FaZe edge out G2 in ESL One: Road to Rio

After two nailbiter maps, Mirage (22-20) and Dust2 (19-15), FaZe secured a victory over G2, their second win in the ESL One: Road to Rio - Europe.

The Kovac cousins of G2 and FaZe faced off a month ago, in the ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe group stage, with Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač powering his team to a 2-1 victory. This time around, Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač got the upper had, but it was Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David and Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants who were the main engines behind FaZe's victory.

broky kicked off Mirage with seven kills in the first two rounds, setting FaZe up for a strong Terrorist side on their map pick. G2 put one on the board early (3-1), but only managed sporadic rounds as NiKo and Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer fragged out, helping their team to an 11-4 lead.

With the second pistol in the bag, FaZe were soon 14-5 up, but then things started getting out of hands. huNter- picked up a crucial double on A to make it 14-9, and he stepped up with a quad kill to pull his side out of a scary anti-eco situation few rounds later. Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub was also on point as G2 grabbed eight in a row, eventually leading to a 15-15 scoreline. The back-and-forth continued in overtime, and only after the second set of added rounds did FaZe manage to close out their map pick, 22-20.

coldzera posted 38 frags on Dust2 to secure the win

G2 secured their first pistol of the series on the Terrorist side of Dust2, going up 3-0, but FaZe started putting rounds on the boards quickly, with NiKo finding success on the AWP and coldzera chiming in with good rifle work. The score was 6-3 for Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović's men before Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković turned around a 2v4 with three frags, which allowed G2 to push into the lead before half time (8-7).

olofmeister and broky recovered the second pistol round for FaZe, but they weren't able to pull off the 3-0 conversion as the French-Serbian side upset them with a mixed bag of weaponry in round 18. G2 assumed a 13-9 lead off the back of dynamic CT play, but FaZe bounced back after winning a force-buy with a B-split. The map was contested until the end, and just like Mirage, went into overtime. This time around, FaZe were dominant in the added rounds, picking up four in a row to take Dust2 19-15, and the series 2-0.

ESL One: Road to Rio - EuropeBest of 3

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FaZe

20

Mirage

22

15

Dust2

19

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nemanja 'nexa' Isakovićnexa	61 - 55	+6	85.5	77.6%	1.19
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	52 - 50	+2	70.4	68.4%	1.07
Audric 'JACKZ' JugJACKZ	46 - 53	-7	75.4	73.7%	0.98
Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačhuNter-	49 - 54	-5	73.4	61.8%	0.96
François 'amanek' Delaunayamanek	39 - 49	-10	50.9	65.8%	0.84

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	67 - 50	+17	94.4	81.6%	1.43
Helvijs 'broky' Saukantsbroky	54 - 43	+11	71.2	80.3%	1.17
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	54 - 51	+3	80.1	68.4%	1.10
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	43 - 47	-4	62.9	68.4%	0.94
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	43 - 56	-13	63.4	69.7%	0.88

This is how the standing for group B of ESL One: Road to Rio - Europe currently looks:

Group B

TEAM

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P

FaZe

2

6

Movistar Riders

2

6

Copenhagen Flames

1

3

G2

2

3

North

2

3

GODSENT

1

0

c0ntact

2

0

MOUZ

2

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