fnatic, Na`Vi move on to semis

Day three at ESL's studio in Burbank, California, saw Liquid take on fnatic first for second place in group A and another semi-final spot.

Liquid's de_cache semeed to have paid off towards the beginning, especially due to Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella's absolutely monstrous individual performances.

He picked up a 26:10 scoreline during his team's 10-5 half as Terrorists, with the second best player on the server trailing with 13 kills, which was this year's second highest.

With a pistol round in the bag though fnatic started mounting a comeback step by step, as they first closed the gap to two rounds afterwards. Almost every time Liquid picked up a round, fnatic responded with two, and not even a pause at 12-13 helped the Americans turn it back around. They did pick up a round on the way, but eventually lost narrowly 14-16.

The second map was another story entirely, fnatic took no prisoners on de_mirage, and with a 12-3 scoreline on the offense stormed onto the Counter-Terrorist side.

Liquid's pistol round and a gunround win helped them delay a little bit, although two lost 1-on-1 clutches by Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin and Eric "⁠adreN⁠" Hoag, both of which started as a 1-on-3, put them in a very bad spot. Two rounds afterwards fnatic could celebrate advancing to the semi-finals at 16-8.

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fnatic

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Mirage

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fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	45 - 29	+16	-	-	1.24
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	43 - 34	+9	-	-	1.14
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	37 - 34	+3	-	-	0.99
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	36 - 36	0	-	-	0.99
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	37 - 36	+1	-	-	0.98

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	56 - 40	+16	-	-	1.44
Spencer 'Hiko' MartinHiko	32 - 36	-4	-	-	0.91
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	32 - 42	-10	-	-	0.81
Eric 'adreN' HoagadreN	27 - 41	-14	-	-	0.70
Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaFugLy	22 - 40	-18	-	-	0.63

The other decider saw Luminosity face Na`Vi, which is a match up we tend to see often and always goes down to the wire, this time on de_cbble as the first map.

At the beginning of map one the teams kept splitting rounds more or less evenly, on Na`Vi's side much thanks to Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev, who had an immense showing throughout the whole map.

It was Luminosity who picked up close 8-7 lead at halftime, but a Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács-powered Natus Vincere re-gained the lead once again as Counter-Terrorists. Luminosity always only picked one round for numerous on Na`Vi's side, which saw the former take first map at 16-11.

Switching over to de_train, Na`Vi took the pistol round with ease, this time with both following anti-ecos, but Luminosity soon replied, starting with the first few gunrounds, for five in a row.

Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko's side didn't get rattled though and stormed through the opposition in all remaining rounds of the half to pick up a great 10-5 scoreline as Terrorists.

Tides turned once again, as the Brazilians got five in a row yet again to make it even at 10-10, before the teams split four rounds evenly for another tie at 12-12. From there on out, despite GuardiaN's attempts towards the end, Luminosity regained control and closed map two at 16-12.

Going into map three, de_mirage, Na`Vi picked up a quick 5-0 lead on the back of a won pistol round and a gunround as CT. Luminosity came back with three before dropping one round, as GuardiaN defused the bomb in a 1-on-1. 

Towards the end of the half, Na`Vi picked up four in a row to make it 10-5 yet again. flamie then stepped up a gear and put his team in a favorable position with an amazing 1-on-3, setting off another five-round streak for match point. Luminosity only picked up a single round as Terrorists thanks to Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's ace, as Na`Vi found their way to semi-finals at 16-6.

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Natus Vincere

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Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	81 - 41	+40	-	-	1.61
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	58 - 49	+9	-	-	1.18
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	53 - 50	+3	-	-	1.00
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	52 - 50	+2	-	-	0.96
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	53 - 57	-4	-	-	0.89

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	67 - 60	+7	-	-	1.13
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	57 - 53	+4	-	-	1.13
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	58 - 60	-2	-	-	0.94
Lincoln 'fnx' Laufnx	37 - 59	-22	-	-	0.65
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	27 - 65	-38	-	-	0.47

With group stage coming to a close, the semi-final match-ups have been settled, we will see a Queston Mark-fnatic face-off up next, followed up by EnVyUs and Natus Vincere afterwards.