SK secure hard-fought victory over Space Soldiers

20-1-2018 01:24

SK go up 1-0 in Atlanta after a 16-13 win over Space Soldiers on Mirage.

Starting off the game by losing the CT pistol round meant Space Soldiers had to wait until the fourth round to afford equipment that would allow them to challenge SK. Engin "⁠MAJ3R⁠" Küpeli got a good bang for his buck, as his $4,750 AWP investment yielded him three kills that stopped the Brazilians' B site offensive and got his side on the board.

Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga's relentless aggression paid off in the followup, as he found a gap in the CT defenses to flank the B site and make the score 4-1. SK couldn't break the bank of their opponents, though, as Buğra "⁠Calyx⁠" Arkın and Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş picked up doubles to start a streak of rounds going the way of the Turkish side.

Things were looking good for Space Soldiers to get their ninth round as they had a 5v2 situation going their favor, but fer's sneaky play paid off again as he picked up three kills that allowed Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo to clutch out.

fer single-handedly won rounds for SK, which ended up mattering a lot

After the switch, SK won the second pistol round as well, which made bringing back a 9-6 halftime deficit to a tied 9-9 score much easier. A few rounds later, Calyx pulled his side back into the lead by clutching a 1v2 against João "⁠felps⁠" Vasconcellos and Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David on A. (11-10)

coldzera, who was struggling early on, finally came to life towards the end of the game, playing key parts in SK getting back into the lead. (13-12)

After another back and forth round went SK's way, Space Soldiers decided to go for a fast-paced, mixed buy B site attack that worked out. The Turkish side wasn't able to take advantage of the equipment advantage in the followup, though, and that allowed FalleN and co. to close out the game 16-13.

ELEAGUE Major 2018Best of 1

Matchpage

20th January 2018

Space Soldiers

Mirage

ELEAGUE Major 2018Best of 1

Matchpage

20th January 2018

Space Soldiers

Mirage

SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	28 - 18	+10	86.0	79.3%	1.42
João 'felps' Vasconcellos felps	23 - 18	+5	81.1	62.1%	1.19
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga fer	20 - 20	0	84.9	75.9%	1.07
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo TACO	16 - 19	-3	67.5	69.0%	0.95
Marcelo 'coldzera' David coldzera	16 - 20	-4	70.1	69.0%	0.94

Space Soldiers	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın Calyx	25 - 19	+6	90.5	75.9%	1.24
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş XANTARES	23 - 22	+1	83.2	58.6%	1.05
Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli MAJ3R	19 - 24	-5	79.4	75.9%	0.98
Engin 'ngiN' Kor ngiN	15 - 19	-4	59.7	65.5%	0.75
Ahmet 'paz' Karahoca paz	13 - 20	-7	53.7	62.1%	0.72

coldzera off game? sk don't give no shits (and coldzera just wins the last rounds with an insane 2k like we are used to see from him)

2018-01-20 01:24

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TACO saved them the game Space Soldiers played very well though gg

sK dOn'T gIvE nO sHiTs

2018-01-20 01:27

Taco in the round before the last twitter.com/FalleNCS/status/931375083766..

2018-01-20 01:31

insane? i dont think so

2018-01-20 01:33

yep

2018-01-20 01:46

+1 Cold played very bad, but when Sk needs he shine again

2018-01-20 01:48

aha

SK TOP 1 CRY IS FREE

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Relax

2018-01-20 01:25

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I think he mad

2018-01-20 01:26

3 replies

2018-01-20 01:28

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Oh man, do not talk with him. He choked

2018-01-20 01:29

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jesus, u think im taking it seriously? ROLFMAO bye

ez katka

ss deserved to win

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Not really since they didn't get 16 rounds

2018-01-20 10:56

LuL

I'm not even slightly a fanboy of Space Soldiers but that was amazing to watch. If they keep playing like this, they might have extraordinary results in this major, considering they will also face weaker teams.

Xantares deagle is so insane xdddddd

2018-01-20 01:30

They played better than the most teams, if they keep playing like this theyll probably become legends this major.

2018-01-20 01:35

Man Xantares!!! He is such a good player! Maybe one of the best! Reminds of Niko in MouseSports!

2018-01-20 01:41

"weaker teams" Cloud9 is the next...

2018-01-20 06:20

Draws weren't out when I made this comment. And I meant weaker than SK (even without boltz), which C9 arguably is.

2018-01-20 08:05

The best teams in the world just win the game and dont said we deserved. A lot of surprises this Major and is awesome. Space Soldiers played really well Xantares was sick and Calyx too. Was a close game but finally just the best team win. Space Soldiers got a lot of chances in this performance. Now theyre really strong team in this Major and well that is awesome.

To win 1 kebab

No it wasnt too close how it looks like ss just won bunch of sk eco's which were cuz sk bad economy

ez for felps

EZ for Renegades

Nt ss wp

Well played SS. SK got lucky and will sweat in the next rounds for sure.

Nyet

lul

2018-01-20 01:55

Coldzera looked sketchy on T, they probably would have lost if he didn't bring it back

Unlucky SS

SS was lucky all game with timing and sparaying through the smokes they didnt anything relleavnt SK juat made a lot of mistakes

2018-01-20 10:57

coldzera top1

not lucky

BADFALLEN

lucky TACOO

Skill my friend, skill..

Got a drop from WALLEN <3

ggwp both teams! have a cool day! -VeryCoolGuy

GG SS! They played so good! Deserved the win

GG bru, I respect a guys like you eho respects other teams.

SK deserved it , not SS

2018-01-20 01:40

It was close, the game was decided on endgame clutchs. SS have an amazing future.

2018-01-20 04:03

How lucky was that from taco 1 hp 1 sec gg wp anyway

GG to both teams , ss unluko fallen 1 hp... SpaceForAll

EZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

SS played very well. Glad that SK went away with the win though.

I almost had a heart attack here, but from sk it's expected

haha :) GG well played

2018-01-20 01:34

Close call, SS are so much fun to watch. But in the end bad fallen delivers

I think the awesome lurking plays of fer won this game and also the force buy round in the 28th.

SS lost the game in this round, i'm afraid. But at least one good map to save the day.

Godzera Kick TACO

-10

-100

-1000

2018-01-20 01:36

-10000

2018-01-20 02:50

-100000

2018-01-20 03:47

Spaces deserved this match however they're did some simple mistakes NT

??? Logic??? They didnt deserved the win, if they did they would have won.

2018-01-20 04:19

I'm a big fan of SK, but what the hell is that kind of thinking? Didn't deserve the win because SS did not win? Lol which side of favela are you on? A win is a win, yes but some do not deserve it (do bad guys deserve victory?) In this case though, he's prolly saying SS deserved to win because they put on a spectacular performance, putting SK, of all teams they could actually imagine fight against, on the ropes, and coldzera had a bad showing, particularly during the early rounds, although that also needs to be considered as well. But then again SK managed to grab the win. You're gonna say you're just fooling around. I'm gonna say I'm just being Captain Obvious. Bye! *flies away*

2018-01-20 06:17

There are no "bad guys here", your idealism is not necessary in sports, this is not war. It just happened as always, the better team won and deserved it, unless there is some kind of foul play or straight up cheating, the team that wins it is the one that deserves it, ALWAYS. It really is that simple. Saying a team didn't deserve their win is just a childish attempt to undermine that team's credit.

2018-01-20 18:28

please don't be stupid :)

2018-01-20 07:30

Hehe

2018-01-20 10:47

Nice fanboi

2018-01-20 20:49

Cold didnt even have to work this game, no need to fire up cilinders vs ss =] 2ez. hes waiting for a real opponent. Rest of sk brothers did it this time <333

nice try my boys i hope you will win at Round #2

People who say that SK are the luckiest team ever are delusional....however, SK were lucky in this game lol

Fuck yes man! I don't like to complain about loses or wins but SK was lucky AF. Pfffsss I'm so saltyyy lmao

SS look really strong though. They should have a chance against C9, hope they do well

2018-01-20 01:38

I hope so man. They have so much potential. I wasn't expecting that performance. Anyway, well played :)

2018-01-20 01:43

Dont be salty mai frend SS will make legends for sure

2018-01-20 01:42

Prediction: SK win the major, Donald Trump dies and Bolsonaro wins the presidency

+1 but I hope that Trump stays alive

Trump stays alive? How many times u sucked his dick for money?

2018-01-20 16:24

Enjoyed watching it, wellplayed SK!

cold was in hard winning#1party mode but FalleN was in hardcarry mode!

"hard" LMAO

Undeserved noobs. Winning 2 pistols, defusing bomb with 1hp with 0,1 second left on bomb etc. SK are luckiest fuckers in csgo history aka double noscope jump shot by mr. retardzera.

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Now say this without crying

Pls kys 3th worlder.

He is saying facts yk

SK luckiest team ever is a fact? He's just hating, or probably complaining that he lost those spicy odds...

2018-01-20 04:05

Ok. Cry.

Nice argument vs facts I said. I guess cry is first word they teach you in jungle school because you have to cry about fact you live in 3th world shithole called BRA71L.

Shut the fuck up, you don't know shit about our country, racist asshole BTW If SK relied only on Iuck I don't think that team would be the best in the world for over a year

2018-01-20 03:41

hltv.org/matches/2304228/renegades-vs-sk.. cry, best team OMEGALUL

2018-01-20 03:46

lmao tired of seeing rain get raped by SK everytime?

2018-01-20 04:20

Still better then getting rekt by Ghosts xDDD hltv.org/matches/2315693/sk-vs-ghost-ecs..

2018-01-20 04:24

hltv.org/matches/2310246/sk-vs-faze-iem-.. hltv.org/matches/2317926/faze-vs-sk-esl-.. hltv.org/matches/2316286/sk-vs-faze-epic.. hltv.org/matches/2307545/faze-vs-sk-elea.. hltv.org/matches/2312164/faze-vs-sk-esl-.. hltv.org/matches/2311693/faze-vs-sk-ecs-.. Just go sit and cry in a corner loser.

2018-01-20 04:28

"SK are luckiest fuckers in csgo history" since 2016, right? Why are you so mad? kkkkkkkkkkk

They have a lot of plays like that, ending the round in the last seconds..if it is lucky, they're lucky all time

2018-01-20 01:59

Cry is free

#111

2018-01-20 01:45

Sadly for you brain cells aren't.

keep crying

2018-01-20 02:11

lol you are right but pls be respectful

Sk had very very very lucky game I have ever seen. That 1hp defuse and following hs by Taco was the key round, so sad for SS anway gg

Won to won teamwork > TOP HLTV Players not important /.

2018-01-20 01:32

"SS got unlucky" Funny how simple thing such as checking a corner(s) will cost you a game. Nothing unlucky in that, just plain stupid

the ONLY good game of the day. well played ss

I agree

2018-01-20 11:00

CHEATARES too good

Nt banana kid Try harder

2018-01-20 16:21

SS is so good nowadays, they're definitely going to be a solid top 10 team, this year. cold had a rare bad match today, that helped a lot too, let's be realistic. It was not the cold very impactful cold we're used to see on 90% of SK matches. XANTARES is a beast, he's so damn skilled, calyx is not far behind.

+1 cold was so bad

2018-01-20 02:51

Almost lost. GG for SS

Xantares > top1coldzera confirmed

in your dreams maybe

Not my dreams this and before cache ss ez sk xantares ez just unlucky idiot

2018-01-20 09:26

unlucky game for us. GGWP SK!

In summary 1 HP!

cold is playing bad cuz felps and his gamestyle dont fit very well,even more when they are playing seriously after a long time apart.i hope they can make it more balanced between both.

That fact makes him worse than NiKo

2018-01-20 02:14

RESPECT most enjoyable match of the round 1 wp

ss put up a great show,tho i think if it was boltz the story wouldve been different cause felps changes coldzera's gamestyle so much.

nt ss

SUPER EZ

felps > coldzera

FERGODTOP1 VAMO PRIMO

We did simple mistakes and match gone. So disgusting... Congratulations SK

OMG FALLEN STOP BLOWING MY MIND

+1 fallen went to a new gear to get a few of those rounds

2018-01-20 06:14

The most interesting and close rounds that i see nowadays. Cold wasnt on his day but fallen did extra things to make difference. Also congrats ss prove they have potential to make any tier1 team upset. Ss need to check default hiding spots to win. #SSHYPE #ITSNOTOVER #FALLENGOD

+1 #RUNSKG #RUNSS GL!

2018-01-20 02:09

Hopefully this will be a lesson for SK not to underestimate their opponents. They played pretty bad compared to their usual play style and so did SS with those blind site entries not checking corners. Good job SS!

Even though SK looked sloppy and Cold wasn't on form, gz Turkish brothers for making best game of today and doing really good vs N1 team. You guys deserve top 8

2018-01-20 01:37

Wtf cold?

Dont get me wrong ppls saying cold played bad..you guys need to realize this team was playing with felps...many situation cold and fer fallen will change many spot in game...u can see felps going to cold spot place ...and when felps dont fell confortablr he changed to fallen spot..fallen just have to play with rifle almost time as suport (boltz role) o ct...and fer go to window (fallen role)on ct bcz of it..taco forced full time awp as tr too and many changes bcz felps join back on team..about space soldiers they played well but both team full buy space will lose...sk push forced buy at vry risk round without nades and will over ss full buy... (14vs13)that full buy for sk i thought sk was trowing the game...but they win with that sh..t but lol....

2018-01-20 01:39

plz do 3-0 for pickums

lucky

HLTV BRAZIL: "SK SECURE HARD-FOUGHT VICTORY OVER SPACE SOLDIERS" HLTV WHEN NORMAL TEAM GETS RAPED: "GAMBIT OUTCLASS NATUS VINCERE ON NUKE; GO 1-0 UP" HLTV WHEN DANISH GETS RAPED: "OSKAR STARS AS MOUSESPORTS OVERRUN ASTRALIS"

cry is free

2018-01-20 01:49

0/8

2018-01-20 04:53

toxic brazilians

2018-01-20 01:58

np SS 3-1 ez

2018-01-20 02:00

This game proves that Coldzera doesn't carry SK (Except for TACO KKKKKKKKKKK)

2018-01-20 02:07

nt SS hahahaha

nt SS

2018-01-20 02:28

Fallen > Cold

2018-01-20 03:18

kkkk

If SK lost, "it was because of felps". SK won, but close, "it was because of felps". LOL

2018-01-20 04:00

You are very critical about this first game of the sk ... remembering that it is the first official game after the vacation ... to realize the lack of game rhythm and how cold missed today as he never misses... xantares 1.05 rating against a tier1 team....