Team Natus Vincere, which is currently at the top of the HLTV rankings, was defeated in the opening match of the ESL Pro League Season 11 tournament. It lost to Team North by a score of 0 : 2 on the Nuke and Dust2maps. NAVI' s next match is to be played on Thursday, March 19. Now their opponent will be Team BIG.
Several cyber athletes have already commented on NAVI's first loss. Daniel «Zeus» Teslenko, who has played the team in the past, urged that the team should not be judged harshly for the loss. In his opinion, everything will be fine in the future.
Ilya «Perfecto» Zalutsky, one of the Natus Vincere players, apologized to the team's fans for the disappointing performance. Indeed, according to the results of the match against North, he was the last in terms of performance.
However, Astralis, which is now NAVI' s closest rival in the HLTV rankings, also started its way to the ESL Pro League with a defeat. The Danes lost to the team Ninjas in Pijamas with a score of 0 : 2. However, on May 18, they managed to somewhat restore their reputation by beating GODSENT in the group stage match.
We can only hope that Natus Vincere will be able to rehabilitate for the defeat – in the coming days the team will have several more matches of the group stage
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