Virtus.pro take down fnatic in Krakow

18-7-2017 00:19

Virtus.pro went 2-0 up on their home soil, defeating fnatic 16-11 on Cache.

Virtus.pro's second round force buy got the Poles rolling on Cache, as fnatic's A site push was put to a stop by pistols. After going 5-1 up, Virtus.pro were 1v3'd by Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson, who found great timing on Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas to get another round on the board for his team.

Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski made a flashy 4K defending B with an AWP, shutting down a fast B play, and Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski picked up a hat-trick in a similar fashion in the following round as Virtus.pro went 11-3 up.

NEO was inspired against fnatic

Dennis "⁠dennis⁠" Edman's triple on the B site solo hold was what got fnatic a foothold back into the match, as the Swedish side was allowed to bring back a couple of rounds, starting with the following anti-eco's.

TaZ picked up a double entry in the first gun round, but a misplay while planting opened up the round for fnatic to retake the A site and secure a crucial round. That round allowed fnatic to bounce back after Virtus.pro snuck into the B storage room and took the site by storm, and the Swedes continued their CT side run.

fnatic got the score to just a two round difference, when Filip "⁠NEO⁠" Kubski and Paweł "⁠byali⁠" Bieliński picked up two kills each to get to 14 rounds, and the Poles closed out the following two against broken buy fnatic to win the game 16-11.

PGL Major Krakow 2017Best of 1

Virtus.pro

Matchpage

17th July 2017

fnatic

Cache

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Paweł 'byali' Bieliński byali	25 - 15	+10	93.9	85.2%	1.47
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski pashaBiceps	25 - 18	+7	94.9	88.9%	1.43
Filip 'NEO' Kubski NEO	24 - 14	+10	86.8	77.8%	1.33
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas TaZ	18 - 19	-1	80.0	81.5%	1.16
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Snax	15 - 16	-1	59.0	74.1%	1.05

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Dennis 'dennis' Edman dennis	23 - 22	+1	90.4	63.0%	1.23
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer olofmeister	16 - 21	-5	76.9	59.3%	0.90
Jesper 'JW' Wecksell JW	18 - 23	-5	61.6	70.4%	0.80
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist flusha	14 - 20	-6	68.3	63.0%	0.77
Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson KRIMZ	11 - 21	-10	51.5	55.6%	0.68

Here is how the Swiss group stage looks after the second day of the Major:

2-0
BIG	Gambit
SK	Virtus.pro
1-1
North	MOUZ
Natus Vincere	Immortals
Cloud9	G2
Astralis	fnatic fnatic
0-2
PENTA	FaZe
FlipSid3	Vega Squadron

Nice win against fnatic, Virtus.pro! It's great to see you showing up at this major, 'PGL Major Krakow 2017! held in your home country, Poland! Good game!

2017-07-18 00:19

9 replies

wow, gj

Really bad 1st half for fnatic

6 replies

Yeah, I was curious why both of the teams played better CT side on Cache. I heard it's t-sided.

2017-07-18 00:21

5 replies

Don't forget that Fnatic won the CT Pistol and those after-ecos. VP made aswell silly mistakes in 2 rounds. that 3vs2 and the 4vs2 that they lost

2017-07-18 00:26

4 replies

And they still won, what a legendary team <3

2017-07-18 00:33

3 replies

obviously they had a 12-3 lead :D

2 replies

xD im just so happy that they played good, i was in cologne last week and was crying 3 days straight cuz i didnt see them. im just happy to see them performe on their home turf and going 2-0 in groups <3

2017-07-18 11:14

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so am i. OK i didn't cry but i felt so sad. And for you it is understandable since you've been there in cologne :D

2017-07-18 15:16

Really, nice to hear that from fan of SK. VP <3 SK <3

2017-07-18 14:35

vp comeback or no?

Nothing's done yet.

2017-07-18 00:20

VP is almost back boiz

Gogo vp

Both teams are still failing to get out of T2 for real. Glad VP managed to win, glad pasza is back to business. Neo should practise his aim more though. P.S. JW and KRiMZ should replace allu and kio in FaZe, fnatic can't become T1 ever again anyway. Or -dennis +pronax, because they fail to surprise the T1 teams, they're even worse than G2, G2 at least defeat SK from time to time.

Tbh, i feel like lekro would be a good addition, imo they just play too individually. Its not the same fnatic as before but hopefully they'll bounce back just like vp seem to at this major

2017-07-18 00:28

Lekr0 had his shiny period, but it's over, I think if to change a lineup, one should be 100% sure a new guy will do his job well. I'm not sure about -dennis, because frag-wise KRiMZ sucks, but I'm 100% sure they need pronax and Devilwalk (coach) back.

2017-07-18 00:35

Replace allu and kio? Wut? Just because they are in a bit of a slump doesn't mean they should shuffle players. Do you have ADHD or smth?

2017-07-18 09:15

nt allu

2017-07-18 10:30

I told you everyone, Virtus.Plow is back!

ALWAYS TRUST THE BICEPS <3

noice

taz worst player of all time?

GG <3

slump?

I wrote it some seconds before the hltv's post and then I waited till they release it (cuz it's not so special if I edit my comment) and rushed to ctrl+v on comments...I'm a genius, my life is so amazing!!

But I went to bathroom and I lost my chance. Now my life has no meaning.

thanks

Good to see Virtus.pro playing well again. :D

laughing at all the people who were seriously thinking that VP would fail at the major aswell and go 0-3 =DDD these grandpas still got it

playing against the worst team of the major and the worst "top" team...

2017-07-18 00:37

maybe, but if they kept playing like at the previous events they would've lost those too rofl

2017-07-18 00:41

VP need to beat Gambit... this is they best chance... after 2:1 they meet probably Astralis,G2, Immortals/Navi, mous/North... and then Faze come from 0:2...

2017-07-18 00:47

I'm sure VP won't choke a 2-0 lead It's their territory in both terms, they are feeling it coming and are really motivated so should at least go to playoffs somehow

2017-07-18 00:49

c9,G2,F3 and probably Immortals... they have chance vs f3 only... :( so probably VP out now 75% :D

2017-07-19 18:49

but before the even everyone thought virtus are even worst then vega, vs fnatic 1 week before everyone would say easy for fnatic,16-0 etc...

2017-07-18 07:14

VP is just fighting bums... Vega and now fnatic

Welcome back :D

I like only Taz from VP...

Why? lmao

2017-07-18 00:23

He is the most balanced player...in VP everybody else is good or bad like every match diferrent. He is atleast the average. Others are playing like on roalcoster

2017-07-18 00:30