EU RMR A round 1 ends with Falcons and fnatic securing wins

A 5-0 start was not enough for 3DMAX to pull off the upset over Falcons, while the new fnatic brushed BetBoom aside.

The first round of the PGL Major Copenhagen Europe RMR A tournament has come to a close with Falcons and fnatic joining a very competitive 1-0 pool.

The squad around Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer survived a scare against 3DMAX in the last pair of round one matches as they had to come back from a 0-5 start to their Nuke affair against the Frenchmen.

Falcons' 13-3 run to end the game perhaps did not tell the full picture, as they had Mohammad "⁠BOROS⁠" Malhas and Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif pull off a 1v2 and 1v3 clutch in the first half on the way to recovery, and Pavle "⁠Maden⁠" Bošković added another 1v2 to Falcons' tally on the dominant CT side.

fnatic had a much easier time against the struggling BetBoom team, who had their individuals disappear in the 13-6 affair on Anubis.

Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro led by example with a red-hot start in an 8-4 offensive half and ended the match with a 1.83 rating and 117 ADR, but the whole new fnatic turned up to play with everyone above a 1.20 rating in the first map.

Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson put up one of the best plays of the day so far, with a brute-force ace that netted fnatic the victory.

Standings after round 1

Round 2 matches

Date	Matches
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMR A
14/02/2024	Ninjas in Pyjamas 17:00 AMKAL	Match
14/02/2024	SAW 17:00 9 Pandas	Match
14/02/2024	BetBoom 17:50 Into the Breach	Match
14/02/2024	FaZe 18:40 Falcons	Match
14/02/2024	3DMAX 19:00 KOI	Match
14/02/2024	G2 19:40 Eternal Fire	Match
14/02/2024	Virtus.pro 20:10 fnatic	Match
14/02/2024	Natus Vincere 21:05 Enterprise	Match