Imperial And Fnatic Knock Down 9z And 5yclone To Last Chance Bracket

9z are now in the last chance round of the tournament, where they must win every game to stay alive. Max’s squad faces M80 in their next game, and they’ll need to win three consecutive best-of-three series if they want to make the playoffs.

The South American mix’s victory in the pistol round kicked off the series on 9z’s choice of Nuke, but it didn’t last long. Imperial quickly countered the next force buy and won with a small number of Deagles. After that, VINI’s team dominated play and went into halftime with a commanding 10-5 defensive advantage.

While playing on the defensive side, boltz racked up a 2.02 rating and 10 first-round kills, and he carried that momentum over to the offensive side. Even though they got up late, 9z won six in a row, stalling Imperial long enough for them to give up their map choice, 11-16.

The match between Anubis and Nuke began similarly, with 9z taking the first pistol round and Imperial responding with a force buy victory. The Brazilians’ 11-4 halftime lead was largely attributable to the fragging output of Henrique “HEN1” Teles and Jhonatan “JOTA” Willian.

Initially on the defensive, 9z flipped to the T side and found their groove, allowing them to close the gap to 10-12 before Imperial could respond. Once VINI had the AWP, his side cruised to a 16-10 victory over Max’s squad because their leader had secured the locations.

fnatic advanced to the lower bracket final after a 2-0 victory over 5yclone in the ESL Pro League Season 18 Group C semi-finals.

fnatic, the series favorites, got off to a great start by taking a 3-0 lead over Inferno in game one. With six consecutive rounds spent on defense, 5yclone revealed why they have a 63.6% victory record versus the map’s top 30 teams. Andrew “kaze” Khong and colleagues only led by one point at the break.

After 5yclone tied the game on the attack to make it 13-13 after trailing 8-12, the second half was a defensive stalemate. It came down to the wire, but Christopher “dexter” Nong and Aurélien “afro” Drapier each had triple kills in the final two defenses to help fnatic pull off a 16-14 victory.

The majority-European roster played substantially better on the CT side on their Vertigo choice. A.K.A. Freddy “KRIMZ” Yi “JamYoung” was denied by Johansson. With his team ahead 7-3 in the eleventh round, Yang pulled off a ninja defuse to keep things rolling and ensure an 11-4 halftime lead.

After going on the defensive, 5yclone scored the first two points, but their strategy fell apart as dexter and his team smashed the Asians for 16 rounds. William “mezii” Chen said, “It feels good to have a clean-ish game for once.” Merriman stated after the game, which cemented his squad’s position in the middle of their group’s bracket and relegated 5yclone to the elimination round.

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