{"id":27804,"date":"2025-08-01T20:31:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/?p=27804"},"modified":"2025-08-01T20:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:31:30","slug":"spirit-vs-natus-vincere-semi-final-prediction-iem-cologne-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/cs2-predictions\/spirit-vs-natus-vincere-semi-final-prediction-iem-cologne-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit vs Natus Vincere &#8211; Semi-final Prediction &#8211; IEM Cologne 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Spirit <\/strong>will face <strong>Natus Vincere<\/strong> in the first semi-final of<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/tour\/cs\/cologne\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/tour\/cs\/cologne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IEM Cologne 2025<\/a>. These two<\/strong> teams know each other pretty well and have played many times before. Young star <strong>\u2018makazze\u2019 <\/strong>against already proven best rifler in the world <strong>\u2018donk\u2019 <\/strong>will make this match exciting. The last time they met at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blast.tv\/cs\/austin-major-2025\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blast.tv\/cs\/austin-major-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Austin Major 2025<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Spirit <\/strong>won with a <strong>score of 2-0<\/strong>, leaving <strong>Natus Vincere<\/strong> no chance.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/xplay.gg\/pickem?utm_source=blixgg&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=pickem_predictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xplay\u2019s CS2 Pick\u2019em<\/a>, make predictions for CS2 matches to get<strong>\u00a0Free Rewards<\/strong>. Accurate predictions earn points, in-game currency, and skins \u2013 from AWPs to Knives and Gloves. You can participate for\u00a0<strong>Free\u00a0<\/strong>or in\u00a0<strong>Premium Mode\u00a0<\/strong>with even more bonuses and a chance to get into the<strong>\u00a0Top 100<\/strong>, where real prizes are awarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Last Heads-up Match Result and Players Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"348\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spina.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spina.png 348w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spina-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spina-150x113.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spinava.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spinava.png 705w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spinava-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spinava-150x88.png 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spinava-450x264.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Spirit vs. Natus Vincere &#8211; BLAST Austin Major 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Team and Players Form<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spirit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After signing <strong>\u2018zweih\u2019 <\/strong>instead of <strong>\u2018magixx\u2019, <\/strong>this is their first tournament with a new player addition. They\u2019ve played three matches with the new roster, and <strong>\u2018zweih\u2019 <\/strong>seems more than comfortable with this team. Even though he is not fragging like crazy, he does his job as a support player. <strong>\u2018sh1ro\u2019 <\/strong>and <strong>\u2018donk\u2019 <\/strong>are both in incredible form and ready to demolish any team they play against, as they both did already at this tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Natus Vincere<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>They did great at the stage 2 but it was hard to expect them win against such team like <strong>TheMongolZ<\/strong>, but against the odds they won with a <strong>score of 2-0<\/strong>, proving that they\u2019re ready to beat the most promising teams and fight for the title. <strong>\u2018b1t\u2019 <\/strong>and <strong>\u2018w0nderful\u2019 <\/strong>were on top of the scoreboard, but which is more important that their recent addition young player <strong>\u2018makazze\u2019 <\/strong>was also one of the best fraggers for his team at important match on a big stage. They\u2019re in great shape, and it seems like the honeymoon period after the roster change is helping them with motivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">makazze takes it cold<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"pl\" dir=\"ltr\">2-0 vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1mongolz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@1mongolz<\/a> gg, tmrrw semi finals cya<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/navination?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#navination<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NAVI Makazze (@makazzee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/makazzee\/status\/1951320719565930531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Match Prediction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the roster changes, <strong>Spirit <\/strong>was the better team, as they won three matches in a row against <strong>Natus Vincere<\/strong>. As of now, it\u2019s hard to tell which team will do better with the new player, but the experience and results throughout the year on the <strong>Spirit <\/strong>side suggest that we expect <strong>Spirit to win<\/strong> this match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Can <\/em><strong><em>\u2018Makazze\u2019 <\/em><\/strong><em>once again show his real potential and help <\/em><strong><em>Natus Vincere <\/em><\/strong><em>get their revenge, or will <\/em><strong><em>Spirit <\/em><\/strong><em>and <\/em><strong><em>donk\u2019s <\/em><\/strong><em>incredible performance stop <\/em><strong><em>Natus Vincere<\/em><\/strong><em>? We will have to see it this <\/em><strong><em>Saturday <\/em><\/strong><em>at<\/em><strong><em> 15:45 CET<\/em><\/strong><em>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t know where to bet on this match, you can check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/betting\/best-cs2-betting-sites-for-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our list of top betting sites<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spirit will face Natus Vincere in the first semi-final of IEM Cologne 2025. These two teams know each other pretty well and have played many times before. Young star \u2018makazze\u2019 against already proven best rifler in the world \u2018donk\u2019 will make this match exciting. The last time they met at Austin Major 2025, Spirit won<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":27807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[5],"class_list":{"0":"post-27804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs2-predictions","8":"tag-cs2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27804"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27816,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27804\/revisions\/27816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}