Wrapping up the second day’s play for Professional League 17’s penultimate group
One other day of CSGO has come and handed, and in contrast to the second days of different teams, this one was fairly simple barring one recreation, which went all three maps. A few groups made it by way of to the Playoffs — though their seeding will probably be decided by a match between them in a few days — whereas two have been demoted to the Decrease Bracket. When you have been unable to observe the matches whereas the motion was dwell, we’ve obtained recaps to get you in control on all of the developments in a little bit over a couple of minutes.
ESL Professional League Season 17 Group C Day 2 Matches
The day started with Rooster taking over paiN Gaming within the Mid Bracket, with OG taking part in Workforce towards Vitality afterwards. Later, FaZe Clan went up towards Ninjas in Pyjamas, whereas 00 Nation obtained busy with Grayhound Gaming.
Rooster vs paiN Gaming
Following their disastrous first day towards FaZe, Rooster actually regarded like they’d be the whipping boys of the group. There have been small flashes of brilliance, however these flashes have been few and much between, and FaZe regarded like they breezed by way of the video games with none actual hardships. paiN however gave NIP an amazing battle, however there’s an enormous distinction between the present weak NIP and the extraordinarily harmful FaZe, and regardless of the rating distinction between the 2 groups, something was potential.
Rooster picked Anubis, and regardless of a really poor begin to their attacking half, they managed to come back again sturdy with a 7-round streak to win the half 8-7. Nevertheless, the T-sided map confirmed its colours as soon as extra, and paiN got here again sturdy within the second half to destroy the Aussies and end the sport 16-11. Romeu “zevy” Rocco pulled off a masterclass efficiency, however we’d be remiss to not point out the unimaginable effort from Akram “ADK” Smida, who pulled off some unimaginable clutches and was second on the rating sheet.
In contrast to Anubis, paiN’s decide Nuke wouldn’t be a detailed recreation by any stretch of the creativeness. The Brazilians all however scalped their opponents on the T-side, choosing up a brutal 12 rounds with 11 of them being complete eliminations earlier than the bomb may even explode. As soon as switched, they made brief work of no matter hopes and morale the children had, successful the sport 16-4 and the sequence 2-0. zevy was glorious as soon as once more, however the map belonged to Felipe “skullz” Medeiros, who was unbelievable.
OG vs Workforce Vitality
Following a comparatively weak exhibiting towards their Brazilian opponents within the first recreation of Day 1, OG had clapped again laborious to place their foes of their place and seal the sequence 2-0. Up towards defending Professional League champions Vitality, nonetheless, they’d must give you one thing much more stable to go. Vitality themselves had made brief work of Grayhound, however given the Aussie workforce’s pedigree, that wasn’t actually a shock. OG could be a tough battle for them, however they regarded prepared.
OG’s decide of Anubis appeared like a superb ploy to maybe throw Vitality off after the latter hadn’t been seen taking part in that map too many occasions, however the French facet managed to assert 10 rounds on the protection to utterly deflate an already low-morale OG. Issues didn’t enhance as soon as the edges have been switched, with OG not with the ability to take a single CT-side spherical and getting hammered 16-5. At this level, it’s no shock that Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut had one of the best stats within the recreation.
On to Vitality’s decide Vertigo, OG’s CT-side was as soon as once more porous as they let their opponents get as many as 9 rounds on the assault. Vitality have been a little bit free within the center rounds of their very own CT-side, letting OG rating 3 attacking rounds, however closed the sport out quickly after on the rating of 16-9 to proceed to the Higher Bracket Closing. As soon as once more, ZywOo was on the prime of virtually each sort of record, however surprisingly, Abdulkhalik “degster” Gasanov had probably the most AWP kills.
FaZe Clan vs Ninjas in Pyjamas
FaZe’s dominant days is perhaps within the latest previous, however there are nonetheless spells of their gameplay that makes it appear as if they by no means went away. There’s little doubt that the workforce continues to be extraordinarily highly effective, and their exhibiting towards the Oceania minnows was however a slice of their true energy. NIP have been struggling for a very long time, however the twin victories towards paiN Gaming would at the least give them some confidence going into this matchup, which is one thing the workforce desperately wants proper now.
On NIP’s decide Overpass, the Ninjas may solely muster a weak 3-round haul on the assault, struggling to seek out openings in FaZe’s ironclad protection and solely sporadically making it by way of. They did higher after the swap, choosing up 6 of the primary 7 rounds and threatening to show the sport round, however FaZe rapidly shut their hopes down with a 3-round streak that noticed them shut the map 16-9. Virtually everybody on their workforce performed effectively, however props to Robin “ropz” Kool for arising huge with 27 kills.
If issues have been that unhealthy on NIP’s map, one can solely think about the way it went on FaZe’s searching floor Historic. NIP truly began their CT-side by successful the pistol in addition to the next spherical, however FaZe instantly took over and simply by no means eliminated their foot off the pedal as they raced to a 12-round T-side half earlier than ending the sport 16-3 in addition to the sequence. ropz, Helvijs “broky” Saukants and Håvard “rain” Nygaard have been all good, with even workforce chief Finn “karrigan” Andersen stepping as much as do some main injury.
00 Nation vs Grayhound Gaming
It’s all the time a superb feeling to see a seemingly washed-out nice of the sport popping off à la their prime, and 00 Nation’s finest participant thus far has been their talismanic, legendary chief. They could have been crushed by OG in that second recreation, however they did present appreciable promise within the recreation earlier than. Grayhound however had failed to point out nearly any such glimpses of their first day, and could be keen to provide the Brazilians — and certainly the world — a style of Aussie Counter-Strike.
Grayhound started their map Mirage gradual, however rapidly powered up with 6 rounds on the trot as they raced to 8-3, ending the half 10-5. The primary three rounds on the CT-side gave them a 13-5 lead, however that’s the place issues fell aside. The Samba boys struck again, and struck again huge as they destroyed Grayhound on their very own assault, taking 11 of the final 12 rounds of regulation play to win the sport 16-14. Marcelo “coldzera” David rolled again the years with an outstanding flip, whereas Eduardo “dumau” Wolkmer wasn’t far behind with some nice rounds.
Subsequent up for 00 Nation’s Historic, and after a powerful begin by Grayhound, the Brazilians took over for an enormous 10-round streak earlier than conceding the final one within the half. It regarded as if it was throughout for the Aussies, however they have been incisive of their second half, choosing up 11 of the primary 13 to place an finish to the carnival and win the match 16-12. Alistair “aliStair” Johnston was instrumental for the underdogs, whereas Declan “Vexite” Portelli confirmed ability and composure past his years.
Lastly, all of it got here right down to Inferno because it has numerous occasions earlier than in professional Counter-Strike. Beginning on the T-side, 00 Nation have been off to a superb begin solely to be countered laborious by Grayhound, who managed a good 9-6 CT-side half. It was a hard-fought second half, with each groups vying for management and each having patches of dominance, however in the long run it was Grayhound who got here out on prime, successful the match 16-12 and the sequence 2-1. This time Vexite topped the charts, however 00 Nation’s Lucas “nqz” Soares additionally did brilliantly.
Be part of us once more tomorrow for a recap of the subsequent day, and keep on with us for information and content material on all issues CSGO.
