To close the program of the first round of the EPIC CIS League Spring 2021 playoffs will be a match between Natus Vincere and Akuma. Who will go to the bottom grid?
Natus Vincere
If you look at the results of "born to win", they are confident - three wins, one loss and an exit to the playoffs. However, in fact, the picture is different: in almost every match, s1mple and the company faced difficulties, but at the expense of class and experience, they reduced the final result in their favor. Of the six cards won, "born to win" achieved a major victory on only one - 16: 3 on the Mirage in the confrontation with GROND, in other cases, less than ten rounds were not taken by the opponents.
Akuma
In the final table of the group stage, Akuma was placed next to Natus Vincere - in fourth position. After losing in the first round, not many people could have predicted that Akuma would give up a three-game winning streak and go into the playoffs with a 3-1 record. And this is exactly what happened, and the chances of the Ukrainian team to reach the late stages are quite high - the quality of the game is conducive to this. As for the results, Akuma lost 0-2 to Gambit, then beat GROND, 1WIN and K23 in turn-all 2: 0.
Forecast
If we talk about visual impressions, then I like the game of the guys from the Akuma team more. They also make fewer mistakes, and act as a single well-coordinated mechanism. The "born to win" has the opposite situation - most of the rounds are pulled out due to individual skill, and there are plenty of mistakes. I believe that Akuma is obliged to take at least one card from such Natus Vincere.