“Liquid” lost 0:2 to “G2 Esports” on Saturday evening and accordingly stopped in the semi-finals of the Katowice tournament. For this achievement, the North American team managed to earn a bonus of 80 thousand dollars.
In the semi-finals, “Liquid” lost with 10:16 and 11:16, unable to stop the opponents’ winning streak. YEKINDAR finished the semi-final match with the second best statistics in the team (38-41) and a rating of 1.07.
In general, he had a rating of 1.05 in the tournament, which was only slightly better than the average of the tournament and, accordingly, is not a particularly bright individual achievement, but the “Liquid” team can certainly count the semi-final reached in their pluses.
G2 Esports extended their winning streak to 19 consecutive maps with their win in the semifinals. In today’s finals, G2 won the first two maps to extend their streak to 21, the second longest in CS:GO live tournament history.
G2 managed to win the main trophy and a bonus of 400 thousand dollars in the five-hour final. This victory was a special one for team leader Nikol “NiKo” Kovacs, who had played in the Katowice final three times before, but now finally became the winner of the prestigious tournament, doing so together with his cousin Nemanja “huNter” Kovacs, who was named tournament MVP.
The triumph of Australian Justin “jks” Savage should also be noted – a year ago he became the champion together with Helvija “broky” Saukant in the “FaZe” team, but this year he did it already as a representative of G2. It should be reminded that “FaZe” remained 7-8 this time. place.
The final game started on the “Nuke” map, where “Heroic” did not know how to protect the 10:5 lead and lost with 12:16. Even after that, the Danish team had a significant lead (9:3) on the “Mirage” map, but lost the initiative after exchanging sides, conceding 13:16.
“Heroic” prevented the opponents from continuing their winning streak, winning the “Inferno” map (16:11) in a nervous atmosphere. It looked like Heroic had a chance to turn the match in their direction, but the G2 leaders gathered their emotions after the break and stifled Heroic’s efforts on the Ancient map and won 16-7.
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CS:GO News & Coverage | HLTV.org
