The Russian team had the fourth consecutive victory over Aleksib's army.

Donk plays a key role in Spirit's victory with a rating of 1.50 on Mirage

Spirit won the right to the final of IEM Cologne 2025 after defeating Natus Vincere with a score of 2-1, thereby having the fourth consecutive victory over the team of Aleksi "⁠alesib⁠" VIROLainen.

Navi continued to collapse before his "carving", but at least this time they brought a series of matches to the map decided after three defeats of 0-2 in a row before. They were even able to win 2-0 after a strong start on Mirage, but they were short of breath later, and tried to come back to too late to prevent failure.

After Danil's excellent performance "⁠Donk⁠" Kryshkovets on the first map, Spirit showed a faint form on Nuke, but quickly returned to Ancient - a map they control from the beginning.

This is the first time Spirit has participated in the Cologne final, where they will search for the third title in 2025 against the winning team of the match between Vitality and Mouz.

A great start on Mirage witnessed Natus Vincere rising 7-1 on the side side, with Drin "⁠makazze⁠" Shaqiri led with index 11-4. Only then did Spirit's defense stabilize, and the Russian team won four rounds to keep the score not too different.

Spirit was in the second half and equalized 7-7. Two Round won consecutive hope for Navi, but that was quickly extinguished: Donk made a full -eye Ace at the Bombite A, completely lost Navi's atmosphere and brought the advantage back to Spirit.

The Russian team moved to the map point at 12-9 and somehow ended the map in the final round of the official time, just as it seemed like the match will enter overtime.

For a team that has just robbed the opponent's map, Spirit played a slow and lack of cohesion on Nuke. Even Donk was repeatedly arrested when Navi showed a great defensive performance to take 10-2 leading.

Navi did not let go and quickly achieved Match Point after winning the next Round Pistol and Round. To be cornered, Spirit rises with the winning chain, but their efforts to come back to the 22nd Round, when Makazze flipped the rafters in 2v4 situation.

Spirit entered the fire on Ancient and easily led 10-0 on the side side. Natus Vincere tried to protest at the final stages of the first half, then tried to come back when moving to CT after Valeriy "⁠b1t⁠" vakhovskiy won an important 1v1 clutch phase, but the distance was too big to be able to turn the situation.