A match between two teams with a lot of history facing each other, another twist in the tale has now been written.
Complexity, a team who were only in Washington as a replacement for NAVI, were denied the chance to be here by Imperial in the Showdown. Now, the Brazilians have denied the chance to play in front of their home crowd.
A two map series with a dominant showing from Imperial in map two, let's recap the action.
Following a strong showing versus Astralis in yesterday's elimination game, Complexity once again selected Vertigo as their map pick.
Sadly for the NA side, their fast-paced T side was less successful this time around, as Imperial raced to an 11-4 lead at the half. Complexity tried their hardest to come back, but the deficit proved to be too much as the game finished 16-14.
floppy and FaNg both performed admirably on the side of the North Americans, but the biggest battle was the one fought between the AWPers.
sonic had previously decimated device, but the godfather of Brazilian CS consistently bested him and FalleN's strengths in map one were the key to Imperial's victory.
Imperial opened their account at Spring Final with an unexpected and dominant performance against reigning Major Champions Vitality. Playing on the map once again versus Complexity, they allowed a few more rounds to slip though, but another well-drilled T side punished holes in Complexity's defence.
A 16-6 scoreline, it was a far cry from the heartbreaker of a game played between the two sides at the RMR event for the IEM Rio Major. Two overtimes were required to decide the outcome then, but this time it was decided in swift fashion through the exploits of Imperial's T side.
Grim top fragged for Complexity, but that isn't saying much considering he only amassed 15 kills. VINI and JOTA starred for Imperial, with the latter being the only player in the server to reach 20.
A disappointing end to the season for Complexity, they miss out on a chance to end the first half of 2023 in front of their home crowd.
As for Imperial, FalleN will once again be gracing the stage of a tier one event as his team faces Heroic in the semi finals.
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