The first game of BLAST Premier Spring Final presented by Revolut has now been played and it wasn't the whitewash that many would have expected it to be.
SAW battled hard on map one, recording a 10-2 first half before capitulating and falling 19-16 in overtime.
An underdog win felt likely from the start, SAW managed to take the first pistol round despite an incredible broky 4K.
Things weren't from bad to worse for FaZe in late-round situations just three rounds later, they fell to a 1v3 clutch against roman.
With such a big lead, it was almost a surprise that FaZe managed to bring the map back to overtime, but MUTiRiS suggested after the map that this has been a consistent problem for the Portuguese team recently.
"We're struggling to close a lot of our games recently" - MUTiRiS
FaZe coach NEO offered an explanation, stating that he had little to say at the break because he "felt the mood was fine and we knew that we had some unlucky rounds we should have won."
rain was the man to secure Ancient for FaZe, his incredible 3K broke the backs of SAW.
Inferno was far more comfortable for FaZe - 13-5 thanks to an 8-4 T side.
"It was very comfortable, we lost both pistols and still won 13-5 so it's an amazing performance from the whole team. ropz stepped us massively today and broky had a really good first map, there were some great calls from karrigan too." - NEO
MUTiRiS was realistic in his response to the loss, saying "I think the loss hurt us going into the second map and we weren't totally there mentally."
Despite the loss, the veteran was upbeat and ensures us that the strong performance in map one will fill them with confidence for the remainder of their time in London.
"We do feel confident because we pushed FaZe. We knew we would face the best teams in the world here so knowing that we could have won a map and our preparation worked is good.
I just think that on CT we lacked in certain things. It's all part of the process, so while we shouldn't be happy with the result we just need to have in our mind that we can do it." - MUTiRiS
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