G2 suffer second ESL Pro League defeat at the hands of OG

Damien "⁠maLeK⁠" Marcel’s men continue to struggle in Group B after falling to OG in two maps.

The question asked before the series by analysts and commentators on the ESL broadcast was "is 24 hours enough to get G2 switched on?," referring to the French-Balkan squad’s start to their Pro League run with a shocking defeat to the newly promoted SINNERS, but G2 were not able to find their groove in that time as they have now fallen in the second match day to OG with two particularly unfocused terrorist halves in a fairly one-sided loss.

The slow start for G2 in ESL Pro League could become a problem as this second loss in as many games raises questions on whether the team will be able to turn things around to make a strong playoff bid, while OG march ahead 2-0 with victories over two of the teams considered to be their direct rivals at the beginning of the tournament, Virtus.pro and G2.

"We cut some of our summer break down to get some good practice in but I feel like we didn’t have the best practice," Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen said of the team’s return to activity.

"We had a lot of fun during these weeks of preparation, but it wasn’t necessarily the most focused because we were just coming out of the break, right? But I guess it’s just because we have a good feeling and everyone is having fun that we’re playing this good right now."

The series began on OG’s Mirage, where they took the first pistol round on the attack, but G2 stopped a B play in the forcebuy to keep things even from the start. Aleksib and his men charged ahead early on, but G2 stopped the assault with Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač at the helm to lead 9-6 before the switch.

After the half it was all OG, who on the defense nullified G2’s offensive giving up just one round while tallying ten of their own to win the map 16-10.

G2 regained their footing on Inferno, taking the first four rounds as terrorists, but the second OG got their hands on guns the dynamic changed drastically as Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan and company went on to dominate the half from there on out giving up a solitary round on the way to a 10-5 scoreline.

The second half was no better for G2, who started to see the match slip away after losing their third pistol round in the series. From there on out OG didn’t lift their foot from the gas pedal winning every round to a 16-5 victory.

The Group B standings after the first series in the second day of play is: