Virtus beat Legacy, TSM destroy Liquid

Day one of DreamHack Winter kicked off with an interesting match between Virtus.pro, once again fielding their normal lineup after attending IEM San Jose with Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller as a stand-in, and Legacy, the Australian representative at this event.

de_cobblestone is usually a very strong map for Virtus.pro, but the Polish team found themselves on the back foot early on as Legacy strolled to a 5-0 lead. The team's second buy attempt proved more successful as they won nine of the next ten rounds to take a 9-6 half-time lead.

Legacy gave a great account of themselves but fell short against Virtus.pro 

Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas's men came from the interval looking fierce and won six rounds in a row to bring the scoreline to 15-6. Legacy refused to go down without a fight and rallied back, only to collapse in a Tec-9 rush from Virtus.pro when overtime was just so close.

The other group match pitted IEM San Jose runners-up TSM against Team Liquid, on de_overpass. A 1vs2 clutch from Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth, completing a quad kill, paved the way for what was going to be a demolition job of Liquid, who struggled to deal with the pressure imposed by TSM's offense.

device was on fire against Team Liquid 

With Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen getting crucial entry kills on a number of occasions and Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz picking up almost 30 frags on the Terrorist side, TSM closed out a perfect half with a 15-0 lead. The North American side still tried to rescue a round on the Terrorist side, but they were unable to find a hole in TSM's defense, resulting in a heavy 0-16 defeat.