G2 staring down early elimination in Astana after loss to ODDIK

huNter-'s absence continued to plague G2 on day two.

G2 are on the brink of an early exit from PGL Astana after suffering a loss to ODDIK in the 0-1 pool, adding further misery to a beleaguered campaign in Kazakhstan without Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač.

Date Matches
PGL Astana 2025
12/05/2025
13:10
Match

The European side let slip a 10-2 lead to MIBR on the Nuke decider to lose their opening series, and fared little better at the start of the series against their second Brazilian opponent.

ODDIK were in complete control of their Anubis pick, winning 11 out of 12 opening duels in the first half to punish a G2 that had no one taking initiative in their defaults. Italo "⁠ksloks⁠" Meinberg was at the forefront of his team's effort, starting and ending the map with quad kills to finish with a 1.72 rating, with Nikita "⁠HeavyGod⁠" Martynenko's best efforts only enough for G2 to tally eight rounds.

G2 rallied on their Dust2 pick and cut through ODDIK's defenses, looking revitalized and more like the sum of their better parts to storm to a 13-3 win.

However, that momentum ran out when it mattered most on Nuke. ODDIK ran out to an early lead on the offense, thanks in part to an ace from João "⁠naitte⁠" Maia, but G2 rallied to tie the game at the break before taking control by batting away the Brazilian team's force-buy after winning the pistol.

The wheels came off when ODDIK aggressed into Lobby and robbed the next round with pistols, with quad kill and 1v2 rounds from Fillipe "⁠pancc⁠" Martins helping his team hold on to control from that point onward to send G2 to the elimination pool.

Poland
Matchpage
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2
11th May 2025
8
Anubis
13
13
Dust2
3
9
Nuke
13
 G2 K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.1
52 - 37 +1.01% 83.1 72.9% 1.23
43 - 42 +1.82% 94.3 69.5% 1.16
40 - 41 -0.91% 67.5 72.9% 1.01
35 - 36 +0.89% 60.3 69.5% 0.94
28 - 39 -2.97% 62.9 62.7% 0.82
 ODDIK K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.1
46 - 38 +3.79% 94.5 66.1% 1.26
49 - 41 +3.45% 84.5 71.2% 1.18
38 - 41 -0.70% 75.8 69.5% 0.96
35 - 38 -1.70% 61.6 71.2% 0.84
25 - 43 -5.09% 51.5 71.2% 0.73
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Age:
29
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.10
Maps played:
1904
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.66
Brazil Italo 'ksloks' Meinberg
Italo 'ksloks' Meinberg
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
296
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.65
Brazil Fillipe 'pancc' Martins
Fillipe 'pancc' Martins
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
720
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.67
Brazil João 'naitte' Maia
João 'naitte' Maia
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
857
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.72
Israel Nikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko
Nikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
606
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.64
#1
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Sweden Vrede
G0-3
2025-05-11 20:03
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save TaZ
2025-05-11 20:03
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1 reply
#16
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
Very unlucky for the Polish skipper: they had more rounds, more kills but they still somehow lost the war. Can he ask for a recount?
2025-05-11 20:31
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Save malbsmd!!!
2025-05-11 20:04
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bro wrote "save TaZ"
2025-05-11 20:05
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#5
Faceit level 6  | 
NiKo | 
Canada swagcrazy
I dont think its hunter's absence thats plaguing them respectfully
2025-05-11 20:05
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#6
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United States ProudBurger
pancc dropping bodies like he dropped dick pics
2025-05-11 20:05
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2 replies
Lmao
2025-05-11 20:17
0
#37
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Brazil renatorib
twitazo
2025-05-12 06:50
0
#7
ZywOo | 
India TASER1
will hunter come tomorrow
2025-05-11 20:06
3
#8
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United Kingdom meegle
jeez, 2 ex vp players on the bottom of the scoreboard, im getting an odd ick!
2025-05-11 20:08
1
#9
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United States B0b3rT
Yo this team should just throw for skins, they are gonna lose anyways
2025-05-11 20:11
1
all respect to former champions and legends, but... with 3 polish on the team in 2025, did they expect anything else?
2025-05-11 20:21
6
Pancc performing better at Astana than in underaged girls dms
2025-05-11 20:23
6
#13
gabs | 
Romania cala07
g2 just delete org
2025-05-11 20:26
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#14
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
@Nohte This paragraph is a tad wrong: The European side let slip a 2-10 lead to MIBR on the Nuke decider to lose their opening series, and fared little better at the start of the series against their second Brazilian opponent, They had an...8-6 lead in that final map but, being on nuke T side, I don't know that it could be considered being at a point where the comeback would be unlikely.
2025-05-11 20:29
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3 replies
#18
Faceit level 10 HLTV Verified  | 
Canada Nohte - HLTV.org
2025-05-11 20:32
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2 replies
#19
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
Sorry, man, I am tired. I red that it's the decider from the Oddik match, which was also on nuke. Anyway, maybe a full stop at the end of that paragraph instead of the comma?
2025-05-11 20:37
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1 reply
#21
Faceit level 10 HLTV Verified  | 
Canada Nohte - HLTV.org
All good. And yes, fixed - thanks!
2025-05-11 20:37
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Man, imagine being malbs. Joining a promising top5 team, just to get fucked over by horrible management.
2025-05-11 20:30
1
7 replies
NHH well he is a bot; he wonders what he did to become that shit and what he pays for, fucking his life
2025-05-11 20:39
0
Imagine being Malbs. Moving over to Europe with a fully paying contract (most likely earning a lot more) and getting to play consistently in Tier 1 tournaments. Must be rough
2025-05-12 00:56
5
2 replies
You think this G2 roster is going to consistently make T1 tournaments? axaxaxaxaxaxaxa
2025-05-12 03:53
2
1 reply
They will while they are in the ranking position they are in
2025-05-12 10:53
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#31
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Australia hoangii
once malbs realizes he isnt niko. then G2 will get better
2025-05-12 02:09
0
2 replies
#44
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
mezii | 
United Kingdom sebmaq
he was outperforming him a lot when they were in the same team. But different roles and hes obviously now not comfortable, not to mention this is a team which has a coach stand in and lost 2 key players.
2025-05-12 13:00
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1 reply
#46
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Australia hoangii
thats what i mean, he was thriving when he was playing different positions, once niko left he thought he could fill that void. Nope. just stick to what you know and comfortable with, you arent niko
2025-05-13 00:55
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#17
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Europe prav39
it sucks that we have to wait for any changes after the major
2025-05-11 20:31
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#20
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Europe Nuskel
"It's like I'm playing with a COACH! A MANAGEEER"
2025-05-11 20:37
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#23
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Korea syjeon
stats may say that ksloks and pancc carried but tbh ODDIK was perfect all around today, hopefully they can keep it up coz they seem interesting
2025-05-11 21:23
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If youre getting SAW why dont you just kick Snax and keep Taz as IGL?
2025-05-11 22:15
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5 replies
Dexter us available too and he is an igl
2025-05-11 23:19
0
4 replies
Could be improvement, but hes not washed enough for g2 to concider him, im expecting for signing like Dosia or smth
2025-05-11 23:36
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3 replies
Smithzz
2025-05-12 01:12
0
2 replies
Azn
2025-05-12 07:10
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1 reply
a2z
2025-05-12 07:50
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#25
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
get snax and taz out of this team and then maybe there is a chance for G2 to be slightly competitive . . . (depending on who they get to replace the other two of course)...
2025-05-11 22:33
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#28
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
w1cked | 
United Kingdom w1cked
HeavyGod & malbs deserve better than this lol
2025-05-12 00:44
0
4 replies
+1 Wtf G2 was thinking when they decided to bring in in hades? Literally every other fucking option is better. Take s1mple, degster or broky on loan, sign some promising talent like molodoy, buy regali flom FQ and so on. But they decided to bring in hades, who's been not it ever since ENCE and even in ENCE he was very inconsistent.
2025-05-12 03:24
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3 replies
#35
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Finland erj234
Yeah, s1mple who not playing by last six months, degster who has very expensive contract and dont want go to G2 and broky which has been available for 5 days XD Be realistic, Hades was the cheapest good tier2 sniper to loan at that moment and he problably accepted fact the G2 gonna instant replace him after Austin Major by SunPayus. G2 have to rebuild after the major and not need to employ a new and expensive sniper at that moment, especially since the change will also include the new coach.
2025-05-12 04:25
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1 reply
s1mple didn't not play for almost a year and he still did way better in Falcons than hades who was playing in ENCE and Monte. I mean it doesn't matter anyway since SunPayus is going to join anyway, but still, literally every other option is better than hades.
2025-05-12 09:45
1
because Taz & Snax only hires based on VIBES.
2025-05-12 06:58
1
you know its bad when snax is getting outfragged by taz
2025-05-12 04:20
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Save malbsMd
2025-05-12 06:14
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#42
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Canada Twixty
don't worry, malbs will put out another tweet after he loses to his former org
2025-05-12 09:47
1
I had to triple-check the headline. This is one hell of a weird result.
2025-05-12 19:54
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