FURIA Eliminate BETBOOM, Reach PGL Masters Bucharest Semifinals

FURIA beat BETBOOM 2:0 at the PGL Masters Bucharest tournament and advanced to the semifinals. Their next opponent will be MOUZ. The two teams will meet for the fourth time in just over a month. Earlier, FURIA beat MOUZ at the StarSeries Fall tournament, but lost both of their matches 0:2 to them at the ESL Pro League S24 tournament.

On Dust2, FURIA gained the upper hand on the T side and closed the first half up 11:2. YEKINDAR and yuurih pushed from the flanks, pulling BETBOOM from side to side across the map. BETBOOM came back against match point with a force buy win and two crucial rounds from zorte, forcing the map into overtime. In overtime, however, FURIA played flawlessly and won the map thanks to a crucial clutch from YEKINDAR.

On Cache, BETBOOM took control of the game early on. FURIA's aggressive pushes into the A site did not work. After the break, FURIA regrouped on the T side. KSCERATO won a 1v2 clutch in the pistol round, and YEKINDAR changed the momentum of the round with a four-kill play.

At the end of the series, YEKINDAR (1.41 rating) and yuurih (1.37 rating) were FURIA's standout players. Still, FURIA's real strength was their teamwork rather than individual performance.