Furia having managed to qualify for the elimination stage by the skin of their teeth had taken down Team Spirit in a shocking upset on the first day of the Perfect World Shanghai Major. Not only did they beat one of the best teams in the world, they did it most dominantly.
VETO
- FURIA removed Ancient
- FURIA removed Anubis
- Spirit removed Inferno
- Spirit removed Vertigo
- Spirit removed Mirage
- FURIA removed Nuke
- Dust2 was left over
Map 1: Dust 2; Winner: Furia; Score: 13:6
An unexpected start for Team Spirit in the first half of the map saw Furia go 8-4 up. chelo and KSCERATO picked Spirit apart piece by piece and the defense led by donk found no solution to the fast-paced offense brought to the game by the Brazilians.
While Spirit’s past performances would make it difficult for anyone to write them off at this stage, their performance today did not reflect their Valve ranking. An equally dominant defense put the lights out for Team Spirit in the opening match as they lost to Furia with an embarrassing 13:6 scoreline.
Spirit has enough time and space to recover from this loss but this will infuse Furia with a lot of confidence moving forward in the Major. Despite being out of shape, Furia is one of the more experienced rosters and crowded LANs can bring the best out of them.
