After scrapping to victory on Anubis, NAVI closed the deal with relative ease on Mirage.

Natus Vincere have opened their account at BLAST Lisbon with a 2-0 victory, battling through overtime to win Anubis 16-12 before comfortably sealing the series with a 13-8 win on Mirage.

Natus Vincere seemed to be in control of Anubis after a well-oiled T side produced eight rounds, but FURIA battled back in a scrappy second half to force OT.

The Brazilian's offensive success was predicated more on succeeding through chaos than anything structured, however, and that success disappeared in OT, allowing Natus Vincere to close the map with ease.

On Natus Vincere's home map of Mirage, things were more straightforward. Natus Vincere battered FURIA's poor CT side, even if Kaike "⁠KSCERATO⁠" Cerato solo-carried a few rounds, and got the job done on their own defensive effort, despite more KSCERATO heroics.

Natus Vincere have earned themselves a bout with The MongolZ thanks to their efforts, and an early chance to avenge their EPL playoff defeat, whilst FURIA will face off against M80 in the lower bracket.

Date	Matches
BLAST Open Lisbon 2025
22/03/2025	M8013:30 FURIA	Match
22/03/2025	The MongolZ18:30 Natus Vincere	Match

FURIA's CT woes continue

FURIA have a decent T side in them, but their issues on defensive halves are simply too serious to ignore. The Brazilians now sport a 43.6% win rate on CT side across LAN in 2025, a number that is simply not sustainable if you want to win games and go deep in tournaments.

There have been some adjustments in recent times, KSCERATO being moved to Catwalk on Mirage, for example, but it doesn't feel like small positional changes are going to be enough for FURIA to improve their fortunes.

BLAST Open Lisbon 2025Best of 3 Natus VincereMatchpage 2 0 20th March 2025 FURIA 16Anubis 12 13Mirage 8

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.1
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiyb1t	36 - 32	+4	78.3	1.12
Justinas 'jL' LekaviciusjL	30 - 32	-2	71.1	0.98
Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanovw0nderful	31 - 29	+2	59.0	0.95
Mihai 'iM' IvaniM	31 - 34	-3	74.9	0.95
Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenAleksib	28 - 31	-3	71.0	0.94

FURIA	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.1
Yuri 'yuurih' Santosyuurih	35 - 29	+6	85.3	1.18
Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedeschelo	34 - 36	-2	83.1	1.07
Kaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoKSCERATO	32 - 31	+1	79.6	1.07
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	30 - 29	+1	53.3	0.89
Felipe 'skullz' Medeirosskullz	25 - 32	-7	57.6	0.85

FURIA #15 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesYuri 'yuurih' SantosKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoFelipe 'skullz' Medeiros Sid 'sidde' Macedo Natus Vincere #3 Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenMihai 'iM' IvanValeriy 'b1t' VakhovskiyJustinas 'jL' LekaviciusIhor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy M80 #24 Fritz 'slaxz-' DietrichMichael 'Swisher' SchmidEthan 'reck' SerranoElias 's1n' SteinMason 'Lake' Sanderson Rory 'dephh' Jackson The MongolZ #6 Garidmagnai 'bLitz' ByambasurenSodbayar 'Techno' MunkhboldMunkhbold 'Senzu' AzbayarAyush 'mzinho' BatboldUsukhbayar '910' Banzragch Erdenedalai 'maaRaa' Bayanbat Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Age: 25 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1306 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.58