Astralis also bounced back with a clean win over 3DMAX.
Vitality humbles TheMongolZ
Mathieu ‘ZywOo’ herbaut once again stood out today, despite not performing the best on his team. In Vitality’s victory over TheMongolZ 13-4 on Dust2, ZywOo won an absurd clutch to win the map.
TheMongolZ gave a good account of themselves overall. They took their pick of Mirage 13-10, but faltered on the next two, getting only 8 rounds between them.
Astralis take down 3DMAX
Astralis started this seriesby battering 3DMAX 13-2 on Overpass.
The second map of Nuke was much closer, despite Astralis getting 6 terrorist rounds. The start of the second half was all in favor of 3DMAX, as they looked to potentially take the map.
Despite frustrations, Astralis rallied to take control of the map and win the series 2-0. This was despite Pierre ‘Ex3rcice’ Bulinge being the best performer on Nuke.
Astralis move on to take on the young team of FUT, where they are the favorites on paper, but not as much as you may think.
Battle of the Fs
In a rematch from IEM Krakow, FUT once again had FURIA on the ropes. They had match points on the second map of Overpass after winning the first.
They eventually lost, but were on the verge of upsetting a great team with a squad of age 19 on average.
Falcons beat FaZe in comfortable fashion in another match. FaZe was able to win Falcons’ pick of Dust2, but were battered on Anubis and Ancient. The decider was 13-4, leaving a deep mark in FaZe in what was an otherwise promising showing from them.
G2 down to the 0-2 pool
G2 are in danger of crashing out of PGL Cluj-Napoca after losing to PARIVISION today. Yesterday, they were close to beating Vitality thanks to an overperformance by Mario ‘malbsMd’ Samayoa. Today, he went missing as PARIVISION took control, and grinded out a three-map affair.
They match up against paiN Gaming to keep their playoff hopes alive.
Marquee matchups tomorrow
2-0 pool
MOUZ vs Vitality (15:00 CET)
FURIA vs Falcons (18:00 CET)
1-1 pool
NAVI vs Aurora (9:00 CET)
FaZe vs PARIVISION (9:00 CET)
TheMongolZ vs B8 (12:00 CET)
FUT vs Astralis (12:00 CET)
0-2 pool
3DMAX vs HEROIC (15:00 CET)
G2 vs paiN Gaming (18:00 CET)
