Liquid secure second win at ESL Pro League over GODSENT

The North American side are now tied with Movistar Riders atop of Group C with a 2-0 record.

Liquid secure a second win in ESL Pro League Group C, this time beating Brazilian team GODSENT in a 2-0 sweep. They came out of the first map all guns blazing, taking a commanding 16-4 win before securing their own map pick of Dust2 16-6.

Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella and his squad started the new EPL season brilliantly, taking 2-0 sweeps in both of their first two matches. After a rocky start to the new year with a fresh roster, the early success in the EPL group stage will undoubtedly boost their morale as the team face off next against fellow two-win team Movistar Riders.

The loss for GODSENT meant that they now have a 0-2 record in their first two group stage matches, making it extremely challenging for them to reach the tournament's playoff stage especially since they are still yet to face both BIG and Players in their upcoming matches.

nitr0 and his squad have shown great success early in the competition

The best-of-3 series began on GODSENT's map pick of Ancient. Their opponents, Liquid, took the pistol round off the back of an incredible 4-kill round from Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski. Both sides kept it close in the first five rounds with a scoreline of 3-2 in favor of the North Americans. After this, Liquid soon began to pull away from their Brazilian rivals with exceptional teamwork and solid individual performances from EliGE and Josh "⁠oSee⁠" Ohm, posting 17 and 15 kills respectively by halftime where their team led 11-4.

The second pistol round went just like the first one did, in favor of Liquid, after Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic stopped the bomb from being defused by using Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo, who was defusing, as a shield while managing to secure 2 round-securing kills. After losing the pistols, GODSENT were unable to overcome their economic struggles playing on the defensive, which allowed their North American opponents to cruise to victory on the first map, winning five straight rounds en route to a 16-4 win. Throughout the first game, oSee put up an impressive 21-7 K-D and a 1.76 match rating, ending with an ADR of 101.3.

Liquid's map pick of Dust2 saw GODSENT take their first lead in the entire series, taking the scoreline 2-4 in their favor, winning 4 rounds in a row after excellent utility usage and coordination secured wins for them. Liquid then went on a run, winning eight out of the next nine rounds to secure the first half 10-5 in their favor, with EliGE once again entering halftime as the player with the most kills on the server with 16 to his name. After switching sides, Liquid made it a perfect four out of four pistol round wins in the series and showcased a strong defensive side, winning the map 16-6 and taking the series in a 2-0 sweep.

ESL Pro League Season 15Best of 3

Liquid

Matchpage

2

0

24th March 2022

GODSENT

16

Ancient

4

16

Dust2

6

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	49 - 27	+22	111.1	78.6%	1.70
Josh 'oSee' OhmoSee	41 - 14	+27	92.3	85.7%	1.69
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	37 - 21	+16	93.0	85.7%	1.48
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	24 - 19	+5	66.6	81.0%	1.17
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	21 - 17	+4	62.3	83.3%	1.10

GODSENT	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Bruno 'b4rtiN' Câmarab4rtiN	28 - 35	-7	61.4	54.8%	0.77
Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmerdumau	21 - 30	-9	56.6	54.8%	0.70
Bruno 'latto' Rebelattolatto	20 - 35	-15	57.1	57.1%	0.66
Henrique 'HEN1' TelesHEN1	14 - 34	-20	59.1	47.6%	0.54
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	13 - 38	-25	52.1	45.2%	0.48

Group C

TEAM

M

P

Liquid

2

6

Movistar Riders

2

6

Players

2

3

BIG

2

3

GODSENT

2

0

Party Astronauts

2

0