Who will continue their fight to honor and glory straight away? Who will pass to the 2nd round of the Upper Brackets and who will have to defend their names in the Lower Bracket rounds? The first round of the Upper Brackets is about to begin!

The 2 maps to be played will most likely be V2 and Bridge, but since we all have seen the recent result of Team Israel (9 - 5 against Team Netherlands), I'd like to preview this map (shortly) aswell. So we know that Team Israel is capable of playing a very strong Hunt, which might be their rescue, because we saw that Team Germany is beatable on this map last week. They were overrun by the French powerhouse with, ironically enough, a score of 5-9! If this map is on the menu, I'd say a close victory to the Isreali; 8-6.

On V2, thinks could go either way in my opinion, both teams showed good things aswell as average performances. Though, they will need to play above average if they want to win this map. If played with brains and without egoism, both teams are able to make a big step forward to the victory of the match and therefore a place in the 2nd round of the Upper Brackets. Though, I'd would say a pretty even score again: 6-8 to Team Germany.

Though, we still have the last map to look at! It's the one and only Bridge. The map where everything is possible. The map with surprises. The map with a lot of fireworks going on! My prediction is that this map will be the deciding factor in this match. I'm afraid to say that probably the Germans will have the better of the game on this map. Though, for somehow, I think that Team Isreal could surprise us yet again! Let's wait for Mad Monday to reveal it's secrets! I don't dare to give an expected score on this map, so let the discussions begin ;)!

We still have 3 nights to sleep, maybe both teams have their secret weapon ready, maybe they are still thinking of the winning tactic! Good luck to both nations.