SK eliminate Ghost in Group A

SK have eliminated Ghost from ESL One Belo Horizonte following a convincing victory in Group A's elimination match (2-0; de_inferno 16-6, de_dust2 16-4).

The last series of day one in Belo Horizonte began on Inferno, with Ghost getting a 4-0 lead on the offense after Yassine "⁠Subroza⁠" Taoufik clutched a 1v1 in the pistol round.

The Brazilians quickly found their footing as Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip replied with a clutch of his own after Ricardo "⁠boltz⁠" Prass grabbed three kills. Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo then entered the fray with key plays over the next three rounds, including a triple and a double, which led to a 4-4 scoreline.

Unable to shut down Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David on the A bombsite in the next round, Ghost found themselves on the back foot, with SK's stars taking turns in making plays for their team. It wasn't until 9-4 when the North American side found their first round in the last ten, with Matt "⁠Pollo⁠" Wilson's 1v2 clutch breaking the streak.

Switching over to the offense with 10 rounds, SK added the second pistol round to their tally after a play towards A, and continued to reach match point after Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga clutched a 1v2 in the first gunround. Ghost could do little to stop their opponents, only winning the 21st round before inevitably falling 6-16.

SK's pick, Dust2, followed, with the two teams trading the first four rounds back and forth until the Brazilians prevailed with two in a row. Establishing their advantage, FalleN & co. proceeded to clinch the next four rounds as well, before Subroza's defuse in a smoke gave Ghost their third round.

It didn't do the North American squad much good, as FalleN replied with two opening kills that allowed SK to split B and followed up with another double in the next round. Ghost ended up clinching one more round before the half ended at 11-4 once fer closed things out with an AWP quad-kill.

When coldzera decided the pistol round with two kills in a 2v2 situation, there was little hope for Ghost, who were unable to convert the following forcebuy and the first gunround, facing elimination at 16-4, 2-0.