T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-O (김태오) Sylvan Ko Young-sub (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) has made the finals of Red Bull Home Ground #5 after a 2-1 series over FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #7 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban . The Turkish team failed to find a way past T1's individuals who took turns providing high-impact kills. T1 looked dominant on Bind and narrowly closed out Ascent, which came on either side of a blowout on Pearl.
BuZz had FUT's number in the first half.FUT got off to an explosive start on Bind with pistol and bonus round wins. T1 could thank back-to-back multikills from BuZz for cutting FUT's momentum and giving his team a way back into the game. The Koreans led 7-5 before halftime with an ace from yetujey breaking up seven dominant rounds from T1.
yetujey's ace gave FUT an extra round in the first half.Unfortunately for FUT, T1 wouldn't slow down in the second half and took six straight to close out the map 13-5. iZu and BuZz had particularly standout performances with the latter's multikills and the former's consistency across the map ensuring a T1 victory.
T1's pick, Pearl, kicked off with another strong start from FUT, going up 7-0 with an unorthodox double-sentinel comp featuring Vyse and Killjoy. T1's insistence on ignoring the B site worked perfectly for FUT as T1 struggled to get the spike planted. FUT closed out their defense with a 9-3 score before picking up the second pistol to go up 11-3. Afterwards, it was a mere formality for FUT to close out Pearl 13-3 and force a third map.
New addition xeus was the MVP for FUT as the 20-year-old duelist picked up 22 kills and 225 ADR on the second map.
xeus closed out the map with a 4K.The third map, Ascent, opened with FUT picking up another pistol, their fourth of the series. A 4K from xeus' Yoru in the bonus led FUT to a 5-0 start before T1 could respond with a thrifty. Impressive holds from T1's individuals shut down FUT's site executes to force a 6-6 half.
xeus excelled on the off-meta Yoru.T1 took a crucial pistol and bonus in the second half to take a commanding 9-6 lead on the decider. T1's midrounding ran circles around FUT on their attack, suffocating their opponent's map control. T1 closed out Ascent 13-10 with an A hit to take the series 2-1.
BuZz had an impressive 251 ACS and 20 kills on the final map.
Meteor's mechanics were on point during all three maps.T1 will play Cloud9 in a best-of-five grand final, while FUT has been eliminated.