BLAST Austin Major semi-finals as they happened

On tough Train loss: "It was kind of hard, they executed our defaults pretty well and exploded on some scenarios of the map. They killed Jimi after time sometime, and we just had a bad economy for the whole half, it felt like. It was really hard; obviously they're executing things pretty well, but of course we could have done it much much better, but it's just... they are good at the moment."

Thoughts on the season overall: "Obviously good. I think we could have won so many tournaments if it weren't for them. I'm really happy for my first season as an IGL; it was a huge step for me. Of course, happy, but now it's just really disappointment. We were 0-2 in the group stages and went to the semis, so it was a good thing of course. The season was good, but if it wasn't for Vitality we could have won some trophies."

Final thoughts: "Really appreciate all the support. We grinded our asses off for this tournament, and sad we couldn't succeed in our goal to win the Major. New chances will come. We're gonna be back next season and do our best as usual."

On win over MOUZ: "That Mirage was really controlled by us, they won only one buy round. Everything went smooth, but on Inferno we really fell apart and lost all duels we should've won, didn't respect our plans. It's tough to come back, but at least I got my shotgun kills. Train was once again controlled by us. We knew where they were, were always more, always had the advantaged situations and played the clutch rounds perfectly. Seven grand finals in a row but it will not matter if we don't conclude it tomorrow"

Major final feeling: "I don't know [what's going to stop us] for now, because I just want to win the Major. The sure thing is, no disrespect for [Astralis], but it will be the best six months we've ever seen in CS, for sure. We have a long road to beat these guys, it's only six months so it's not that much."

On Inferno shakiness: "It's weird. It's been our best map, we had 17 wins in a row or something like that, and yet today we fall apart like against Legacy. Legacy was a bit different, but today I don't know what happened. Usually we have more than 65% [win-rate] on T-side, but there we fell apart. I need to rewatch that and talk to the guys, because tomorrow it might be a pick."

On tough Train loss: "I don't think we ran out of steam, I think we just didn't play correctly on Train. We did a lot of mistakes, and also... we didn't play as a team. It was not enough, not good from me. Today I played really bad, and I feel like I let the team down. Really disappointed in myself."

Speaking to the fans: "Thank you for cheering for us. It means a lot, and we just want to get better for next season and beat Vitality. Because that is on my mind for the moment. Maybe they will get a perfect season, we will see. Thank you everybody, it was amazing to play here. Thank you Austin!"

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MOUZ have a long history at Majors, but they have yet to reach the grand final of a Valve-sponsored event. The closest they've come to the final was at the 2022 IEM Rio Major and the 2024 Shanghai Major, when they were eliminated in the semis.

Here is MOUZ's Major record:

EMS One Katowice 2014 - 13th-16th place
ESL One Cologne 2015 - 13th-16th place
DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 - 9th-12th place
MLG Columbus 2016 - 9th-12th place
ESL One Cologne 2016 - 9th-12th place
ELEAGUE Major Atlanta 2017 - 12th-14th place
ELEAGUE Major Boston 2018- 5th-8th place
FACEIT Major 2018 - 15th-16th place
StarLadder Major Berlin 2019 - 9th-11th place
PGL Major Stockholm 2021 - 12th-14th place
IEM Rio Major 2022 - 3rd-4th place
BLAST Paris Major 2023 - 23rd-24th place
PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 - 5th-8th place
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 - 3rd-4th place

Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire played down his team's 6-0 record against MOUZ, stating that Majors always bring a different kind of pressure.

"Of course we have a bit of a mental edge, but it's a Major and you never know what can happen. They played a crazy game yesterday. The last six matches will not count tomorrow. We are not going to get too confident, we're going to give our best to get to the final."

Today's semi-final between MOUZ and Vitality will be the seventh time the two teams will cross paths this year. Vitality have a perfect 6-0 record against their European rivals, dropping maps in just two of those series.

We're entering the final stretch of the Austin Major. After two nail-biting quarter-final days, the field has been whittled down to just four teams, with Spirit and FaZe among the teams that were sent packing in the first round of the playoffs.

The semi-finals will begin with a mouth-watering clash between Vitality and MOUZ, the two favorites left standing in Austin, following by an inter-continental clash between paiN and The MongolZ.

Here is today's schedule:

Date	Matches
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
21/06/2025	MOUZ 20:00 Vitality	Match
21/06/2025	paiN 23:50 The MongolZ	Match