Russian-speaking coach and analyst Aleksey "RuFire" Burakov commented on the match between Natus Vincere and Cloud9 at BLAST Premier Fall Final 2023 exclusively for Telecomasia.net.
RuFire believes that the two teams have a different situation with their lineups and players:
Currently NaVi looks like MOUZ NXT academy, they have recruited talented and fresh guys from good European teams, for example, bit is experienced and deservedly a tier-1 player. In C9 the situation is different: top-1 of the world on the fifth position - perfecto, top-2 of the world - offlaner - Ax1Le, top-5 rifler - electroNic, and I think, Boombl4 is in the top-5 of the world's best captains, that is, these are the best players in their roles. And NaVi only had s1mple among the top 5 snipers in the world, and he is not there now.
Aleksey "RuFire" Burakov
We remind you that on November 22, Cloud9 defeated Natus Vincere with a score of 2:0 on maps, securing a place in the finals of the upper bracket of Group A.
NaVi's next match will be against Ninjas in Pyjamas at 12:00 GMT+3. The losing team will leave the tournament, the winner will advance to the quarterfinals. Cloud9 will play against FaZe at 15:00 GMT+3, the winner will secure a place in the semifinals, the losing team will go to the quarterfinals.
BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 takes place November 22-26 at LAN in Copenhagen, Denmark. Eight teams are battling for $425,000 in prize money and a slot at BLAST Premier: World Final 2023.