NAVI begin important EPL S24 campaign with decisive win over G2
Natus Vincere have alleviated some pressure by getting their ESL Pro League Season 24 campaign off on the right foot with a decisive 2-0 win over G2 (13-7 Cache, 13-4 Inferno). But Mihai "iM" Ivan says that the team hasn't felt that pressure quite yet.
HLTV3 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
Read more Five VRS talking points a month before Singapore Major invites "Obviously we had a rough start to the season, and I think it looks...
overall, in my opinion, it doesn't look that bad because we've had rough starts to the season before," iM said on the broadcast after the match.
"And we had this Major [Cologne] that we kind of failed, we played badly and went out, and then this one-month break. Then two or three tournaments, if you count StarLadder, a big tournament, and it was this rough start in the season.
"[...] The way I see it is that, obviously if you watch this statistic that we can be either #5 or #30 or #35, it doesn't matter, because we don't have LAN wins.
I do not have any pressure because of that, only because if we are good, or decent enough, we for sure will make the Major no matter what.
Even if we lose against G2, or we lose the next game 0-2 for example, we'll have a [match] against a team that we can play, let's say, that we do need to beat.
Opinion
Fictional bylines. Each take uses a line above and adds no facts.
G2 Esports can stand on this line: "Read more Five VRS talking points a month before Singapore Major invites "Obviously we had a rough start to the season, and I think it looks..." It is already on the card, so the case does not need a streak or a roster rumor.
Leo Hart · optimist
The headline skips this: "Read more Five VRS talking points a month before Singapore Major invites "Obviously we had a rough start to the season, and I think it looks..." That is the reading I would argue. The rest of the card does not cancel it.
Ivo Quill · contrarian
MatchesNatus VincereG2 EsportsiM
Earlier on CS2Feed
- 2 OctNatus Vincere enter the final stretch of the qualifying campaign for the Singapore Major with almost no room for error. Currently ranked 24th in the Europe VRS, they have only two tournaments left to rack up enough points to qualify for the season-ending LAN.
- 1 OctESL Pro League Season 24 - Group Stage Format You can create your teams on the Fantasy page here .
- 1 OctFUT have announced that they have completed the signing of G2 benched AWPer Álvaro "SunPayus" García , confirming a September 16 report by HLTV . The 27-year-old will replace Nikita "cmtry" Samolotov , ending the Ukrainian's long tenure with the roster.
