FaZe defeat RNG 16-14 in Las Vegas

Renegades started the match on Mirage by winning the Terrorist side pistol, but neither team managed to secure two rounds in a row until the seventh one when FaZe finally took the 4-3 lead. In their first full-buy round the Australian team decided to go for the A site, but the returnee to FaZe Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad picked up three kills from the stairs position to make the score 6-3.

Renegades only managed to pick up one more round on their T side, when Simon "⁠atter⁠" Atterstam picked got three kills, starting with an entry frag on Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli in connector.

After finishing the first half 11-4 down, Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage and co. were in dire need of a good start—and got it thanks to atter's 1v1 clutch in the pistol round. The Swedish player woke up in the second half, picking up a multitude of high-impact kills helping his team to an 8-11 score.

The Australian team continued their strong CT side after losing one round, which resulted in FaZe's economy being reset. Off the back of that, Yaman "⁠yam⁠" Ergenekon's team managed to get the lead for the first time in the match by making it 13-12, but lost the following two rounds to well-coordinated B-splits. Renegades got one more round on the board but it was Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen and co. to take the last round and the map 16-14.

Key Moment: FaZe's force-buy win when they were 2-3 down started their winning streak on the CT side and gave them control of the first half. The round came down to Renegades overlooking Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey's position in the ladder room which got him two 5-7 kills and allowed allu to close it out with two more, using the UMP-45.

PotM: Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen gets the nod for the Player of the Match for his consistent contribution, server-leading 1.14 rating and two 1v2 clutches—including a key one when the score was 13-13.

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FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	22 - 17	+5	67.4	70.0%	1.17
Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa	21 - 19	+2	85.9	50.0%	1.11
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	21 - 23	-2	88.6	66.7%	1.00
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	20 - 19	+1	62.3	60.0%	0.98
Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostadjkaem	17 - 20	-3	64.4	63.3%	0.89

Renegades	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Simon 'atter' Atterstamatter	23 - 21	+2	76.6	70.0%	1.22
Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam	24 - 21	+3	86.0	76.7%	1.19
Karlo 'USTILO' PivacUSTILO	18 - 20	-2	77.1	63.3%	0.96
Aaron 'AZR' WardAZR	20 - 20	0	64.0	63.3%	0.95
Justin 'jks' Savagejks	13 - 19	-6	53.9	73.3%	0.84

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