FaZe avoid upset in thrilling OT battle against GamerLegion
Kamil "siuhy" Szkaradek and his men did all they could in series against the world leaders from FaZe.
European RMR Group A is rolling with the first matches of today already being concluded. Here FaZe is taking on GamerLegion who just recently formed their new roster.
The match was set to be played on Mirage. FaZe started on fire on the CT side coming up 7-1 in the first 8 rounds. After some impressive rounds from GamerLegion, the first half ended with a 10-5 score line in favor of FaZe. GamerLegion takes the pistol round and starts their CT with a small comeback hope. After 25 rounds on Mirage, GamerLegion takes the lead. After some consecutive rounds on the CT Gamerlegion has hope and is for now in front 12-13.
A series of thriller rounds were played as we saw FaZe taking the match to overtime. The second OT came up after FaZe Clan fought their way back to an 18-18 score line, after being behind 15-18. GamerLegion had several chances to finish off the game, but the underdogs did not manage to win when it mattered the most.
Despite having struggled heavily throughout the game, it was FaZe who ended up victorious with an important 28-25 victory.
FaZe - Gamerlegion 1-0 | IEM Road to Rio RMR (Group A)
(Mirage) 28-25 | Robin 'ropz' Kool – 1.36 Rating / 48-38 K-D / 104.4 ADR