Tricked defeat Virtus.pro; advance to Good Game League grand final

A 2-1 victory over Virtus.pro (13-16 Mirage, 16-5 Nuke, 22-19 Train) sees Tricked move on to the final of Good Game League, where they will meet the winner of the G2 - GamerLegion match.

Tricked claimed the CT pistol round on Mirage off the back of Frederik "⁠acoR⁠" Gyldstrand's triple and took the 2-0 lead before Virtus.pro started hitting back. The Polish side pulled ahead with five out of the next six rounds going their way, Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski leading the way for his side. (5-3)

The Danes then managed three in the row, but Virtus.pro still finished the half with a minimal, 8-7 lead. That was extended with the second half pistol, but when the rifles came in for Tricked, they were dominant. Six rounds in a row went their way, in large thanks to acoR's AWPing (13-10), but his team then lost to an eco and allowed Virtus.pro to bounce back and steal away the map, 16-13.

The action on Nuke was one-sided from the getgo, Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen's team bullying the Poles from the Terrorist side. The score was 7-0 before Virtus.pro mustered a reply as Tomasz "⁠phr⁠" Wójcik clutched a 1v2. That was quickly returned on by Tricked, though, who continued their dominance, losing only two more rounds in the half, both narrow wins for Virtus.pro.

After moving to the defensive side, Tricked stopped their opponents' push towards B in the pistol, and picked apart the outside push in the first rifle round to put an end to Virtus.pro's hopes on Nuke quickly, closing it out 16-5.

On the decider, Train, Tricked looked strong after losing the pistol, grabbing four out of five rounds on the Terrorist side, but Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller and co. consolidated their defenses to tie together four of their own and go up 7-4. HUNDEN and co. then hit the B bombsite with Johannes "⁠b0RUP⁠" Borup and Rasmus "⁠sjuush⁠" Beck combining perfectly to hold off the afterplant and saw their team bounce back and finish the half with seven rounds.

phr's triple wasn't enough for Virtus.pro to secure the ensuing pistol round, and the Danes used that to build momentum as CT. They took a 12-8 lead before Virtus.pro managed their first off of Snax's lurk kills, and started putting pressure from the offense. As the score was 13-12, sjuush picked up a double to allow the B retake to come in, and Tricked got to map point.

However, Virtus.pro's fast pace proved hard for them to deal with, and the Polish side managed to bring it back and force overtime. It took two sets of added rounds to find the winner, but in the end, Tricked managed to edge out Virtus.pro after a hard-fought map, 22-19.