Natus Vincere edge past ORDER; mousesports crush Ghost

In the fourth round of matches at the ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals, Natus Vincere defeated ORDER on Mirage (16-14), while MOUZ crushed Ghost on Train (16-5).

The match between Natus Vincere and ORDER took place on Mirage, where the Australian side got off to a great start as Terrorists, picking up the first three rounds of the game. The Ukrainians then won the first gun round, but they were instantly reset as Joshua "⁠INS⁠" Potter pulled off a quad kill, inspiring his team to go on a massive run and take a 10-1 lead.

A quad kill by Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov put Na`Vi back on the board, with the Ukrainian side securing the final rounds of the half to cut the deficit to 5-10.

After winning the second pistol with a trio of kills from Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev, who had endured a slow first half, Natus Vincere kept shutting down ORDER and eventually equalized the score at 10-10. ORDER called a tactical pause and were able to win the next round, but Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko's men kept piling more pressure on their opponents to hit 13 rounds.

ORDER still found a lifeline by stringing three rounds together, retaking the lead, but Natus Vincere kept their composure and sealed the deal in the 30th round.

Meanwhile, MOUZ took on Ghost on Train, with the Canadian team winning their CT pistol on the back of a double and a triple-kill from Kenneth "⁠koosta⁠" Suen and Yassine "⁠Subroza⁠" Taoufik, respectively. After building up their economy, however, the European mixture ran all over the North American defense, losing just two more rounds to pick up a dominant 11-4 half-time lead.

MOUZ further added to their lead in the second half, winning their CT pistol and the subsequent anti-eco to go up 13-4. Tomáš "⁠oskar⁠" Šťastný then came up huge with a XM1014 quad-kill, and, from that moment, there was little that Ghost could do to stop MOUZ, who quickly wrapped things up.