FaZe Clan has won the "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" tournament PGL Major Antwerp. In a thrilling final against Natus Vincere, the team had to work hard, but in the end sat confidently with 2:0 (19:16; 16:10) and secured the title at one of the most important tournaments of the season.

"Whatever we went through in this team, we have a positive attitude. We can lose one round with five players to one opponent, and we would still win the next one," FAZES Canadian-Danish captain Finn "karrigan" Andersen said in an interview after the match. "I am proud that I can call these people my teammates. I'm happy to be here, FaZe is my family.»

Counter-Strike Major: W eltbest teams in the final

In the final of the major tournament, which is recognized and supported as such by CS:GO developer Valve, met with Navi and FaZe in the unofficial ranking of the Internet portal "HLTV.org " two of the best teams in the world. In the current season, FaZe had won the title at both the IEM Katowice and the ESL Pro League. After winning the major in Stockholm last year, Navi entered the tournament as the defending champion, and made it to the final again despite a so far untitled season.

On the first card, FaZe got the better start, and initially secured a comfortable 10:5 lead. But in the second half Navi took control and came closer and closer to the series lead. FaZe narrowly saved the extra time, won it significantly and secured the first card.

CS:GO-Major: s1mple stays pale in the final

Navi was forced to choose his own map, but FaZe showed himself as the more alert team. Once again, Navi, whose Ukrainian star player Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliv remained rather pale, had to fight against a 5:10 gap. This was even achieved on the defense side at the beginning. However, FaZe prevented a comeback and was allowed to take the cup in his hands a little later.

After the bitter final defeat at the Eleague Major 2018 in Boston, in which FaZe had awarded match points against Cloud9, it is the first major title and probably the organization's biggest success in the CS:GO scene so far. At the age of 32, team captain and announcer Karrigan became the oldest player to have achieved this success to date.