Natus Vincere swiftly defeated Quantum Bellator Fire 2-0 (16-4, 16-7) in the quarterfinals of the ELEAGUE Major: Boston on Friday. Na'Vi advanced to Saturday's semifinals, where it will play FaZe Clan.





After the match, members of Natus Vincere met with the assembled media. Highlights of the news conference are below:





​ Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev and Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev on Quantum Bellator Fire’s performance throughout the tournament:





Edward: I feel like they did the most they could possibly do at this event. They are a young team and it’s only the beginning for them. They played really well and I hope they continue to get better and better.





s1mple: They beat Mousesports, Gambit, and Virtus.pro, which was a really great performance. They have a great future. Once they’ve been together for longer, they can continue to practice and get more LAN experience.





Egor "flamie" Vasilyev on his performance in the quarterfinal: I don’t know. It would have been cool to beat the Major kill record for a single map, but it’s only the quarterfinal so I need to play even better to make it further in the tournament.





s1mple on how they will approach preparing FaZe clan in the semifinals: We are just going to practice for them like any other opponent. We will spend two or three hours watching demos and prepare our game plan.





Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko and s1mple on how they used Flamie against QBF:





Zeus: The game plan was “Flamie, go kill everyone.”





s1mple: We told flamie that he could choose whichever weapon he wants. When he wanted an AK, he took the AK. We wanted to drop for him because it was his day.





s1mple on how he feels in this lineup: When my teammates are playing well like this, I feel like I am just in my role. I don’t need to do anything besides just hold a corner with an AWP. I knew that today was flamie’s day and my day is going to come soon. Flamie did whatever he wanted and I just tried to help him as much as I could.

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