CS:GO - Astralis vs. Team Liquid [Mirage] Map 1 - GRAND FINAL - IEM Chicago 2018

[Music] all right then I have got a fever a fever for a grand final that's what we're about to do right there on the internet stream bachelors from Chicago 2018 as two teams playoff for this [Music] [Applause] [Music] the sinks match points they have to save yesterday to make [Music] of this trophy what we're about I think they are big home please welcome liquids [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] playing yesterday s phase the first mandingo well then they flicked a switch and they became label they were godlike that is teamliquid our teams are on stage now at the moment she can't we find out [Music] he's winning this grand final isn't it traumas [Applause] [Music] [Applause] just moments away Hirsch arles versus Team Liquid it is exactly what the doctor ordered a best-of-five no less and of course we've discussed the innate advantage that gives the team with the deepest map pool and Counter Strike global Offensive history this is ridiculous opposed to seven maps in their pool and nuke is gonna be the second but first our conversation starts on Mirage now actually I think it was what both of you at one point or another have just regarded mirages a map where Australis have demonstrated that they can bleed that this is not necessarily an impossible task no it's not and they've already lost that map a couple of times these tournaments haven't looked super consistent on it and at the same time it's a pretty good map to liquid it's it's one that really relies on ilish I think though yesterday this guy right here on camera showed us that he can also take over when when needed sixteen one like that's just so yes the mirages have been looking hot recently I think what we need to do here is use this map as the barometer for how this series is gonna go because to kick things off if liquid could come out and they can take this in a relatively convincing fashion I'm talking like a 1610 or less kind of score line this should be their map if they want to take the ground final here if they're unable to take Mirage it's almost an impossibility new crowd we've worked out why this is so difficult teams getting closer they're getting step-by-step but the thing is you almost have to give it statistically speaking to Australis no one's gonna judge you for saying astralis other favourites on knew exactly so we really need to put a lot of stock in this first map you need to come out the gates really hot if you're liquid we need to have everybody firing because that's gonna set the tone for the rest of this series we know that there's weakness right now in Australia scab that individuals aren't showing up if they're able to beat them down and not give them a lot of time to warm into the game this is where doubt could creep into their mind I know that they have a lot of mental prep but still anybody can be broken yeah and in what way though so I'm trying to manufacture us a way in which liquid win this best-of-five final mirage they close it out yes so we start with Mirage Tommy think with me yeah Luke we're gonna good assume that that goes the way of Australia does it play out I mean Inferno does out of like liquid turf yeah I think inferno is the second best chance for liquid into serious I think that's the I think that's the one they take make it two to one if they were to win and ideally actually I think they then close it out on dust2 I think that's that's probably a better chance for them to win that oh and overpass I mean we saw Leake would play overpass earlier these tournament it's not it's not pretty Alex it's very it doesn't suit their playing style very well they don't have a strong opera to rely on on that map and they just never really liked it that much they've kind of managed to avoid it for the longest time but every now and then he just shows up in a serious you know is surprising considering the fact they don't have a primary or at least an oppa who is a star oppa on barrage yesterday when mid control was being taken against Australis device rotates like a rifle he's not gonna go for the flashy rebuilds he's not like a guardian who's gonna force out into a fight he's not gonna try it he'd always plays the percentages right so by that regard they're giving up window room the same way that liquid do because they're playing so many rifles they have to worry more about cross fires or if they do play the orbits over towards ticket so both teams have that part of the map that is hugely viable to take on over and sneak a man through we saw it happen yesterday with fnatic twist made it all the way through unable to finish that play but that could be a point of contention I think you know it seems silly to pick one part of the map of winning a duel because harps play out very differently but you don't want to look at one point to exploit if you're liquid getting a man into that window and finding some good timings is one way to really punish this Australis CT setup something to keep our eye out for absolutely now I do want to I just ask a quick question regarding how the all thing works for filly quid CT side because I mean it doesn't seem like it's always in nitros hands it seems like it's quite from flowing it's a bit of everywhere twist will pick it up from time to time as well taco we know is use any utility and the pictures would be sometimes yeah exactly so if you need it in a position and you feel like let's say that you know that they're doing heavy execute you want to have a lot of early information you can post an offer up taco can do that job simply it's it weight and even if you miss the shot and don't die the pressure of that orb is more than enough right that's using it as a utility as opposed to using it to crack open rounds nobody on this team you're sending out on a heat-seeking mission to go and take down someone like the guy defaulting apps you're not trusting anybody to go for that type of a kill you may as well just send twist there with the rifle because he's more than likely to get it done with that I've never seen someone with such a robotic game as this this twist I think there's a huge skill ceiling yet to be reached and I think you described him as the future Tommy just yesterday I imagine he has to be the future of North American counter-strike I think he's you might already be the best player in North America he's 18 years old hasn't been playing at the Russell or that long event donkey that's an example of nicknames but yeah he's been playing fantastic for a long time now I think he's the clear if liquid win he's the clear MVP I think there's no question about it he's statistically the best player at the tournament outside of simple who's played like two maps so you know doesn't really count the same way best players so far this tournament best player so far on this server a lot of pressure on him though because he needs to continue playing that way for liquid to win this match and I would add additional pressure to another name on that in the Team Liquid camp and that would be naff I think we've lost some of that Flair yeah from what was a player we was in the fully in the conversation for best player on liquid for a while yeah and I think there's only so much room for these guys to you know be the guys going out being active and finding kills it's very similar to these guys in their play style of how they approach the game they get very aggressive with those rifles so not everybody can do that in the 10 yeah no certainly 9 it does sound like it is almost game time now last question and it's gonna be the big one is poo and if you can if you want a panda you can it's gonna be taking man why let me hear you should car duty huh buddy Estrada's fans Team Liquid what he can do better nitrates Edwin tourneys we'll see if they can do it now first with the beautiful Jason Moses O'Toole yes indeed thank you so much Alex the grand final is here we're gonna start on Mirage Estrada's versus Team Liquid Chicago make some noise get this game on the way Moses you ready for it I'm so ready it looks like astralis is as well liquid might not be just twist that the a bombsight and he's hiding far far back this hit is going to come in any moment and it's an actual stack towards that be site do something to open this up gonna give up the site they're gonna play where he take it might have been the best move in that scenario you want to stick around for that one USP shot but it's so risky instead look at this boosting inside of the CT spawn just already to pick somebody off and astrologist thinking about it now the whole liquid team have shown up here this retake it's gonna be very tricky for them even though they're all grouped up like this flashbang rains in the clock left and right mister all's caught him with a little bit of a trick normally when you play retaken o and you do that kind of a strategy as a stralla s-- a lot of teams will push up towards winter and a push up towards jungle this time it's that stack towards spawn the flashbang baits them out and as they come to a second one catches everybody the great pissed around from a stralla to give him that first round lead if you like if Estrada's had peeked a bit earlier toward CT spawn that boost would have probably worked and that would have been a different kind of retake fully equipped but that one flashbang I mean would you talk about the single flashbang purchase and that was a that was a big one it was designed beautifully they had the perfect timing for it now they spread across the map they know it's only pistols they're going up against they can play patiently those are the kind of tricks that it's gonna be tough for liquids you adjust moment madest it's one more let's twist who's forced into an aggressive stance and gleeful he's going hunting he's gonna find to lotta bonus money being picked up across the board for astralis but now we get the guns out in the third round for Team Liquid first time they can not a real defense but it buddy feels like the Danish side if have set a pretty high pace here I mean there's no fear in that second round for them they just kind of run and gun their way through so you want to see liquid shunt that down really early on so that Estrada's can't just keep this up right a lot of it comes down to the desk talking mentally breaking you want to have some kind of hopes I'm feeling a team liquid early on in this game that you're actually able to fight back that you're actually able to match up against these guys they're gonna run headed head-on into each other in middle nitro makes the jump over but actually as strong as pause is at the corner maybe felt a little bit of that aggression and didn't want to deal with it quite yet now they come out delay a couple pop flashes no what is he a peachy towards top mid so control to astralis they haven't even used that many grenades to get this part of the middle whereas liquid on the other hand of two flashbangs left moses now no expert but that doesn't seem like a lot no it's not great it's gonna limit a little bit of what they can do in response to a Strauss's moves from here on but let's click with team we know they have very talented individuals they're gonna happen to get a couple of them twist his tag down first contact is gonna be by TRO he's over at lateral flashing two kills per night row advantage now for Team Liquid on this defense well beautiful read of the flashbang as well right around the corner cuz they were setting up to try and take him down and he managed to dodge it just barely it's a job well done three to five and 45 seconds on the clock here about looking too hot right now for Australis even if they have some some mana tops to work with here I don't they know well actually find the side oh he's found a safe spot wow that is some quick thinking nitro gets himself in just over Doherty gets one more nap hold strong a desperate variety has had a pretty quiet tournament from what we've seen a little bit different from what you're used to at a nap but any kind of step up in his level would be great in these mice if Knicks put that UMP at this range no time I think I actually think you can't even make it to the side no matter what so we'll be around fully equipped even though they lost a couple of rifles sip time is out if you die that's a bit of a problem if you die on the T side after time has run out you don't get the lost bonus so he's not gonna be particularly happy about that still sort of barely put together a pie here this is nicely done he panicked a little bit the wall I thought Magus was gonna come out first and he was kind of trying to make that decision in a split second of which target to go for he does recover in time no ops out on the board just yet game will change fundamentally when device gets that in his hand as we all know just your general your standard mid control smokes for the estrade I quite like the idea of Nash being almost kind of an x-factor in this because it would be compared to his top level I agree he hasn't really played that this tournament if it happens now in the grand finals that would be something an astrologist would hate to see because that can be very scary indeed Wow taking down device he's on for health that is so impressive from nap starting out with the Scout as well had to use the pistol awkward engagement for the scoped weapon analogous at Nixon he's good but he's not this good one versus four everyone's at this b-bomb said he's got a minute to play with but he's got to go get that bomb in liquid if they just play this smart MAF just doesn't need to expose himself his let his teammates take care of it as he's hiding behind the bench small talk about for civics and he damages good damage of that bolts I've actually go short it blocks him into this corner yeah I think he thought maybe he could triple has done a pretty good job early on here and one of the times where it didn't really seem like there was any way for sip to punch it whereas every other time we see a middle score boarding on one versus X there's always that weird feeling the one versus three where you really feel like he's gonna make every single one of them isn't it one verse four is at all askin either way a nice hold from Team Liquid on the initial B attack themselves in really favorable spots to to to stralla is gonna be forced back that is a little bit not taco winning that battle against Magus as well I think he's gonna be worried about that that play we know West Ross likes to put make it's gonna smoke so those be halls and kind of do that that awkwardly time to execute coming through the smoke now I mean well maybe if Neff goes far enough away grenade does go past a little bit four kills that is just a USP Jason and he just makes it work anyway we get a really early ace here in the grand final gradients apples gonna be in charge of it but a message to send to Australis they deserved it as well what a sequence with the USP panic as well a straw for the timing on that reload that was actually pretty scary one player nafs supporting at the b-bomb so I pushed up towards catwalk he wouldn't have been there that would have been a flat for the install and a well-deserved ace up 3-2 to a Kay's back on the board for astralis into the mine again going for a mid control but this time his mom is gonna be outside that a bomb site gonna be heading towards Palace at the moment Magus and civics and there's aggression here nitro he's got the eight-six has to cut it back away oh this could be great for Neff such a question out of nitro still alive up here and this is such a key position right now liquid got a good hold of this round two one three there's so much time but they can just play off each other this can really work they're still in danger though with device jumping in towards window he can be the x-factor a nitro inside the bomb set has to watch so many different angles at the moment if he just wanders too far as if it's is waiting for it that's the big win now twist is here on the rotation still a two on two and tacos got a hustle but a great opportunity for astralis they're just gonna go and check before they even think about putting the bomb down the flash to set it up he jumps and he's thinking about it but he's not quite sure he does have a molotov if you wanted to clear it at the wrong taking down twist and now it's a one on one 27 seconds this is really really early on in the game but these early matchups can really make a big difference who has the mental control of the game taco right off an ace he's gonna be going up at the high ground sip his box in de cancels a little bit tries to go for it and sip sip probably not his last of the grand final in a triple kill he's just so good those daggers isn't he talking even had a vault alive could have forced him out into the open but he wanted to play that headshot angle over the top maybe going for a bit of a heat check but either way he's it mix as we know wins it again and it's so long for twisted just high to compass it's not positioning these under all the pressure in that bomb site for different choke points to worry about especially once device gets in towards window so at two on three 1 by astrologer Lee but still no money built up and this is actually a big round for both teams on the verge of those economies being shattered second straws they want to go for that Magus play they want to go for the tried and true but surely look what has a plan for this it's really far towards the palm side he's gonna navigate his way out inside of the smoke taco it's gonna survive that it's a grenade right behind it be careful and eventually he'll go down with an incredible defense and now the flight so much coming in it's all on sip another one versus to it again he's trapped in this corner there should be no way to win this nicely done funda quit gotta be worrying at another brilliant hold from Africa P Bob said he's delivered early on in this game it was a big question mark for the desk he delays long enough for that flight to come in a leash even with missing some shots still impactful cautions huge into the ranks of astrology inside of the flames as well goes back and he just has to be aggressive boats very well for liquid if they could put a stop to that play for a mega canister all and it gives you a feeling that even if sip one that scary one of us is too it's like well that's kind of been wiped off the boat already yes you breathe easy you feel a little bit more comfortable you no longer feel like you just kind of lost everything for two three sometimes those crutches can send the team into a spiral but liquid stop that the round after these head that's fine but now you've got no more money I think the problem with zip Nick's on Australis is that it might not be the first what she wins then sends you into oblivion but it might be like the third or the fourth of these grand finals and you just kind of wonder how do you stop him that round he was obviously put another just massive disadvantage volatile that his feet as well timeouts done here we go on ak-47 onto three pistols bought up as well they would love a win obviously but this is designed to get some economic damage on the liquid that's the early on nafiz kind of caught never Molotov the forced amount they do have some Dade's and he's got to decide how he wants to escape this situation to pre and glaive they want to keep him pinned in especially when they've got the a ke alii is using all of this paddle in the middle for a bit of a walk-up I really like the fact they're doing this to Estrada's early on liquid I really think it's a good idea for them to not let them let them be too comfortable on the map just make sure that the shrinks all the time and they're gonna find the ak-47 here Lee sure that maybe if there was someone else he could pick it up but that's a great kill and again that's gonna make your others have to maybe be a bit slower and a bit more careful about what they play it makes them call off what they were what they had in mind they wanted to hit that a bomb side with these four players you could see them all back to the way now one two go find a lesion make sure he's not still push stuff but - I mean if alesia's that flanked he already knows the call he already knows it's going towards that a bomb site so there's no point astralis just kind of running into the blender they still want to do damage see if they're gonna be able to do it mid control now and they have to do it kind of a little bit weaker they don't have the maids to throw to get it still three defenders and taco rotated over a leisure e aggressing as well so Team Liquid knows everything that's going on on this map yeah they've got a very good read should not be letting the bomb again seconds probably wanted thirds as well but if it's gonna finally take him down so they lose that one on top they're just gonna have the time for it's nicely done from Glee costing a bit of damage ten seconds though and that's the really big problem still three kills means liquid actually lose run lose money in this round this is one of the tough parts about astrologist this is why it always feels like such a grind playing against them you have ever all the information on the map you have a five on four and you still end up losing three players that's far too costly than teamliquid would have liked in that situation and look at what it does their money it keeps for players to me basically all five players on the verge of being broken and reset so estrela still fighting in this game despite losing now five of the last six Tonko right now at 11 and 5 that's a hell of a way to begin a grand final if you're talking most of the time the pressure isn't even really on him to bring in the kills but if you can the wine Wow did you know that's why you buy head armor every single time maybe thought doubled up on catwalk means these guys back twister with the OP getting into the action now with a double kill it's just a zip next thing is rolling more twists what a phenomenal event he's been having it even a past three months essentially four twists yes the desk just pointing out a really young player too so I mean well god only knows what's gonna happen in the future there's a great future for him isn't there and he's on a team with the Li Shu for a long time was considered to be the best player in North America and now all of a sudden twist might just steal that mantle away from him so bad when they're both on the same team right you got to be happy about that gotta love that round number 10 now with plenty of foreign aids was a quick even if it has to cost them a little bit of money in the last couple around Cole that's a good for Nate following doesn't really do anything but still they're really putting the pressure on Estrada's I like the idea that they're not letting the Danish team just sort of run over them here I like the idea as well you have that pressure you do a follow up smoke look how far back you're keeping astralis and you're backing away Rollins gonna make a call as if Team Liquid is controlling top middle and that's not the case there's actually to be 3 players defending the site they're hitting perfect flames they completely baited them into this didn't they they smoked off top MIT they funneled them to the B bomb sight device very late looks for the Middle East is in trouble they close range around the corner as believed takes down a leash he's just creeping up bomb is not planted yet this two-on-two could die for liquid if twist goes down and how does if he misses a shot here he's pretty much gone enough does he want to get in there and help him he's thinking about doesn't even take the Pete just drops him through the box and now clave alone 37 seconds getting a bit of a chance to reel that shot through the boxes ice-cold isn't in and absolutely is you could see liquid smiling Zeus smiling pacing behind him this is a tough situation for twisted be if you could see him out in the open he's hiding in case they're wrapping around the bomb site great shots in the water round for him to come alive in and you're exactly right I mean he's gonna get a lot of the accolades for those shots with the AWP but that liquid that's set up right there that puddles of straw is a straw just got out gamed into that execute yeah if they really did and they probably even felt quite confident in it right because they've seen I think they've seen two smokes up top made so they thought this is fine they want to hold onto this map control it's gotta be weak or else we're likely at least one player defending the B bomb site as part of that mid coalition and just doesn't pan out for them he's a really bad time with that weapon and I think maybe that's a bit of frustration over aggression that's not a fight that you want we've also given over rifle the zip mix now all right for with a stowed with that clave is waiting outside of the be bomb site with the bomb so any more damage that can come over towards a my weak in that defense but device and zip neck is gonna back off readjust it and go to the other side of the map Dupri's been waiting in the middle for a long time and hasn't really heard or seen anyone so I just be thinking that it's a little bit safe to go to that be side the fight against taco and some deep Molotov there's gonna buy him some more time he's got one flashbang they can throw us he's retreating if they come around the corner I don't think they're gonna easily take this people I'm sorry right now you know if it's only two people here I still think liquid should have a pretty good shot of it flashed in and you can set himself up for a pop flash and see if Estrada's aren't gonna fall to it or even a follow up on us all better 30 seconds that's right he's gonna lose the fight to the free though that's a bit scary backup is coming but it might not be in time 20 seconds and following it up a twist it's gonna be there just in time so no problems even if it got a bit scary to go down to that fashion but you could see what they were doing so much utilities still not to overuse those pop flashes try and find out what's coming and that one last evening we've talked we're going down the Molotov held them off a little bit longer allowed twist to get over so liquid playing the information game very well even if it's in the loss of a player 8 to 3 now and liquids never been able to build up the money despite this great run they've been on five in a row eight of the last nine rounds won by team liquid that is a disgusting run against Rollins I think that said a hundred and thirty one ADR for now this is my favorite thing about Neff as a play he just looks like someone who's so disinterested like I think it's amazing the difference between the way that naps are looks and the way the plays in the server is just it's amazing well all-in back now towards that ladder room they do have grenades to try and get rid of him so we'll see if they can find a good Wonderland I think he's just biding his time he wants to get aggressive he wants to be able to crunch this one Elysian twist get some action they're gonna hear that noise they're gonna hear the nade hitting their opponent I know there's Danger Close that just Hoover in Palace waiting and that's the scary think is a lesion twist backing off back and forth that's the angle that Magus can really hit them hurt them from well this a bomb set is about to be pinched and it's gonna be in a lot of trouble easily just gets around the corner but he's isolated now nitro stuck out in the open the only option was aggression and twists so much to do it look at the risk he's taking yeah he could have been shot down from ramp all from palace in that position that's very scary indeed but an early lead for Astralis in this round and let's be honest they need these rounds now eight so three is a great lead make is gonna be here taco and with Nath burning alive that was over at the jungle it's time to call off this retake will be a fourth round for Astralis they don't lose anybody either oh that's great for them especially getting back on the board as I said the full woozy bonus had been in their favor five straight for Team Liquid now what was a much easier there's where like would kind of laid off the pressure they kind of opened up this half was really really a lot of aggression and this time they let estrela's breathe and they're able to slowly just kind of march into that a bombsight multi-pronged attack I mean as soon as you're playing that ramp and you're back up in Jungle gets smoked off I mean that is that a defender so many times just gets put in such awkward situations when your teammates either fall or after you know back off my bad fight or whatever it might be we actually sometimes see when you're playing that a ramp on the CT side if you lose palace or or jungle and connector sometimes you'll just keep pushing and they just push out of the bomb side in unison say there's no point in me coming back to fight this I'm gonna get overrun so yeah that's a that's a powerful push from Mayor Scott Dam and he's just playing in a supportive role just allowing his teammates the opportunity to cross over to get up connector by providing that covering fire especially with two kills eight to four one more by four the defensive side of Team Liquid they do have that open twist that has been so impactful they've got plenty of rifles but this is the last chance they have I mean they've had such a great half and it's a testament to Australia at break like what's economy that all of a sudden this is gonna be much closer than it probably feels yeah it could happen kind of out of nowhere couldn't it still not a team liquid even though they've set themselves up quite nicely at the moment a lot of smokes a lot of grenades in trying to take that mid control very early on is the straw this looks like liquid don't really want to fight it that much there's gonna let them have it for a minute here they're gonna come back through almost looks like nitro wanted to this is the same around that astrologist rant except instead of makers over and Palace it's device with the aqua job the second he's not able to but there's device pouncing elesia kind of backs into that angle and wasn't even expect to get whatsoever nitro now big job to do he's pushed off catwalk glaive is low he knows he's being hunted down too but he can't do anything b-bomb site is wide open that Astralis is gonna rotate back around there no one from Team Liquid is anywhere close let's think of the timing here if Magus yeah he's still thinking about it he wants the rest doesn't seem to be a bit closer liquid that might buy them a bit of time I don't know if it's gonna be enough they're starting to gravitate back there nitro gonna be the first one and he might just be a second too late to catch them jumping out there he's gonna run right into the AWP two one three and a bomb they don't have the money liquid to lose these rifles that's the really big problem no they've got a safe there's no point even going over there with the bombs I'd already lost you're right just a second or too late for device to get that angle taco would love to get into a position where he could take some of the guns away from a straw list for this last stretch of the half that is really beautifully done that's a couple times it's two rounds in a row now first Elysian knife and then Elysian this round caught unawares by that player posted up in towards Palace some good calls coming out from the from the Danish town tomorrow I feel like somebody's trying to tape in winning Estrada's have been down to good meter on calls maybe more so than than you know having great frags it feels like they're just picking the right bomb sites where there's gonna be less defence it's a little bit helpful if you can end up doing that doesn't take the all the way from the straw but does find that one final kill now a decision to be made for Team Liquid and I think they've got it just kind of saved for the last it's 8 to 5 at the moment they have these two weapons but there's a whole lot you can buy around it and during the end of the half now are we devastating for liquid if they lost this round and it probably gonna lose the next one just to the fact that they would have no economy really building that would end up at the 8th 7 from what could have could have been so much better could have been 11 4 in their favor see if it plays out that way already just a pistol on that for the moment they have fully invested into this as the losing bonus builds up next round won't be great if liquid can't win this but I guess they feel like they have enough to fight with glaive device and Dupree all waiting outside of a and again it's gonna be twist postured back towards that ticket booth is if it's gonna be a retake strategy some initial needs thrown out but this is all a fake device gonna fall back and actually zip mix and magic perfectly position to be able to backstab elysian nitro I don't think they're gonna realize it's coming up maybe goes back for more but it's all on taco he's had a great game it needs to deliver one more time yeah 30 bullets they're gonna be two people coming in first and one of them carrying the bombs a hill normal they don't even check him twist has gone down taco all on his players and a slight chance here for now if he could have got back around the corner that would been godlike now sees them escaping and now he knows he's gonna be running to that bomb site make he's making the jump over to try and intercept Neff walking through here would be a huge clutch right now for now if you could pick it up so heads for glades to plant there and Africa to picked off Khao Lak and stopped it I had the information I think Matt just might have heard a footstep and here he goes gonna try and pull off a miracle but these angles are just so far away and he's got nothing to use and you might as well just stick it I guess and actually oh my god he might just do it a mistake from astrology I guess that was his balls of steel just pinning him to the pond Moses keeping them downs couldn't move goody Wow 137 ADR a defused punch right in front of two Estrada's players do that it could have a huge impact on this first map yeah if you're a slow tournament and you save this for the grand finals I say well done now if you know a fair play kept it in the bag for a while and yeah we'll let him off the hook what an opening map he's having my strollers have now been stopped at both maps obviously they've had a decent amount excess success going mid towards the a bomb site on a leash once again back to his old tricks but I think trolleys had enough of it Vegas and zip mix watching for this kind of a play in Palace certainly thinking about it timing is everything no in the show Alicia I think he should have won that fight he had a really good idea the mangas put the ak-47 of one headshot is enough and that leaves twists in a very uncomfortable position he has no crew needs to slow them down or anything and peaking against all of these players on the other side that could be dangerous to talk he's almost gonna line up the doctor follow-up front twist that's a quick reaction from him to nothing easy shot to be hitting three on three I like the way that tacos playing this game right now thirty seconds as they make their way to the bomb side alley and now makest with a bit of a return but awkward forest runs as the bomb is now in the middle side jump from now he's gonna get taken out of the sky all on twist with 19 seconds here and that's gonna be one more round nine six in favor of liquid is still a really good first half but I think Estrada's managed to redeem themselves a little bit at the end they certainly did they recover from the early statement liquid made now from taco playing lights out we'll see if it continues in the second half stay with us [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] welcome back ladies and gentlemen the grand finals is gonna continue here second half of the first map of the best-of-five it's Team Liquid vs. traumas in the hometown heroes and Team Liquid so far I've done really well they're up 9 6 and ends in spite of the fact that they actually lost the pistol round so overall I'd say they're doing a really good job oh they're doing phenomenal and I have you know a lot of the questions answered early on at that first half map at 16 at 9 tacos 17 to 10 twist was lighted up with the AWP they won some great rounds and they did a good job dictating to pace and the middle stretches when the rifles initially came out but as astrologers the adaptations came at the end figured out a way to grind out three more rounds and make this a close close first half here we go liquid I think they're gonna want to get seven rounds of our Teesside lot of grenades being put over the wall and doesn't look like a fake then is nobody here from Stratos there in the middle and B they were expecting something completely different this is a wonderful call out of liquid already rushing leave will pick up one as they transition through a twist with a double in return might be the clock device we'll take him down the bomb is planted but three-on-three Tonko up in the palace there's no smokes or anything for a strong to try and defuse this bomb with they don't even actually have a kid picked up right now so this is getting a bit awkward right now for the Danish time they might end up losing this pistol taco is just playing a distraction game right now making sure that they have to focus on something else they picked up smoke in the meantime and a kit so that actually tilts Australis here in second round one by teamliquid they did not even let that get anywhere near close no they didn't even waste any time they didn't spend any time thinking about that whatsoever walk up to the a bomb site marched in with a smoke great kills from twist pushing towards that's more of the pistol round I mentioned a straw was kind of changed there it was a very similar style but this time a lesion twist instead of going towards CT spawn as we saw straw let's do pushing towards window room teams have gotten very used to that but we're gonna get a timeout from Team Liquid in this second round yeah indeed six to ten knows great job winning the pistol they're gonna be they're gonna be using that as a springboard to just try and close out this map winning that pistol gives them a chance to have a super-early just just knockout punch out to a strong if they can win like the year the early one or two gun rounds and I think this is why the timeout zoo so you can see them they're very talkative making sure his team knows the game plan for these next three rounds because if liquid could be convincing in these and they can shatter the money early they're gonna be so close to taking this first map and it's the desk is pointing out probably in necessity that they actually do in this first map if they want a shot at winning the whole grand finals there are some maps in there that Estrada's are gonna be very comfortable on especially the next one maybe on nuke scout and CC's and that one deagle on device so around well it could have to be careful okay it's a lot of grenades moses device i think he must have sensed it coming it's not exactly it's been seen before obviously the barrage of maids can be so deadly if device were to stick around and look at what's before device calls out all that attention all those nades flava vegas rotate over in towards connector to free up on catwalk devices kind of pulled out but they do still have a pretty decent split the kind of crusher that met even with the weaker weaponry still holding on to a couple of smokes well now actually just one of them on the liquid side so what be careful that they don't suddenly have to wander the cross a full stretch of a bomb site while being shot at want to make sure that you've got a little bit to set up for an eventual push they haven't actually gained too much with all this utility that they've spent Australis is gonna get a perfect to read on this the one benefit let's count goes down immediately does get the tag now they just have to go devices here with it the jumpers they made their way through anything eventually Dupree gonna be the one to pick up the kill but they're the bombsite right now lady 75 but he's pretty much trapped inside of the smoke when it goes away he's gonna be dead [Applause] that's not bad at all he was begging to get out please let me out of this nightmare put him out of his misery Dupree on the flank only one left yeah that was a little bit a little bit sketchy for teamliquid they did kind of run exactly into what a Strasse was was kind of reading but just not the weapons to fight with from the Danish side I mean imagine if sip instead of continued to jump up on the truck if he had actually the Scout maybe could've got a shot and just fallen back I mean he couldn't know that but there was an opportunity 11:6 now and it is looking better and better round for round here in favor of liquid no but if your team liquid you're gonna very much remember the comeback that Australis had yesterday on that final map of the semi-final against faze it was what 9 to 15 yeah they rattled off six straight to force overtime and eventually take it steel the series away from fnatic you're not gonna be comfortable with any any lead especially considering I think something like I remember Kirk Nia was something mental like in 2018 these two teams the straws has 20 maps one against liquid and liquid has five against the Strasse yeah so in other words they they know what's coming yeah they know exactly what to expect plenty of experience playing against each other Alicia's gonna take point he's all alone taking control of connects already through and I think Glade was up maybe a little bit distracted by the footsteps turns his head easy access into the a bombsight team liquid it kind of waltz their way into 12 to 6 lead to start this second half I feel like they've been playing this while pretty pretty brush all along like that then you read off that statistic about how many times Astralis of taking maps away from liquid you would think that maybe liquid will be you know a little bit more scared a little bit more worried but they're not playing like it at all and that's that in itself is actually kind of impressive it's very easy to end up when you're playing the same opponent and losing a lot to it you end up you know sort of mind gaming yourself almost this was that was the conversation around this matchup back at the major in London was the fact that you know liquid finally for the first time seemed like they were really ready to face their demons that proof should not necessarily be the truth what the Swedes call us you know 12 to 6 19th round it's time for starlets to pick up some rifles including that AWP on device he is usually pretty mobile on this map with it all over the place pretty much every map he seems to be the focal point of the defense's allow device to get a pick somewhere put them in another location afterwards and maybe rate rotate the rifles around but here it's gonna be nonstop afresh smoke distracts liquid nitro gets brought down tacos gonna win that fight he's been sensational and he's gonna continue it here an important trade if the early stages of this round a little bit sloppy for the Prix I feel like he had an opportunities answer even pick it up but it's a great return from tacos device does get one more kill in the round so three to four now and that means Estrada's can relax a little bit more if you look be a big fight to win and taco just barely unable to do it three players defending a and just leaving zip dicks alone to anchor that bomb site on the other side of the map a lot of faith is so good at it it's the human cyborg isn't pain just the sensory in the palm sight they don't know what how can that happen well now things get interesting clave is just the wind blowing away from death and they just need to find a zip mix in this corner tucked in are they gonna be able to actually clear him out of this spot he's gonna jump right into the crosshairs so these seconds oh wow twist the second hobbies coming alive can I get one more kill if he does it you just ready for it if people have had that bomb goes down it's a one-on-one he's got every shot of doing it that first kill and divides up on that I mean this is a lot of damage to the strongest team they end up winning one versus two but I can't believe you hit that shot long range with the a K now that was pretty nasty device missing one there an immediate comeback seven to twelve is trawls begin their march back into this game but there there's no money behind this by they don't have that ATP wasn't able to get Salvage after it was dropped again big round for Team Liquid this is the knockout punch I was mentioning if they can win this round they have such a great chance of closing out this map pretty quickly they have everything to do it with right now grenades molotovs that just gonna be throwing for the motor running right through it's gonna shut down night now return and they're gonna go straight nobody even covering at least goes to the spray through from leave is absolutely perfect this is gonna be a great defense leave with the triple but really make it with that double kill to shut down the initial aggression finds the perfect timing to swing wide and able to take out those players on ramp not a quick enough punished from Palace or anything taco trying to hold players back from coming through the smoke eight to 12 now for still the favor of Team Liquid but you can't this is where it normally begins for a straw us you can't be feeling comfortable still money to buy a team liquid wants to go for it I think they might spend around going just back to upgraded pistols that was one of those rounds were straw by all the time Moses when a leash it does have that incredible one bullet here see that sg553 but he's knockin girls are picking up and debris with the flop ticking down taco they even want to keep back there this is a great start for Astralis and you do get a bit worried in Dupree even sort of you know doubling down on the aggression that's too much this is a bit scary now astral is showing no fear even being down big just pushing up towards towards middle it seemed like liquid maybe that buy came in a little bit late they weren't fully focused number of times to versus five before that pick off again on Dupree damage is the name of the game for now and maybe just a couple kills will open up a possibility to actually win that aggressive push that Estrada's does in the beginning of the round kind of takes the initiative away from liquid which is normally what you have planed at seaside nitro so many angles one of them he wasn't usually that means the end of Magus is gonna get the kill and Neff now thinking about seconds he's not even gonna wait around device will take him down one more round for a Stratos nine to 12 and they did force on that round so they're gonna have to be back on pistols here tec-9 being picked up you love to see that couple maids as well smoke so they have some kind of a course of action this might be something where you maybe that basic catwalk double-dated towards window you could do it over towards a if you wanted to double nade the ticket booth device dodge this earlier but the pre is gonna get aggressive again this is that shock and all the Train methods gonna be aggressive all the follow-up is therefore mr. all's gather to make sure food games absolutely nothing no where's blade maybe another half second before twist would have had a chance but the gap has closed 10 to 12 still in the favor of liquid but just barely it feels like they were doing a great job of trying to push a straw that's out of this match but it's like now it isn't having the same effect anymore they're kind of standing their ground to round gap at the moment and there are some players on this Estrada's team that we're a little bit slow in the beginning right device and you start to really pick it up yeah we do need that char Moses to maybe rally behind liquid and get them back in this game first this is getting well it's spotting - looked like a classic Estrada's type matchup if your liquid you need to shut down this play from Dupree he's had success with it twice now so well a couple of times he's just grenaded and and fired his way up there now he's actually creeping around and ready and waiting for them and they don't know do they no but I don't think they're gonna be fooled by it I think they have to be able to expect this and if you're Team Liquid you want to clear these boxes out you just don't know that's smoke it was so deep at the top there's the people in the pre get still blind oh they have no idea that was so close to being a disaster that was Neff there were three people there two of them got flashed and after didn't and I'm sure he saw that it's the power of information and managed so much everybody on the a side nobody in be liquid handling this round very well if they would have lost anyone up there that could have taken a lot of time and Portmore for Estrada's to maybe get on over here but yeah this is the perfect call supplying the conservative economy game as well just saying we don't want to lose everything we cannot afford to get our economy destroyed this late in the game so just save your weapons if they come towards a it's great setup to take guns away you know the economy of teamliquid isn't strong that's why you can see device kind of set up towards the back of these be halls you know see glaive fish up towards market they want to take all the rifles out of teamliquid and it's actually crucial it's so important that teamlack was able to bring a couple of these away night sure thinking about it it's kind of hard to exit this side of the bomb so he's gonna make you jump down you just circumvents it just put his face up maybe could have escaped through on the passport he wanted to help his teammates out now deep grenade I mean this is don't see a whole lot of teams do that as well as the straws but look at the by that's gonna come out from Team Liquid in this next round out of a victory it's not gonna be great that is a brilliant smart play from astrology maybe a short-term loss but the long-term games are so important yeah it also I mean it's hard for liquids to celebrate normally being around especially late in the in the game here you feel like yes you know we're just one step closer now probably doesn't feel quite that way for liquid like yeah one but UMP is like a lil grenade no we're gonna do that much a little bit of damage pretty common set up so far for Estrada's on the defense this is much faster paced though from Team Liquid Nitro and taco already at the basic connector gotta be careful about that boost up device is waiting and after the smokes will be a free kill on a talk or no one checks right smoke down to allow them to a state can do to punish device at the moment it's just gonna be a man advantage for the defense he's slowly gonna walk away off the initial bullet to come out 4 vs. 5 it should be such a hard reset for liquid if they lose now they really have no money at all to work with tough part is well nap would love it looks like he's posturing too he wants to kind of peek up and take a fight Khalil not necessarily the best weapon for that I say go for it 21 kills on Neff I want I want this version of Neff I really want the run-and-gun player that we've seen before 45 seconds here he's pretty deep I mean they're gonna have no warning when he turns the corner I say he can have a pretty sick timing with his aggression if the smokes come over Astral's might think they have a couple seconds to set their feet in half might just be a right around the corner always spots the gun barrel he knows it now he's hoping may just he's just gonna walk up he's gonna be bold he's got a pretty big kill for now big play for now yeah so patiently sets it up for a long time and finally comes through back in a four-on-four with 20 seconds he stopped at a couple of rounds ago won't be possible this time device and back around the corner they indeed this bomb plant and this time no one's gonna be able to stop it she was Nitro goes down and it's all on an F they're so low on health though they do not have a smoke so he's transitioning back for the middle if they diffuse right now he's gonna have no chance at all setting up a grenade if they don't even know it they haven't really thought about it yet this could be an absolutely genius round out an F he did the defuse once before can he save them this time I'm always gonna find the first angle there's one now with a triple now one more kill to close this round that might work see liquid Odom a big tree [Applause] we do kind of gotta hold your breath he makes the run but it's the play walking into the a bump slide he starts the round and it closes it off Naf has showed up in these grand finals here in Chicago that is disgusting it up with astralis back all that short-term sacrifice goes to waste a good time for a timeout here I feel I get the adrenaline down a little bit because that's the one bus to defuse is the one bus to flank through middle to stop the defuser on the T side that's that's an unbelievable impact to have on one map if you're just a single player doing that especially if you could go back to think of his contributions in the first half on defense he's been spectacular almost like this bill device makes such a beautiful play with the arc and this go little I criticized it at the start of the round and he delivers with it made shots right at the end we just on top of this he's top tracking at 25 so just those rounds he's doing absolutely everything you could have go for a fight in the middle to free not gonna do any damage to taco if they win this round Australis are out of money and liquid can catapult themselves right into a one map lead [Applause] and here the wind trust arena 'they love this right now and i cannot blame them this version of Team Liquid they just placed some of the most entertaining counter-strike I think the Vice heard a footstep in these halls they've actually rotated three players here's concluding to pre with the office is gonna be a hard take there goes taco it's one of the Mac tens I think they thought this could be an easier time maybe a week or buy out of the Ostroff liquid got maybe around the head of themselves thinking it was going to be a save from a straw 'less once the first two people jump out that window and they don't even make it onto the low ground the rest up in the you know the hallway you just know well mice hard to have heard something pushed up on catwalk it was an immediate turnaround from him and Dupree immediately rotated over towards the be site just a little bit of information being given away in liquid once again fully invested at this stage in the game with this kind of a buy I don't know if these are the buys they're gonna get you over a straw us yeah I'm not convinced either I'm certainly gonna slow them down a little bit they're all waiting on the other side the tree is there but he's got the AWP so theoretically if they can take out sip that might make a difference Dupree will get taco on the first cross the last round yeah just no trouble at all there device with the organ 'triple in a 12 to 14 score line I am I'm gonna I'm gonna put down a bit of a question mark in my notebook Moses about that round to the force up I'm not sure I enjoyed it not just because of the the outcome by just forcing with the scout and upgraded pistols and bum-rushing MP bombsite doesn't seem like the the winning recipe you got the scrolls baby trying to catch them with just six here to defend there's a couple times now that a strong swept the play coming it rotates three players into that bombsite very early on I'm looking at chatter just a little bit twiddling his mustache and contemplating some of these rounds stunts it's not looking happy ladies and gentlemen I feel like he's probably gonna have some comments about that on the desk 27th round about to come up here but this could be almost a tie it's faultline we're getting close to that point now man why are all Australis games like this Moses it's it's so frustrating right as good as teamliquid has played and looked through the majority of this game they're still just right there Australis ready to kind of pounce on every single mistake and liquids giving them just a couple they need to close this gap be crushing it the opening map of a grand final this has been the toughest team for Team Liquid to beat across the entire circuit across the whole year and you have that first map of the palm of your hands and it's taken away again we go on a bee rush sip Nix is gonna be here throws a ball top oh and they're gonna call it off they didn't like the look at the flames and they back away as a group yeah I mean it's kind of hard to say what would have been better he did have an H in his hand so they might have gone from fire white right into the HD that would have been pretty tough to handle only to p250 picked up so they don't have a whole lot of weapons that can do damage I don't even know if they'll be able to get into this bomb site interesting switch device on the augggh Dupree on the AWP and it changed me to look at this for the defensive side liquid running in the classic around the world strategy yeah rolling through the the strat roulette trying to figure out what what to do run to be run to a run back to B I feel like I feel like the fact that they have to pee or penis one of those happy accidents Moses that happen to Estrada is when they were missing device in Copenhagen last year I feel like that's then they realized wait a minute you just have to pre do it which device isn't feeling it yeah he was stellar well zip Nix his number is gonna be called here and he's been great he says one flash this is the initial kill now he's got a backwards five time Capri massively there's a very small chance they can actually close this round but it's dwindling and now it's pretty much gone their twists still wet is gonna be the benefit though yeah definitely the money in the bank for Team Liquid eight hundred dollar bonus definitely gonna help them out well worth the investment into the round actually makes a big difference in terms of all they can buy he would have had they were driven missing a lot of grenades in this round if they hadn't added 14 or 13 a lot was asked of math before this first map began it's Allie she's gone quiet on this one 18 22 for one of the three big players on Team Liquid tacos picked up the slack with 23 kills of his own but they would love to have a leash deliver some impact here down the stretch round 28 13 to 14 still in the favor of Team Liquid that's a great made towards top mid softens up the attack yeah Cleve took a little bit of damage in return but made sure on fifty three kind of frozen solid right now may be expecting Estrada's to go for a peek to praise a very forward position and he's not gonna hesitate this time taking down taco liquid starting to lose all these early battles even spread into a default that's a great pick for the predefined makes things much easier bomb still dropped in the back of the middle and it's not even I mean liquid don't even have control of it they have two players at the top but they don't have anyone and the kind of an aggressive position and with the five on four stalls can actually just kind of back away and play passively force them into a commitment into a bomb site and go from there why is the palm there with nitro alone I'm I'm not looking miss pop I think he's gonna throw the smoke grab the bomb and run back towards the a bomb site no execute from there what if someone was pushing the hallways I don't want the bomb to be alone yeah he's gonna make it over the other side he's checking B if they try and pull off a fake here this is gonna be really tough you need twists and a lesion I mean those are two very good players to make it happen but you need them to get kills it cannot just be a presence they have to force a rotation Apple device to cow walk they have to proclaim over from window and it's not gonna work to pre again and all-important killing there's no and this turns into a very weird looking fake a very weak looking fake Nath and twist are gonna back off yeah they had no chance I mean the timing for that mullet all that goes down I think there was device that threw it out I mean there was never gonna be a way to get through that that means the game is gonna be tied 14-14 holding down loose the rifle lose the lost bonus Oh No yeah they're the ones with a weird decision to make now because the stralla they're about to gain control at 1514 and liquid they don't really have the money to invest everything they'd like this has got to be a time out to talk things over that's their last one of the game as well they'll have nothing if it goes into ot what a position to find yourself in we we painted the picture of the story of what this Estrada seems like to play against how every round is a struggling even when you're ahead you know they could always come back and it just is playing out in front of your eyes right now I wonder what the plan is gonna be for liquid here for some of these be rushes they have not seemed very successful maybe give somebody a deal and send them up the a ramp go for one of those crazy plays nitro stem position just run for that a drive nitro let's go you know there's gonna be an off somewhere three with a couple opening here we go down the stretch it's not a full investment although twist surviving that round has zero Neff dying after the time has zero that couldn't have gone any worse at this juncture they could there's Dupree he's pushed up close he's got low eggs feed made in towards the ramp there's no one else from teamliquid a challenge talk was waiting for his time and know this could be huge of astrologers this retreat yeah and they kind of proved up these two players they're finally gonna you know separate a little bit but you don't want two players to play from shadow that can definitely go badly setting up with the grenades Magus in Sandwich they don't have a Molotov for him so that should be a really powerful position maybe only if taco can hit a headshot and Dupree will shut down Alicia it's a good beginning setting up the grenade for me he's he's not even gonna peek it they're just shutting him down even at the border of the bomb site they've got no trouble defend aiming that 15-14 for Australis and map point for the first map here the grand finals man they are hard to break now liquid fighting for overtime we're mean this is a team moses that were you know internationally known for positions I think I might have just passed it on to Team Liquid they've had their own issues with that kind of a scenario here we go last by 30th round Chicago for overtime that would have been a great pick for taco at the moment I have mouth stuck on the UMP they have twists stuck on a Khalil those were the two players surviving after that are dying after that timer great Nate onto a leash a little bit of damage could have been much worse and at the moment there is an aggressive defense in mid between blade and device is too late mid control from liquid everything rests upon it still more than a minute they're really expecting for Estrada's to be aggressive in this round and they were in the beginning but now they call him back just cleave it takes a peek around the corner twister on the other side but Molotov is gonna just back him up a little bit more now they've got mid control and they haven't had to use all of their grenades for it so we'll see what they can do here liquid it's a lot of time shoot off the clock though the stralla string a great job delaying this even further if teamliquid wants to take any more map control it's gonna have to be an uncomfortable flight coming through smoke on Cal walking actually spotted out blade even he's got a smoke that's crushing that's gonna take a long time to go down that's gonna be real deep into the round timer big kill for twist device gets aggressive look oh no the ramp does Maggie's gonna win that fight following it up and it's all on nitro 20 seconds you know one versus one and this one is for the map ladies and gentlemen Dupree sneaking up close with the old this can I be a smoke up and that's gonna confuse two pre although he does have a Molotov he's not gonna use it sneaking in he's got his aim trained on the corner EC shut the shoulder 16 to 14 as Australis pick up the first map of the grand final here at IEM in Chicago so much more to come [Music] strollers as well six straight to steal that map away another comeback for the best team of the world and liquid they were so close they're gonna have to sell non-stop from now on going into Matthew a great performance from both short they fall flat [Music] in the break [Music]

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Length: 70min 51sec (4251 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 11 2018