LDLC over Na`Vi to playoffs

Na`Vi attacked the A bombsite of de_inferno on their terrorist pistol round to get the opening round, but LDLC won round two, thanks to doubles by Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer and Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez.

A triple by Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin tied the game at two after a save, but Happy's triple kill in B put LDLC back in the lead, while also forcing Na`Vi on  save round.

A round later seized claimed three more kills, and then the combination of Sergey "⁠starix⁠" Ischuk and Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács took out all of LDLC in the A site to tie the game.

After an LDLC save the in-game leader of Na`Vi, Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko, got three kills as his team attacked the B bombsite via counter-terrorist spawn to go up 7-4 following another save.

Down 4-7, LDLC had their backs against the wall, and they delivered. First doubles by Kevin "⁠Uzzziii⁠" Vernel and Happy got them a round, and then Happy combined for four with Maniac.

Two more doubles by Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire and Uzzziii in B tied the game at seven, and Hovik "⁠KQLY⁠" Tovmassian mowed down Na`Vi's middle fake on the final round to give LDLC a lead at half.

Second half pistol went to LDLC with apEX picking up three. On the fourth round the Frenchmen took out Na`Vi in A, and at 13-7 they had won a whopping nine rounds in a row.

Zeus picked up three M4A4 kills as Na`Vi went aggressive in banana, and two double kill rounds by both GuardiaN and Ioann "⁠Edward⁠" Sukhariev, got Na`Vi to ten rounds.

LDLC then took out the previous rounds' heroes in A, forcing Na`Vi to save their weapons. Edward's quad-kill got Na`Vi the next round, but then LDLC split middle to B to force match point.

Down 11-15, A double kill by Edward kept Na`Vi alive for the time being, but they lost yet another save round as Happy and apEX picked up doubles to close the game out.

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LDLC	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	28 - 16	+12	-	-	1.43
Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy	29 - 18	+11	-	-	1.41
Hovik 'KQLY' TovmassianKQLY	20 - 16	+4	-	-	1.05
Kevin 'Uzzziii' VernelUzzziii	16 - 17	-1	-	-	0.86
Mathieu 'Maniac' QuiquerezManiac	9 - 17	-8	-	-	0.63

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	24 - 21	+3	-	-	1.15
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	20 - 20	0	-	-	0.93
Sergey 'starix' Ischukstarix	17 - 19	-2	-	-	0.87
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	13 - 22	-9	-	-	0.69
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	10 - 20	-10	-	-	0.61

This win means LDLC are through to the quarter-finals, taking place tomorrow in Cologne, while Na`Vi will go on to face Copenhagen Wolves momentarily for a must-win game.