G2 take down FaZe 2-1 in ESL Pro League S11

Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković's men managed to defeat FaZe in ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe 2-1 (16-14 Nuke, 11-16 Dust2, 16-12 Train) to claim their second victory in the league.

Two cousins butted heads as FaZe and G2 met in ESL Pro League, with Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač looking to power their respective teams to the win. In this ocassion, it was G2 that came out on top after three hard-fought maps, with huNter- topping the scoreboard with a 1.22 rating.

huNter- was key in G2 closing out the series on Train

huNter-'s triple kill ensured the CT pistol went the way of G2 on Nuke, but FaZe struck back with a force buy and managed a strong T side, 9-6, on their map pick. Audric "⁠JACKZ⁠" Jug was the main man for G2 in the first half, showing his form with a trademark quad-kill ramp-hold in round nine, and continued to cause issues in the second half. The 27-year-old found six first kills on the map as G2 mounted the comeback on the offensive side, using a mixture of Yard splits and well-coordinated A executes, stealing Nuke away 16-14.

After a subdued Nuke, Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard kicked off Dust2 with a crisp USP-S 4K on the pistol, setting up FaZe for early success as CT (4-0). Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub then picked up the AWP and G2 chained five rounds together, but FaZe bounced back as NiKo found success with the AWP himself. G2 attempted a comeback after locking down the B bombsite on the pistol, but Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David's Deagle ace took out the wind from their sails. FaZe then pulled off a couple of A hits and closed out the map 16-11.

coldzera pulled off a Deagle ace to stop G2's comeback on Dust2

Just like on Dust2, a round won with just Deagles inspired FaZe's T-side on Train, seeing them recover from an 0-3 start and tie the score. huNter- was on fire early on and stepped up to clutch a 1v2 in the next round, but FaZe kept it tight with a 2v5 won by Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants and coldzera. G2 managed to weather the storm and finished the half with a strong lead, 10-5, but Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer and co. were straight back into it after the switch.

As the score was 11-9 for the French-Serbian side, huNter- found a double entry and got his side on the roll again, pushing them to the edge of victory (14-10). A Mac-10-heavy B rush worked out for G2 to get them on map point, which they converted on to take a 2-1 series win.

ESL Pro League Season 11 EuropeBest of 3

G2

Matchpage

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29th March 2020

FaZe

16

Nuke

14

11

Dust2

16

16

Train

12

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačhuNter-	68 - 51	+17	81.8	69.4%	1.22
Nemanja 'nexa' Isakovićnexa	57 - 47	+10	77.1	77.6%	1.16
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	55 - 47	+8	68.0	71.8%	1.11
Audric 'JACKZ' JugJACKZ	59 - 62	-3	77.0	77.6%	1.09
François 'amanek' Delaunayamanek	41 - 52	-11	51.7	70.6%	0.81

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Helvijs 'broky' Saukantsbroky	54 - 45	+9	66.2	81.2%	1.16
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	58 - 62	-4	77.2	67.1%	1.04
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	53 - 49	+4	59.7	76.5%	0.99
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	50 - 67	-17	71.6	60.0%	0.86
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	43 - 58	-15	59.2	60.0%	0.79

With both OG and G2 winning their matches on the day, the two international squads have moved to the top of the ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe Group C:

Group C

TEAM

M

P

OG

2

6

G2

2

6

MOUZ

2

3

FaZe

3

3

Virtus.pro

0

0

TYLOO

3

0