OG defeated Movistar Riders in the first Upper Semi-Final at the closed qualifier for IEM Summer 2021.
With their young {cflag:IL} player flameZ, the OG roster 2.0 showed some excellent Counter-Strike throughout the qualification tournament, where they won against Trident, FaZe, and Movistar Riders.
The Spanish team was no match on their own map pick, Overpass. OG put a stronghold on both bombsites leaving Movistar Riders with no chance. A 16-5 victory put a lot of pressure on the Iberian team, who had to conquer Inferno to stay alive in the Semi-Final.
Down 5-10 at the break, there was little hope for the reverse sweep to be happening. But then the Spanish duo of mopoz and alex came alive. Owen ‘smooya’ Butterfield had been the only Movistar Riders player who had made significant damage so far, but now there were three “Riders” who made a difference. 5-10 quickly became 9-10 before OG answered back.
At 14-14 Movistar Riders had the bomb planted, but could not carry through and lost the momentum, that they had built up in the second half. OG managed to take the last round and win the match 16-14 after a tight end, that could have gone both ways.
Movistar Riders – OG 0-2|IEM Summer 2021 Closed Qualifier
5-16 (Overpass) | {cflag:DK} valde – 1.63 Rating / 110.8 ADR / 21-10 K-D
14-16 (Inferno) | {cflag:IL} flameZ – 1.54 Rating / 91.7 ADR / 24-19 K-D
MVP: {cflag:IL} Shahar ‘flameZ’ Shushan – 1.46 Rating / 87.9 ADR / 40-31 K-D
Movistar Riders will get another chance to qualify tomorrow in the lower bracket.
