Vega Squadron knock Liquid out of Major

22-1-2018 21:32

Vega Squadron have made it to the ELEAGUE Major's New Legends Stage fifth round after defeating Liquid 16-12 on Inferno.

The match kicked off with Vega Squadron picking up their Terrorist pistol and the subsequent anti-ecos to secure a 3-0 lead. In the first gun round, Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov and Sergey "⁠keshandr⁠" Nikishin clutched a 2v4 situation to further increase their team's lead, with the 20-year-old following that up with a 1v2 clutch in the subsequent round.

It was only then that the North Americans' defense came to life, with Josh "⁠jdm64⁠" Marzano and Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski playing a crucial role in Liquid's four-round streak. Still, the Russians kept pressing on, winning all of the remaining rounds to secure a dominant 11-4 half-time lead, with the last round coming off of an impressive 1v3 clutch from Dmytro "⁠jR⁠" Chervak

chopper & co. are one victory away from the playoffs

Liquid refused to throw in the towel, however, and started the second half with a flawless B push, setting themselves up for a three-round streak. In the gun round, a triple-kill from Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken in a 2v4 situation helped the North Americans to continue that run, with the Russian side looking helpless.

With the score tied at 11-11, Vega Squadron tightened up their defence, winning five of the next six rounds to lock down the map, 16-12, and progress to the final round of the Swiss stage.

ELEAGUE Major 2018Best of 1

Liquid

Matchpage

22nd January 2018

Vega Squadron

Inferno

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Twistzz	24 - 18	+6	85.2	71.4%	1.25
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski EliGE	21 - 17	+4	68.9	71.4%	1.04
Josh 'jdm64' Marzano jdm64	19 - 18	+1	75.0	67.9%	1.03
Nick 'nitr0' Cannella nitr0	13 - 19	-6	64.8	71.4%	0.83
Wilton 'zews' Prado zews	12 - 21	-9	51.8	60.7%	0.69

Vega Squadron	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Dmytro 'jR' Chervak jR	24 - 17	+7	81.4	75.0%	1.41
Sergey 'keshandr' Nikishin keshandr	22 - 16	+6	78.9	78.6%	1.32
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov chopper	22 - 17	+5	80.0	75.0%	1.30
Pavel 'hutji' Lashkov hutji	13 - 21	-8	69.2	75.0%	0.93
Nikolay 'mir' Bityukov mir	12 - 18	-6	49.7	67.9%	0.80

Qualified
G2		FaZe
Quantum Bellator Fire
2-1
fnatic		Natus Vincere
SK		Gambit
2-2
MOUZ		Space Soldiers
Cloud9		Vega Squadron
Eliminated
North		Virtus.pro
BIG		Astralis
Liquid

SHARKNADO IS HERE

2018-01-22 21:32

5 replies

kek, so fast

4 replies

still pretty good stuff from Liquid! <3

2018-01-22 21:33

1 reply

na tears talking about wasted spots on cis minor smh, smh

2018-01-22 21:37

Have you ever notice that liquid logo is a horse

2018-01-22 21:34

thought it was orangutang

wp vegas ;) Vega has Good potential

go Vega!

1 EDIT: Close enough

why couldn't just go 0-3 ffs brb have to poop

One does not simply give up banana control

gl vega

Sharks eat horses lul

disband liquid #freeElige #freetwistzz +nifty / Mixwell +naf +stanislaw a new NA team pls .. with this line-up .. i think they have a chance to against c9 for NA top1

3 replies

"+stanislaw" FailFish

2018-01-22 21:40

-stanislaw +nitr0

2018-01-22 21:58

2018-01-22 22:19

get lost liquid

Nice

They just rush B for win. My brothers!!!

Isn't Vega overrated?

Nah man

2018-01-22 22:33

On to the Quaters!

Shark > Seahorse

unexpected

Good luck C9

NA CS DESERVE - 1 SPOT IN THE MAJOR QUALIFIER CIS CS DESERVE - 2/3 Spots in the next major qualifier

2 replies

Talking about deserve when you are a VP fan, how ironic.

lol?

2018-01-23 01:40

Thorin dickhead

2018-01-22 21:35

Sad

2018-01-22 21:36

good job vega! gl in next match =)

expected

Why I never root for LULQUID

2018-01-22 21:38

Wins 7 rounds in 2nd half Still loses game No words for Liquid. They need to get it together EDIT: Vega played great and they deserved the win, but I feel like liquid could have put up a better fight

No words for Liquid? They were playing with zews ffs the mentality isn't going to be the same if they were playing with steel. Liquid did a better job than BIG , North, VP and Astralis.

2018-01-22 23:00

In comparison to what they've already done this major, it's disappointing. Zews did better than 4/5 virtus pro players and, in all honesty, I could actually see him filling in the Liquid roster if he improved his aim. If anything, the players have more experience with Zews and are more likely to listen to his calls than steel's, who they've only been with for a few lans. Yes, Liquid did better than the other teams you listed, but those teams were not even close to as good as they were in the last major.

2018-01-23 01:02

expected on inferno. jR should train his awp more, so many misses

2018-01-22 21:41

Liquid performed a lot better than I expected. Zews may lack in firepower, but the team itself was working better than before. That's all on him! I was sad for this matchup, wanted both teams to go through, but in the end my fav to advance won!

2018-01-22 21:45

Who was talking shit about CIS CS? Retards. you can eat your pants now... Dear orgs, more slots for CIS region next time please.

2018-01-22 22:01

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QBF vs Vega in the finals inc

2018-01-22 23:35

would be great :)

2018-01-22 23:38

lol??????

what "lol?" ?

2018-01-23 06:51

just laughing at ur opinion. gj making it to legends vega :)))

2018-01-23 23:21

ok... gj vega indeed!

What is this major inb4 Vega - QBF final

2018-01-22 22:20

Liquid did their best. Dont forget they had a stand in. I.believe liquid with steel could go far in this tournament. Overall this major is the underdog's heaven. Sk with a stand in, liquid with a stand in, 100thieves couldnt attend, astralis are crippled the last 3 months.

2018-01-22 22:37