FURIA reached the consolidation final at StarLadder StarSeries Fall with a 2-0 win over MIBR, a rematch of the two sides’ opening-round meeting on Thursday. FURIA needed only two maps this time, taking Mirage comfortably before closing out a tighter game on Nuke.
The result put Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo’s side opposite Vitality in the consolidation final, against whom FURIA lost heavily on Friday. HLTV, which reported the match on September 19, described the bracket as leaving the consolidation final’s winner a best-of-five against Aurora in the final, making for a long day for whichever team came through.
Mirage swung on a 6-0 run
MIBR opened Mirage, having picked Inferno on Thursday, and went into the map against a FURIA side carrying a three-game losing streak on it. Linus "LNZ" Holtäng’s team started 5-0 during an early period of dominance before FURIA recalibrated their defense and controlled the remainder of the half.
Lucas "nqz" Soares and Carlos "venomzera" Eduardo combined for five kills as MIBR took a much-needed pistol round, but the reprieve was short. Once FURIA had money to work with they put together a 6-0 run led by Mareks "YEKINDAR" Galinskis, and the map never got away from them again.
Nuke went the distance
FURIA took an early lead on Nuke through a 1v2 clutch from Yuri "yuurih" Santos, and MIBR answered with three Five-SeveN frags from venomzera. MIBR then tightened their defense and conceded only three more rounds in the rest of the half, two of them to FURIA clutches.
By HLTV’s account FURIA struggled to hold ramp and the lower site on their own defense, and MIBR kept the pressure on without stringing enough rounds together to close the gap. FURIA finished the map in the final round.
FURIA also won Thursday’s opening-round meeting between the two, which HLTV said took more maps than this one did.
