mousesports beat back ATK in Odense

MOUZ have advanced to the second round of Group B's upper bracket after beating back ATK following a 0-6 start on Nuke, winning the match 16-9.

Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's men can breathe a little easier now as they survived their notoriously slow starts this time around in Odense, dominating ATK once they warmed up to the opening match.

Ricky "⁠floppy⁠" Kemery & co. caught MOUZ off-guard early on with a strong defense, hardly ever letting the European side enter either of the bombsites en route to a 6-0 lead.

With Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker finding key openings and a triple-kill overall, the favorites woke up, and after losing a 1v1 situation to Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou they managed to break the American-South African team's economy to take over the rest of the half, finishing it off with a one-round lead.

ATK picked up the second pistol round, but their hopes were crushed when MOUZ answered with a forcebuy, using the shift of momentum to rally to a quick closing to survive the initial scare at 16-9 and move on into the second round of the upper bracket in Group B.