The sex in the country video clipsGerman squad were sent packing after an underwhelming showing, with the stars of FaZe firing on all cylinders.
FaZe made quick work of BIG in a 2-0 series win, knocking the German squad out of the tournament and marching forward in the lower bracket. It was a relatively routine victory for the European squad, who overwhelmed BIG with their star-power, H?vard "?rain?" Nygaard in particular standing out across the series.
Finn "?karrigan?" Andersen, who put in a carry performance on the second map of the series, was quick to credit the return to LAN as a huge factor in his play: "I couldn't sleep yesterday, I knew that this was going to be amazing. It just feels like I was completely in the zone, which has been my issue for the last two years, so being here, feeding off the crowd and entertaining you guys… I just love everybody here."
Whilst this result sends BIG home, FaZe will battle on with a lower bracket matchup against Astralis on Friday at 19:30 .
We kicked the series off with BIG's pick of Dust2, and the German squad were made to regret the choice. Starting on the T side BIG got off to a good start, winning the pistol and converting, before FaZe began to take control of the half. BIG simply could not find enough opening kills to crack open bombsites, and their opponents racked up seven of the next nine rounds to take a 7-5 lead; fortunately for BIG they did manage to find the final three rounds of the half to go into their defensive side with an 8-7 advantage.
Once again BIG won the pistol and a following round, but that was most of the joy they found in the second half as FaZe's raw aim began to take over the game, rain in particular finding opening after opening to drive his team to win nine of the next 10 rounds, closing out the game 16-11. As mentioned previously it was the lack of first kills that buried BIG, the score on that front being 18:9 in FaZe's favour.
Up next was the FaZe pick of Inferno, and it was another tough map for BIG.
Starting on the T side karrigan and co. racked up a 6-0 lead and things already looked rough for the Germans, particularly their inability to hold the A site with their passive approach. Fortunately for BIG they did grow back into the game, managing to find more success on their retakes and more opening frags, and they won seven of the remaining nine rounds to go in at the half at only a 7-8 deficit.
BIG didn't really show up for the second half, and they only won two more rounds as FaZe confidently romped to a 16-9 win. One of the biggest factors in this map were the clutches, of which FaZe won five whilst BIG only managed one.
Across the entire game BIG simply didn't win enough duels, and in what was a relatively close game tactically, the firepower advantage FaZe held was enough to see them control a reasonably comfortable 2-0 series.
BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021Best of 3
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Matchpage 2 0 26th November 2021 
BIG 16Dust2 11 16Inferno 9 | ?FaZe | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 H?vard 'rain' Nygaardrain | 48 - 30 | +18 | 96.0 | 1.40 |
 Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz | 37 - 24 | +13 | 73.7 | 1.25 |
 Helvijs 'broky' Saukantsbroky | 40 - 30 | +10 | 77.7 | 1.25 |
 Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan | 37 - 36 | +1 | 81.4 | 1.17 |
 Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister | 16 - 28 | -12 | 44.2 | 0.82 |
| ?BIG | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nils 'k1to' Gruhnek1to | 34 - 38 | -4 | 80.2 | 1.05 |
| Johannes 'tabseN' WodarztabseN | 40 - 39 | +1 | 86.7 | 1.03 |
| Tizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschtiziaN | 25 - 32 | -7 | 60.2 | 0.85 |
| Florian 'syrsoN' RischesyrsoN | 25 - 34 | -9 | 47.8 | 0.81 |
| Nicklas 'gade' Gadegade | 24 - 36 | -12 | 49.8 | 0.73 |
Astralis #20 Andreas 'Xyp9x' H?jslethLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckePhilip 'Lucky' EwaldBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer FaZe #8 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerH?vard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenHelvijs 'broky' Saukants BIG #14 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNicklas 'gade' GadeNils 'k1to' Gruhne H?vard 'rain' Nygaard 
Age: 27 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1507 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen 
Age: 31 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 1900 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.69 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone