FURIA beat Aurora 2-1 at the Esports World Cup to reach the quarter-finals of the single-elimination bracket, HLTV reports. The Brazilian-majority roster won the series on the back of two comebacks, on Ancient and on the Mirage decider, after trailing at half-time on both.
Aurora played their pick first and started fast on Ancient, where a pistol-round quad-kill from Ali “Wicadia” Haydar Yalçın put them 3-0 up. FURIA answered with two rounds, one of them a Danil “molodoy” Golubenko 1v1 with the AWP, but Aurora still led 8-4 at the switch. FURIA then won the second pistol round on the attack and strung six rounds together to move in front at 10-6, and the Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo-led side broke an 11-11 tie with two rounds in a row to close out the map without overtime.
Aurora opened Nuke on the defence and again went 3-0 ahead, though an early 1v3 clutch from Kaike “KSCERATO” Cerato held their half-time lead to two rounds. The map reached 8-8, and Aurora arrived at map point at 12-9 before FalleN defused at the last second in the final round of regulation to force overtime. A triple entry on the A site by Mareks “YEKINDAR” Gaļinskis and a double from molodoy made it 14-14, and Aurora took the map after Ismailcan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş locked Outside with a triple kill.
Mirage was the widest deficit of the three. A Jimi “Jimpphat” Salo 1v2 clutch in the last round of the first half sent Aurora into the break 9-3 up. FURIA won the second-half pistol on the defence and then took ten rounds in a row, a run that turned 3-9 into a 13-9 win, as Aurora repeatedly stalled on entries or lost after-plant situations.
The result eliminates Aurora, who surrendered leads on all three maps, and moves FURIA into the next round of the Esports World Cup bracket.
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