Valorant: KRU Continue Their Upset Streak, Sending Fnatic Home

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By: Hypron|| Dec 10, 2021

KRÜ Esports’ Cinderella storey continues as they defeated Fnatic in the VALORANT Champions quarterfinals and will face Gambit Esports in the semifinals.

After defeating Cloud9 Blue and defeating Vision Strikers, Fnaitc earned the top seed in Group D without dropping a series. KRÜ had a slightly more difficult time in group play, losing their first match to Team Liquid before going on to earn the second seed in Group B with a win over FURIA and another incredible victory over Sentinels.

The teams began their quarterfinals matchup on Haven, KRÜ’s map selection. Fnatic won the first two rounds on offence, but they were stopped in round three by KRÜ. Klaus scored an impressive quad-kill in round four to tie the game, and they also won round five. However, Fnatic dominated the remainder of the first half, winning 8-4.

Fnatic took the pistol round once more, but KRÜ took rounds 14 and 15. The next round was won by Fnatic by defusing the Spike, but the South American team dominated the rest of the half. Keznit won a two-on-one match in round 17, and his team continued their comeback by winning the following two rounds. Fnatic were one round away from winning the first map when KRÜ won three consecutive rounds to force overtime.

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— KRÜ Esports 🤟🇩🇪 (@KRUesports) December 9, 2021

KRÜ took the first round of overtime, but Fnatic came back to win round 26. KRÜ then won the final two rounds to take a 1-0 series lead.

KRÜ played excellent defence in the first half, forcing Fnatic to fight tooth and nail for every square inch of the map. The teams took turns winning rounds, but KRÜ maintained a consistent lead and won the half 7-5. They had better offensive success and won the first three rounds of the second half to take a 10-5 lead.

Fnatic stopped the bleeding in round 16 by defusing the Spike, but KRÜ went on to win the next two rounds and advance to the semifinals. Fnatic fought back and won rounds 19 and 20 by defusing the Spike, but KRÜ was not going to let them. In round 21, they forced their way onto the B site and planted the spike while every player was still alive. Fnatic were unable to retake the site and were eventually sent home by the South American team.

KRÜ will face Gambit Esports in the semifinals on Dec. 11 at 2 pm CT.

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