IEM Dallas 2025MOUZ secure sixth consecutive playoffs after statement win over Liquid
MOUZ limited their former in-game leader's squad to just ten rounds in two maps.
MOUZ are the first team to secure a spot in the IEM Dallas playoffs following a statement victory over Liquid.
In their first encounter against Liquid since they added Kamil "siuhy" Szkaradek, MOUZ thoroughly outclassed their former in-game leader's squad.
A cosmetic comeback aside, Inferno made it clear which way the series was going from the start, as Liquid's hope to pick into a MOUZ weakness backfired. They were limited to just three rounds on the T side as Ádám "torzsi" Torzsás reigned over the first half with 20 kills on the AWP.
When we did preparation, we saw some patterns we could abuse [on Inferno]," torzsi said after the match on the ESL broadcast. "I think it's because they have a hard time without a coach. When you don't have a coach, it's pretty hard to build up a system alone as an IGL."
MOUZ also went for the opponent's weakness with a pick of Train, forcing Liquid to play the newest map for the first time with the new in-game leader after they banned out Nuke.
The decision worked wonders, as MOUZ picked Liquid's CT side apart and rallied to a 13-2 closing with Lotan "Spinx" Giladi at the forefront, finding picks on the side time and time again.
"We saw it in the game they don't have a lot of game time on Train, it was an obvious pick for us," torzsi told the desk.
A potential Falcons rematch awaits
Following the win, MOUZ still have the seeding match to play. There, they could well face off against Falcons, who have proven to be a difficult matchup ever since they got Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov on board with two consecutive wins at BLAST Rivals and IEM Melbourne.
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| IEM Dallas 2025 | ||
| 21/05/2025 |
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"You need to have individual brilliance to win versus teams like Falcons, Spirit or Vitality, they have the best players in the world. We worked a lot on this and also on our map pool in the last two weeks because we skipped Astana, so we've had a lot of time to practice," torzsi went on.
"I feel like we are ready to play against Falcons now, but even if it doesn't come out the best, it's still a group stage game. I'm sure we want to grab them in the playoffs if we have a chance."
 Liquid |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 - 32 | -0.92% | 84.1 | 58.3% | 0.94 | |
| 22 - 27 | -1.42% | 75.8 | 63.9% | 0.84 | |
| 20 - 31 | -7.15% | 54.9 | 61.1% | 0.66 | |
| 19 - 29 | -3.69% | 53.8 | 50.0% | 0.64 | |
| 13 - 27 | -2.70% | 50.4 | 58.3% | 0.62 |
 MOUZ |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
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| 37 - 17 | +6.75% | 96.5 | 77.8% | 1.71 | |
| 35 - 19 | +6.80% | 97.9 | 77.8% | 1.55 | |
| 28 - 18 | +5.06% | 82.6 | 83.3% | 1.39 | |
| 25 - 22 | -1.32% | 76.4 | 77.8% | 1.23 | |
| 20 - 22 | -1.42% | 70.1 | 80.6% | 1.02 |
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Emil 'Magisk' Reif
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov
Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski
Jay 'DeMars DeRover' Li
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