Liquid vs Spirit at CS:GO IEM Rio Major 2022 - Predictions, head-to-head, livestream details, and more

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Twenty-four of the world's best CS:GO teams convened in Brazil earlier this month to compete for the title of IEM Rio Major 2022. One week into the Majors, only eleven sides remain, with six of them competing for the last three spots in the final stage of the event, the Champions Stage.

So far in the Legends Stage, teams like FURIA, Cloud9, Heroic, Outsiders, and Fnatic have overthrown their competitors to earn an early qualification for the Champions Stage. Meanwhile, Bad News Eagles, Sprout, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Team Vitality, and the reigning Major champions, FaZe Clan, were eliminated from the tournament in the Legends Stage.

On Day 4 of the IEM Rio Major Legends Stage, North America's top representative, Team Liquid, will take on one of Europe's most promising CS:GO rosters, Team Spirit, in a best-of-three matchup. Being the final advancement match of this stage, the winners will qualify for the Champions Stage, whereas the loser will be eliminated from the tournament.

Team Spirit is a predominantly young roster with ample talent within its reach. 17-year-old AWPer w0nderful and 19-year-old rifler Patsi are among some of the most promising youngsters here at the Rio Majors.

Although all five players of Spirit have been together for less than a year, they have displayed their strengths as tier-1 contenders with their performances in tournaments like IEM Road to Rio: European RMR A, PGL Major Antwerp 2022, and FiReLEAGUE 2022: Global Finals.

Team Liquid, on the other hand, has a well-established roster with an equal mix of veteran players and young talent. Players like EliGE, NAF, and nitr0 are some of the most experienced North American players currently in CS:GO. With the addition of a productive AWPer like oSee and a