Liquid, MOUZ book EPL S19 Playoffs spot
While the two Australian teams went down on the second day of ESL Pro League Season 19 Group C and D, we had plenty of other action and more 13-0s.
BIG faced BOSS in the Group D upper bracket quarter-final, with the Germans taking BOSS' pick of Ancient 16-13 in overtime with tabseN leading from the front to get his squad across the line, with 29 kills. Vertigo was a more comprehensive performance from BIG as they closed it out in regulation at 13-10 to book a 2-0 series win.
BIGBOSS| BIG |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Karim 'Krimbo' Moussa |
44 - 34 | +10 | 103.0 | 76.9% | 1.49 |
| Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz |
47 - 36 | +11 | 88.2 | 82.7% | 1.45 |
| Florian 'syrsoN' Rische |
38 - 32 | +6 | 68.7 | 80.8% | 1.16 |
| David 'prosus' Hesse |
21 - 35 | -14 | 50.3 | 76.9% | 0.86 |
| Jon 'JDC' de Castro |
28 - 41 | -13 | 64.4 | 59.6% | 0.81 |
| BOSS |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Matthew 'Cryptic' Whitmore |
51 - 36 | +15 | 103.8 | 69.2% | 1.31 |
| Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue |
36 - 31 | +5 | 75.3 | 71.2% | 1.13 |
 Adam 'freshie' Paterson |
34 - 35 | -1 | 78.0 | 76.9% | 1.04 |
| Justin 'FaNg' Coakley |
34 - 40 | -6 | 67.7 | 69.2% | 0.86 |
| Matthew 'd4rty' Paplawskas |
21 - 38 | -17 | 49.4 | 67.3% | 0.62 |
Defending champions MOUZ, faced GamerLegion in the Group C upper bracket semi-finals with MOUZ running through GamerLegion 13-1 on Snax and co.'s pick of Nuke. GamerLegion put up a better fight on MOUZ's pick of Mirage but Brollan and torzsi were too much to handle for GamerLegion as they went down 12-16 with MOUZ securing another Playoffs spot.
MOUZGamerLegion| MOUZ |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin |
41 - 22 | +19 | 94.3 | 90.5% | 1.48 |
 Dorian 'xertioN' Berman |
34 - 24 | +10 | 91.2 | 81.0% | 1.34 |
 Jimi 'Jimpphat' Salo |
34 - 22 | +12 | 86.6 | 83.3% | 1.32 |
 Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás |
33 - 18 | +15 | 80.2 | 83.3% | 1.31 |
 Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek |
27 - 23 | +4 | 67.3 | 81.0% | 1.05 |
| GamerLegion |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski |
27 - 33 | -6 | 75.8 | 59.5% | 0.93 |
| Henrich 'sl3nd' Hevesi |
23 - 33 | -10 | 56.5 | 66.7% | 0.88 |
 Sebastian 'volt' Maloș |
21 - 32 | -11 | 60.4 | 69.0% | 0.77 |
| Isak 'isak' Fahlén |
20 - 34 | -14 | 55.1 | 52.4% | 0.76 |
 Andreas 'aNdu' Maasing |
17 - 37 | -20 | 55.6 | 50.0% | 0.50 |
Group C's lower bracket round saw FORZE and FURIA battling to avoid the Last Chance Stage. FORZE started the series with a dominant 13-7 win on their pick of Nuke and things went from bad to worse for FalleN and his boys as they were cleaned up 0-13 on their own pick of Overpass. FURIA's humiliating loss drops them to Group C Last Chance Stage.
FORZEFURIA| FORZE |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aleksei 'NickelBack' Trofimov |
29 - 14 | +15 | 90.2 | 81.8% | 1.70 |
| Ivan 'SELLTER' Miroshnikov |
30 - 18 | +12 | 93.9 | 87.9% | 1.58 |
 Andrey 'tN1R' Tatarinovich |
33 - 19 | +14 | 87.9 | 75.8% | 1.44 |
 Owen 'smooya' Butterfield |
24 - 17 | +7 | 75.6 | 81.8% | 1.09 |
| Aleksandr 'shalfey' Marenov |
22 - 19 | +3 | 87.9 | 78.8% | 0.98 |
| FURIA |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato |
25 - 27 | -2 | 92.7 | 78.8% | 1.30 |
| Yuri 'yuurih' Santos |
20 - 30 | -10 | 72.9 | 60.6% | 0.89 |
| Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo |
16 - 29 | -13 | 53.0 | 57.6% | 0.81 |
| Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes |
15 - 28 | -13 | 46.7 | 42.4% | 0.56 |
| Kayke 'kye' Bertolucci |
11 - 26 | -15 | 36.0 | 39.4% | 0.52 |
The final game of the day saw Liquid and Monte fighting for a Playoffs spot with the series kicking off on a barn burner of a map on Ancient which saw neither team willing to budge before a couple of heroic clutches from cadiaN and Twistzz helped Liquid secure a 22-19 win. Mirage was another back-and-forth affair but this time around, Liquid managed to close it out in regulation at 13-11 to not only secure the series but also a place in the Playoffs.
Source: ESL
MonteLiquid| Monte |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Szymon 'kRaSnaL' Mrozek |
54 - 44 | +10 | 93.3 | 72.3% | 1.27 |
 Volodymyr 'Woro2k' Veletniuk |
55 - 41 | +14 | 81.3 | 66.2% | 1.20 |
| Jack 'Gizmy' von Spreckelsen |
41 - 44 | -3 | 71.7 | 73.8% | 0.93 |
| Sergiy 'DemQQ' Demchenko |
37 - 42 | -5 | 63.5 | 72.3% | 0.87 |
 Gytis 'ryu' Glušauskas |
34 - 45 | -11 | 66.0 | 73.8% | 0.80 |
| Liquid |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken |
49 - 45 | +4 | 83.1 | 70.8% | 1.25 |
| Keith 'NAF' Markovic |
46 - 42 | +4 | 80.0 | 73.8% | 1.21 |
 Casper 'cadiaN' Møller |
46 - 42 | +4 | 77.1 | 78.5% | 1.18 |
| Felipe 'skullz' Medeiros |
38 - 45 | -7 | 61.8 | 63.1% | 0.94 |
 Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis |
34 - 52 | -18 | 63.5 | 64.6% | 0.83 |
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