MongolZ demolish NAVI to make EPL semi
The MongolZ comfortably defeated Natus Vincere in two maps (Mirage 13-6, Ancient 13-6) in the final ESL Pro League S21 quarter-final to make their second Big Event top four in 2025.
The Mongolian squad will now face off against Vitality in Saturday’s semi-final, with Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut and company coming into the game with a nine-match win streak.
Natus Vincere went for their comfort pick of Mirage to start the series and began the map well by going up 4-0. Sodbayar “Techno” Munkhbold then pushed a Molotov to stop the plant after Natus Vincere were running out of time, with the Mongolian side winning every CT round after that bar a 4k by Ihor “w0nderful” Zhdanov’s Deagle.
The MongolZ then won a second-round forcebuy that put them onto a path to victory, but it was far from smooth sailing for Garidmagnai “bLitz” Byambasuren’s men. Their ability to turn around XvsX situations was crucial in their triumph and allowed The MongolZ to secure a 13-6 win despite Natus Vincere coming on top in opening duels (11-8).
The start of Ancient was marred by Natus Vincere’s financial struggles, which meant the Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen-led team never had the utility to hold back The MongolZ’s advances. The Mongolian side ran away to a 6-2 lead early on and kept a healthy advantage to eventually secure a statement 13-6 victory alongside a semi-final spot.
Ayush “mzinho” Batbold kept up his reign of terror throughout and even secured a spicy spray transfer that made Mihai “iM” Ivan take out his anger on the monitor and eventually finished the map on 23 kills and a 1.97 rating.
After defeated on MongolZ ,What is wrong in the NAVI?
While labeling Natus Vincere as a team in crisis seems like a step too far at the moment, the team is certainly not at its best. Frustrations boiled over in the group stage, and while Andrey “B1ad3” Gorodenskiy says that is not something to be concerned about, their body language was once again far from ideal.
“We couldn’t find our game and groove to have more sinergy and be a step ahead. They were constantly dictating the game,” the Ukrainian tactician shared in a post-match interview.
“We couldn’t find solutions during the rounds. It’s crucial to react really fast and fix situations, and we were really bad with that today.”
Natus Vincere will be in action in less than a week at BLAST Open Lisbon, and it remains to be seen if they can find some form until then.
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