Vitality failed to secure a 3-0 victory in the best-of-three series, perhaps preventing many people’s picks from landing a jackpot. Although they played well against 9z, we saw them lose after conceding a game due to simple mistakes. Many people expected them to win the match, but 9z managed to spring a surprise. I expect Spirit to beat 9z.

Our team managed to take another step towards the Major playoffs by defeating AURORA G2. We put in a really good performance against G2 and were definitely the side that deserved the win. Wicadia and XANTARES played well in the match, and I’d say that when the team’s two main riflers play well, your chances of losing are significantly reduced. I hope we can beat our next opponent as well and make it to the playoffs.

What a crazy crazy match yesterday between spirit and 9Z, with all three maps going to overtime

Both the first map and second map started with 9-3 scoreline in the first half, both of them were won in OT by the team, making a big come back in a second half

I expected map 3 to be very quick win for spirit, but somehow it went again to OT, and spirit were actually very, very close to losing.

One of the most insane matches in major in recent memory!!

That final match yesterday almost felt like a playoff match with how competitive it became. On paper, it could've been another quick 2-0 for Spirit after what we saw back in Stage 2, but 9z continues to play better.

Vitality are lucky to get BB in the 2-1 bracket, while NaVi and Falcons will need to sweat out in today's qualification match, with one of them going to the 2-2 bracket.

I'm also looking forward to the 9z vs. Aurora match as it could turn into another banger if they both show up.

The woxic clutch was like the nail in the coffin during that second map. I was hoping for a close series, but I guess that intense long series from yesterday deflated 9z. This would be an unfortunate run from 9z if they somehow go from being four rounds away to qualification the other day to potentially going 2-3 tomorrow.

There's also Mouz, who got eliminated earlier by FUT and the way they lost was so similar to the previous round against Vitality.

Had bets on Team Spirit playing against 9z being a sweat having it go to a third map and couldn't believe it went to overtime on all maps played.
Should of been a 2:0 for Spirit but they just couldn't put them away early. But 9zz is showing they belong in these majors and just beat the Mongolz 2:0.
The other one I had was Team Falcons to win against Navi. It was looking good early on after they won the first map convincingly, but Navi did the same to them on the second one.
Falcons eventually did win taking it into overtime but I ended up cashing out my bet.

Today matches include the following to decide who goes to the quarter-finals in Cologne:
BetBooom vs FUT
Navi vs G2

9z managed to beat Mongolz and qualified for the Major playoffs. 9z were drawn against some really strong opponents throughout the Major, yet they somehow managed to survive. Their performance in those matches cannot be underestimated, as they managed to beat Vitality whilst losing to Spirit by a narrow margin. It must be said that this is a disappointing result for Mongolz. It seems they will fail to qualify for the Major playoffs for the first time.

The upper bracket has some great match-ups in store for us. I reckon we’re in for some incredibly competitive matches. It looks like Vitality and Spirit will face each other in the semi-finals.
In the lower bracket, things are a bit different. 9z have made a strong start, but I believe this will be their first time playing on this stage. So I don’t think they’ll be able to beat Furia. The same goes for BetBoom. It looks like we’ll be watching a Furia vs Aurora semi-final.

As you said, it should be helpful, yes, but sometimes over-analysing can lead to losing rounds unnecessarily. Normally, FURIA should have won this match comfortably if the analysis had gone to plan, but the opponents 9z faced were strong; for example, he made life extremely difficult for his opponents in matches against teams like Vitality and Spirit.