VP 2-0 fnatic, on to the playoffs

17-2-2017 22:38

Virtus.pro ran over fnatic in the deciding match of group B 2-0 (16-9 Mirage, 16-2 Cobblestone) to secure a spot in the playoffs.

The deciding match of Group B started on fnatic's map pick, Mirage, but it went the way of the Poles right from the start. After the Terrorist pistol round win, Virtus.pro was flawless in the anti-eco's, allowing them to build up a strong economy. fnatic replied with the following two rounds, with Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist getting a crucial 3k on short to make it 3-2.

The rest of the first half was mostly in control of the Polish side thanks to 1v1 clutches by Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas and Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski that stopped the Swedish team getting any kind of momentum as Counter-Terrorists.

After the switch, fnatic lost another pistol round which made a comeback on the Terrorist side even less likely. Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell started to hit his stride as fnatic overwhelmed the A site a couple of times in a row and narrowed the deficit to only four rounds, but Virtus.pro got a hold of the map after that and secured a 16-9 victory.

Virtus.pro didn't break a sweat against fnatic

fnatic won their first pistol round of the series on the Terrorist side of Cobblestone, but were instantly reset in the following one as Filip "⁠NEO⁠" Kubski and co. timed their HE grenade stack on B platform to perfection.

Virtus.pro were on to a perfect start after that—Snax got two close range AWP kills defending mid in the first buy to put his team in a great position to win that round, while the rest of the team chimed in in the following ones, shortly making the score 8-1 for the Poles.

JW opened up the B site defense with an AWP pick on NEO and fnatic finally got the control of the B site in round 10, but the Swedes weren't able to hold off Snax in a 2v1 situation, going down 10-1.

Down 13-2 after the first half, fnatic were unable to win the CT pistol round as TaZ's team overwhelmed the B site and Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski added insult to injury by knifing flusha to close out the round and set up Virtus.pro for a 16-2 victory.

Key Moment: In round 10 on Cobblestone fnatic looked good to win their first buy round after taking over B, but Snax clutched an unlikely 1v2 with the AWP and Tec-9 to force the Swedes on another eco and denying them a chance to get back into the map.

PotM: The clutches from Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski (three 1vX situations won) and his great play on Mirage, the closer map of the two, resulted in him getting the PotM award for the series.

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Cobblestone

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski pashaBiceps	44 - 23	+21	113.2	79.1%	1.65
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Snax	39 - 22	+17	89.1	83.7%	1.53
Filip 'NEO' Kubski NEO	37 - 20	+17	80.3	83.7%	1.35
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas TaZ	29 - 26	+3	75.5	83.7%	1.09
Paweł 'byali' Bieliński byali	29 - 26	+3	71.4	76.7%	1.08

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jesper 'JW' Wecksell JW	32 - 34	-2	76.0	62.8%	1.01
Dennis 'dennis' Edman dennis	23 - 36	-13	57.1	76.7%	0.79
Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson KRIMZ	22 - 36	-14	71.0	58.1%	0.74
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer olofmeister	21 - 36	-15	58.2	44.2%	0.58
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist flusha	19 - 36	-17	58.6	51.2%	0.57

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Grats to Virtus.pro, that was total annihilation, they just showed how important is being team with real teamwork rather than pure aimers. TaZ was right fnatic just play like random FPL mix. I don't know why flusha desire to being IGL, he can't manage it, they are making same mistake once again.

2017-02-17 22:38

5 replies

lul

lol

GGWP VP

pashaBiceps's POV HIGHLIGHTS (cbble) youtube.com/watch?v=5J0ho5ZqYco

2017-02-18 00:30

Where is freedom of speech on HLTV? IT"S NOT THERE, NAZI MODS DELETE EVERYTHING!

2017-02-18 15:20

fnatic overrated they should disband and go play fpl

2017-02-17 22:39

nice

gg vp

ez4papa

easy

eSport is not a sport.

Expected

cya fnatic

godsent died for this

GOD PASHA

SK ERA > FNATIC ERA

8 replies

sk had no era. era means domination. sk just lucky won 2 events.

+80

2017-02-17 22:45

"lucky" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH--INHALE--HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH

2017-02-17 23:06

2 replies

why laughing TaZ? they won when all teams were on a huge slump.

2017-02-17 23:07

1 reply

But the Fnatic era was not as competitve as 2016. ESL Cologne was not a slump. I'll admit SK never had an era but using the slump excuse is kinda bad.

2017-02-18 00:52

now its gambit era huyhuhyuhyhuyhu

2017-02-17 23:08

Wich era ? NiP era Fnatic ERA was higher

2017-02-17 22:52

SK ERA HAHAHHHAHA look NiP(GTR,f0rest) since 2008 and VP(Neo,Taz) since 2006 SK one good year and era hahaha

2017-02-18 12:35

gg from VP - fnatic ignore opponents and lose this match

How much ?

loved to see vp in such form again

5-18 FPL BOY #tazwasright

NO CHANCE MY FRIENDS .. NO CHANCE ....

expected throwmeister LUL youtube.com/watch?v=EO33vpRzApU&t

GODSENT > Fnatic confirmed? i are think that yes

get rekt cheater flusha you didnt have to call

Papa too stronk

Who?

2017-02-18 01:16

Holy pasha is on fire

OLD FNATIC IS BACK LUL STRAIGHT OUTTA GARBAGE LULLLL

Love you VP! <3

pasha's best match of 2017 so far

SWEDISH SUPERTEAM XDDDDDDDDD

Demolished Fnatic*

Sweden is dead guys GG

pasha played well . Looks like he isnt a complete bot after all :) gratz VP!

he was best player im vp (check statistics)

2017-02-17 22:41

when pasha is on fire then it results usually to a win for vp

2017-02-17 23:37

it was cbble not overpass!

and mirage was fnatic's pick

2017-02-17 22:40

inb4 PAPA comments..

#TazWasRight

(16-9 Mirage, 16-2 Overpass) typo, was cobblestone

#TaZWasRight

flusha going huge! where is your aimlock now

Godceps and Godnax turned on. Godceps still on his Major form *.*

fnatic is a joke hahahahahahahaha

2017-02-17 22:42

pasha 2015 is back =)

3 replies

2014 especially^^

2017-02-17 22:43

2014 In 2015 he struggled hard

2017-02-17 22:56

pasha didnt struggled at all hard in 2k15 he was actually solid as he was in 2k16 aswell just but had also alot bad games but he didnt struggle that hard.

2017-02-17 23:17

PAPA BICEPS GOD

this teams play today Overpass ?

Overpass? DansGame

Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist 19-36 -17 58.6 0.57 It seems the toggle didn't work today.

2017-02-17 22:44

he didn't even have to call

2017-02-17 22:57

Byali ffs wake up

2017-02-17 22:55

i miss old fnatic

2017-02-17 22:59

LUL

2017-02-17 23:09

ez playoffs

Papibiceps bois he shinin again for one mor time (Akon reference)

2017-02-17 23:00

Nice.

2017-02-17 23:02

I really wanted fnatic to come back to their old form but now i don't think there is any chance for them unless they improve their tactics. Still i wish tem good luck. VP too strong this time :D

2017-02-17 23:11

Did fnatic really think they would have a chance with basically no tactics at all, especially while not even being that great individually? This just felt like they had been lazy in the preparations.

2017-02-17 23:42

so they are back to basic.... JW Flusha Krimz tray do it this whole 2016 in Shitsent and now deja vu but in Fnatic ? learning timings smokes flashs rotations

2017-02-17 23:47

Consider it practice sessions. Why would they give up attending a tournament and competing with top teams and renew their teamplay. They probably know they aren't ready, but that's how you improve - by practicing and learning from mistakes.

2017-02-18 00:07