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An Enemy Territory clash between Friends in Force and nOu way is set to be taking place this morning and it might be the first big match here at the Crossfire Intel Challenge 7. Let's look a bit deeper into these two top rated teams from group B.

First up, the team rated first in the group: nOu way, a promising European mix of players which evolved from Europe Glitz eSports. The team showed their teeth against experienced LAN attenders France dESIRE in the group stage of the seeding cup. In the playoff stage of that competition the team was unlucky to face one of the strongest teams from Poland: Poland to Make odds even. The polish team was able to eliminate the nOu wayers with a four to nil score.

The lineup of nOu way at the Crossfire Intel Challenge 7 is as follows:
Poland zMk
Slovakia filuS
Netherlands zak
Finland lettu
Hungary Nonix

Second up, FiF, who are rated second in the group. A team which combines cheese and Belgian chocolate (or beer, depending on what your preference is) in a lineup which goes back years. At the Crossfire Challenge 6 the team had a fine balance between these joys of life, sporting the following players:
Netherlands Jo0f
Netherlands ins
Netherlands vaNq
Belgium Jere
Belgium siL
Belgium Worm

During CC6 the team met their demise in the second round of the playoffs, first losing versus Europe Overload in the upper bracket and getting eliminated in the lower bracket by Slovenia Mamut.si (which are attending CIC7 with a similar lineup, but known as United States of America Blight this time around). The team did gain some great results in matches versus H2k Gaming, with a four to two point victory; and against asd with a straight four to nil victory.

Back then the team represented multigaming organization YoYoTech, this time around they'll be known as myRevenge. Besides the change of household the team has actually retained their previous lineup for the most part:
Netherlands Jo0f
Netherlands vaNq
Netherlands ins
Netherlands 0V1E
Belgium siL

The team said goodbye to Worm and Jere, who continued to play for YoYoTech in a totally new lineup. However, after a certain degree of controversy both players aren't to be found as part of the YoYoTech lineup anymore. With the change to the 5on5 format the team has found a replacement in Netherlands OV1E, who played for France dESIRE at the previous Crossfire Challenge, ending ninth.

FiF were actually the strongest team from the second seed pool, losing only versus Poland perception in the seeding tournament. This promises to be a great match between the strongest team from the second seed poul, facing a decent team from the first seed pool. In my opinion the match could go either way, so what do you think?
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