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What do you get when you cross an insanely talented young opener, one of the best AWPers of all time, and an org with unlimited aura.

The answer is Team Spirt, but also Falcons, depending on if you know ball or not.

The opening quarter-final of the Budapest Major pits these two against each other, and it’s looking like a banger.

Spirit coasted through Stage 3 without losing a game (which conveniently puts them on the opposite side of the bracket to FURIA), while their opponent scraped through 3-2, even losing their map pick of Ancient, in their 2-2 game against G2.

On paper this looks to be a pretty easy semi-final spot for a Team Spirit who have looked really solid so far at the Major, but we’d be remiss to ignore the fact that donk tends todisappear when he plays NiKo, for whatever reason.

In fact, Spirit really don’t have a great head-to-head against Falcons, losing 6 out of 7 maps in their previous outings. Their sole victory at least was a 13-4 Mirage at Blast Rivals Season 1, in a series they then lost 1-2.

There is a counterpoint however, and the counterpoint has a name. Danil “donk” Kryshkovets. donk currently has a 1.73 Rating throughout Budapest, that number is f-cking ludicrous. His CT side is even more ridiculous sitting at 2.09. If there ever was a reason to back the dragons, he’s certainly it.

Not to say Spirit are a one-man-army, but if they were, he’s the man we’d bet on.