MIBR edge out Renegades; FaZe beat B.O.O.T-d[S]

MIBR beat Renegades, 16-13, on Cache, while FaZe opened against BOOT-d[S] with a victory on Dust2, 16-9.

Renegades and MIBR kicked off their match with the former taking the pistol round on the defending side, and defending against the Brazilians’ force-buy and eco. Despite having a disadvantage carrying several SMG’s from previous rounds, Renegades were then able to win the first gun round as Aaron "⁠AZR⁠" Ward downed three MIBR players.

Renegades won the second gun round, and kept pressing all the way to the seventh round, when MIBR finally got on the board thanks to a double entry from Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip. The American side then couldn’t follow it up, and Renegades reset MIBR taking a 7-1 lead. MIBR were finally able to put a few rounds in late in the half to dampen the first half blow, bringing it back to 5-10.

The second half saw MIBR bring the score back after winning the first three rounds, but a 1vs3 clutch by AZR in an afterplant situation kept Renegades in the lead, 11-8, but doubles by Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David and Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga and a defuse by Ricardo "⁠boltz⁠" Prass got MIBR right back on track.

The match then got tied up, 11-11, and then 12-12 after a 1vs3 clutch by Noah "⁠Nifty⁠" Francis, as both teams traded rounds. The match stayed with both teams neck-and-neck, but it was finally MIBR who took the lead, 14-13, breaking Renegades’ economy to go on to close it out, 16-13.

An ace by Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard gave FaZe the pistol round win on the CT side of Dust2. The European side then showed their superiority by taking the 4-0 lead, but BOOT-d[S] didn’t let themselves get bullied and brought it all the way to a tie.

FaZe once again pounded their fist on the table and took four more rounds to make it 8-4, but BOOT-d[S] then brought it right back to close the half out 7-8 before switching sides.

BOOT-d[S] tied it up in the second pistol round, but Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač was able to win a 2vs1 and keep the European team in the lead. FaZe then got up to 13-8 before BOOT-d[S] could reply, although it was finally NiKo & co who were able to take it all the way and close the map out, 16-9.