G2 will confront The Mongolz to win one of the final places in the playoffs.

Mario "⁠malbsmd⁠" Samayoa had a victory over his former team despite having a quiet personal performance.

G2 won against the M80 in Group B with a score of 2-0, respectively on Ancient (13-9) and Inferno (13-11).

Now, G2 will prepare for the final decisive match of the Blast Open Lisbon group stage, a vital match with The Mongolz to compete for tickets to the playoffs. Meanwhile, the M80 will soon return to North America to continue the race to win directly to Blast.tv Austin Major.

M0nesy leads G2

In the first time confronting his former teammate, Malbsmd did not show much, becoming the player with the lowest rating on the G2 side in this match.

However, his silence was completely compensated thanks to the booming performance of Ilya "⁠m0nesy⁠" Osipov, who did not really shine in the tournament until now.

Young Russian talent played excellent on Ancient, recorded 23 kills with the 1.85 rating. More specifically, he continued to shine on Inferno with 30 networks, 9 Multi-Kill and 122 ADR phase, helping G2 backward from the 4-8 lead to win the final.

M80 and Wildcard prepares the stress VRS race

This failure caused the M80 to leave the blast Open Lisbon in the same situation with the Wildcard rival on the VRS rankings, where the two teams compete the fifth place in North America.

The team that won the 5th position will have a direct invitation to Blast.tv Austin Major. In contrast, the 6th team will have to join Major Regional Qualifier to compete for this prestigious tournament.

Both M80 and Wildcard will have a final chance to affirm its position before the rate of inviting Major is decided. They will participate in the closed qualifying round of PGL Astana 2025 in North America, starting March 27.

G2 still cannot be assured

Although G2 can be more satisfied with a more active performance than a 0-2 defeat to Eternal Fire yesterday, they still need to make more efforts if they want to participate in the playoffs Lisbon.

The last challenge of Janusz "⁠snax⁠" Pogorzelski and his teammate is The Mongolz, the team has just fallen to the branch lost after defeat against Natus Vincere.

G2 and The Mongolz have only encountered once this year, at the ESL Pro League Season 21. At that time, The Mongolz had an impressive comeback from a 0-1 loss to win the final 2-1 against G2 in the group stage in Sweden.