Liquid beat FaZe; ENCE outplay NiP

Liquid have defeated FaZe 16-8 on Cache while ENCE beat Ninjas in Pyjamas 16-7 on Nuke to kick off day two at BLAST Pro Series São Paulo.

The round three game between Liquid and FaZe took place on Cache where the T-sided North American squad picked up the pistol round victory thanks to Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip's triple kill. Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski and Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic's contributions in the second and third rounds made it 3-0 before FaZe responded in the fourth round.

EliGE prevented FaZe from starting a streak after he got two entry kills in the fifth round. Liquid extended their lead to 5-1 by securing a 3vs5 victory. FaZe had a 5vs2 advantage in the tenth round but Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken picked up the ace and the 1vs3 clutch to win the round (9-1).

Liquid were impressive against FaZe

To add insult to injury, Liquid won two consecutive 3vs5s as they increased the gap to double digits (11-1). FaZe managed to secure the final three rounds in the first half as Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard made their presence felt.

Liquid lost three rounds in a row after winning the second half pistol round (12-7). Liquid won an eco in the 22nd round and went on to win the game 16-8.

BLAST Pro Series São Paulo 2019Best of 1

Liquid

Matchpage

16

8

23rd March 2019

FaZe

16

Cache

8

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	20 - 11	+9	87.1	87.5%	1.54
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	19 - 15	+4	91.4	66.7%	1.30
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	18 - 15	+3	81.5	83.3%	1.23
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	17 - 12	+5	62.3	83.3%	1.14
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	16 - 15	+1	76.6	66.7%	1.09

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	17 - 19	-2	88.3	62.5%	1.03
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	15 - 15	0	59.6	58.3%	0.88
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	14 - 19	-5	71.2	58.3%	0.83
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	11 - 18	-7	59.5	54.2%	0.70
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN	11 - 20	-9	53.9	58.3%	0.63

Ninjas in Pyjamas took on ENCE in one of the other matches. The Finnish team kicked off Nuke on the T-side and won the first round as Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli got two kills. Sami "⁠xseveN⁠" Laasanen and allu both got double kills to win a 3vs5 in the fourth round, making it 4-0.

ENCE demolished NiP on the T-side

Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner got his team on the scoreboard in the 11th round as he got three kills with the CZ-75 and Ninjas in Pyjamas secured two of the following three rounds to trail 11-3. ENCE picked up the last round in the first half, leading 12-3 at halftime.

The Swedes got to six rounds after winning the first three in the second half but couldn't make it four in a row as allu grabbed an AUG quad-kill in a 2vs4 to win the 19th round. ENCE closed out the game with a 16-7 score to pick up their second win in São Paulo.

BLAST Pro Series São Paulo 2019Best of 1

ENCE

Matchpage

16

7

23rd March 2019

Ninjas in Pyjamas

16

Nuke

7

ENCE	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jani 'Aerial' JussilaAerial	23 - 14	+9	106.1	69.6%	1.52
Jere 'sergej' Salosergej	22 - 16	+6	100.7	73.9%	1.40
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	18 - 12	+6	73.6	82.6%	1.36
Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenAleksib	16 - 15	+1	79.0	60.9%	1.13
Sami 'xseveN' LaasanenxseveN	11 - 16	-5	61.8	65.2%	0.83

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	20 - 18	+2	107.0	56.5%	1.24
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT	15 - 17	-2	86.8	78.3%	1.05
Fredrik 'REZ' SternerREZ	17 - 18	-1	69.0	65.2%	0.92
Jonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonLekr0	14 - 19	-5	70.7	65.2%	0.76
William 'draken' Sundindraken	7 - 18	-11	38.4	60.9%	0.55

Group A

TEAM

M

P

Astralis

3

9

Liquid

3

6

ENCE

3

6

FaZe

3

3

Ninjas in Pyjamas

3

3

MIBR

3

0