G2, CPH Flames sit atop IEM Fall’s Group A with 2-0 records as FPX upset mousesports

1-10-2021 00:10

BIG and AURA sit in the bottom two spots without a victory to their names after two days.

G2 continue to show great form at IEM Fall with a solid victory over BIG and now sit at the top of Group A alongside the lesser Copenhagen Flames, who beat FunPlus Phoenix and AURA to get their 2-0 record after two days of play.

BIG started their very tough IEM Fall opening matchups with two losses in the first days of play to MOUZ and G2, and will now hope to get some wins against some of the lesser opposition to remain in contention in an uphill battle for one of the top spots in the group.

FunPlus Phoenix’s upset against MOUZ on Nuke put the two international teams smack in the middle of the group, as both now sit with 1-1 records ahead of the third day of play in Sweden.

JaCkz played a big part in his team’s victory

G2 took a 3-0 lead on the CT side of Nuke to set themselves up for success early on, but an outside play to B by BIG got them on the board with guns in hand before back-and-forth rounds ensued. The Germans got within a round of the CTs, but weren’t able to tie things up as Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and company kept thwarting BIG’s slower rounds to an 11-4 half.

G2 tried a full execute on the pistol round, but were mowed down by the defending team’s USPs. BIG’s delight didn’t last long, however, as they quickly found themselves on the back foot with a very strong G2 pushing through the defenses and not allowing the squad led by Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz to build an economy, going on to close the series out 16-8.

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BIG

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30th September 2021

Nuke

A 1vs2 clutch by Aurimas "⁠Bymas⁠" Pipiras got MOUZ off on the right foot on the attacking side of Nuke, but things stayed even early on as FunPlus Phoenix put up their defenses and made the half an exciting clash which ended with Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk and company taking a single round lead before going on the terrorist side.

The map stayed close early on in the second half with MOUZ retaking the lead and FunPlus Phoenix keeping the pressure on with back-to-back clutches by Jesse "⁠zehN⁠" Linjala, but it was then Jonatan "⁠Devilwalk⁠" Lundberg's men who took the reins to bring it home 16-12.

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FunPlus Phoenix

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30th September 2021

MOUZ

Nuke

Copenhagen Flames turned a pistol round loss into a 3-1 lead on the attacking side of Overpass, but as AURA bought their silenced M4A1 the tides changed in favor of the CTs, who dominated the half going on a 10 round streak before losing the last two before switching sides.

The Danes secured the second pistol round to try and get back into the map on the defense, but like in the first half, once rifles were in play it was AURA who once again took charge. This time around Copenhagen Flames didn’t let up and kept it close all the way to the end, winning match point with a ninja defuse going into the last round of regulation, which they won to take the series.

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Copenhagen Flames

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30th September 2021

AURA

Overpass

The Group A standings after the second day of play are:

Group A

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CPHHH

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been quite interesting so far this IEM, but i feel like part of that is just the BO1's

2021-10-01 00:15

2021-10-01 00:18

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This guy gets it!

2021-10-01 08:04

Nnice job

Tough for Aura

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Still did a good job tho

clips.twitch.tv/TalentedColorfulJayDxAbo.. yeah a good throw

2021-10-01 11:19

Well well well how the turns have tabled.

EMIGOD :)))

2021-10-01 00:45

BIG can only win on d2 their nuke was so good last year but they imploded with bad t rounds every game wtf happened

2021-10-01 01:22

G1-0

2021-10-01 02:05

Am I the only one or do the maths not work out on the AURA vs CPH Flames part? 3:1 = 4 rounds played +Ten round streak for AURA = 3:11 // 14 rounds played +Two (?) More lost before side Switch turning it into a 16 round half?

2021-10-01 03:43

Yeah, when you go into the stats for that match it was a 9 round CT streak, not 10.

2021-10-01 06:34

Woke up and saw mouz lost to fucking FPX. And who was bottom fragging? Of course it was acoR. Jesus Christ...

2021-10-01 05:04

Ropz 13 kills Acor 14 kills Baitzicle got free bait kills

2021-10-01 06:03

Idk why he plays awp he peeks ramp twice from hell and miss twice ez shots

2021-10-01 08:16

G2-0 lwsss go babyyy

2021-10-01 06:00

G2-3 incoming

2021-10-01 07:17

expected

2021-10-01 11:07

so if big loose they are probably out of the major?

2021-10-01 14:46

Mouz what a fall from grace...

2021-10-01 19:42

This game just showed how strong G2 can be when JaCkz and AmaNEk have good match, but it also shows that they have like 5 good matches for 3 months and honestly I'm not happy with G2 at all. Changes after the Major are obvious imo. I said that before and I will call it again, maybe CPH Flames won't go far as a team, but some of those individuals will one day be on top, trust me, the potential in some of those players is insane, the next gen. of Danish CS. I said after the FPX loss to CPH Flames that I feel safe about FPX going to the Major as I think this is a good team that just doesn't get that many chances to show it, and here they showed it, beating mouz, good result for the boys, I think chances of making it out of the groups are still there. Honestly mouz looked worse individually and that what cost them the game, but it seems crazy that a team with emi looks better individually than mouz, but it looked like that today. GG WP!

2021-10-01 19:48