Liquid eliminate Evil Geniuses from BLAST Premier

17-9-2021 21:52

Evil Geniuses will compete in the Showdown for the chance to reach BLAST Fall Final.

Liquid confidently took down Evil Geniuses after a 2-0 series, bouncing back from yesterday's defeat against Vitality. The North Americans will face Astralis on Saturday to decide who will secure a spot in the Fall Final and the chance to face Vitality for the top spot in Group A.

"It was a good easy win for us, as expected," said Liquid's coach Eric "⁠adreN⁠" Hoag in regards to their win against Evil Geniuses, who played with two stand-ins after Vincent "⁠Brehze⁠" Cayonte and Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz decided to sit out the event for personal reasons.

When talking about Liquid's preparation for the match, the American coach stated they focused more on themselves rather than on their opponents: "This match was more about ourselves, just making sure we don't have a bad mental state or breakdown."

NAF led the way on Mirage for Team Liquid

Evil Geniuses were not able to find success on their pick of Mirage, only taking five rounds on their T side despite an exemplary performance from Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller. Liquid meanwhile executed a rock-solid defense with some great retakes on the B bombsite on their way to close the half 10-5.

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's men were not looking to slow down. Liquid orchestrated a near-flawless T side which saw them drop only one round before securing the map 16-6.

The situation deteriorated even further on Vertigo for Evil Geniuses as they struggled to find their footing on the CT side, only being able to claim three rounds thanks to the heroics of Teodor "⁠SPELLAN⁠" Nikolov and Owen "⁠oBo⁠" Schlatter. Liquid cruised to a 12-3 half with Michael "⁠Grim⁠" Wince shining for the North Americans.

Evil Geniuses were able to put up a more competitive offense, winning a force buy and taking a further three rounds to make it 7-14, but it was too late to make a difference. Liquid managed to win the two necessary rounds to close the map 16-7, securing the series 2-0.

BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2021Best of 3

Evil Geniuses

Matchpage

17th September 2021

Liquid

Mirage

Vertigo

Evil Geniuses	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Michał 'MICHU' Müller MICHU	34 - 33	+1	78.3	55.6%	1.02
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov CeRq	29 - 29	0	71.6	66.7%	1.02
Teodor 'SPELLAN' Nikolov SPELLAN	20 - 34	-14	56.1	64.4%	0.80
Owen 'oBo' Schlatter oBo	19 - 36	-17	66.6	57.8%	0.73
Damian 'daps' Steele daps	19 - 35	-16	49.9	66.7%	0.63

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Keith 'NAF' Markovic NAF	36 - 23	+13	87.8	82.2%	1.37
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski EliGE	38 - 31	+7	94.8	68.9%	1.30
Michael 'Grim' Wince Grim	34 - 24	+10	83.7	68.9%	1.29
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	26 - 20	+6	64.0	80.0%	1.23
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Stewie2K	33 - 25	+8	75.7	75.6%	1.19

EG please just disband.

2021-09-17 21:52

9 replies

poggers

2021-09-17 21:55

8 replies

-michu +dream3r -daps +bubble -oBo +shipz

2021-09-17 21:59

7 replies

+David Beckham

2021-09-17 22:03

2 replies

+ leo Messi as well

2021-09-18 00:34

1 reply

+ronaldo

2021-09-18 01:58

they will def play better

2021-09-17 22:11

Also -spellan +h4rn

2021-09-18 00:31

cool story bro

2021-09-18 05:44

+Truindenashendubbabapresser

2021-09-18 07:31

fluke

unexpected

sad

That's a blowout and a half

Not sure about brehze but I don't think Stan is coming back.

2021-09-17 21:57

Why ?

2021-09-17 23:19

2021-09-17 21:58

save michu

3 replies

2021-09-18 16:01

the sad thing is that EG was one of the best teams he has been on

2021-09-18 20:20

yeah, lacked of synergy beetween players perhaps

2021-09-20 15:17

bye

Stan go to valorant pls

2021-09-17 22:00

2021-09-18 09:30

EG unlucky they deserved playoffs

Wat

2021-09-17 22:04

what? they are literally getting DESTROYED

2021-09-17 22:14

Have you watched the game?

2021-09-17 22:16

Have you watched the WHOLE TOURNAMENT?? HAHAHA

2021-09-17 22:27

Anonymo top1

2021-09-17 22:38

Another mad Michu fan

2021-09-17 23:23

MICHU top10 2022

2021-09-18 00:26

Lol I liked that joke n1

2021-09-18 01:15

ty, np

2021-09-18 01:41

sorry EG

EG tier 3 team

EG,please,disband...we can't see this shame...

2021-09-17 22:23

Expected. Michu deserves better. obo worst than TWO STAND-INS.. And it is what it is. Let's see TL vs Astralis

2021-09-17 22:28

what a close game...

2021-09-17 22:30

What a surprise

2021-09-17 22:33

2021-09-17 22:34

oh wow, do i look surprised? I want to not look surprised. Like, I get it, Brehze & stanislaw unavailable (but fuck stan anyway), so it was an odd line up to enter the competition in, but damn.

2021-09-17 22:48

Screw stanislaw either way.

2021-09-17 23:03

stanislaw didnt play.

2021-09-18 02:36

That's why he said either way

2021-09-18 07:00

2021-09-18 09:31

NA team eliminating other NA team... Team "TwoFaced" Liquid

2021-09-18 00:08

eg disband pls

2021-09-18 00:10

oBo unplugged mouse and keyboard and retires. The most fake player of csgo ever.

2021-09-18 00:36

free MICHU

2021-09-18 00:42

sad for obo he was a good player in col

2021-09-18 02:15

probably the LEAST shocking news hltv ever posted lol.

2021-09-18 02:35

They played like dont give a fk about this game.

2021-09-18 03:04

+motivation

2021-09-18 04:55

wow what a huge surprise

2021-09-18 06:59

oBo back to Complexity MICHU to Mousesports*/OG**/ENCE (doto/dycha IGL, Snappi out) *ropz goes FaZe **niko is banned becaue Hunden drama

2021-09-18 07:40

I like it

2021-09-18 07:42

Doto/dycha igl KEKW

2021-09-18 09:15

Grim showed up.

2021-09-18 09:04

NA CS LUL

2021-09-18 09:34

the title should be this LIQUID ELIMINATE MICHU FROM BLAST PREMIER

2021-09-18 10:37

Sad for Michu. One of the best aimers in this game in such a shitty team.

2021-09-18 10:42

Seriously how the F do they still manage to compete in T1 csgo? I got the feeling that EG got some kinda bonus and is invited to every tournament because at that lvl of play they have for whole 2021 they‘re basically T3. They look way worse than Sinners, Entropiq, fck even Dignitas and all other T2-T3 teams. Tell me how do they still play on those stages?!

2021-09-18 11:19

Sinners, Entropiq and Dignitas look better just because they are playing vs some tier 3-2 teams max. EG are still on top.. just wait for Brehze and Stanislaw to comeback they will prepare for blast groups showdown there you would see if you are actually saying the truth. GL for your dignitas I like them too :)

2021-09-18 19:21

i really really hope EG is facing Dignitas on the upcoming LAN to see if I'm wrong or right. Wether Dignitas has a good day and finally f0rest on LAN again I hope he just destroys the server to show who's got the biggest balls :D

2021-09-18 20:24

The body language of cerQ is really like watching a little child be mad about losing his lollipop. I wouldnt even let him near my team if I owned it. Get rid.

2021-09-18 11:24

Probably demotivated as hes team suddenly has valorant pros and tier 3 matchfixers

2021-09-18 12:10

He is not a good player himself, so he should probably go to valorant too.

2021-09-22 12:47

expected

2021-09-18 11:38

unexpected but then again, flukes are pretty common in NA

2021-09-18 14:32

I dont think I've ever seen a top team fall this low before.

2021-09-18 15:15

Stop inviting EG to t1 event.

2021-09-18 15:42

Bad headline. They compete in Blast Premier Fall Showdown, as clarified in the tag below the headline upon clickthrough. Should read from Blast Premier Fall Groups 2021.

2021-09-18 15:57

2021-09-18 16:28

Expected

2021-09-18 17:17

Liquid players looking really strong individually lately, there is still pleny of work to be done but it's going in a right directon. Let's be honest, EG wouldn't be able to beat anyone in this tournament playing with daps, they need stan or new IGL back asap.

2021-09-18 17:48