It’s finally here. The grudge match we’ve all been waiting for.

Months of build-up. Literal minutes of story-building. More than one storyline. It’s wild. Liquid vs Astralis. cadiaN vs. Stabbi. And probably something else worth mentioning.

You’re not here for anything else, though.

cadiaN has been dreaming of this chance. The chance to stick it to the players who - at least, he feels - wronged him on HEROIC. The duo who let him down, kicked him, and backstabbed the organisation are at his door, waiting for him to come outside. Allegedly, at least.

The Pro League (sorry, ESL Pro League, for the sticklers) is well into the playoffs, and today’s quarter-finals kick off with the best game of the whole event. Liquid have been shaky but largely a lot better than before, and Astralis have been very good so far - but none of that matters.

There’s a saying in football that ‘form goes out of the window on derby day’, which is largely nonsensical, but in a grudge match like this it really doesn’t matter who has been better at the event.

It only matters who wins here. Does the community get to dunk on the two most universally-accepted villains, or does cadiaN suffer another crushing blow at the hands of stavn and jabbi?

We can’t wait.

Realistically, it doesn’t matter who wins. They’re both probably going to lose to the winner of Vitality vs FaZe.

At most events, that would be a showstopper. At this one, it’s literally a showstopper - the show kinda stops when the Liquid game finishes.

Fiiiiiiine, we’ll find some way to enjoy two of the best teams in the world playing each other. If you insist.