NAVI 2-0 paiN — 10-2 down on Mirage, series over

BLAST Open Porto 2026. Group A, lower bracket round 1. LAN. Match over.

Natus Vincere 2-0 PaiN

Nuke 13-9
Mirage 13-11

Lower bracket means one more loss and Porto is done. PaiN are out of this series. NAVI stay in the event.

Nuke — PaiN pick, 13-9 NAVI

Tied 6-6 at the half. NAVI took the second half 7-3 and closed the first map. Not a stomp. Enough.

Mirage — NAVI pick, 13-11 NAVI

This was the map. PaiN went 10-2 in the first half. That is a series that usually dies on the next pistol. NAVI put up 11-1 after the switch and stole the map 13-11. Two maps, no Inferno.

Veto

PaiN removed Ancient
NAVI removed Dust2
PaiN picked Nuke
NAVI picked Mirage
PaiN removed Cache
NAVI removed Anubis
Inferno leftover

PaiN banned Ancient and Cache, picked Nuke, still dropped the pick. NAVI banned Dust2 and Anubis, picked Mirage, won a map they had no business winning after 2-10.