It is five months ago, that Virtus.pro took home $180.000 and a second-place at IEM Katowice. Today they nearly got eliminated without winning a single map at IEM Cologne.
2021 has been a weird year for Virtus.pro. They started on a high note, but lately the results have been poor. On Mirage the downfall continued. None of the VP players ended the map with a positive K-D score and was handed a devastating 16-6 loss.
On their own map pick, Dust2, VP was once again dominated. Complexity had almost sent VP home without winning a map, but then something happened. First, it was Jame, then qikert, and then buster who made multiple kills during a round to complete a much-needed comeback to force the map to overtime. Here buster destroyed Complexity with an AWP ace to close off the overtime with Virtus.pro winning all four OT rounds.
Overpass was picked as the decider. Again it was an even show, but in the end Virtus.pro got the upper hand and secured a 16-13 to win the match. Complexity is done and dusted at IEM Cologne.
Virtus.pro – Complexity 2-1 | IEM Cologne
Virtus.pro will now have to beat Ninjas in Pyjamas to stay alive at IEM Cologne.
In the upper bracket, it started exciting between G2 and BIG. The Germans won Dust2 in convincing fashion, and then everyone thought, that we were in for a thriller of a match. But BIG just managed to win five rounds on the last two maps. Even AmenNEK, who had finished Dust2 with a horrible 3-17 K-D score ended up with a positive K-D after Mirage and Inferno. A disappointing showing for tabseN and his teammates.
G2 is ready for the playoffs and can even qualify for the semi-finals with a win against Gambit on Sunday in the Group A final. BIG will have to make a run in the lower brackets to qualify for the playoffs. Next opponent is Team Liquid.
G2 – BIG 2-1 | IEM Cologne
