G2 become first team to reach PGL Major playoffs after defeating Entropiq

31-10-2021 16:30

Damien "⁠maLeK⁠" Marcel's boys earned a spot in the Champions Stage.

G2 have secured another chapter to their PGL Stockholm Major adventure after sweeping Entropiq 2-0. The French-Balkan mix will play in the Avicii Arena after a convincing 3-0 Legends Stage which featured victories against Copenhagen Flames and FaZe.

The CIS squad are meanwhile relegated to the 2-1 pool and have two more chances to qualify to the knockout stage. Their group stage currently displays wins against Gambit and Liquid.

NiKo and AmaNEK shined against Entropiq

G2 started the series strongly against Entropiq, taking the first pistol round on Mirage and earning an early 5-0 but a brief turnaround from Aleksei "⁠NickelBack⁠" Trofimov's squad made the half competitive, with the Russians leading 8-7 at halftime. Despite a solid defense from Entropiq which brought the game all the way to 30 rounds, key frags from François "⁠amanek⁠" Delaunay secured the edge in favor of G2 16-14.

The Russians were unable to take their chances on Dust2, failing to turn two pistol round victories into winning streaks as G2 converted both force buys. Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and amanek shut down any plans Entropiq had for a comeback as they cruised for a 16-8 victory and a 2-0 sweep.

PGL Major Stockholm 2021Best of 3

Matchpage

31st October 2021

Entropiq

Mirage

Dust2

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač NiKo	48 - 29	+19	99.4	70.4%	1.53
François 'amanek' Delaunay amanek	44 - 29	+15	83.2	72.2%	1.30
Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković nexa	36 - 27	+9	65.2	81.5%	1.16
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač huNter-	38 - 33	+5	76.2	66.7%	1.06
Audric 'JACKZ' Jug JACKZ	27 - 32	-5	51.8	61.1%	0.88

Entropiq	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Aleksei 'NickelBack' Trofimov NickelBack	37 - 38	-1	76.0	57.4%	0.98
Aleksei 'El1an' Gusev El1an	30 - 36	-6	70.3	53.7%	0.96
Viktor 'Lack1' Boldyrev Lack1	32 - 38	-6	66.4	61.1%	0.89
Igor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy Forester	28 - 40	-12	69.9	61.1%	0.81
Vladislav 'Krad' Kravchenko Krad	23 - 41	-18	50.2	51.9%	0.65

Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač gave a short comment to Milan "⁠Striker⁠" Švejda after G2 confirmed their playoff appearance:

The group now looks as follows:

Group Legends Stage

3W - 0L

2W - 0L

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Natus Vincere

2W - 1L

Copenhagen Flames

1W - 2L

0W - 2L

yesssss good job g2, very great run!

2021-10-31 16:31

8 replies

G2 fluke run, and easyest teams to play against rigged event they didnt deserve the spot

2021-10-31 17:05

6 replies

Yes... because CPH Flames, FaZe Clan and Entropiq are "easy teans"... (!)

2021-10-31 17:13

2 replies

All of those teams are dark horses so no

2021-10-31 17:15

1 reply

FaZe Clan are not Dark Horses, they are underdogs with high upset potential. Nobody expected Entropiq or CPH Flames to be victorious, more so CPH Flames than Entropiq.

2021-10-31 20:29

entropiq beat gambit man, cph lookin sick - ofc ik that we wouldnt navi but you are the current powerhouse of csgo

2021-10-31 17:30

No matter of which team had played bcoz they won all matches & entered Champion Stage. Now in Champion stage they have to prove. GLHF G2

2021-10-31 18:50

Privet bratan

2021-11-01 20:57

they played two tier 2 teams and played faze on one of their better maps. g2 got the easiest run possible

2021-10-31 17:10

Grats

Ez pickem

i put them on there after gut feeling and im so happy

2021-10-31 16:36

Nice!!

Gamers2 surprising us all, LAN buff is real for them. Kudos!

poig

2021-10-31 16:32

yes 👍👍👍

G2 3-0 EG 0-3 gang come

Good Job

yay

G2 will choke in semis or grand finals

g2 in grand finals is a dream

2021-10-31 16:33

EZ4GODNIKO

even without an awper it's so easy for them lets go

Genuinely unexpected

Niko is hitting some expert form.

2021-10-31 16:34

G3-0 EZ

Nice

Niko n1 in 2021 and without awp Nice

2021-10-31 16:35

lezzgo ez 3:0

G2 was bad. They are literally the EG of the playoffs

14 replies

cry is free

2021-10-31 16:38

3 replies

Nope I don't cry I spit facts.

2021-10-31 16:39

2021-10-31 16:42

You spit copium

2021-10-31 16:43

COPIUM

No opium is a Niko thing

2021-10-31 17:11

0/8

2021-10-31 16:48

Lmao they only had to win 2 tier-2 teams and FaZe.... Imagine being that lucky

2021-10-31 17:02

Faze wasn't a real enemy. And vs Entropie more luck than skill

That's what I'm saying

Where is BUG clan? In the trash where it belongs lmao

2021-10-31 17:09

whataboutism alla Triump. What a victim you have to be.

Ok but genuinely where is big now? What options do they have apart from picking from sprout/ATK?

2021-10-31 17:46

stay mad

2021-10-31 18:05

2021-10-31 16:37

Good job gg Had to win it or else it would've been a mess...

2021-10-31 16:41

and a bunch of people putting them in 0-3 or eliminated lmao

2021-10-31 16:45

Tbf, who the fuck knows with g2

2021-10-31 16:51

g3-0

2021-10-31 16:46

LET'S FUCKING GO Name someone other than G2 doing this "no-awper challenge at Major" It could only be G2

2021-10-31 16:47

amanek has been getting better and better with it, especially his t side awping has been good this tournament which we didnt rly see before

Yes he is criminally underrated, when "on" he is actually good. If he elevates his AWPing to theses heights consistently G2 are gonna be a contender for this major. They seem on point this far, it's been a LONG while since they haven't looked this solid.

2021-10-31 16:52