Spirit survive ShindeN scare in ESL Pro League Season 24 opener

Spirit survive ShindeN scare in ESL Pro League Season 24 opener

Spirit 2:1 ShindeN

Team Spirit survived an unexpectedly competitive opening series against ShindeN to begin ESL Pro League Season 24 with a 2–1 victory.

The reigning world No. 1 entered the matchup as overwhelming favorites against a ShindeN side ranked No. 77 by HLTV.

ShindeN nevertheless forced the series to all three maps before Spirit eventually secured the win.

Dust2, Mirage and Nuke were played in the best-of-three.

The victory put Spirit into the 1–0 Swiss pool, while ShindeN dropped to 0–1.