ESL Pro League Season 17OG send 00NATION to lower bracket in Malta
The European side will go on to face Vitality for a spot in the playoffs.
The duel between OG and 00NATION closed out the first day of play in ESL Pro League Season 17’s Group C, with both teams missing their regular in-game leaders.Nemanja "nexa" Isaković stepped down from OG's lineup mid-February, while Epitacio "TACO" de Melo is also taking some personal time off. The two are substituted by Nikolaj "niko" Kristensen and Leonardo "n9xtz" Santos, respectively.
The first of the two maps was a thriller, as 00NATION mounted a comeback on Ancient that went to overtime, but the Brazilians were not able to put up a fight after their map loss and OG cruised to a 2-0 victory on Mirage.
Shahar "flameZ" Shushan and company will now face Vitality in the upper bracket semi-finals for a spot in the playoffs, while 00NATION are relegated in the second bracket of the triple-elimination group stage where they will play Grayhound
The series started on 00NATION’s Ancient pick, but were memed on early on as OG’s sturdy defense put them up 7-1 in the opening stages. The Brazilians picked up from there on out and got five rounds which included a 1vs1 clutch by Eduardo "dumau" Wolkmer before the switch. 00NATION then lost the second pistol, but didn’t put their hands up when the going got tough.
From a complicated 9-15 position Lucas "nqz" Soares struck first, winning a 1vs3 clutch to keep his team alive and hit double digits. The comeback ensued and it was finally Marcelo "coldzera" David who sealed it with a 1vs2 of his own in the final round of regulation. 00's magic wore off, however, and with flameZ and Abdul "degster" Gasanov leading the charge OG stole their rivals’ pick in double overtime, 22-18.
Once again OG started up 7-1, this time on the attacking side of Mirage, their map pick, and even did one better, going up to 9-1 before 00NATION posted their only other successful defense. coldzera, with 15 frags, and Bruno "latto" Rebelatto, dealing 86 ADR, were the only two players doing damage on the Brazilian side as they slipped to a near impossible comeback position.
A won pistol round sparked some hope that 00NATION could maybe pull another heroic effort, but after the first rounds that feeling was subdued once OG stabilized. The European side swiftly shut down proceedings 16-6 to take the map, match, and secure a spot in the upper bracket semi-final.
 OG |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
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| 51 - 34 | +17 | 84.8 | 80.6% | 1.34 | |
| 50 - 37 | +13 | 86.4 | 79.0% | 1.28 | |
| 50 - 40 | +10 | 86.1 | 75.8% | 1.23 | |
| 37 - 38 | -1 | 67.5 | 72.6% | 1.00 | |
| 40 - 43 | -3 | 65.4 | 62.9% | 0.96 |
 00NATION |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
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| 48 - 46 | +2 | 78.2 | 67.7% | 1.05 | |
| 40 - 45 | -5 | 81.7 | 74.2% | 1.04 | |
| 37 - 42 | -5 | 74.7 | 64.5% | 1.01 | |
| 38 - 52 | -14 | 67.2 | 62.9% | 0.84 | |
| 29 - 44 | -15 | 45.6 | 61.3% | 0.78 |
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