At the end of the second day of the tournament, Natus Vincere became the leader in its group, thus ensuring itself a successful place in the elimination stage. In the opening match of the day, she lost to Complexity and fell to the bottom set, but then went on a winning streak. The team beat G2 by a narrow margin (16 – 14), then took revenge in a game against Complexity (16 – 3) and finally scored an equally convincing victory over Liquid (4 – 16). Now Natus Vincere will start participating in the next stage of the group tournament right from the third round, and its opponent will be determined in the near future.
Interestingly, NAVI managed to perform successfully in today's matches, despite the absence of Alexander «s1mple» Kostylev in the lineup. Rumors that Sniper will miss BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022 have been heard before, but now they have been given actual confirmation. The team management did not comment in detail on the reasons for the decision, citing «personal reasons» for the player. The place of s1mple in the team was temporarily taken by Daniil «headtr1k» Valitov from Navi Junior. It remains to be seen if s1mple will return to the lineup if the team makes the BLAST Premier Fall playoffs.