Virtus, NiP to CPH semi-finals

Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski and Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas combined for five kills to win the terrorist pistol round of de_nuke versus LGB. The Swedes' Freddy "KRiMZ" Johansson then won a key one-on-one to steal round three.

Despite losing that round, Jarosław "pasha" Jarząbkowski made up for it right after with a one-on-one win against Isak "cype" Rydman. Down 1-4, LGB won three straight rounds to tie the game up, including a Rydman one-on-one.

Next rounds were traded to tie it up at five, but LGB lost a two-on-three in upper and were forced to save, putting Virtus.pro up 7-5 on the significantly harder side of the map.

Strong AWP play by Olof "olofm" Kajbjer outside helped LGB get back on their feet, winning three straight rounds with some important picks by Kajbjer to give his side a 8-7 lead.

LGB bow out of Copenhagen Games disappointed 

The Swedes extended their winning streak to six rounds by winning the second half pistol round and two Virtus save round. Virtus won round four, bringing the score to 9-11.

Then Pogorzelski won a crucial one-on-three in the lower site, saving Virtus' economy in the process. That allowed the Poles to tie the game at eleven, as opposed to potentially trailing 9-13.

The next four rounds were traded with LGB having some success attacking the lower bombsite from outside, and getting key entry frags on the Poles trying to rotate to help.

Tied at thirteen, the killer instinct of the Poles finally kicked in, as they sweeped the floor with LGB, winning three straight rounds to clinch a 16-13 win on the opening map of the series.

On de_mirage it was LGB's turn to win the opening pistol round. Two Five-Seven kills by Bieliński saw Virtus win a save round in round three though, and a triple by Pogorzelski soon gave them a 3-2 lead.

Neo is glad to have secured another top four finish 

That save round loss seemed to take all wind off of LGB's sails, and they had a massive collapse, going down 2-9 before coming even relatively close to winning another round.

Down 2-11, Johansson and Simon "twist" Eliasson combined for four kills to get LGB a round. Johansson then was able to win his team, the final round of the half, making it 4-11.

Any hopes of an LGB comeback were shattered with Virtus running over them in the B bombsite to open the second half. The underdogs went for a forcebuy, but saw their deficit increase to 4-14.

LGB then mounted a mini comeback, one that saw Dennis "dennis" Edman seemingly wake up for the first time in the series. Five straight round wins didn't hlep their case though, as they were once more knocked out by Virtus.pro, this time 0-2.

LGB	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Simon 'twist' Eliassontwist	47 - 44	+3	-	-	1.11
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	38 - 38	0	-	-	0.98
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	32 - 46	-14	-	-	0.78
Isak 'cype' Rydmancype	21 - 38	-17	-	-	0.64
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	23 - 40	-17	-	-	0.59

NiP had a weak start on de_inferno, going down 1-4 as terrorists to Finn "karrigan" Andersen's Reason. They later trailed 4-7, but ultimately were able to beat the Danes in the half 8-7.

Second half saw Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund's team win the pistol round. Reason once more were able to fight back and win some rounds, but ultimately fell short with a score of 12-16.

Despite losing map one, Reason didn't seem baffled. They once again had a flying start, going up 4-1 as counter-terrorists on de_train. NiP quickly tied the game at five then, and regained control.

The Swedes changed sides up 9-6, and once on the easier side made quick work of the Danish team with a 16-7 win on it, good for 2-0 overall and a spot in the semi-finals.

Reason	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Nikolaj 'EXR' TherkildsenEXR	37 - 36	+1	-	-	1.05
Danni 'smF' DygsmF	30 - 35	-5	-	-	0.91
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	35 - 42	-7	-	-	0.84
Michael 'Friis' JørgensenFriis	24 - 39	-15	-	-	0.62
Frederik 'LOMME' NielsenLOMME	17 - 42	-25	-	-	0.49

Virtus.pro will face off with LDLC in the semi-finals at 14:00 . NiP will also take on the winner of fnatic versus dignitas at the same time in the other semi-final of the 26,000€ tournament.