Tricked took down MIBR 2-0 (16-14 Overpass, 16-13 Dust2) in the semi-final of the V4 Future Sports Festival, securing a place in the grand final of the $331,000 tournament.

MIBR grabbed a 2-0 start on the CT side of Overpass, Tricked's map pick, but Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen's squad found a footing after the first rifle round, with Lucas "⁠Bubzkji⁠" Andersen's 4K saving the Danes from an anti-eco blunder and seeing the score reach 5-2.

The Brazilians managed to tie things at 5-5 with some aggressive CT side plays, while Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo's 3K allowed a retake and subsequently a 7-6 lead for MIBR. Tricked figured out how to deal with aggression late in the half, but ultimately dropped a few afterplants which cost them the lead moving onto the CT side.

Overwhelming the defenses in the pistol saw MIBR extend their lead to 9-7, but Tricked won the following force buy and ran up a 15-10 lead thanks to Frederik "⁠acoR⁠" Gyldstrand and a woken up Fredrik "⁠roeJ⁠" Jørgensen, who finished the first half with one kill. After reaching map point, Tricked lost 5v3, 5v2, and 4v1 advantages, with Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga being the thorn in their side. Finally, Tricked managed to close out the last round and take the map 16-14.

HUNDEN's squad will take on Virtus.pro in the final

Tricked kicked-off Dust2 with CT aggression, pushing mid on the pistol and closing out the round to take the lead on the second map of the series. The Danes build up a bank early and brought out the double AWP, with the snipers working wonders in the hands of acoR and Bubzkji. (7-1)

TACO and Lucas "⁠LUCAS1⁠" Teles clutched out a 2v3 to get their team back into the fight, but losing a 4v3 to just pistols a few rounds later ended MIBR's hopes of having a strong first half. Tricked closed it out 11-4, and thanks to a good fake and HUNDEN hitting a jumping shot on the defuser, extended their lead after the second pistol. (14-4)

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo and co. didn't falter, though, instead kept things together on the defense to bring the score back to 14-9. Tricked was continuously breaking into the bombsites, favoring B, but the Brazilian side was able to secure a couple of very close retakes and keep their head above water. Eventually, Tricked broke over onto the A bombsite over Short, put down the bomb and held off the retake to close out the map 16-13.

V4 Future Sports Festival 2019Best of 3 MIBRMatchpage 0 2 22nd September 2019 Tricked 14Overpass 16 13Dust2 16

MIBR	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	54 - 43	+11	99.5	1.32
Lucas 'LUCAS1' TelesLUCAS1	41 - 41	0	82.8	1.18
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	50 - 44	+6	84.9	1.11
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	32 - 39	-7	55.5	0.85
Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppekNgV-	32 - 44	-12	58.4	0.80

Tricked	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Lucas 'Bubzkji' AndersenBubzkji	56 - 45	+11	96.9	1.29
Rasmus 'sjuush' Becksjuush	45 - 37	+8	80.2	1.17
Frederik 'acoR' GyldstrandacoR	44 - 40	+4	73.8	1.13
Fredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenroeJ	37 - 47	-10	80.2	1.04
Nicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenHUNDEN	29 - 40	-11	56.7	0.84

Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo Age: 24 Team: MIBR Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 955 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.64 Fredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen Age: 25 Team: Tricked Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 264 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.70 Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga Age: 27 Team: MIBR Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1105 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 Lucas 'LUCAS1' Teles Age: 24 Team: MIBR Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 763 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo Age: 28 Team: MIBR Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1117 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.60 Nicolai 'HUNDEN' Petersen Age: 28 Team: Tricked Rating 1.0: 0.81 Maps played: 1472 KPR: 0.55 DPR: 0.70 Frederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand Age: 22 Team: Tricked Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 669 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.64 Lucas 'Bubzkji' Andersen Age: 21 Team: Tricked Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 563 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 MIBR #16 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoVito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeFernando 'fer' AlvarengaLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Tricked #23 Nicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenLucas 'Bubzkji' AndersenFrederik 'acoR' GyldstrandRasmus 'sjuush' BeckFredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen