It was Portugal vs Dream Team at the showmatch before the Grand Final at BLAST Premier Spring Finals.

Playing on the "Dream Team" was degster, karrigan, m0NESY, ropz, and JACKZ, who went up against a Portuguese team where Ricardo "fox" Pacheco was leading the pack. The two teams played on the old Counter-Strike map Tuscan, which has been reworked since the good old 1.6 days.

You can see the highlights from the match here.

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With Natus Vincere securing the first spot in tomorrow's Grand Final of the ongoing BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022 event, we are left with only one spot left. The last Grand Finalist is to be found between two big names as G2 and Vitality go head to head in an exciting Bo3-series. The winner of the Semi-final will earn the right to play against Natus Vincere tomorrow for a chance to become the champions of the event. On paper G2 were the slight favorites going into the Bo3-series, however, once the two rosters entered the server it was clear that very little separated the two. A close battle, that went all three maps concluded with Vitality as the victor. 

The first map of the Bo3-series took place on the iconic map of Dust 2 and was picked by the French and Danish roster of Vitality. Looking at the numbers it is apparent that both teams are more than capable of putting up a great performance on Dust 2 and a thriller was on the cards for the first map of the series. Already in the first half of Dust 2, it was a close affair. With little separating the two teams, G2 proved slightly more potent on their CT-side as the first half concluded at the scoreline of 9-6. The second half, however, saw a dangerously cohesive and strong defense from Vitality. With "ZywOo" performing like almost always does, the French and Danish combination proved too difficult for G2 to break down. At the scoreline of 16-13, it was Vitality to claim Dust 2 and secure an advantage going forward in the Bo3-series. 

The second map of the series was, of course, picked by G2 and saw the brawl continue on Inferno. Few teams have looked as dangerous as G2 on the Italian soil of Inferno as of late. Currently sitting on a 88% win rate on the map (8 maps) in the past three months, it seemed an impossible task for Vitality to close out the Semi-final in just two maps. Once Inferno got rolling it was clear which team was the better on the map. A stellar performance, led by headshot machine "JACKZ" saw G2 dominate Vitality and take home the victory at the scoreline of 16-8. 

The third and final map of the Bo3-series took place on Nuke. A map that is known for its tactical possibilities and seemed the perfect place for "apEX" and "Aleksib" to have their final showdown before a winner was found between the two rosters. A close battle from start to finish kicked off on Nuke as neither team gave their opponent an inch. A slow CT-sided half from Vitality meant an 8-7 lead at halftime for "NiKo" and his troops. Whilst Nuke is said to be a CT-sided map, Vitality seemed far more potent once they had switched to the offense on Nuke. A stellar performance from "ZywOo" catapulted Vitality into a lead in the late stages of the map. At the scoreline of 16-13 it was Vitality to finally close out the Bo3-series and celebrate as they look forward to a thriller of a Grand Final against Natus Vincere tomorrow. 

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Vitality - G2 2-1 | BLAST Premier Spring Finals - Lisbon (Semi-finals)

16-13 (Dust 2) | {cflag:FR} apEX - 1.48 Rating / 28-18 K-D / 90.8 ADR

8-16 (Inferno) | {cflag:FR} JACKZ - 1.50 Rating / 23-12 K-D / 85.2 ADR

16-13 (Nuke) | {cflag:FR} ZywOo - 1.35 Rating / 23-15 K-D / 81.3 ADR

: {cflag:FR} Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut - 1.21 Rating / 59-48 K-D / 77.4 ADR

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Team Vitality

G2 Esports

In a video posted by the Betway Esports, we have a 1v1 pistol between the two teammates, NiKo and JACKZ. They are allowed to use any pistol they want, apart from one they can ban for each other! Both are great Counter-Strike players, but who is the best regarding aim?

Watch the video here and find out if NiKo actually will humiliate his teammate:

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NiKo

It was a playoffs-or-elimination match when FURIA and G2 took to the server. When the two last met at IEM Katowice, G2 took a narrow three-map victory.

FURIA started great on the T side of their pick, Vertigo. The Brazilians went up 6-2 and it looked as though they would dominate the first half. Unfortunately for the South Americans, a man called "huNter-" had other plans. The Bosnian led his team back in contention, and to an 8-7 halftime lead.

The G2 squad did not find the same success on the T side as "arT" was relentlessly bullying them around Ramp. Add to this the fact that "yuurih" had an incredible game and you have got a FURIA win.

Moving onto G2's pick of Inferno, it was the unlikely duo of "JaCkz" and "arT" that shone for their respective teams in the first half. As close as can be at 8-7 at halftime these two entry-fraggers both had an ADR of over 100.

The second half continued in the same close fashion and went the full thirty rounds. "KSCERATO" almost pulled out a 1v4 in the dying stages of the map, but "JaCkz" took him down and secured their map pick.

FURIA had a good start to the T side of Ancient which was the last map of the series. The Brazilian squad went up 4-3 but the rest of the half belonged to the Europeans who ended the half on a 7-1 streak.

The second half started with four straight rounds of force-buy wars. All of the rounds were extremely close, but "arT" and co. ended out on top, and drove it home from there with a ten-round winstreak.

G2's Major dreams are over as they get knocked out and see FURIA advance to the quarter-finals.

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G2 - FURIA 1-2 | PGL Major Antwerp Legends Stage

12-16 (Vertigo) | {cflag:BR} yuurih - 1.61 Rating / 26-14 K-D / 110.0 ADR

16-14 (Inferno) | {cflag:BA} NiKo - 1.50 Rating / 27-19 K-D / 97.9 ADR

11-16 (Ancient) | {cflag:BR} KSCERATO - 1.47 Rating / 23-13 K-D / 88.0 ADR

MVP: {cflag:RU} Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov - 1.16 Rating / 60-51 K-D / 75.9 ADR

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FURIA

The fourth day of play in Group A at ESL Pro League Season 15 didn't disappoint at all!

With the group nearing its end, every round, every map and every point counts in the pursuit of a prestigious playoff spot at the $823.000 tier-1 event. In yesterday's late matchup we saw a G2 side with their backs to the wall taking on the Russians from Entropiq. See how it went in the video below. 

The 15th season of the iconic ESL Pro League was kicked off yesterday with three quite one-sided 2-0 victories to G2, Entropiq and NIP in their respective matches. 

At the look of things, today's matches should be more competitive on paper, with the exciting head-to-head between NBK and his former team in G2, where MOUZ will have to upset the strong group favourites, who are still playing without their IGL, Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen. 

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You can watch all of the matches right here.

The first quarterfinal of the day had the star-studded lineup of G2 going up against the heavily team-focused Virtus.pro.

G2 chose to start the match on Mirage, the home of “m0NESY”, even though they’ve only won the map one out of three times so far at the tournament.

It was the European squad on the T-side that started best as they picked up the first three rounds of the map. After this point, it got really hard for G2 to take rounds. Virtus.pro, led by always-present “Jame”,  was consistently bashing them in mid and taking space in apartments and on ramp. “m0NESY” did though manage to carry his team to a respectable six rounds before the break.

G2 got right back into it as they quickly brought themselves into the lead 10-9 after switching sides. Virtus.pro looked really strong when they had full-buys and soon they found themselves back in the lead and looking like the favorites to take map 1. “m0NESY” had been consistent throughout the map, but it was the awakening of “huNter-“ and “Aleksib” that put G2 back in the driver’s seat. This allowed them to get map point, but unfortunately for them, they couldn’t close it out and the map went into overtime.

The map went into three overtimes as the teams couldn’t seem to separate from each other. G2 failed to convert on three map-points in overtime, but a 2v5 from “m0NESY” and “Aleksib” was what finally put them over the line at 25-22.

The action continued on Virtus.pro’s pick of Ancient where G2 on the CT-side, started the map out by securing their third pistol-round of the day. “huNter-“, “NiKo” and “JACKZ” were all scorching hot from the get-go, and this fueled G2 to a dominating early lead of 7-0. Virtus.pro, who has looked great on this map recently, had a very hard time finding answers throughout the half, and with only “Jame” putting up big numbers the halftime score was 12-3 in favor of G2.

The second half started out in an extremely scrappy way, with the teams just trading rounds back and forth in the force-buy wars. This meant that G2 very quickly were able to get to map point at 15-5 and close it out 16-5.

This result sees Virtus.pro knocked out of IEM Katowice, while G2 move on to face Na'Vi tomorrow.

22-25 (Mirage) | {cflag:RU} m0NESY – 1.39 Rating / 45-34 K-D / 98.4 ADR

5-16 (Ancient) | {cflag:BA} huNter- – 1.50 Rating / 17-8 K-D / 106.5 ADR

MVP: {cflag:RU} Ilya ”m0NESY” Osipov - 1.30 Rating / 58-40 K-D / 84.6 ADR

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The upper final started with Vitality’s map pick of Vertigo, but it was G2 to set the early tempo taking a 4-1 lead. G2's strong start was answered back by Vitality, who started finding the right footing late in the first half to close the gap to 9-6. Despite, Vitality beginning to find their footing late in the first half, they struggled to stabilize their defense in the second. NiKo's troops extended the lead 12-7. But Vitality started to make a comeback attempt despite the massive deficit.  ZywOo and company managed to tie up the game, 12-12. The Europeans were unable to stay in contention, only adding two more rounds to their tally before Vitality cruised to a 16-12 finish.

The second map to be played on Mirage, picked by G2. Once again, the Europeans got off to a good start, taking the lead 5-1 on the offense. The Frenchmen managed to take five rounds of their own before switching sides, trailing 5-10 at halftime. But similar to the first map, ZywOo and company had another gear in the second half, managed to take the lead for the first time 13-12. However, that still wasn't enough to secure victory as G2 battled back with three rounds in the closing moments to take a 16-14 map win.

The third and final map to be played was Inferno which saw Vitality start as the terrorist while G2 would be defending. The decider got off to a similar start, as G2 went up 5-1. Vitality came alive on the offense, as they strung four in a row powered by apEX to keep the score close. Switching sides saw G2 set the early pace again, winning the second pistol, further extended their lead 13-9. G2 did not let go of the lead and refused to cede control, only dropping two rounds in the second half as they claimed victory 16-9 and the series 2-1.

Vitality vs. G2 (1-2) | IEM Winter 2021 

16-14 (Vertigo) | {cflag:BA} NiKo – 1.32 Rating / 26-20 K-D / 94.6 ADR

14-16 (Mirage) | {cflag:FR} ZywOo – 1.34 Rating / 26-14 K-D / 83.4 ADR

9-16 (Inferno) | {cflag:FR} JaCkz – 1.54 Rating / 22-11 K-D / 86.3 ADR

MVP: {cflag:BA} NiKo – 1.24 Rating / 68-56 K-D / 91.7 ADR

IEM Winter 2021 overview – Liquid vs. NIP (0-2)

NIP has secured a quarter-finals spot at IEM Winter after besting Liquid in a two-map series in the Lower final, taking the North American team's map pick of Mirage before closing the series on Inferno. This sends NIP to the quarter-finals and sends Liquid home packing at IEM Winter.

6-16 (Mirage) | {cflag:SE} REZ - 2.11 Rating / 31-9 K-D / 135.4 ADR

12-16 (Inferno) | {cflag:SE} REZ – 1.33 Rating / 25-17 K-D / 88.9 ADR

MVP: {cflag:SE} REZ - 1.66 Rating / 56-26 K-D / 109.4 ADR

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Ninjas in Pyjamas

Team Liquid

The quickest and most efficient way to kill an enemy in Counter-Strike is to hit them in the head with either your pistol, rifle or sniper rifle. Despite it being the quickest way to get a kill, it’s also the hardest way. For some players, it can be very tough to hit a headshot.

The CS:GO world also contains a list of players whose natural-born headshot machines, where tapping heads are their strongest capability on the server. We have found the very best headshot players this year by looking at several headshot statistics among top 20 teams.

1. {cflag:UA} [link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/players/b1tgod","isNewTab":true,"text":"Valeriy 'B1T' Vakhovskiy"}] (NAVI) | 1459 / 67.0%

2. {cflag:CA} [link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/players/twistzz","isNewTab":true,"text":"Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken"}] (FaZe) | 1457 / 64.0%  

3. {cflag:FR} [link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/players/jackz","isNewTab":true,"text":"Audric 'JaCkz' Jug"}] (G2) | 1380 / 63.9%

4. {cflag:UZ} [link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/players/sanji","isNewTab":true,"text":"Sanjar 'SANJI' Kuliev"}] (Virtus.pro) | 1286 / 62.1%

5. {cflag:LV} [link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/players/yekindar","isNewTab":true,"text":"Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis"}] (Virtus.pro) 1894 / 61.5%

6. {cflag:NO} [link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/players/rain","isNewTab":true,"text":"Håvard 'rain' Nygaard"}] (FaZe) | 1219 / 59.5%

7. {cflag:DE} [link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/players/k1to","isNewTab":true,"text":"Nils 'k1to' Gruhne"}] (BIG) | 1424 / 57.7%

8. {cflag:KZ} [link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/players/qikert","isNewTab":true,"text":"Alexey 'Qikert' Golubev"}] (Virtus.pro) | 1515 / 57.4%

9. {cflag:DK} [link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/players/teses","isNewTab":true,"text":"René 'TeSeS' Madsen"}] (Heroic) | 1267 / 56.5%

10. {cflag:DE} [link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/players/tabsen","isNewTab":true,"text":"Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz"}] (BIG) | 1524 / 55.1%

THE BEST PRO CS:GO ONE TAPS OF 2021! (INSANE AIM)

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G2 ran over BIG on Nuke with a 16-8 scoreline as JaCkz led the European side with a 1.85 Rating. The European Squad already sits comfortably in the RMR rankings but will look to secure as many points as possible. 

G2 got off to a great start on Nuke, converting a force buy on the second round before BIG went on the scoreboard. Despite a short improvement from syrsoN’s team, G2 cruised through their CT side, stringing together eight rounds in a row on their way to an 11-4 lead ending the first half. The second half started with all of the players on G2 had utility trying to make a remarkable play, but BIG won the pistol. The European squad were quick to prevent any comeback attempts from BIG and kept the map in check to secure their victory 8-16

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8-16 (Nuke) | JaCkz – 1.85 Rating / 27-11 K-D / 108.5 ADR

Copenhagen Flames – AURA (16-14) | {cflag:SE} hype – 1.37 Rating / 26-18 K-D / 93.9 ADR

Funplus Phoenix – mousesports (16-12) | {cflag:FI} zehN - 1.51 Rating / 30-15 K-D / 89.6 ADR

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Copenhagen Flames

FunPlus Phoenix

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In round on Mirage during the group match between G2 and the Swedes from Ninjas in Pyjamas, Audric "JaCkz" Jug and the rest of the French-Balkan managed to outplay NIP completely. The mechanical rifler jumped on the shoulders of AmaNEk to get an elevated position near underpass on Mirage. Something, which completely caught NIP off guard. 

You can watch the play here in our latest edition of Pley of the Day. 

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AmaNEk

The art of consistently tapping enemies head is as old as the genre of tactical, first-person shooter itself. Over the years, many FPS games have seen some impressive headshot machines, and no esports has seen such gods rise up more than Valve’s very own Counter-Strike.

In our list, we’ll be taking a look at the players who tapped the most heads in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 14, and also the players with the highest headshot percentage. Did any of your favorites make the list?

1.  {cflag:RU}   Aleksandr “KENSI” Gurkin (forZe) | 164

2.  {cflag:LV}   YEKINDAR (Virtus.pro) | 152

3.  {cflag:CZ}   SHOCK (Sinners) | 138

4.  {cflag:US}   EliGE (Liquid) | 138

1.  {cflag:UA}   Valeriy “B1T” Vakhovskiy (NAVI) | 0.48

2.  {cflag:GT}   malbsMd (TeamOne) | 0.48

3.  {cflag:LV}   YEKINDAR (Virtus.pro) | 0.44

5.  {cflag:KZ}   Hobbit (Gambit) | 0.43

1.  {cflag:FR}   Audric “JaCkz” Jug (G2) | 73.1%

3.  {cflag:GT}   malbsMd (TeamOne) | 68.0%

4.  {cflag:US}   Spongey (Bad News Bears) | 65.1%

5.  {cflag:LV}   YEKINDAR (Virtus.pro) | 63.1%

KENSI

They are usually battling each other on the server at some of the biggest tournaments in Counter-Strike. However, the superstar quartet in Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz, Jake "Stewie2K" YIP, Audric "JaCkz" Jug and Richard "shox" Papillon teamed up in two sides to take on a match of Wingman. dev1ce and Stewie2K joined forces as the first team, while the two Frenchmen combined for a French super team. 

Watch the NIP, Liquid, Vitality and G2 star play wingman on Inferno.

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Stewie2K

When thinking about French CS:GO and its iconic players throughout the years you probably think of the likes of "kennyS", "ZywOo", and "Shox". Whilst these players have rightfully earned the legendary status there is one who rarely gets the attention he has proven to deserve. The G2 player Audric "JaCkz" Jug isn't the flashiest player and his stats are not always something to write home about, however, when you need him he delivers.

Hear what the in-game leader from G2, Nemanja "nexa" Isaković, says about his teammate in the video below.

Take a look at some of the best moments and highlights from "JaCkz" proving that he is not to be overlooked when it comes to iconic and valuable French players in the Counter-Strike scene: 

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Betway esports are back with an AWP 2v2 from the G2 team. It’s kennyS & huNter facing off against AmaNEk and JaCkz.

The AWP is the most iconic gun in Counter-Strike and the only specific weapon in all of esports to have a position named after it. The AWP isn’t just a sniper rifle. It’s a living, breathing art form. A brush that players have been using to paint, beautiful, bloody portraits for nearly two decades.

Which team do you think can handle the AWP best? 

One of the most iconic AWP'ers is, without any doubt, Kenny "kennyS" Schrub. He is known for wielding his "magic stick" and taking down the toughest of opponents with insane flicks and multi-kills. In a video posted on Betway's Youtube channel he is brought back from the bench at G2 to participate in a 2v2 AWP battle against his friends from G2. 

Does "kennyS" still have what it takes? Or can "AmaNEk" prove himself to be the current best AWP'er at the G2 organization? Take a look at the following video and find out: 

In late October last year, G2 stunned the Counter-Strike world with the announcement of the blockbuster signing of Nikola “NiKo” Kovac, which quickly got dubbed as the “biggest CS:GO deal in history”. The acquisition of one of the most gifted players in the game was surely a great boost for the iconic team.

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The transfer meant, like so many other roster moves, that one player had to go out the other way and be sacrificed. In this particular case, it was Audric “JaCkz” Jug who got dismissed and sent to the bench.

However, after three long months on the sideline, the experienced Frenchman was brought back on duty in March, replacing Kenny “kennyS” Schrub. The 28-year-old has since his return improved his game and developed into a “key figure on the team”, in a period where G2 are at the very top of CS:GO.

Hear what nexa had to say about JaCkz and why he's a super underrated player on the server. 

JaCkz and the rest of G2 will try to continue their great form lately when they this Friday at 18:30 (CET) take on Complexity at BLAST Premier Spring Final. The thrilling battle against the Juggernauts is a crucial matchup, due to the loser getting eliminated from the prominent event. 

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Berlin International Gaming, more known as BIG, is up to a fantastic start at BLAST Premier Spring Final, after today’s impressive win against G2 in the opening round. The Germans got the 2-1 victory through a stellar showing where they dismantled the strong favourites from G2.

The match began on BIG’s map pick on Dust2, where Johannes “tabseN” Wodarz and his troops have shown great levels in a long period of time, which they also presented today against Nikola “NiKo” Kovac and the rest of G2. The French-Balkan mixed team couldn’t really get into the first map, while BIG on the other hand strived on the iconic map.

The first battle ended in a confident 16-11 victory for BIG.

Going into Mirage, G2 had to win if they wished to stay in the match. Something, Audric “JaCkz” Jug took very literally, as he presented one vital opening kill after another in an impeccable T-side alongside huNter. It was quickly clear that a third and deciding map was needed, owing to G2 steamrolling over BIG with a 16-7 win.

BIG had to step up massively on Vertigo after such a heavy beating on the previous map. The hardest task for the Germans was to control the strong-playing duo of huNter and JaCkz, who dominated the server on Mirage. A job they did to perfection, with the G2 riflers having a minimal impact on the third map.

A player who had ENORMOUS impact was XANTAERES from BIG, who completely took over the match when things mattered the most. On the decisive map, the powerful Turkish rifler won every battle he took and led his team to an astounding 2-1 victory.

BIG – G2 (2-1) | BLAST Premier Spring Final

16-11 (Dust2) | tabseN – 1.65 Rating / 26-18 K-D / 119.3 ADR

7-16 (Mirage) JaCkz – 1.82 Rating / 23-11 K-D / 108.5 ADR

16-10 (Vertigo) | XANTARES – 1.92 Rating / 31-13 K-D / 123.7 ADR

Florian “syrsoN” Rische – 1.24 Rating / 59-47 K-D / 77.3 ADR

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Expectations were high when human highlight reel Nikola “NiKo” Kovac joined G2’s roster in late 2020, but results weren’t where they needed to be. JaCkz, huNter, nexa, AmaNEk, and NiKo have been steadily improving though, and now they’re set for a huge run at IEM Summer 2021.

After smashing their way through the Group stage, G2 will face either Evil Geniuses or Hobbit and company from Gambit next. Can they go all the way in the IEM Summer 2021 playoffs?

G2 Esports continued their good form, as they qualify for the upper final in Group A. 

The victory did not come easy though. For the second time today, FunPlus Phoenix chose the new map Ancient as their preferred battleground and was able to replicate their victory against Astralis earlier this day. This time it took a monstrous performance from Pavle 'Maden' Bošković, who completely destroyed G2 with 42 kills during the map! You can see highlights from the FPX player in the link below.

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FunPlus Phoenix won Ancient 16-12 before the match moved on to Dust2.

Here it was Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač who stole the show. The Bosnian had already clocked 12 kills by the fifth round of the map. G2 quickly established a 6-1 lead, but FPX was far from beaten. In the second half, FPX took the lead 12-10 and was only four rounds away from 2-0'ing G2. But then the combined French and Balkan roster stepped up. AmaNEk, JaCkz, NiKo, and huNter- all had big rounds at the end, which gave G2 the last push to win the map.

G2 did not only win the map, but they also carried the momentum onto Inferno. Here the expected brawl never really happened. G2 took the first half 11-4, which left FPX a mountain to climb to win the match.

It ended with a 16-10 win for G2, who can now look forward to a group final against Vitality on Sunday. FPX drops down to the lower bracket, where they will face Complexity tomorrow.

12-16 (Ancient) | {cflag:ME} Maden - 2.15 Rating / 42-19 K-D / 154.2 ADR

16-13 (Dust2) | {cflag:BA} huNter- - 1.45 Rating / 29-18 K-D / 103.0 ADR

16-10 (Inferno) |  {cflag:BA} huNter- - 1.55 Rating / 22-14 K-D / 88.8 ADR

MVP: {cflag:ME} Pavle 'Maden' Bošković - 1.44 Rating / 82-58 K-D / 106.8 ADR

	30 days	90 days
Fixture count	7	18
Maps count	17	34

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