SK defeat OpTic to book spot at Oracle Arena

The first quarter-final match of the event kicked off on Overpass, with SK securing a quick 3-0 lead following a successful B execution in the pistol round. Despite losing the first gun round, the Brazilians would increase their lead to 5-1 with a fast-paced style.

In the next round, OpTic came close to winning their second round of the game, but they were left frustrated thanks to a 2v4 clutch from Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo and Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David.

SK did not give their opponents any breathing room and closed out the half with a commanding 13-2 lead. Then, an ace from coldzera in the second pistol round set themselves up for a clean 16-2 finish. 

On Saturday, TACO and co. will take on NiP for a place in the grand final

OpTic got off to a much-needed flying start as Terrorists on their map pick, Inferno, securing a 6-1 advantage despite losing the first gun round – in part thanks to two clutch rounds from Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif.

Still, a successful 1v2 situation from coldzera in the following round marked the beginning of a turnaround for SK, who would win every round until the end of the half. 

 The Europeans did not back down and began the second half with yet another pistol round win. They would carry that momentum into the gun rounds, securing a narrow 11-9 lead following a quad-kill from Kevin "⁠HS⁠" Tarn in the pit, but then SK stepped up to the plate and won seven of the next eight rounds to take the map at 16-12.

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SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	46 - 29	+17	109.7	71.7%	1.57
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	36 - 28	+8	87.1	80.4%	1.34
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	38 - 25	+13	83.0	76.1%	1.30
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	35 - 22	+13	70.2	71.7%	1.19
Ricardo 'boltz' Prassboltz	28 - 27	+1	73.0	67.4%	1.12

OpTic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	33 - 34	-1	66.3	58.7%	0.89
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	26 - 38	-12	75.2	58.7%	0.83
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellasmixwell	25 - 39	-14	72.6	58.7%	0.82
Kevin 'HS' TarnHS	27 - 34	-7	65.2	54.3%	0.80
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	20 - 38	-18	55.5	60.9%	0.63