IEM Rio 2024Eternal Fire dump G2 out in last place in Rio
Eternal Fire were a force to be reckoned with, but they came up against a poor version of G2.
Eternal Fire took advantage of a weak G2 performance to grab a clean 2-0 victory at IEM Rio, winning Anubis (13-4) and Mirage (13-6) to eliminate G2 from the competition.
The Turkish side will continue their fight to make the playoffs when they take on The MongolZ in the lower bracket semi-finals.
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| IEM Rio 2024 | ||
| 09/10/2024 |
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G2 won the last Big Event, BLAST Fall Final, in spectacular fashion, outclassing the best team in the world, Natus Vincere, 3-1 in the grand final. Here at IEM Rio G2 suffered from the hangover of that victory, looking a shadow of themselves as they suffered three straight map losses to exit the tournament in last place.
Today against Eternal Fire, G2 were woeful. The broadcast desk repeatedly referenced G2's lack of practice after BLAST Fall Final, and it showed. They displayed aimless T sides, poor mid-round decision making, and a complete lack of individual impact beyond Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov. Nikola "NiKo" Kovač posted his worst CS2 map (0.31) and worst Big Event rating ever (0.53) such were G2's struggles, leading to the rifler calling himself a "bot" on X after the match.
On the other side of the server Eternal Fire were a potent force. They were well-coordinated and proactive on both offense and defense, and their firepower trio of Ali "Wicadia" Haydar Yalçın, Ismailcan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş and Özgür "woxic" Eker were utterly deadly. They made sure to take full advantage of G2's struggles.
 G2 |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 - 28 | +4.48% | 93.2 | 66.7% | 1.37 | |
| 15 - 30 | -3.04% | 66.6 | 55.6% | 0.71 | |
| 16 - 30 | -3.39% | 56.2 | 61.1% | 0.65 | |
| 17 - 30 | -6.61% | 52.0 | 63.9% | 0.57 | |
| 11 - 32 | -6.42% | 42.7 | 50.0% | 0.47 |
 Eternal Fire |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 - 21 | +6.26% | 102.7 | 83.3% | 1.66 | |
| 39 - 15 | +5.03% | 92.3 | 83.3% | 1.61 | |
| 31 - 18 | +6.58% | 109.8 | 80.6% | 1.53 | |
| 25 - 21 | +1.09% | 75.0 | 83.3% | 1.12 | |
| 21 - 19 | -3.97% | 55.5 | 77.8% | 1.00 |
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Mihai 'iM' Ivan
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy
Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius
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