fnatic beat LG; through to semis

22-8-2015 23:02

fnatic have secured the last spot in the semi-finals at ESL One Cologe 2015 after beating Luninosity Gaming 2-0 (16-5 on train and 16-14 on de_mirage).

de_train began with fnatic winning the pistol round and following it up with two anti-eco rounds to start off the game with a 3-0 lead. Luminosity then took too long to execute their strategy, which gave fnatic another round on the board, but then the Brazilians redeemed themselves and rescued their first round, courtesy of a quad kill by Ricardo "⁠boltz⁠" Prass.

Luminosity were unable to build on that round win, however, as Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell stepped up to the plate and delivered three AWP frags to restore a four-round lead for his team. fnatic remained in cruise control until the rest of the first half, with Luminosity's late round wins bringing the scoreline to 3-12.

fnatic executed their pistol strategy as Terrorist quite poorly and were left with a two-man disadvantage early on, which Luminosity were able to exploit. The Brazilian team would win the following anti-eco round, but once fnatic bought up they were simply outclassed by Markus "⁠pronax⁠" Wallsten's men.

fnatic move on to the semi-finals

Both teams then moved on to de_mirage, where a strong start from fnatic saw them stroll to a 5-0 lead. Luminosity then strung a series of rounds together to level the score at 6-6 to remind that they would not go down without a fight. The remaining three rounds of the first half went back and forth, with Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga taking the spotlight thanks to a spectacular ace.

A triple kill from Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson in the pistol round as CT powered fnatic to increase their lead to 9-7, but the Swedish crawled back into the game immediately after as they won the first eco round. The game continued to swing back and forth until it reached a 13-13 scoreline, when fnatic picked up two rounds in a row to bring it to match point.

Luminosity won the following round to bring the game to the final round, but a failed 2vs2 hold attempt ended their journey in Cologne.

Both teams then moved on to de_mirage, where a strong start from fnatic saw them stroll to a 5-0 lead. Luminosity then strung a series of rounds together to level the score at 6-6 to remind that they would not go down without a fight. The remaining three rounds of the first half went back and forth, with fer taking the spotlight thanks to a spectacular ace.

A triple kill from KRIMZ in the pistol round as CT powered fnatic to increase their lead to 9-7, but the Swedish crawled back into the game immediately after as they won the first eco round. The game continued to swing back and forth until it reached a 13-13 scoreline, when fnatic picked up two rounds in a row to bring it to match point.

Luminosity won the following round to bring the game to the final round, but a failed 2vs2 hold attempt ended their journey in Cologne.

ESL One Cologne 2015Best of 3

fnatic

Matchpage

22nd August 2015

Luminosity

Train

Mirage

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer olofmeister	49 - 37	+12	-	-	1.31
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist flusha	40 - 23	+17	-	-	1.27
Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson KRIMZ	36 - 28	+8	-	-	1.11
Jesper 'JW' Wecksell JW	34 - 32	+2	-	-	0.99
Markus 'pronax' Wallsten pronax	32 - 33	-1	-	-	0.87

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga fer	40 - 41	-1	-	-	1.08
Marcelo 'coldzera' David coldzera	35 - 37	-2	-	-	0.96
Ricardo 'boltz' Prass boltz	26 - 38	-12	-	-	0.80
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	28 - 37	-9	-	-	0.76
Lucas 'steel' Lopes steel	24 - 38	-14	-	-	0.67

2015-08-22 23:02

2 replies

ez for olof

2015-08-22 23:04

1 reply

wp LG

2015-08-22 23:03

niece

fallen and those stupid passive holds on t side on train :(

2015-08-22 23:09

Well played Luminosity

gg :O)

gg n1

noice

great second map

gg wp

good mirage from lg

did fnatic win all 4 pistols?

4 replies

3 of them. LG got the second as CT on Train, but it was pretty much over already.

2015-08-22 23:05

3 replies

they got 14 rounds on mirage without getting any pistol thats really good

2015-08-22 23:06

Unfortunately, LG's pistol is so weak. It was the same shit against envyus, they didnt win a single pistol. But that's it, another good major for LG, keep working, maybe next one we reach finals. Now it's time to cheer for VP. Gogo neo and pasza biceps!

2015-08-23 00:39

Fallen didn't realize that pistol rounds its about 2 rounds, they lost two in mirage, thats will cost a lot of games till they fix it.

2015-08-23 02:49

really well played by lg

WP luminosity

Gratz to Luminosity for the great game

outclassed? it got 16.14 stop lying u wannabe writing noob

2-0 with one stomp doe

?._.

GG fnatic, 2-0 as expected, but LG would've won mirage if they had at least one pistol. Plus, picking Train against fnatic was stupid, because they had to start as T.

LG picked train knowing that they would start as T. I think FalleN was relying in a strong T side by them.

2015-08-23 00:43

fer is a fucking god

LG would've beaten NiP ...

TSM - fnatic pls

no chance my friend

expected zzzzzzzzzzz

dust2 4 shore

Well played LG, gg

WP TEAM FNATIC !

gg LG TSM vs. FNATIC obviously

GG Luminosity, they deserve to be a legend team !

expected

2015-08-22 23:07

NT and WP LG!! They have future.

LG He played very

omg please delete

2015-08-22 23:28

Luminosity always plays only one good map in their BO3 against huge teams. Too bad they're not consistent enough.

2015-08-22 23:08

i think fnatic was too tough for them if it was another team they would took more rounds or at least win one map!

2015-08-22 23:10

2015-08-22 23:24

They always get fnati in quarters dude

2015-08-22 23:36

What? Do you know Katowice?

2015-08-23 01:16

WP by LG in the last map, only underdog team that actually put up a fight the whole tournamet, NA should be ashamed

wp fnatic

good job Fnatic!

2015-08-22 23:11

Gl LG.

2015-08-22 23:12

LG would beat any team, except fnatic gg

i aren't think that could be any teams except the 4 semifinalists

2015-08-22 23:14

yea, I kind of agree. Even NiP they would probably win.

2015-08-22 23:17

I mean, they could win against any teams, except the top6(Fnatic,TSM,nV,VP,Na'Vi,NiP)

2015-08-23 06:38

good game, very good fnatic

2015-08-22 23:13

- steel + Bot Opie

I have to confess that I didn't really think much about LG before this tournament, but they have really shown that they're a really good team. Calm and tactical while shooting really hard. Also seem like a bunch of really nice guys. GL in the future LG!

2015-08-22 23:15

Well played LG...well done...fnatic is hard...maybe next time...GO LG =]

2015-08-22 23:18

GTR f0rest Xizt(c) FalleN fer use english. top1

2015-08-22 23:26

Why do u spend ur time making such a nonsense comment?

2015-08-22 23:39

+1 fer best entry fragger, follen best awper fer > friburger follen > allu

2015-08-23 07:19

Steel is being heavy to carry with. GG Luminosity, you guys did great in this Major. It's a pitty that Fnatic wasn't only at the Grand Finals for you. The chances to win vs TSM and VP was high!

2015-08-23 00:36