NRG were up 12-0 on Mirage and lost, the first 0-12 comeback in CS Major history. This is the full IEM Cologne Major 2026 Stage 1 recap, and the one game that defined the whole stage.
Welcome to de_Sports, episode one. Sixteen teams, four days, eight spots in Stage 2, and a BIG vs NRG decider that has no business existing. I walk the whole gauntlet — every match I covered, the pickems carnage, TYLOO’s reverse sweep, FlyQuest dismantling Liquid — and then the 16 unanswered rounds that sent a former Major champion home. Not expert analysis. My first Major live. It happened to be a historic one.
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0:00 Cologne 2026 Stage 1 Recap
2:05 Day 1 Upsets & Pick’em Carnage
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5:27 Day 1 Standings & Day 2 BO3s
12:02 BIG vs NRG’s Historic Collapse
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