FURIA Esports' results against the other four Brazilian teams qualified for the Six Invitational 2022.
Brazil has been on top of Siege this year, with the region taking every international honor this season. One of FURIA's main issues is its consistency against the top-four sides in Brazil. The team is yet to show convincing dominance over its most immediate contesters, having won just six out of 21 matches played against them throughout the season -- which would rise to six out of 25 if we also took into account SI 2021 games.
However, Twister isn't worried about it.
Said Twister: “You can’t win all the games, but we won when we needed it. We won against NiP in the first stage when we needed confidence, we won against Liquid when we needed to get the spot for the Major in the Elite Six, we won against FaZe when we never won against them before and we needed that confidence.”
If that wasn't enough, the team has only won two BO3 series this season, the last one coming against Black Dragons (2-0, July 24). That's a win rate of 25% in games of its kind, following four losses in Brazil and two more at international competitions, all coming from Team BDS.
Said Twister: “In BO3 you have to be more creative, adapt, get better against other playstyles, I believe you have to be ready to improve midgame. We are trying to scrim more and get better on this to be better for the next matches.”
The coach also went through the team’s performance in Sweden, which wasn’t the best. The team had a pre-event bootcamp, and even had the chance to directly talk with the organization’s CS:GO roster. The team felt readier than ever before, but things didn’t go as expected. Following a close loss to SSG, Twister admitted that “the team was in a level of confidence that was not appropriate to the DWG game, we believed the game wouldn’t be so hard as the SSG game, so that was a problem. After losing a game like that you must get a strong match to reset and get back.”
Surely, one of the mistakes that such a young squad must, with time, change. However, how much time does FURIA have? Following a great first international year holding the “talent, young, wunderkind squad” sign, it might be time for the team to finally step ahead.
Now, FURIA Esports heads to a new year. A new year of knowledge, ups and lows, and hopefully more international experiences.