PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMR AEternal Fire, Enterprise join favorites in 1-0 pool
Ninjas in Pyjamas and AMKAL fall to the 0-1 pool in the penultimate pair of matches of the opening round in Bucharest.
Eternal Fire and Enterprise are the latest teams to join the 1-0 pool at the PGL Major Copenhagen Europe RMR A tournament following wins over Ninjas in Pyjamas (13-11 on Overpass) and AMKAL (13-8 on Nuke).
The two winners join a scary pool featuring all the big favorites, FaZe, Virtus.pro, G2 and Natus Vincere, with hopes of pulling off an upset and getting one step closer to the spot in Copenhagen.
Eternal Fire went into their match as the bookies' clear favorites off the back of their respectable run at IEM Katowice and turned out the better side in the narrow Overpass affair against Ninjas in Pyjamas.
A close first half saw the Turkish side only get six on the defense as Ali "Wicadia" Haydar Yalçın went missing, while on the other side Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke also got off to a slow start with Fredrik "REZ" Sterner making up for the gap.
A second-round forcebuy win in the second half eventually gave Eternal Fire the cushion to close out the match in regulation, with some well-executed attacks on B making the difference against a late comeback effort from Ninjas in Pyjamas.
Enterprise looked more comfortable in their Nuke match against AMKAL thanks to a great start on the T side that yielded them a 5-0 lead as well as a dominant defense.
The Russian side had Kaisar "ICY" Faiznurov step up to the plate to give them a chance in the first half, as the Kazakhstani translated his impressive online form in the opening match in Bucharest.
Ultimately he and Aleksandr "TRAVIS" Timkiv were not enough to match up to a better-oiled Enterprise side, who did not let AMKAL string rounds together to limit them to low buys throughout the second half.
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
David 'frozen' Čerňanský
Robin 'ropz' Kool
Helvijs 'broky' Saukants
Kaisar 'ICY' Faiznurov
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Mihai 'iM' Ivan
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy
Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković
Alejandro 'alex' Masanet
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
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