Team Liquid fought off elimination at PGL Major Antwerp with a 2-0 win against Astralis. For in-game leader Nick ‘nitr0’ Cannella, it was a moment he had been waiting for since 2019.

The road ahead will be much tougher for nitr0 and his troops, with teams like NAVI, FaZe and Cloud9 entering the fray. There’s very little chance that they will take a big scalp in the next stage. But in tough periods like this for North America, it’s as much about securing wins as it is about finding small victories. Today, nitr0 achieved both.