Liquid pass North test

Liquid have passed their first test at ESL Pro League Season 10 Finals, defeating North in the Danes' debut on Vertigo 16-12.

After coming in late from their travels from overseas, Liquid had another surprise waiting for them in Denmark in the form of a Vertigo pick from North, who had previously never played the map before.

The Danish side started off well on the back of a pistol round win and a 1v2 clutch from Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen in the following anti-forcebuy, but their 3-0 lead was quickly answered with a four-round streak from the North American side, who had Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip, Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken, and Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski pull individual plays out of the bag.

The two teams traded three-round streaks as the half was coming to a close, with the team around Nicklas "⁠gade⁠" Gade eventually clinching a one-round advantage before switching over to Counter-Terrorists.

Liquid reclaimed the lead with the first four rounds, preferring the B bombsite and leaving North to save weapons twice, before the Danes brought it back to a one-round difference as they found an answer to the onslaught.

But with another clutch from Twistzz, this time a 1v3, and an ace from EliGE in a tough anti-halfbuy scenario, the favored team reached match point and soon closed the map at 16-12, joining MOUZ in a playoffs-deciding series in Group B.