{"id":38992,"date":"2024-10-11T21:42:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T01:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=38992"},"modified":"2024-10-11T21:42:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T01:42:14","slug":"natus-vincere-mouz-win-through-to-iem-rio-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/natus-vincere-mouz-win-through-to-iem-rio-semi-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Natus Vincere &#038; MOUZ win through to IEM Rio semi-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Natus Vincere secured a semi-final spot at <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/iem-fall\/\" title=\"IEM Rio betting guide\">IEM Rio 2024<\/a> by defeating Virtus.pro in a two-map series (Inferno 13-4, Ancient 13-11).<\/p>\n<p>They now have the chance to reach their sixth consecutive grand final, but first, they must face HEROIC, who come into the match as massive outsiders.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/natusvincere?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@natusvincere<\/a> are going to the SEMI FINALS at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IEM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IEM<\/a> Rio after taking down <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/virtuspro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@virtuspro<\/a> 2-0 <\/p>\n<p>13-4 Inferno<br \/>13-11 Ancient <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QUnddXFUQO\">pic.twitter.com\/QUnddXFUQO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Intel\u00ae Extreme Masters (@IEM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IEM\/status\/1844784547268825559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mihai &#8220;\u2060iM\u2060&#8221; Ivan expressed the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike betting guide\">Counter-Strike<\/a> team&#8217;s focus on taking it one game at a time, saying, &#8220;We don&#8217;t want to think about (the grand final streak). If we make it, it&#8217;s very good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Natus Vincere&#8217;s victory started even before gameplay, as the veto ended in their favour.<\/p>\n<p>Virtus.pro picked Inferno, a map they had played only three times in the past three months, while Natus Vincere had win rates over 80% on both Ancient and Mirage.<\/p>\n<p>Inferno began with Virtus.pro winning the pistol round, but Natus Vincere responded with a second-round force buy, spearheaded by iM&#8217;s Five-Seven double, leading to a 9-3 half.<\/p>\n<p>The pattern continued in the second half as Virtus.pro&#8217;s pistol win was nullified by iM&#8217;s multi-kill, and he sealed the map with a 1v3 clutch, delivering a dominant 13-4 victory.<\/p>\n<p>On Ancient, Virtus.pro took their third pistol round and jumped to a 4-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>However, Justinas &#8220;\u2060jL\u2060&#8221; Lekavicius&#8217; 1v2 clutch shifted momentum, and the half ended 7-5 in Virtus.pro&#8217;s favour.<\/p>\n<p>Natus Vincere won their first pistol of the series in the second half, reaching match point after two more jL clutches and eventually clinching a 13-11 win despite some late difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>In other tournament news, reigning IEM Rio champions Team Vitality were eliminated in the quarter-final by MOUZ after a 2-1 (Mirage 7-13, Nuke 13-11, Inferno 13-10) loss.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mousesports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mousesports<\/a> reverse sweep <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamVitalityCS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TeamVitalityCS<\/a> to reach the SEMIFINALS at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IEM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IEM<\/a> Rio 2024 \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n<p>7-13 Mirage<br \/>13-11 Nuke<br \/>13-10 Inferno <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yurPF1gaPb\">pic.twitter.com\/yurPF1gaPb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Intel\u00ae Extreme Masters (@IEM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IEM\/status\/1844852409367175604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vitality initially dominated MOUZ&#8217;s map pick but faltered as the match progressed.<\/p>\n<p>MOUZ showed great composure, extending their tournament run and setting up a rematch against FURIA Esports, the hometown favourites.<\/p>\n<p>Kamil &#8220;\u2060siuhy\u2060&#8221; Szkaradek expressed confidence despite FURIA&#8217;s crowd advantage, stating, &#8220;We&#8217;re on fire and with a lot of confidence. Even though it&#8217;s a rematch, we&#8217;re going to get there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MOUZ&#8217;s comeback against Vitality began on Nuke, where they gained an early lead, but Vitality brought the deficit down to two rounds by halftime.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Vitality\u2019s efforts to tie the game, MOUZ edged out the win in the final round of regulation.<\/p>\n<p>The final map, Inferno, saw Vitality make costly mistakes, winning only two rounds on the counter-terrorist side.<\/p>\n<p>Although they mounted a brief comeback in the second half, MOUZ secured victory in the 23rd round, thanks to Jimi &#8220;\u2060Jimpphat\u2060&#8221; Salo\u2019s key frags in a B-site retake.<\/p>\n<h2>IEM Rio 2024 semi-final matches<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"pageList\">\n<li>HEROIC ($4.33) vs Natus Vincere ($1.20) @ 12pm BRT<\/li>\n<li>FURIA Esports ($2.20) vs MOUZ ($1.62) @ 3:15pm BRT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/category\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">Esports betting news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natus Vincere and MOUZ have won their way through to the semi-finals of IEM Rio 2024, following victories in their respective quarter-finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3111,3319,3141,1815,132,215,322],"class_list":["post-38992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-counter-strike-2","tag-iem-fall","tag-iem-rio","tag-mouz","tag-natus-vincere","tag-team-vitality","tag-virtus-pro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38992"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38999,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38992\/revisions\/38999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}