Legacy 2-0 Liquid on siuhy's debut

Liquid found themselves comfortably brushed aside, partly due to some poor mid-round decisions.

Legacy have handed Liquid an embarrassing defeat on Kamil "⁠siuhy⁠" Szkaradek's debut for his new side, taking victories on Nuke (13-4) and Anubis (13-10).

Nuke was a one-sided affair due to a poor Liquid CT side. Liquid gave up two man-advantage situations early on in the half, one to a Guilherme "⁠saadzin⁠" Pacheco ace clutch, struggling with their economy as a result and never recovering.

By contrast Liquid's CT side was solid on Anubis, in large part thanks to Roland "⁠ultimate⁠" Tomkowiak, but it could have been even better if not for some ill-advised mid-round aggression.

Eduardo "⁠dumau⁠" Wolkmer activated in the early stages of the second half to help power his team to 12, but a successful Tec-9 pop into garnered Liquid the breathing room needed to build into the half. Just as it seemed Liquid would force the map into overtime, Bruno "⁠latto⁠" Rebelatto popped up with a beautiful 1v3 clutch to consign Liquid to defeat.

Insane latto 1v3 consigns Liquid to defeat

Liquid suffer the same problems

Liquid continued to suffer from the problems that have plagued them throughout the year, most notably numerous mid-round mistakes.

On Nuke, Liquid's CT half was ruined by throwing two man-advantage rounds, leading to a battered economy that never recovered. On Anubis, they could have had a massive CT half, if not for more mid-round collapses, often due to lackadaisical aggression.

saadzin ace clutch punishes Liquid

Guy "⁠NertZ⁠" Iluz had a poor series, seemingly uncomfortable with anchoring on the CT side, and Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic's recent woes continued. siuhy clearly needs more time to work with this Liquid side.

Legacy's firepower shocks Liquid

Whilst Liquid certainly had issues in this series, Legacy deserve credit for confidently taking advantage of the mistakes that were presented to them.

dumau was a force to be reckoned with on Anubis, as was Lucas "⁠lux⁠" Meneghini, and latto and saadzin each provided immensely impactful clutches that changed the course of the series.

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