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Every tale has its villain and, yesterday, that was Virtus.Pro. The Russians were the only ones capable of winning one map and pushing a Brazilian side to maximum overtime in front of the torcida brasileira. They were one round away from surviving the caldeiro.
Unfortunately for them, it wasn't meant to be. Following w7m esports' comeback on Border, from 4-6 to 8-7, the Bulls qualified for the final match of the Six Invitational 2024. Today, in São Paulo, the fans will live Siege's first all-Brazilian Six Invitational grand final.
After the conclusion of the match between Virtus.pro and w7m esports, SiegeGG spoke with Danil "JoyStiCK" Gabov.
"I think we needed to play more retake, if they go to some positions we just need to stack as a team and just try to be over agressive on them, they took important positions and planted, so we just needed to remember it and try to deny it before they go to the site," the Danil "JoyStiCK" Gabov explained in a post-match interview with SiegeGG.
The Brazilians began the series with a comfortable 7-4 win on Clubhouse, one of the Bulls' favorite maps. However, the Russians' win on the second map saw the series going to the decider.
Border was extremely close. Additionally, the map felt even longer due to the high amount of technical pauses that were needed during the game. "It didn't affect us at all, we understand that sometimes you can have problems in the game," the Russian admitted.
When the Brazilians looked to be between a rock and a hard place, the home crowd pushed them and helped the roster to force the final three rounds. JoyStiCK's ace in the first round of the overtime silenced the arena, as the Russians got themselves to series point again. However, w7m esports completed the comeback by winning the following two rounds.
For the Russians, this is the core's third time among the best three teams at a Six Invitational, as they also reached the grand finals in 2019 and 2022. Despite having been so close to lift the hammer, the cyborg is still hungry for more. "We will not stop to grind the game," he admitted.
"We really like it, we started a long time a go, it's insane to play like this, me and ShepparD are 25 and 26 years old, but we really like it and we really want to do it," he concluded.