G2 astound Virtus.pro, to semis

The second playoff match of day four of DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca was a slightly deceiving one, with many projecting the dominant Virtus.pro side to sweep G2.

However, on de_cache many still remembered the old Kinguin's lineup commanding display of force on that map against Virtus.pro back during the FACEIT Stage 2 finals in Valencia, and the words of those calling for a quick 2-0 came back to haunt them.

VP kicked off the CT half of the map with a pistol round win and began to gather steam, which included Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski getting 4 ludicrous TEC-9 kills against an ecoing G2 side rushing out mid.

However, the G2 engine, powered chiefly by Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad Inc., soon kicked into full gear as the European team began exploding out onto bombsites and winning aim duels left and right. Aside from a crowd-favourite knife kill from Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski onto a scoped-in Ricardo "⁠fox⁠" Pacheco, the half generally marched to this tone as G2 finished up 8-7.

The second half was even more lopsided in G2's favour, and despite Snax getting many successful entries, it was jkaem who seemed to pull multi-kill rounds out of the hat like a magician, a performance which had a huge role in G2's 16-10 victory on the first map of de_cache.

de_train saw G2 start on the CT half and pick up a much needed pistol round. The team almost lost an anti-eco, but jkaem once again saved the day with a P90 spraydown.

Despite picking up the first gunround, Virtus found themselves facing a tenacious G2 defense, which kicked off in earnest in the next round afer Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard won a one-versus-three. The score then rocketed up to 9-2 in G2's favour with VP unable to find a tactical answer on their T side.

The Poles recovered and salvaged the final four rounds of their T side, bringing the score to 9-6 for G2. Mikail "⁠Maikelele⁠" Bill and his men won a chaotic second half pistol with the odds stacked against them and began to pull ahead, going up 12-6 before VP took another round.

Big stages require big brass, and Virtus.pro somehow (certainly somewhat due to Filip "⁠NEO⁠" Kubski's AWPing and pashaBiceps rifling) began to claw their way back into the game, until the score stood at 15-13.

However, G2 continued to show resilient and skill-precise Counter-Strike, taking back the final two rounds to move the game to overtime and then picking up the required overtime rounds in order to win de_train 19-17 and shock Virtus.pro.

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G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostadjkaem	62 - 40	+22	-	-	1.49
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	43 - 43	0	-	-	1.04
Ricardo 'fox' Pachecofox	44 - 41	+3	-	-	1.03
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	40 - 41	-1	-	-	0.96
Mikail 'Maikelele' BillMaikelele	39 - 40	-1	-	-	0.93

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	49 - 45	+4	-	-	1.16
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	44 - 46	-2	-	-	0.94
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	38 - 41	-3	-	-	0.90
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	39 - 47	-8	-	-	0.90
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	34 - 49	-15	-	-	0.73

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