Spirit reach BLAST Rivals semifinals after beating G2

Spirit advanced to the BLAST Rivals 2026 Season 2 semifinals after beating G2 2-1 in Hong Kong. Spirit will play the winner of Friday’s quarterfinal between Vitality and MOUZ on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8 a.m. local time.

G2 won Mirage 13-8 after taking a 7-5 lead into halftime. Spirit answered with a 13-7 win on Nuke and completed the comeback with a 13-6 victory on Ancient.

Mirage was close in the first half. Spirit gained a narrow lead after winning an eco stack in the 10th round. Danil ‘donk’ Kryshkovets led Spirit with 14 kills, while Dmitry ‘sh1ro’ Sokolov won all five of his opening duels.

G2 took control after the side switch. Matúš ‘MATYS’ Šimko and Guy ‘NertZ’ Iluz combined for 28 kills as G2 limited Spirit’s offense and closed out the map.

Spirit led Nuke 8-2, with donk recording 18 kills during the team’s strong start. Nemanja ‘huNter-‘ Kovač kept G2 in contention with a triple kill that included a one-on-one clutch. Spirit then won seven consecutive rounds, including a round against a low buy.

On Ancient, sh1ro and Andrey ‘tN1R’ Tatarinovich combined for 26 kills in the first half as Spirit built a strong lead on the Counter-Terrorist side. G2 remained competitive through NertZ, but Spirit kept control after halftime and finished the series.

Sh1ro led the series with a 1.29 rating, 53 kills and a 76.3% KAST. Donk had 56 kills and a 1.26 rating, while tN1R posted a 1.19 rating. NertZ was G2’s top performer with 47 kills and a 1.13 rating.

G2 will face Falcons in an elimination match on Friday, Nov. 13, at 10:30 a.m. local time. The match will be a rematch of the BLAST Open Porto quarterfinal. The winner will face FURIA in the second semifinal on Saturday.

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Reviewed and fact-checked by Alex Panasenko on November 12.