FURIA are through to the grand final at DreamHack Open Rio after beating Sharks 2-0 in the semis (16-13 on Inferno and 16-4 on Vertigo).

The best-of-three semi-final match kicked off on Inferno where the CT-sided Sharks picked up the pistol round victory. FURIA responded in the third round, winning a 3vs3 post-plant to get on the scoreboard.

After losing the following round, FURIA got their second as Yuri "⁠yuurih⁠" Santos and Rinaldo "⁠ableJ⁠" Moda Junior won a 2vs4. FURIA took the lead thanks to Vinicius "⁠VINI⁠" Figueiredo's 1vs3 clutch in the seventh round, making it 4-3. Sharks were never able to build a strong economy on the CT-side and FURIA led 9-6 at halftime.

FURIA looked indomitable on Vertigo

Raphael "⁠exit⁠" Lacerda and Jhonatan "⁠jnt⁠" Silva's double kills helped Sharks win the second pistol round, starting a four-round streak to reclaim the lead (10-9). FURIA responded in the 20th round by picking up three HE kills and tied the game at 10-10.

FURIA managed to earn four match points after extending their lead to 15-11, with VINI and yuurih carrying the load. Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan's triple AWP kill sealed the deal for FURIA who won the map 16-13.

yuurih and company started Vertigo on the CT-side and won the pistol round with a successful 5vs5 retake as VINI got a triple kill when his team had a 2vs4 disadvantage. VINI stepped up to the plate in the second round as well, securing the victory with two kills in a 2vs3 post-plant situation.

Sharks went out in 3-4th place

ableJ won a 1vs2 to make it 5-0 and VINI achieved the same feat in the eighth round, killing two Sharks players on his lonesome to make it 8-0. Sharks grabbed their first round victory thanks to Leonardo "⁠leo_drk⁠" Oliveira's quad kill in the tenth round (9-1).

Sharks were able to increase their tally to four rounds before halftime but they lost the second pistol to trail 12-4. FURIA went on to win the map with a 16-4 final scoreline, taking the 2-0 series victory and advancing to the playoffs at DreamHack Open Rio.

DreamHack Open Rio 2019Best of 3 SharksMatchpage 0 2 21st April 2019 FURIA 13Inferno 16 4Vertigo 16

Sharks	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Raphael 'exit' Lacerdaexit	36 - 38	-2	91.0	1.13
Leonardo 'leo_drk' Oliveiraleo_drk	38 - 38	0	85.2	1.09
Jhonatan 'jnt' Silvajnt	34 - 32	+2	72.0	1.09
Renato 'nak' Nakanonak	26 - 43	-17	67.0	0.75
Rodrigo 'RCF' FigueiredoRCF	23 - 39	-16	55.0	0.72

FURIA	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Vinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoVINI	42 - 30	+12	92.9	1.43
Yuri 'yuurih' Santosyuurih	41 - 33	+8	93.1	1.34
Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda JuniorableJ	34 - 32	+2	81.2	1.18
Andrei 'arT' PiovezanarT	38 - 32	+6	77.2	1.11
Kaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoKSCERATO	35 - 30	+5	76.8	1.07

Leonardo 'leo_drk' Oliveira Age: 19 Team: Sharks Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 266 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.69 Raphael 'exit' Lacerda Age: 22 Team: Sharks Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 314 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64 Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior Age: 20 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 204 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.62 Jhonatan 'jnt' Silva Age: 24 Team: Sharks Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 284 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.64 FURIA #19 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo Age: 19 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 364 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66 Andrei 'arT' Piovezan Age: 23 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 371 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 Yuri 'yuurih' Santos Age: 19 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 386 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.64 Sharks #69 Renato 'nak' NakanoRaphael 'exit' LacerdaLeonardo 'leo_drk' OliveiraRodrigo 'RCF' FigueiredoJhonatan 'jnt' Silva