FURIA, VP falter in Shanghai Major opening round

Two favorites find themselves in the 0-1 pool after suffering upsets in Shanghai.

FURIA came out second best despite chelo’s 108 ADR performance

FURIA and Virtus.pro have been cast down to the 0-1 pool after respective losses to GamerLegion and MIBR in the opening round.

FURIA and GamerLegion met on Vertigo, where the Erik “⁠ztr⁠” Gustafsson-led squad won both pistols to cruise to a 13-8 victory.

While their CT side was far from perfect and yielded just two gun rounds across the entire half, Timur “⁠FL4MUS⁠” Marev’s aggression bore fruit on the offensive side as GamerLegion went on an 8-1 run to secure a statement victory against the highest-ranked team in the opening stage.

FURIA’s talisman Kaike “⁠KSCERATO⁠” Cerato had an anonymous game and put up a 0.85 rating, with Marcelo “⁠chelo⁠” Cespedes’s fantastic 108-ADR performance not enough to turn the tide in the Brazilian’s favor.

 FURIA8：13GamerLegion

30th November 2024

FURIA	K – D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.1
Marcelo ‘chelo’ Cespedes	22 – 14	+8	108.2	1.51
Yuri ‘yuurih’ Santos	15 – 16	-1	79.3	1.15
Felipe ‘skullz’ Medeiros	15 – 14	+1	82.4	1.08
Kaike ‘KSCERATO’ Cerato	10 – 14	-4	54.9	0.85
Gabriel ‘FalleN’ Toledo	9 – 14	-5	48.7	0.62

GamerLegion	K – D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.1
Henrich ‘sl3nd’ Hevesi	18 – 11	+7	83.7	1.53
Sebastian ‘Tauson’ Tauson Lindelof	16 – 15	+1	86.0	1.22
Timur ‘FL4MUS’ Marev	14 – 16	-2	74.8	1.03
Sebastian ‘volt’ Maloș	13 – 16	-3	69.8	0.86
Erik ‘ztr’ Gustafsson	11 – 14	-3	54.6	0.84

On the B stream, Brazil had a much more successful time. MIBR took down Virtus.pro with a 13-7 win on Ancient thanks to a masterful performance by Felipe “⁠insani⁠” Yuji, who pulled the Brazilian team out of a huge hole at 0-4 down and then broke them at 3-5 with a Deagle double.

His impact continued on the CT side and meant MIBR locked in a comfortable victory despite losing both pistol rounds and moved on to the 1-0 pool of matches played later today.

 Virtus.pro7：13 MIBR

30th November 2024

Virtus.pro	K – D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.1
Denis ‘electroNic’ Sharipov	14 – 15	-1	84.7	1.03
Dzhami ‘Jame’ Ali	13 – 11	+2	59.5	0.92
Petr ‘fame’ Bolyshev	13 – 16	-3	70.9	0.91
Evgenii ‘FL1T’ Lebedev	11 – 14	-3	68.8	0.82
David ‘n0rb3r7’ Danielyan	6 – 18	-12	45.5	0.44

MIBR	K – D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.1
Felipe ‘insani’ Yuji	18 – 10	+8	101.3	1.51
Lucas ‘Lucaozy’ Neves	19 – 12	+7	91.3	1.43
André ‘drop’ Abreu	14 – 10	+4	82.0	1.29
Raphael ‘exit’ Lacerda	11 – 11	0	49.0	0.94
Rafael ‘saffee’ Costa	11 – 14	-3	68.3	0.93