Falcons vs FURIA was ABSOLUTE CINEMA – 10 facts about the best match of the year

The quarterfinal between Team Falcons and FURIA Esports at PGL Astana 2026 lasted 4 hours and 16 minutes. During that time, fans could have watched both the first and second Shrek movies or even the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Instead, more than one million viewers chose CS2 – and they witnessed pure ABSOLUTE CINEMA.

Here are 10 insane facts from one of the wildest matches in Counter-Strike history:

1. On Mirage, m0NESY failed to win a single duel against molodoy. The FURIA sniper defeated him eight times in direct fights.

2. m0NESY finished the opening map as the lowest-rated player with a 0.61 rating. Even karrigan outperformed him with a 0.72.

3. Falcons and FURIA played 42 rounds on Nuke. m0NESY recorded 43 kills on the map and ended it with a massive 1.62 rating.

4. Meanwhile, karrigan managed only 13 frags during the marathon Nuke battle, ending with a 0.56 rating.

5. Surprisingly, molodoy was FURIA’s lowest-rated player on Nuke with a 0.90 rating despite putting up 28 kills.

6. FURIA won three clutches on Nuke, while Falcons secured five – three of them thanks to NiKo. At 18:16 for FURIA, NiKo and karrigan found themselves in a 2v3 situation and somehow won the round in one of the most cinematic moments of the entire event.

7. In direct captain duels on Nuke, FalleN defeated karrigan ten times. karrigan only won a single duel in return.

8. If you’ve ever felt your efforts were not enough, kscerato understands the feeling – he dropped 39 kills on Nuke and still lost the map.

9. Dust2 featured the first knife kill of the entire series during the second overtime. molodoy stabbed m0NESY after accidentally killing YEKINDAR earlier in the round.

10. The match lasted exactly 100 rounds, with 40 of them played in overtime. Numbers like that barely seem real – this series instantly became part of CS2 history.

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