Natus Vincere move on to ESL One Cologne semis over NiP

5-7-2019 21:19

Natus Vincere have advanced to the semi-finals at ESL One Cologne following a 2-0 series against Ninjas in Pyjamas (Inferno 16-12, Mirage 16-9).

Natus Vincere chose Inferno as the first map of the second quarter-final series and looked to start things off with a dominant offense, securing a 6-1 lead early thanks to one of their signature second-round forcebuys as well as a 1v2 from Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov in the third round.

The Swedes managed to equalize things on the back of individual plays, with Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson, Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner, and Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund all picking up multikills, and secured another round before the half ended to trail by just one in time for the second half.

Ninjas in Pyjamas took the second pistol round after Na`Vi's gamble stack on B didn't work out in the pistol and this time around survived the following anti-forcebuy, but a blunder on the B bombsite helped Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko's side win with just pistols in the third round.

flamie closed out Inferno before it got dangerous

It wasn't until 13-9 when Ninjas in Pyjamas responded again with two in a row, in one of which GeT_RiGhT stepped up with a massive quad-kill to turn a 2v5 around on B. Nonetheless, it wasn't enough to stay in contention for the opening map, as after the two teams traded two rounds, another pistol buy saw Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev clutch a 1v1 and add a triple-kill on top to secure a series lead at 16-12.

Mirage started out with a couple of clean rounds going Na`Vi's way after Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov stepped up with a flashy triple in the pistol round, but the favorites were unable to capitalize on it, with the Swedes stringing three together in response. Another 1v1 clutch from flamie and an auto-shotgun triple from Zeus eventually tipped the scales in the favor of the Russian-Ukrainian squad, who rallied to a 10-5 half as CT.

A smart stack behind firebox starring Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev and Boombl4 turned a 2v4 around for Natus Vincere in the second pistol round, which soon turned into a 14-5 lead. Ninjas in Pyjamas delayed for four in a row on the back of a couple of plays from Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg, but they couldn't complete the comeback as electroNic's 1v2 pushed his team to match point and shortly after to the 16-9, 2-0 victory.

ESL One Cologne 2019Best of 3

Natus Vincere

Matchpage

5th July 2019

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Inferno

Mirage

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev flamie	48 - 35	+13	93.0	77.4%	1.34
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev s1mple	47 - 30	+17	82.3	77.4%	1.34
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov electroNic	36 - 28	+8	76.7	81.1%	1.20
Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Boombl4	33 - 34	-1	79.2	71.7%	1.11
Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko Zeus	34 - 32	+2	65.7	81.1%	1.07

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg f0rest	36 - 34	+2	73.6	69.8%	1.04
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner REZ	34 - 38	-4	74.4	66.0%	0.98
Jonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Lekr0	30 - 40	-10	68.4	64.2%	0.90
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund GeT_RiGhT	31 - 43	-12	63.5	66.0%	0.82
Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Plopski	28 - 43	-15	60.6	58.5%	0.76

gg ez for the GOAT s1mple, Navi will destroy these NA noobs next sad for Get_Right men(((

2019-07-05 21:19

32 replies

14 replies

Expected

13 replies

flamie cheater

2019-07-05 21:21

12 replies

gtr, we love you!

2019-07-05 21:31

11 replies

he is now retired right ?

2019-07-05 21:36

10 replies

No u

2019-07-05 21:40

No one know what will happen to him now.

7 replies

he should retire and f0rest too

2019-07-05 21:43

6 replies

What why lol

5 replies

cuz they bad men 😎

2019-07-05 21:45

4 replies

Forest top frag

3 replies

just +2 chill :D his aim not good anymore

2019-07-05 21:47

2 replies

but gtr played nuts today

2019-07-05 22:14

What's to been said about the other NiP players then ? He has been the most consistent fragger of the team for ages... Don't see many swedish players better than/on par with him apart form jw/flusha/krimz/rez and maybe brollan..

2019-07-06 00:16

He will play the Major, but no one know after

2019-07-05 23:57

maybe he knife again

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Lulzor

2019-07-05 21:23

S1MPLE >>>> ZYLUL 😎😎😎

2019-07-05 21:20

nah

2019-07-06 14:22

Ny Tbl racM3LLLuL

Ggs!

2019-07-05 21:25

Lets go Get_Right

2019-07-05 21:28

respectful navi fan +1000000

2019-07-05 21:42

pimple 0 major goat pick kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

2019-07-05 22:19

Brazil Goat scene pick expected from low iq brazilian

2019-07-05 23:37

fan of faze klkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk mad cuz rektd all 2k17 by the goat team in the world lul cry is free

2019-07-06 00:19

mibr - 13-16th $5,000 faze - 9-12th $6,000 cry is free my monkey friend back to favela

2019-07-06 00:24

MIBR 0 MAJOR kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

2019-07-06 07:57

BR GoAT Pick one Brazil CS stays at the airport

2019-07-06 13:11

S1mple going to get another cologne mvp

2019-07-05 23:25

He ll have to go at least as far as zywoo for that and considering dupreeh,magisk & device's stats the winning team will most likely have the mvp...

2019-07-06 00:17

Navi are looking Better as a team rather than getting carried by s1mple Which is a good sign So they can very well defeat astralis and liquid

2019-07-06 06:27

clapped

s1mple is already sharping his knife for Liquid...

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so he throw again?

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Throw either a game or liquid into a rubbish can, we'll see.

2019-07-05 21:24

tbh NaVi needs elec and s1mple carry or at least 3 players show up to have a chance

2019-07-05 21:26

Likw both teams, but I think that Liquid is gonna beat them pretty hard tomorrow just like any other day.

"just like any other day" lost 2 maps to navi (2-0) 3 days ago you're a good analyst

2019-07-05 22:17

? i mean if it wasnt for the s1mple throw it would have been 2-0 but thats an "if" so it never happened

2019-07-05 22:28

they lost the game but not the war so i dont really care who won since navi were better on both maps s1mple tried to knife, they lost the match, he was punished. but as he said, it wont happen again and he will not let them win again. but mb liquid gonna play better. still a 50/50 match

2019-07-05 23:30

more like 55/45 but yea i agree

2019-07-06 00:04

I expect the match to actually be harder for Liquid. They already should have lost against the s1mple show, but now boomich seems more confortable and electronic and flamie finally awoke. It's gonna be helluva match tomorrow.

2019-07-06 00:20

RiP NiP

ggwp

Thank you Gtr. NIP please keep him!

+100000

+777

RIP :(

Ez for w0xic

Goodbye baitrest

plopski bot omegalul

+1 overrated kid

Do you know that professional teams have structures and if youre not familiar with the structure or the structure is unstable (like in NiPs case) then it will be hard for a new player to feel comfortable ingame and perform individually. NiP had a bad game as a team, and Plopski being the newest member got more affected by it than the rest of the players who have been playing together longer. Its not rocket science

Also had first "new t1 team" tournament jitters obviously kinda like boomich.. But boomich adapted faster because he has been training with them for a month now and also already has played on stage of majors...

2019-07-06 00:22

-plopski +draken/nawwk

2019-07-05 21:30

0.76 Rating PogU

Get_Right legend forever

Good tournament for NiP considering how new their lineup is. Glad that gtr made it to the arena incase it's his last Cologne.

Sadly it’s looking like that, no chance he’d be in Cologne 2020 with NiP

GG EZ

POOPSKI

gtr wp

bye gtr :(

GET RIGHT YOU'RE A LEGEND!

It's sad to see most of the "old" legends slowly fading away.

2019-07-05 21:22

Flamienator

Feels bad for f0rest man.

such a beautiful moment with GTR on the stream

gtr :(

BibleThump

finally flamie stepped up

Don't get your hopes up, he'll choke hard against Liquid again

2019-07-05 21:37

Yeah, he rarely performs to his former best level twice in a row but if he does beating NaVi ain't gonna be a walk in the park for TL.

That's not even the main problem. As you may have noticed, flamie is pretty damn good on Mirage. In the series against Liquid, flamie did his job on Overpass, which they took. But then it was time for the decider, that same Mirage that he was considered one of the best players on, and then... he just disappears, like NiKo. Flamie singlehandedly lost them that series with his choke.

2019-07-06 00:40

And everyone blames s1mple for the knife attempt

2019-07-06 09:42

GTR LEGEND

No nip magic rip

2-0 liquit

gtr <3 <3

Huge performance by navi since the beginning of the event, especially coming out on top through the group of death in the lower bracket nice

Plopski next sergej/ZywOo btw. Prodigy btw LUL trash and overrated by his father.

sergej aug player. now he's dead player. 2 top team and not even won a map

2019-07-05 21:29

Plopski worse tbh

2019-07-06 01:51

get right :( flamie so good today. gg both teams.

gl s1mple respect GTR

GeT RiGhT made me actually cry

EASY

RIP GTR

#navination

boombl4 man, what an amazing BIG human being. Great fit for Na'Vi, some important frags for him in the match and i can see he has that CS genetics. Everytime i see him in the screen i feel like sharing an Oreo with him.

new pasta?

2019-07-06 05:43

GeT_RiGhT's reaction was so painful. Good for Na'Vi but tonnes of respect for gr and NIP

It's absurd how much talent f0rest has at his age. People are going to rag on plopski, but he's in a brand new team against much better competition, give him time to grow and then level criticism.

You say it like he was playing very good. But he was mediocore.

2019-07-06 11:24

I clearly didn't say that, you have reading comprehension problems.

2019-07-06 17:23

I am talking about fOrest

2019-07-07 11:18

Except he literally didn't. Guy is 31 and still goes positive in matches consistently. The team was mediocre, not him individually.

2019-07-07 21:32

Is Boombl4 possibly the fattest cs pro ever? guys fking huge!

Boltz>>>

If flamie will play like this against Liquid then NaVi has chance

GeT_RiGhT Kung av kungar!!!! <3

2019-07-05 21:27

Respects to NIP. GG NaVi

they benched dennis for botski

Get_Right"s tears never forget :(

Getr plz stay and lose even more 😂😂 Oh poopski ur shit too 🤷🏽‍♂️😂

Get the fuck out from this site please

+111111

2019-07-05 21:34

Hi mouzi. 🙋🏽‍♂️💙

2019-07-06 07:49

0/8

Zeus positive kd wtf?

i feel sorry for f0rest

Get_Right😭😭😭😭😭RESPECT!!!

Get_Right is breathtaking

2019-07-05 21:32

gg 😭

wrong teams are representing sweden

Get_Right 😭😭 Respect to a Legend

2019-07-05 21:33

GeT_ReSpEcT kids Ggwp Navi, I hope you kick out Liquid Excited for the major with golden instead of Plopski, he is used to playing in big Events so he will play better than Plopski in Cologne I guess This whole revamp needs much time, dont judge them before December 2019

Plopski ... what a BOT !! NiP should kick him as soon as they can. Boombl4 looking good , well played by Na'Vi - now Liquid gonna beat them again and no one will be able to say they lost because of s1mple knife attempt.

2019-07-05 21:38

Plopski is literally a new addition, the biggest stage he ever played on was in jonkoping, with like less than 1000 people or even less than 500 people, give the dude some time smh.

2019-07-06 10:20

That's still not an excuse or a good enough reason to keep him with NiP. They need a more experienced and skilled player if they want to improve and return to their old glory.

2019-07-06 10:47

-plopski +flusha

omg man the GTR interview

2019-07-05 21:41

Woah electronic and flamie have really been stepping up recently

This is so cruel to NIP, cuz they cannot win a major again in those years. Feel sad for them.

2019-07-05 21:50

NiP, a team that most of the time reach the playoffs, but rarely reach the semis and are nowhere close of being title contenders

2019-07-05 21:53

Finally that bot is retiring.

2019-07-05 22:02

GTR :(((((((((((((((

2019-07-05 22:03

#saveforest

2019-07-05 22:24

Let's be honest, Edward outfrags boombla on any big tournament, especially on majors...

2019-07-05 22:33

Very true

2019-07-06 00:31

forest 6atbka

2019-07-05 22:55

Chances nip would win it were veeeery low. Still, they didn't get completely rekt and thats good. Feels bad for get right :(

2019-07-05 23:18

GTR is better at life than Simple as a human being.

2019-07-06 00:01

ngl NaVi is looking good atm. still no chance against Liquid and dont come at me with that "oh if S1mple didnt that if S1mple didnt his ez 2-0" u never know if the same thing would have happened on overpass. Anyway tommorow we will see a 2-0 win for Liquid NaVi has the best player but Team Liquid is the best team and since its a team game ez4Liquid they getting this grand slam

2019-07-06 00:14

I see a lot of people mocking at plopski, a young player who was having his first big tournament with new teammates under an unstructured team. What other comments would you expect from those retards?

2019-07-06 01:50