Super syrsoN: BIG shock Vitality & Astralis I Richard Lewis reacts at IEM Global Challenge Richard Lewis reacts to the second day of action at IEM\u2019s Global Challenge, which saw Team Liquid book their spot in Group B\u2019s Winners\u2019 Match, while Vitality cruised to a do-or-die Decider Match in Group A after brushing Complexity aside. But BIG\u2019s Florian \u2018syrsoN\u2019 Rische was the star of the show, leading the troops to a convincing 2-0 win over Astralis, who will now meet Vitality in Group A\u2019s sudden deathmatch. Read More: Exclusive Cloud9 ALEX interview – There\u2019s so much to talk about, from Team Liquid\u2019s win against Heroic, or Vitality crushing Complexity. The former is a huge upset due to their current world rankings in comparison, and Vitality\u2019s easy defeat of Complexity due to their stand-in surprised no-one. But these are all expected outcomes. There\u2019s something much more interesting to talk about \u2013 BIG\u2019s performance, and one player in particular. In the summer, BIG was considered to be the number one team in the world. With the ongoing current global affairs bringing about LAN issues, teams aren\u2019t quite at the top of their game as they once were, and BIG was no exception. Watching the demo of the second map, though, it\u2019s clear syrsoN is an absolute star, with some incredibly showstopping talent on display. His skill brought the team right through to the very end, bagging them a phenomenal win. His skill only further proves that greatness awaits on the horizon for this fantastic team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Super syrsoN: BIG shock Vitality & Astralis I Richard Lewis reacts at IEM Global Challenge Richard Lewis reacts to the second day of action at IEM\u2019s Global Challenge, which saw Team Liquid book their spot in Group B\u2019s Winners\u2019 Match, while Vitality cruised to a do-or-die Decider Match in Group A after brushing Complexity aside. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}