{"id":41303,"date":"2025-02-23T18:18:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T23:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=41303"},"modified":"2025-02-23T18:18:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T23:18:26","slug":"mouz-claim-pgl-cluj-napoca-2025-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/mouz-claim-pgl-cluj-napoca-2025-title\/","title":{"rendered":"MOUZ claim PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a statement victory that silenced critics, MOUZ overcame Team Falcons 3-1 in the grand final of <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/pgl-cluj-napoca\/\" title=\"PGL Cluj-Napoca betting guide\">PGL Cluj-Napoca<\/a> to claim their first trophy since ESL Pro League Season 19\u2014and their first in front of a live audience in over five years.<\/p>\n<p>After dropping former IGL Kamil \u201csiuhy\u201d Szkaradek, the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike betting guide\">Counter-Strike<\/a> squad\u2019s metamorphosis was clear, with 22-year-old Ludvig \u201cBrollan\u201d Brolin stepping into the IGL role with poise.<\/p>\n<p>Though he wasn\u2019t the top scorer, his leadership ignited a collective resurgence.<\/p>\n<p>The match kicked off with a dominant 13-6 win on Dust2, only for Falcons to briefly regain momentum with a 13-4 victory on Mirage.<\/p>\n<p>Yet MOUZ steadied themselves on Nuke (13\u201311) before accelerating on Ancient to finish 13\u20139 and complete the series.<\/p>\n<p>Post-match, Brollan\u2019s exuberance was palpable: \u201cI&#8217;m f*****g happy! It&#8217;s the first tournament as IGL and I&#8217;m really happy I believed in myself and my teammates,\u201d he exclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Dennis \u201csycrone\u201d Nielsen also credited the win to the team\u2019s unwavering focus, noting that \u201cfor this group of people it\u2019s a long time coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\ude99 C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N-S \ud83e\ude99<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PGLClujNapoca?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PGLClujNapoca<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ib0xAhBA7Y\">pic.twitter.com\/Ib0xAhBA7Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PGL (@pglesports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pglesports\/status\/1893787252548903363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While MOUZ celebrated their return to the winner\u2019s circle, the event\u2019s curtain-raiser delivered its own epic drama.<\/p>\n<p>In a hard-fought decider for third place, Astralis faced off against a plucky FaZe Clan in a series that saw momentum swing like a pendulum.<\/p>\n<p>The opening map on Mirage stretched into a gruelling five overtimes, with FaZe eventually edging out a 28\u201324 win despite Astralis holding a 12\u20134 lead.<\/p>\n<p>The stakes were higher than mere bragging rights.<\/p>\n<p>A victory would not only secure Astralis an important $150,000 cash prize but also 50 coveted VRS points\u2014vital in a season where every point counts.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the chaos, star player Nicolai \u201cdevice\u201d Reedtz battled illness on stage, even having to step away momentarily to regroup.<\/p>\n<p>His determination underscored Astralis\u2019 resilience as they mounted a comeback with a victory on Inferno (13-8) and sealed the series on Ancient (13-9).<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">Esports news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a statement victory that silenced critics, MOUZ overcame Team Falcons 3-1 in the grand final of PGL Cluj-Napoca to lift the trophy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":27987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[152,3111,127,1815,3839,2426],"class_list":["post-41303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-astralis","tag-counter-strike-2","tag-faze-clan","tag-mouz","tag-pgl-cluj-napoca","tag-team-falcons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41303"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41309,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41303\/revisions\/41309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}