Group A has been a pure joy ride for Ninjas in Pyjamas so far. Today they took their fourth victory in a row with a 2-1 win against Looking For Org. The victory catapults the Swedes directly into the Quarter-Finals at ESL Pro League.

NIP was a huge favorite before the match started, and it was, therefore, no surprise that they were in control for the majority of the match. On Nuke it got rough for the Australians in the first half that left them trailing 2-13 before NIP cruised home the victory.

For Looking For Org ESL Pro League has been a big learning experience. So far they had won one map during the first three matches. On Overpass they had the chance to win another. On their CT-side they established a 9-6 lead at the break.

NIP took back the lead 12-9 before LFO found an answer. But this time the Australians went all-in. And with a perfect finish to the map, Looking For Org equalized the score.

Ancient proved to be too difficult for the Aussies. NIP has been one of the most solid teams on the new map, and the Swedes had no trouble grinding down LFO. An 11-4 lead at the break was quickly converted to a 16-4 win.

LFO is now without any chance of qualifying but has one match left tomorrow, while NIP has locked in their Quarter-Final spot at ESL Pro League.

NIP – Looking For Org 2-1 | ESL Pro League Season 15 (Group A)

16-7 (Nuke) | {cflag:SE} Plopski – 1.58 Rating / 24-13 K-D / 109.4 ADR

14-16 (Vertigo) | {cflag:AU} ap0c- – 1.32 Rating / 23-18 K-D / 84.3 ADR 

16-5 (Ancient) | {cflag:SE} phzy – 1.67 Rating / 19-8 K-D / 96.1 ADR

MVP: {cflag:SE} Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora – 1.26 Rating / 58-46 K-D / 92.2 ADR

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To close the day at ESL Pro League, the Australians of LookingForOrg faced the international lineup of fnatic. Both teams came into the match looking for their first win after having lost their games on day 1.

The match got started on LFO’s pick of Dust2, where fnatic secured an early lead of 4-0 on their CT-side before the Australians were able to answer back. Led by “ap0c”, the Aussies came back into it, and nothing but a single round separated the two teams at halftime.

Fnatic, who had the lead at the half, kept extending it after the break, but LFO came back immediately to equalize it just like in the first half. At this point, fnatic looked utterly lost for answers and LFO drove it home at 16-13.

After a loss on the first map, fnatic, and especially “Peppzor”, stepped their game up massively on Inferno. They took a convincing 11-4 halftime lead and looked much more comfortable than they did on the first map where “poizon” was the only one really showing up.

Fnatic quickly found map point at 15-4, and an eleven-round comeback was way too big of a task for the Australians, who had to concede the second map at 16-8.

With Dust2 and Inferno out of the way, it was now time for the deciding map: Overpass. The teams were exactly evenly matched after ten rounds as no team could seem to get the upper hand. “HaZR” tried hard to get LFO into a winning position, but it was “mezii” and “poizon” on the CT-side that managed to bring their team to a lead of 9-6 at the break.

LFO had a really hard time in the second half and were only able to take one round with them, meaning that fnatic took a dominating victory of 16-7.

fnatic - LookingForOrg 2-1 | ESL Pro League Season 15 (Group A)

13-16 (Dust2) | {cflag:AU} ap0c – 1.58 Rating / 28-15 K-D / 112.5 ADR

16-8 (Inferno) | {cflag:GB} mezii – 1.41 Rating / 18-10 K-D / 84.8 ADR

16-7 (Overpass) | {cflag:GB} mezii – 1.91 Rating / 28-15 K-D / 148.1 ADR

MVP: {cflag:GB} William "mezii" Merriman – 1.34 Rating / 58-45 K-D / 98.9 ADR

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