Liquid beat NRG; secure semi-final spot in Cologne

Liquid defeated NRG 2-0 to advance to the semi-finals at ESL One Cologne, with the latter team set to begin their playoff campaign in the quarter finals.

Liquid and NRG began the Group A upper bracket final on Nuke, where the T-sided NRG won the pistol round thanks to Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov's quad kill in a 3vs5. Liquid responded swiftly, taking the following three to lead 3-1. After teams traded blows for four rounds, NRG went on a four-round streak to lead 7-5.

Liquid reclaimed the lead before halftime, finishing the first half 8-7 ahead. After Liquid picked up the second pistol victory, NRG went on a three-round run to reach double-digits (10-9). Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella and Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski equalized a round later as they won a 2vs4. Liquid took charge on offense and eventually closed out the map with a 16-12 final scoreline.

Liquid are through to the semis

The second map, Inferno, commenced with Liquid winning the pistol round on the T-side. NRG secured the first weapon round victory thanks to Ethan "⁠Ethan⁠" Arnold's 1vs2 victory but lost the following five rounds to trail 8-1. Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik and company recouped as well as they could, taking five of the last six rounds in the first half to stay within three rounds of Liquid (9-6).

Despite losing the first two rounds to kick off the second half, NRG won an eco in the 18th round to get their seventh (11-7). NRG came back and had two chances to wrap up the map but Liquid managed to take the game to overtime. Liquid won 22-20 in second overtime, taking the series 2-0 and advancing to the semi-finals in Cologne. NRG will be playing in the quarter-finals to begin their playoff run.

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Nuke
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22
Inferno
20
 Liquid K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
60 - 43 +17 88.1 74.3% 1.27
50 - 42 +8 79.0 88.6% 1.26
49 - 43 +6 76.5 74.3% 1.14
44 - 47 -3 69.4 74.3% 1.08
40 - 42 -2 63.6 68.6% 0.92
 NRG K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
55 - 43 +12 73.7 70.0% 1.17
45 - 49 -4 73.3 62.9% 0.99
41 - 50 -9 71.0 74.3% 0.98
42 - 49 -7 69.3 55.7% 0.87
33 - 54 -21 57.8 61.4% 0.73
United States Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
1109
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.69
Bulgaria Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov
Age:
19
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.15
Maps played:
766
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.62
United States Nick 'nitr0' Cannella
Nick 'nitr0' Cannella
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
1136
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.66
United States Tarik 'tarik' Celik
Tarik 'tarik' Celik
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
1103
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.68
United States Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold
Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold
Age:
19
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
684
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.67
NA CS XD
2019-07-04 17:46
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12 replies
#4
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Denmark devnr1
Says the BIG fan xD
2019-07-04 17:46
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8 replies
But he has mouz as his shown favorite team xD
2019-07-04 17:47
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6 replies
LUCKQUID
2019-07-04 17:47
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3 replies
#19
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United States Azuhh
eu cant accept that na is actually winning smh.
2019-07-04 17:49
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2 replies
#31
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Albania 9898
TUCKQUID
2019-07-04 17:57
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1 reply
#34
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United States Azuhh
-respect
2019-07-04 18:05
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#55
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Cyprus delur
your comment made him change it to vitality XD
2019-07-04 23:53
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1 reply
Lmao he’s a bandwagon. When his team gets knocked out he changes it. From big, to mouz, to vitality
2019-07-05 02:40
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Ok
2019-07-04 17:47
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#7
oBo | 
North America ZachS721
UK CS EVEN BIGGER XD
2019-07-04 17:46
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1 reply
#24
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Poland Unluko
+1
2019-07-04 17:54
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#23
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Poland Unluko
LETS GO LIQUID!!! NA CS LOOKING REALLY STRONG AS OF LATE.
2019-07-04 17:54
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GOGOLIQUID
2019-07-04 17:46
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#3
oBo | 
North America ZachS721
USA USA USA
2019-07-04 17:46
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#5
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North America Swagblanket
BIG XD
2019-07-04 17:46
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NT NRG! Proved your worth even though it was a loss :)
2019-07-04 17:46
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2 replies
#10
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United States SAMARXD
U right our fan base is small but we are the best :)
2019-07-04 17:47
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1 reply
+1
2019-07-04 22:57
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#8
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Guam b7ack0ut
ez
2019-07-04 17:47
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#9
NAF | 
Germany jcwood
Elige is carrying 3rd event straight. Twistzz is just up and down, its quite annoying
2019-07-04 17:47
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8 replies
Just because his stats are better than everyone else’s doesn’t mean he’s carrying. If you watch the games or know anything about cs, then you’ll know it’s a team game. If every round stewie flashes elige in and he gets 2 kills because of it, that doesn’t mean he’s carrying.
2019-07-04 17:49
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4 replies
Finally someone that notice small details. JonY Boy > S1mple
2019-07-04 17:56
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1 reply
+1
2019-07-04 18:12
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#27
NAF | 
Germany jcwood
Omg, you are so smart, wow, noticed the flashes! And I dont mean s1mple way of carrying, rather just the most impact and most consistency, while others whiffing their shots. Same with nitr0, he is delivering when it matters.
2019-07-04 17:56
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1 reply
You actually a dumbass if you think elige is carrying. There was many rounds in that game where stewie or naf would make a selfless play to win the round. It affects there stats negatively, but there not playing for stats, there playing for the win. I swear so many people focus too much on stats.
2019-07-04 18:25
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+1 Also, think about this. Had S1mple just taken the free kill on Nitro at 15-11 and overpass goes the way it went...we're having a different discussion. Glad to see Elige having another good tourney though.
2019-07-04 18:21
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#48
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States jliat
Twistzz takes all the spots no one else wants. Chamged all his spots after stewie2k joined. Twistzz is integral to team success w/o dropping huge numbers all the time. What they are doing is working.
2019-07-04 20:16
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#49
NAF | 
Germany jcwood
Yeah, I think most of you guys didnt understand what I was saying. Im still happy since they win. Just the inconsistency is a problem sometimes. Which positions of twistzz were given to stewie though? Iirc twistzz was playin pit on inferno and upper bomb site on nuke before stew. On mirage they tried to put him at B site but it didnt work out so they brought him back to A. Overpass he was always a B defender as well. Dust2 always at long/pit. So dont see any changes at all, maybe forgetting something.
2019-07-04 20:23
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n1!
2019-07-04 17:47
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another trophy?
2019-07-04 17:47
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1 reply
hopefully :)
2019-07-05 12:03
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LET'S GO LIQUID FUCK YES
2019-07-04 17:47
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#16
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Romania FaZe_NBK
NRG is the most overrated fluke in past 2 years.
2019-07-04 17:47
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1 reply
a VP fan shouldnt even be allowed to write a comment :-)
2019-07-04 17:54
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just barely
2019-07-04 17:53
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Nice Liquid, let's fucking go!
2019-07-04 17:54
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barely won inferno lol
2019-07-04 17:56
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2 replies
#28
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
France breezy0
"Lol" realizing that NRG is really good right now?
2019-07-04 17:57
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1 reply
what
2019-07-04 17:57
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#30
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Peru AgentLF
EZ4LIQUID
2019-07-04 17:57
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Love it
2019-07-04 18:01
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I dont feel a strong dominance from Liquid tho'. yes, they are number one and yes they are winning, but these edge games can easily turn into choke
2019-07-04 18:07
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great game NRG....
2019-07-04 18:32
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#41
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Israel SOEZ4NIK0
Liquid gonna play vs astralis in the semis, if they win that then it's the grand slam secured 80%
2019-07-04 18:47
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5 replies
#42
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United States ^JayK
Yo know your format. Astralis are in group B therefore are on the other side of the bracket.
2019-07-04 19:05
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4 replies
#45
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Israel SOEZ4NIK0
no, astralis and liquid are in diffrent groups, if both win all games in the upper bracket then it's 1st from group A vs 1st team from group B
2019-07-04 19:43
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3 replies
#47
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United States ^JayK
2019-07-04 20:01
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#51
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United States ^JayK
Wow would you look at that :}}}}}}}
2019-07-04 21:27
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#53
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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North America noahB_
yes it would make total sense format wise to put the two best teams from each group to play eachother in the semi -_-
2019-07-04 22:22
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Augquid keeps going
2019-07-04 19:47
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NRG lost but I see great potential. What a great game!
2019-07-04 20:57
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Let’s Go liquid 😊
2019-07-04 21:40
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#58
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
NRG played great for such match scores!
2019-07-05 05:15
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