Team Liquid turns bad start to victory against OG
The North Americans got off to a good start at IEM Winter.
There are little to no expectations for Team Liquid for the remainder of 2021. With the internal problems being highlighted in several interviews at BLAST Fall Finals last week, it is only a matter of time, before there will be roster changes on the team. Despite all that, Liquid is part of a very active ending to the tournament calendar year with participation in both of the BLAST tournaments and in this week's IEM Winter.
In the opening round the North Americans were matched with OG. Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen and his teammates got the better start to the match, but Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski kept Liquid in the match with several multi-kill rounds in the first half. And while OG started to slow down, momentum shifted in the direction of the NA team.
The second half belonged to Team Liquid. The entire team started to hit their shots best illustrated by Michael "Grim" Wince, who turned a terrible start to the match to a decent scoreline. On the other side of the server, OG was missing two of their most reliable riflers, Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangs and Shahar "flameZ" Shushan, who did not play up to their best. Team Liquid managed to steer home a 16-12 victory, and will move on in the upper bracket, while OG is one loss away from elimination at the tournament.
Team Liquid vs. OG 1-0 | IEM Winter Opening Round
Mirage (16-12) | 
EliGE - 1.34 rating / 26-17 K-D / 94.1 ADR
