fnatic edge out NiP at IEM Katowice

The first match of IEM Katowice started with an explosive pistol round in which fnatic managed to take the A bombsite despite going a man down early, with the plant for main allowing Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell to clutch the after plant situation against three Ninjas in Pyjamas players.

After cleaning up the anti-eco's, fnatic secured the first buy round thanks to Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer's forklift aggression that caught the Counter-Terrorists off guard, and continued rolling Ninjas in Pyjamas from the Terrorist side despite regularly losing opening duels to the Ninjas. It was 7-0 before Ninjas in Pyjamas got on the board with their first round, but fnatic instantly replied as Dennis "⁠dennis⁠" Edman clutched a 1v1 against Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg.

The same story continued until the end of the first half - Ninjas in Pyjamas was successful in getting kills, but not in closing out the rounds and fnatic switched to the CT side with a 13-2 lead.

Ninjas in Pyjamas run over the A site in the pistol round to start their comeback on the T side, as Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström and co., mirrored fnatic's start in the first half—quickly making it 9-13. At that point Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist called a time-out, but some time to breathe didn't help them solidify their defense as Ninjas in Pyjamas picked up two more rounds before olofmeister's team got their first CT round, locking down the B site.

As the game was on the brink of being tied, flusha showed up with a UMP triple-kill to make it 15-13 and then Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson clutched out the final round on a low buy to finish the game 16-14.

IEM Katowice 2017Best of 1

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fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	24 - 20	+4	84.5	63.3%	1.23
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	23 - 21	+2	87.0	70.0%	1.17
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	21 - 23	-2	79.9	63.3%	1.07
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	22 - 26	-4	77.8	63.3%	0.98
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	14 - 23	-9	57.0	63.3%	0.74

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Richard 'Xizt' LandströmXizt	34 - 21	+13	122.3	86.7%	1.69
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	24 - 20	+4	85.9	80.0%	1.29
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	24 - 19	+5	75.1	80.0%	1.14
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT	14 - 22	-8	56.1	60.0%	0.86
Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvipyth	17 - 22	-5	60.4	66.7%	0.86

IEM Katowice 2017Best of 1

Ninjas in Pyjamas

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fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	24 - 20	+4	84.5	63.3%	1.23
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	23 - 21	+2	87.0	70.0%	1.17
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	21 - 23	-2	79.9	63.3%	1.07
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	22 - 26	-4	77.8	63.3%	0.98
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	14 - 23	-9	57.0	63.3%	0.74

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Richard 'Xizt' LandströmXizt	34 - 21	+13	122.3	86.7%	1.69
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	24 - 20	+4	85.9	80.0%	1.29
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	24 - 19	+5	75.1	80.0%	1.14
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT	14 - 22	-8	56.1	60.0%	0.86
Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvipyth	17 - 22	-5	60.4	66.7%	0.86

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