NAVI lost to Liquid at the start of BLAST Premier World Final 2021

The NAVI team lost 1: 2 to Liquid at the start of BLAST Premier World Final 2021. Now Born to Win will face the loser of the Gambit - Heroic match.

The first meeting of the championship started on the Overpass map, which became the choice of the North American team. At the same time, the starting segment remained with NAVI, which showed a fairly strong defense. However, closer to the side switching, Liquid players woke up, who managed to level the gap and reduce the gap to one round. In the second half, the North Americans continued to push the opponent, taking more and more rounds. The NAVI players were not ready for this, and they did not manage to adjust their play in the attack - 16:11.

Next, the teams moved to the Dust 2 map. This time NAVI showed a confident attack, gaining a comfortable advantage over the side switching. However, in the second half Liquid did not manage to come up with anything against the NAVI defense, which over and over again took the opponent's attacks. As a result, the North American team took only one round after the change of sides, thus giving the fans a desider - 16: 7.

Everything was decided on the Inferno map, which began with the total domination of Liquid, which spilled over into a disastrous score for NAVI at the end of the first half - 4:11. After the change of sides, the comeback did not take place, as the North American team continued to put pressure on the crushed opponent, thereby creating the first sensation BLAST Premier World Final 2021 - 16: 7.

BLAST Premier World Final 2021 runs from December 14 to 19 in a studio format. The top eight teams at the end of the season are competing for a prize pool of $ 1,000,000, half of which will go to the winner.