Despite a strong start on the CT side of Ancient and an early 4-0 lead, the Main team lost momentum and struggled to keep up with Ninjas in Pyjamas, who capitalized on our lack of performance on the T side.
Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz and his teammates ultimately lost 13-11 in their third BO1 duel at the Abu Dhabi YaLLa Compass 2024 LAN tournament.
Our squad still has a chance to make it to the playoffs as the top three teams of each group advance.
We have two matches left in the group stage before the cut: facing ENCE at 14:30 CEST and The Mongols at 19:00 CEST.
With two victories, our lineup will advance to the quarterfinals. However, with only one win, we will need other results to go in our favor and maintain a positive round difference compared to ENCE and The Mongols.
Although our team showed up with a superior win rate on Ancient over the past three months, boasting a 6-0 win streak on this map, the Swedish opponents managed to defeat our Danish lineup in this (almost) Scandinavian face-off, ending our impressive streak.
To make the defeat even more bittersweet, Head Coach Casper "ruggah" Due's team was leading on the scoreboard 7-5 in the first half and then 9-7 on the offensive side in the latter.
From there on, it was a closely contested match, including a dramatic 11-11 tie near the end. However, the Swedes drew the longest straw and eventually closed out the BO1 clash with their third win in Abu Dhabi, showing a strong performance on the CT side in the second half with an 8-4 scoreline.
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