Luca “Luken” Nadotti, the 9z Team sniper in the shooter game Counter Strike: Global Offensive.
9z team started with one double shift with negative balance on his entry CS: GO Antwerp Major, which will play until May 22 in that Belgian city. In the first term it fell against the Finnish team ENCE and then before MIBR from Brazil. With these results, he must win or win this Tuesday against the Americans from TeamLiquid.
The match, which was part of the so -called Challengers Stage, was left for the final turn of the third round of crosses. Since the two teams are 0-2, the loser will be one of the first to be eliminated from the tournament, while the winner will go on to live in the tournament taking place in Belgium.
The purple team arrived with hope in the rivalry against the Brazilians despite a resounding defeat in the first match on Monday in the Major, the video game world cup Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to deliver a juicy bag of 1 million dollars in prizes for participants.
Without Brazilian Rafael “zakk” Mestre in the technical direction, temporarily suspended by ESIC (Esports Integrity Commission)the quintet consisting of Argentines Luca “Luken” Nadotti (25 years old) and Martín “Rox” Molina (19), Uruguayans Franco “Dgt” García Cabrera (20) and Maximiliano “Max” González ( 22) and Chilean Undefeated David “Dav1d” Tapia Maldonado (21) the level that propelled him to qualify for PGL Major Antwerp 2022: Americas RMR.
With great performances from Max and Dav1d, the 9z Team brought the game to round 29 of the Overpass map with a concrete chance of winning, but a series of mistakes when the bomb was planted left them with no chance at a points that finished in favor of MIBR for 16-14.
Max in action. The 9z Team player was one of the figures in the defeat against Brazilian MIBR.
“We’ve lost a map we can’t afford to lose, we need to put a major head reset for tomorrow. Thanks to those who always support, stay open, “Max tweeted.
In the first place, the purple ones suffered a heavy defeat in favor of the Finnish team from ENCE -top 3 in the world ranking- which finished 16-7 on the Mirage map. The European quintet showed its supremacy and the good moment that prompted it to stay over the weekend with BLAST Premier Spring European Showdown 2022.
The confrontation against Team Liquid, with no margin for error
Now, the 9z Team has to beat the well -known American team of nitr0, EliGE, oSee, NAF (Canada) and shox (France) in a series in the best three games, in a situation there is no room for error as happened at PGL Major Antwerp 2022: Américas RMR when they qualified for the Major.
There, the first day they lost against MIBR and Evil Geniuses. With no chances other than victory, Frankkaster’s team won the best of 3 series against Bad News Bears, 00 Nation at São Caetano. Not only that, but they chained tiebreakers against Evil Geniuses and the definition against paN Gaming to achieve a historic classification celebrated in the City of Buenos Aires using the Obelisk dyed purple.
The 9Z Team painted the Obelisk purple with their success in the international Counter Strike: Global Offensive scene.
The final match against Team Liquid began in October 2021, when they lost in the first round of the Blast Premier Fall Showdown 2021 playoffs (16-3 Nuke, 16-6 Inferno).
If you ever get a win against Team Liquid, The 9z Team should combine two more victories dream of qualifying for the select group Legends Stage where the best will fight for the championship title. The loser, meanwhile, will be eliminated from the competition.
Source: Clarin