The Argentine Counter-Strike team, 9z teamwill face a high-risk commitment earlier this afternoon fnaticolooking for his third victory and the long-awaited stage classification Legendary Phase of the Major of Rio de Janeiro.

The day of the inauguration –Challenging phase– The first CS: GO Video Game World Cup to be held in South America is about to end. From 4pm in Argentina and with international broadcast via Twitter9z Team will try to beat the European quintet on the last day.

The series will once again be defined as best of three games (BO3). The winner will be one of the 16 classified at the Legend Stage instance where the best of the shooter video game awaits you: FaZe Clan, Ninjas in Pajamas, NAVI, Team Liquid and FURIAamong others.

The purple team reached this decisive moment after falling hard against the Germans on Wednesday GREAT (16-4 and 19-15), in Nuclear and Dust Maps 2. For the part of him, FANATIC he too was defeated with the same result, but earlier than the Russians of strangers.

But a series of results, such as the victory of the Brazilians of FURIA against Gamer Legión, forced the 9z Team to face its second European rival so far in the tournament.

9z against BIG: the definition of the match

The Argentine cast players – Buddha, NqZ, max, Dgt and Dav1d– started the series of qualifiers against BIG on the terrorist side of the Nuke map. The Germans immediately took control of the terrain and the clashes to take a large 12-1 advantage that would be definitive.

Karim “⁠Krimbo⁠” Moussa and Nils “⁠k1to⁠” Gruhne led the score for BIG. While the Uruguayan Massimiliano “⁠max⁠” Gonzalez he chipped in two rounds at halftime to try and close the gap at 3-12 before half-time.

The situation for Max and Company only got worse after switching sides when BIG stole the second gunshot. Elias “⁠s1n⁠” Steinthe 20-year-old showed his pistol prowess to get more kills to close the game 16-4.

the second map Powder 2, a Counter Strike classic, was 9z’s choice to try and match the series. Although the Argentine team was seen in better condition and even took control of the situation, they managed to put together six consecutive rounds on the counter-terrorism side (CTin English), their expectations diluted as the minutes passed.

It took BIG a few rounds to calm down, but once him Florian “⁠syrso N⁠” Rische took control of the team, the Germans fled to the scoreboard. The 26-year-old recorded nine kills from the sniper position (AWP) to give his team a 9-6 lead.

In the fourth round consecutive series guns, the Germans briefly extended their lead to 11-6 before 9z was able to move up the scoreboard. The work of the Brazilian Lucas “⁠nqz⁠” flies and Max’s collaboration took the game to extra time.

In the latter cases the trident of k1to, Johannes “⁠tabseN⁠” Wodarz and Syrso they were relentless, already on the side of the CT, and quickly closed the series at 19-15 by placing the bomb in Zone A of Dust 2.

9z Team also came to the cinema

The Viola team’s debut at the IEM Major in Rio began on Monday at the Abasto Shopping cinemas. Fans and esports lovers who gathered enjoyed it participates in the first game of the Major against Gamer Legion and they all throbbed together at the observation party.

The founder of the organization, Francisco Frankkaster Postiglione, was commissioned to make the preview live from Rio de Janeiro. The streamer chatted online with fans who were there to cheer on the team ahead of its debut in Rio de Janeiro.