Falcons scored an important victory in the opening match of the group stage of BLAST Rivals Spring 2025, confidently defeating FaZe with a score of 2:0 (13:6 Dust2, 13:10 Ancient ). The team, which recently played in the final of IEM Melbourne, demonstrates a stable form and guarantees a place in the playoffs. At the same time, FaZe are falling deeper and deeper - after this defeat, they will have to fight for survival against FlyQuest.
FaZe fail their map
FaZe chose the first map of the series, but Dust2 turned against them. Falcons quickly imposed an aggressive pace of play, broke down the opponent's defense, and finished the first half with a comfortable lead without any problems. FaZe's attempt to get back into the game was quickly stopped - Falcons instantly responded with a winning force, and then finished off the opponent thanks to a brilliant individual performance from m0NESY , who once again proved why he is considered one of the most dangerous snipers in the world.
Ancient - clutches make all the difference
Ancient began for Falcons with another opening burst, but this time FaZe managed to stabilize the game. After an even first half, they even took a 10-8 lead thanks to important frags from karrigan and EliGE . However, one round ruined everything: Falcons won the force, followed by an incredible 2v5 clutch by TeSeS and m0NESY . It was this moment that seemed to break FaZe psychologically, as they never won another round.
Falcons are cold-blooded, FaZe are helpless
Despite their imperfect performance, Falcons demonstrated maturity and composure at crucial moments. Now they will play a match for a direct ticket to the semifinals against Spirit . FaZe, on the other hand, find themselves in a difficult situation: to keep their chances of winning the trophy, they need to defeat FlyQuest in the lower bracket match.
Heroes of the match
MVP of the match: Ilya “ m0NESY ” Osipov - stable in every round, leader in ADR (91), rating 7.4.
EVP of the match: Jonathan “ EliGE ” Jablonowski- rating 6.5.
What's next.
Falcons vs Spirit - a match for the semifinals
FaZe vs FlyQuest - a game for elimination from the tournament
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 will take place from April 30 to May 4. The entire tournament will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the BLAST studio. Participants are competing for a prize pool of $350,000. You can follow the results and progress of the tournament via this link.
