Imperial and paiN go 2-1 in Copenhagen
After four straight defeats yesterday, the Brazilian teams came back to winning ways today in the early matches of round 3.
Two great first halves set both paiN Gaming and Imperial up for success in the bo1 matches against ENCE and Apeks.
On Overpass, Imperial and Apeks crossed paths with the former coming in hot after two good games on Day 1. The Brazilians continued to impress with a stellar CT side giving themselves a 9-3 lead onto the difficult T side on Overpass. Here Apeks immediately won four rounds to make the game competitive, but then Imperial finally broke through in round 17 and finished off Apeks 13-7.
paiN Gaming found themselves 10-2 up after a Rodrigo "biguzera" Bittencourt masterclass! The Brazilian rifler finished the first 12 rounds with an impressive 20-3 K-D score against ENCE, who had a mountain to climb. The moods of the Polish/Danish roster didn’t improve after losing the all-important pistol round. Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander clutched a 1vs2 situation to give his team an extra chance to make a comeback. But ENCE could not stop the Brazilians, who ran away with a solid 13-3 victory to move up to the 2-1 bracket. For ENCE the match once again displayed the poor form from the supposed star player Paweł "dycha" Dycha.
The four teams will be back on the server tomorrow, where Imperial and paiN will play their first qualification matches, while Apeks and ENCE has to win the next two bo3 matches to qualify for the next stage.
