree through overtime and to a 16-12 win.

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21st May 2025
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Dust2
4
16
Mirage
12
 MOUZ K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.1
46 - 18 +4.13% 95.6 82.2% 1.66
41 - 22 +3.37% 89.7 91.1% 1.47
29 - 22 +1.85% 72.5 84.4% 1.20
30 - 26 +1.86% 73.8 71.1% 1.14
26 - 26 +0.10% 73.5 71.1% 1.02
 Falcons K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.1
29 - 36 -2.50% 72.8 66.7% 0.91
26 - 31 -0.11% 60.0 57.8% 0.80
24 - 34 -0.42% 60.3 57.8% 0.76
19 - 39 -3.87% 53.0 57.8% 0.61
15 - 32 -4.40% 44.3 64.4% 0.60
Hungary Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.13
Maps played:
920
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.60
Israel Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi
Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
869
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.64
North Macedonia Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski
Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
1053
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.67
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Age:
28
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.15
Maps played:
2116
KPR:
0.79
DPR:
0.66
Russia Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.20
Maps played:
732
KPR:
0.79
DPR:
0.59
Damn that title took a long time to cook eh?
2025-05-22 04:34
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Canada Nohte - HLTV.org
For transparency, plan was to combine the two seeding matches into one post, but with the Vitality game is going at the moment, I split them.
2025-05-22 04:45
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why one post? trying to minimize falcon’s epic failure ?
2025-05-22 04:57
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I mean, you cooked it well done. Nice job. Go for medium rare next time.
2025-05-22 05:01
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How much falcons paying you? Just be honest we respect the hustle
2025-05-22 05:18
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#14
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Russia KopHuLLloH
you waited for almost 3 hours to combine 2 news, but ditched this idea because waiting 15 more minutes for vita-mongolz to end was just too much?? I have a hard time understanding this logic, i'm sorry. also it doesn't explain this not being mentioned in short news...
2025-05-22 05:34
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#34
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Romania juggaknot
Missing the hyphen in m0NESY-niko
2025-05-22 09:04
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#3
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Russia KopHuLLloH
12-5 -> 12-16. you love to see it
2025-05-22 04:34
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I should have stayed up for this, holy shit. I'll rewatch lmao.
2025-05-22 08:40
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Rewatched. Glorious.
2025-05-22 11:22
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#4
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Sweden Mr_Vista
a little late also nik0.76
2025-05-22 04:35
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#6
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Korea garukno
falcons will always be failclowns until they get a better IGL
2025-05-22 04:46
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#9
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Indonesia ivanovky
kyxsan is pretty good, I think there are no other IGL available out there better than him still niko was missing in crucial time, and the team not step up for cover him
2025-05-22 05:04
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#18
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Korea garukno
he's a average rifler, very bad at IGL-ing
2025-05-22 05:51
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#20
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Japan asyl1m
yeah garukno is an authority on the igl ability of the top igls right now, your opinion is truly valuable.
2025-05-22 06:54
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5 replies
#22
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Korea garukno
what? do you even see kicksoon playing?
2025-05-22 07:00
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4 replies
#24
ropz | 
Japan asyl1m
not yesterday no but i have seen him being a good igl for 2 years, even last event they played at rivals he was making good calls, the players consider him a good igl, the coaches consider him a good igl, the talent and casters consider him a good igl, but garukno with goldfish memory who remembers last game calls him a bad igl, keep the ragebait to a minimum.
2025-05-22 07:08
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#26
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Korea garukno
lul, having an opinion about bad player is considered ragebait, CS player is even more weak than valorant player please, tell me what game make you think he's a good igl?
2025-05-22 07:15
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#27
ropz | 
Japan asyl1m
"please, tell me what game make you think he's a good igl?" i like the way he does pace changes, i like the conviction in his calls and reads, i like that he is confident in doing the same call few times in a row. these are just from my meger eye test which is not very important, so lets talk about his results he overperformed with that apeks lineup, he overperformed with the heroic lineup, he had a bad start in falcons but now they are having good results.
2025-05-22 07:26
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Imo he didn't overperform with heroic + he had saw. Like heroic were actually underwhelming at first, and it wasn't just the non elite awpers he was working with, only later did they become elite. But he did overperform with apeks. But yeah he's worst case scenario above mediocre as a caller and a fragger relative to how igls typically frag. And that's worst case. And agreed, unless they're buying out sjuihy, and even that's not GUARANTEED improvement, there's no better options.
2025-05-22 18:55
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#10
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World streetson
torzi life game, things you hate to see
2025-05-22 05:15
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2 replies
Cry =)
2025-05-22 09:40
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#41
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Netherlands p2dr
respectfuly disagree
2025-05-22 10:21
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torzsi > monesi
2025-05-22 05:23
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#29
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Indonesia ivanovky
torzi just have a good game and m0nesy have a bad game they both still not consistent, but m0nesy ceiling clearly above torzi
2025-05-22 07:42
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Most slept on rivalry IMO. Started in the academy leagues and continues here. (Inb4 "flag, haha torzsi isn't on monesy's level", no, he isn't in general and he isn't the same type of player, but it's great to see them go head to head regardless.)
2025-05-22 08:43
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#15
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Australia hoangii
when monesy knows he will lose, he goes for the exit frags to help his rating
2025-05-22 05:26
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2 replies
unexpected coming from u tf
2025-05-22 09:40
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1 reply
#43
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Australia hoangii
i can be a monesy fan and a realist at the same time. he was going for exits this game because he knew the game was over
2025-05-22 11:25
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torzsi lifegame in group stage, there nothing new, then 0.5 k/d in important match
2025-05-22 05:27
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been mouz's best playoffs player for 2 years, genius, xertion is usually the group stage farmer
2025-05-22 17:42
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I FIND IT FUNNY PEOPLE THINK THIS GAME MATTERED BOTH TEAMS ALREADY IN PLAYOFFS FALCONS WON BOTH PREVIOUS NOCKOUT GAMES WITCH THEY WILL DO AGAIN NEXT TIME THEY MEAT WITH ELEMINATION ON THE LINE MOUZ CANT HANG DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON MOUZ IN A STUDIO LMAO
2025-05-22 05:38
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#21
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Japan asyl1m
flair
2025-05-22 06:54
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I don't think throwing a 12-5 lead is part of the plan man. Come on at least give mouz credit. They did damn well.
2025-05-22 07:07
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delusional Falcons fan...nothing new.
2025-05-22 07:51
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Except falcons now have to play vitality in semis and have a higher chance of not making it to the finals while mouz have to play against mongolz/aurora who are both play off chokers.
2025-05-22 21:25
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12-5 AGAIN?
2025-05-22 06:38
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Jesus christ man idk what it is with falcons but they keep throwing games they should be winning.... 12-5 against vp----choked and gave a free major to vp 12-6 against vitality----choked and gave them a free event and a grandslam 12-5 against mouz----gave them the easy side of the bracket where they probably have a free finals
2025-05-22 07:09
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monesy and nico, brothers without impact
2025-05-22 07:27
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What a headline
2025-05-22 08:16
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#35
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Yugoslavia yike$
Wtf is that title
2025-05-22 09:13
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1 reply
#36
apEX | 
Croatia Vrky07
kino
2025-05-22 09:23
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#37
Faceit level 9  | 
Jesus | 
Kazakhstan yTuHbIe_ucTopuu
hard work does beat money apparently
2025-05-22 09:31
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#38
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African Union csfrom1999
Life game, will suck again like always. Same glazing like magixx in the Major.
2025-05-22 09:34
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Torzi laugh is so annoying, hope they lose semi finals
2025-05-22 12:43
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You can take out the player from G2 but you cant take out the G2 from a player
2025-05-22 15:33
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#49
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Cayman Islands LasMedicinas
Awp diff
2025-05-23 16:47
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