Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen and Ilya "⁠m0NESY⁠" Osipov started their new adventure with a victory.

G2 have secured the first win of BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022, taking down Complexity on Nuke 16-12. The best-of-one match saw Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač start the event on fire, posting a 32-17 K-D to mark his return to the server alongside some new teammates.

Under the direction of freshly appointed head coach Rémy "⁠XTQZZZ⁠" Quoniam, Aleksib and m0NESY played a solid game, averaging a 1.37 and 1.18 rating, respectively. They will be moving on to the Group A upper bracket final where they will face the winner of Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. BIG.

First win secured for the rejuvenated G2

Complexity opened up their defense on Nuke with a solid pistol round conversion, but their success was short-lived. The Europeans quickly responded with a second-round force buy to bring the game level, before suffering a loss of their own. From there, G2 were able to stabilize and establish themselves in the game, with NiKo and m0NESY combining for a total of 28 kills before switching sides 9-6 ahead.

The CT side saw the Europeans extend their lead even further, taking the second pistol and the following two rounds before Complexity were able to respond. NiKo kept terrorizing the opposition throughout the second half, before a double-kill from his AWPer on yard guaranteed match point for G2 at 15-7. A 1v1 clutch from Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou kept the North Americans' hopes alive, leading to a brief comeback that brought the game back to 15-12. That was not enough, though, as G2 quickly closed the game 16-12.

BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022Best of 1 G2Matchpage 16 12 28th January 2022 Complexity 16Nuke 12

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	32 - 17	+15	123.9	1.73
Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenAleksib	21 - 15	+6	84.3	1.37
Audric 'JACKZ' JugJACKZ	18 - 14	+4	74.5	1.22
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipovm0NESY	19 - 16	+3	60.8	1.18
Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačhuNter-	14 - 12	+2	51.8	1.06

Complexity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouJT	17 - 19	-2	66.2	1.02
Ricky 'floppy' Kemeryfloppy	20 - 20	0	68.1	0.90
Michael 'Grim' WinceGrim	16 - 23	-7	67.4	0.80
Justin 'FaNg' CoakleyFaNg	13 - 21	-8	60.5	0.77
Paytyn 'junior' Johnsonjunior	8 - 21	-13	30.8	0.41

Ninjas in Pyjamas #7 Patrick 'es3tag' HansenFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez ZamoraLove 'phzy' Smidebrant BIG #13 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNils 'k1to' GruhneJosef 'faveN' Baumann Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 957 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.65 G2 #4 Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenIlya 'm0NESY' OsipovAudric 'JACKZ' JugNikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' Kovač Complexity #25 Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryMichael 'Grim' WincePaytyn 'junior' JohnsonJustin 'FaNg' Coakley Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 1543 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.67 Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou Age: 22 Team: Complexity Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 993 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.67 Rémy 'XTQZZZ' Quoniam Age: 33 Team: G2C Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov Age: 16 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.22 Maps played: 180 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.61