Wildcard officially put his name in the quarterfinals of Blast Rivals Season 1 after a convincing 2-0 victory over Pain Gaming. Meanwhile, the Brazilian team continues to be disappointed when they have not won any victory since the addition of DGT to the squad.

💥 Inferno - Incense starting

The opening match took place on Inferno, where Wildcard started very strongly with the advantage of 7-1 when playing on T. side, however, Pain had remarkable resistance, especially the 2v4 clutch situation in Round at the end of the first half to shorten the distance to 6-9. However, both teams made many mistakes in the second half, making the game chaotic. Rodrigo "Biguzera" Bittencourt tries to keep hope for Pain with an impressive 1V4 clutch 1v4 phase, but Aran "Sonic" Groesbeek responds with a decision clutch situation to help Wildcard keep the game and close the first map with victory.

🌊 Anubis - Pain's comprehensive failure

On the Pick Anubis map, Pain almost did not show anything. They lost white 0-12 in the first half when playing on the CT side, with Love "Phzy" Smitebrant exploded (February 17, 127 ADR). Despite the effort to get up in the second half and win a few rounds, Pain's hope was quickly suppressed after the 1v2 clutch situation from Josh "JBA" Barutt.

🛠 Pain still has many things to do

This is the first tournament of Franco "DGT" Garcia after nearly three months and also the return of Biguzera after being absent from Iem Melbourne because of health problems. The only day of training with the team before the tournament made Pain not the best preparation. Despite some bright spots such as Jo Mo's stable performance "Snow" Vinicius (Rating 1.32), Pain left the tournament with 0 map winning and ranked at the bottom of the table - which showed that they were still struggling to shape the play with new personnel.

🗣 Speaking after the match, Lucas "NQZ" Soares said:

"We will take advantage of the week to practice and analyze what has shown. Because there is not much preparation time, the most important thing is to learn from the game. In the upcoming Astana, we hope to show a completely different face."

🔥 Wildcard entered the quarterfinals with a stable performance, while Pain would have to improve soon if you want to make a mark at PGL Astana - where it is considered a real test for their new squad.