CS:GO - NAVI GG.BET vs. Team Liquid [Inferno] Map 3 - IEM Katowice 2021 - Group B

it's back oh yeah also look we got bit in the server that's exciting of course it's inferno our boy bit donning his jersey in the server simple pushed up in the apartments as well to begin this pistol in liquid oh they are going into the apartments this is simple's domain and they don't know about him he hit a very good timing to get here but as he's firing off shots now they realize where's that coming from they can't figure it out and i think maybe the pennies dropped but they don't care they try to go round the czed on boom which is only good for the opener simple joins them up in the smoke and they're starting to realize well hang on i can't seem to get over this barrier so grim just fires a shot into the head of simple through that smoke on the balcony and in the blink of an eye it's all left onto one man just perfecto rotating in late from that b bomb site simple i think he thought he was going to get chased an apartment after missing his shots onto stewie if he just walked in through the hallway he would have had three players with a back turn but you know understandably thinking he was getting uh hounded down repositions on the short side and grim with a beautiful pistol three kills off him effect though this is a done deal it's all about damage make those stats look pretty oh he's just going to close as well spamming the smoke with the glock liquid running fast into that a site to steal an opener like to see that grim with some bangers and navi i mean liquid have won both pistols back on dust too they also lost both second rounds so expectation on navi deforest is certainly there why wouldn't you yeah they have come in with that four spy you know you got deagles in play a lot of utility as well so we could see that classic inferno you know smoking to the choke points try and really waste time down on the clock for team liquid chokey smoky chokey smoky that's what they call it and that looks to be the decision even a deep banana smoke just giving that uh that kind of allure that maybe you've gone for this deep banana aggression not the case for navi they're actually playing very conservatively here all across the map key to beating this strategy for liquid is to try and get these smokes out early and for that you need pressure across the map they're doing a good job of it over in that b bomb site there's not a single smoke left yeah two opt still towards middle but look at how passive navi are right now they're giving away that mid control it chucks one in on long and only electronic remains with his bits going on a pre-rotation and fake on b from stewie is going to keep three players here for na'vi so liquid seem to have the right idea about things boosting the leech up for a quick pick on the pit can't see electronic but uncrouching would spell his demise at least going even further up he's gonna go on the balcony as well oh dear blinded out the smoke comes down on short 30 seconds liquid they can't afford to wait it out they won't have time to clear every single position so flashing into the pit and charging through with the smgs with the pistols the deags come out supreme with two per team umid still pushed up on the flank he could stop the bomb 15 seconds he goes for the spray the bomb is loose now and if now he can charge in and cause enough chaos they can still deny the plant yet again perfecto attempts to do so and there's no cover from the pit swinging his nap and he does get there in time pistol out it's a mess but he will pick up the round and liquid just about stay above water it's not pretty but finally they convert one of these pistols yeah and even then right it was hanging in the balance for a moment there now v they're so focused on trying to get that bomb out of play they know that with one kill they can decide the outcome of that round naf with with a perfectly timed swing it had to have been calmed by a liege as well i can hear someone rushing me down from long because the timing was was perfection from that flight down in the pit position so now 2-0 and just an eco for navi and not looking to complicate matters with forcing down again i know this game you know as good as an advantage as the pistol round brings it is ultimately decided in these rifle rounds and they're looking to bring theirs out as soon as possible oh nice a couple of them flying over beef and rv put stewie low fuller's playing p250 which is you know a bit of a risk but it comes with a reward of getting the orp in early and also just saving your money you're definitely gonna sustain casualties in a round like this and so the less guns you lose the better if you're liquid as long as you can get it over the line at least keeping three on a but not for long bit has read it well and he's already on a rotate might be too little too late though unless someone can get a kill on this b site so much damage has been done but no kills have been found for navi bit's gonna throw in that high flash before perfecto to get back into the site and na'vi moving all the players over could cause some commotion liquid the boat getting rocked right now as they set up for this execute naf has also just left a so any hope of getting that information some other way without committing to the push is out the window liquid and now committed into the pistol stack from navi it's still only these pistols so you're holding out hope that liquid can just navigate this well but with how it's looking right now things have gotten a little more uncertain simple is still up on this boost and trying to put this deeg to good use perfecto is even doing a good job of buying time before elige finally flushes him out and so now just simple with his dig a couple of missed shots but doesn't miss it the second time around and that kill from stewie is just critical man like yeah it's only an unarmored eagle but it's simple wielding it in a 1v2 where you're both low already 3-0 for liquid despite walking into the pistol stack they still get the round on the board but now we have the investment for navi and also stewie as well last second throws the ak over to his teammates they saved both the aks they came into that round with right we talk about falling on the pc50 it doesn't really matter and he doesn't like lose a rifle as a result so liquid's bonus round is good and they just about get it over the line to buy in now simple with the ore but he's smoked off in every direction mainly by his uh team smoking the the molly of liquid but he can't find a gap through it he can't find a pick and liquid hold off waiting out the util with a flash lined up in the spawn from fallen harvey may boost back up again in ct as well perfecto going up and over simple very quick on these rotations city side of every map he's so good at just getting in the right place at the right time back to a liege spotted in the apartments it's early days though for liquid right so navi aren't going to over rotate this one just keep the standard set up liquid can double back if they please navi giving away that make control but it's also by design the molly down on porsche smoke on long trying to keep as little info in the pocket of navi get this util out while you still can yeah liquid have got a lot of map control right now they're very content with how this round is shaping up because they're in a spot where they don't even have to commit to a right now thanks to stewie2k on his lurk over at the b bomb site with how much ground they've gained at short they're interested in what a has to offer and so they try to run it down bit can't stand the test of time down in the pit electronic is bested as well and even though they lose stewie on his lurk it's a great cost to navi a 2v2 in the retake at this a bomb site without a kit as well might be one dropped but liquid they know they're in a good spot and navi are just going to save they don't really have any options open to them the rotations would just take too long to come through and perfecto is already one shot away from death so liquid are on to a winner we should go for the and how he goes liquid will have to respect that as to not give a pick back in they don't know that na'vi were definitely going to save and so they stay safe and give that up to their opponents it's worth it in the long run though you take a 4-0 lead and that's really good trade work from liquid actually up in a after all considering they lose a man up top banana navi no one gets more than a single kill in that a site on the defense and as long as you're shutting down those cts from getting multi kills look at the spacing from liquid really good trade work the apartments player killing electronic after one i i mean you can't do much better than that for liquid as far as executes go up the short side so 4-0 and already some good signs of life from liquid not letting that beating on dos 2 hold them back yeah that's what i was going to say they've come into this looking very very composed you know from the get-go they're not getting antsy navi look the more nervous out of the two of them and evening a lot of respect over the liquid as well do we have this wall bang if simple goes for it stewie might be in hot water things are heating up here stewie's flashed away from banana boom it somehow makes the mp9 work for one simple does not want to go down because that would leave being a really vulnerable spot so he has to play a bit more passive here than he was looking for while all this has been going on liquid they're not neglecting this top mid control they're still looking to take it off of navi and even though they fake these uh these b smokes right the ct crossing smoke it is this a execute that's on the cards and only one man in the site to actually put a stop to it electronic has his own flash that he's going to try and set himself up with fallen's blind and he goes close to the smoke but he's deleted through it [ __ ] caught coming through the long smoke and isn't able to turn the tide of battle single-handedly and it's another one of these 2v2 retakes that liquid have the advantage in there looking to get this bomb down killer shot from that fly yeah forget the bomb they're looking for fights liquor just want to close it it got stuck in the pit and i thought that would have given time for navi to post up but naf killing the orp in a way like that it's all on perfecto sneaking in through he's got a smoke down naps on top of the box but defectors looking the wrong way naf has this jump up there's no way perfecto can get through this one surely with such an awkward position naf drops though and perfecto hears it well a lead offer up a 1v1 perfecto waiting and legion's only going to swing on the contact made by his teammate patience is key here for liquid in the postpartum perfecto doesn't know which way to look there are so many angles to clear and there it is naf finding five four liquid and he is the hero of that round not just the entries into a but in that two on two the bomb lost in pit liquid is scared right alicia knows he has to cross into the site with a bomb not only does he want to stay pit for the post plant but even caught crossing could give up a kill to the orb so naf provides a huge amount of cover taking down simple through library deleted with that saved awp lovely shot and yeah these xx on a are looking very clean for liquid very well drilled na'vi again same situation no one gets more than one on the defense and if that continues liquid have got the solution oh a change of pace in this round out of fallen as well as he lands the tag early in towards the top of mid it's simple bought down low in the process once again liquid spreading out and taking this map control they're always leaving options open right so even if they get less than desirable results over here towards this a bomb site they've at least got that full back plan of hitting the b site electronics mollied off dropping that smoke now gives up the aim of the game for him they know that he's over here packed under the porch elise if he sprays this smoke that would be a kill waiting to happen a bit's been smoked off at long side boomich might be about to get tested he has this flash from his teammate but it does does rely on him winning that opening fight now the flash can come in and that's another for boom it's great play between him and perfecto and the flashes they just don't stop reigning through boomitch on for the ace and he might get snatched away it won't boomitch has got a chance to get all five in this round just snap left at the end of things and you know boomish gets the credit for getting the kills but perfecto with with a setup of dreams the double flashes reigning over leaving liquid blind as they're tunnel visioned on the trade and letting him have it as well they're swinging on his contact he's got the first play and i say that bit goes out wide that's how you end up back on the bench right that's how you end up like bobsky in this one navi they get there first at least one on the board stewie was even looking above the sandbag coming around that corner yeah dude honestly i i thought i thought boomich was done for in a round like that like you know stewie is pre-aiming his position and like i say like once that first kill comes in these reflashes into banana they were always gonna work well boomish though goes above and beyond the call of duty along with perfecto liquid just didn't know how easy they had on a right not only was simple low hp from that earlier orb tag of fallen but electronic after he got molly porch and smoked it he just stayed there he never moved he was essentially trapped liquid could have remollied him they could have hard clear cleared him simple didn't have the orb you know it looked like a was was a really good choke point for liquid but you know not wanting to run the same set up too many rounds in a row perhaps going back to b and they'll regret that even though they go 5-0 up they lose one and they get broken money it's not quite the ct side but even so two pistols in this round simple in the apartment porch boost after the smoke comes through from below and liquid are they gonna go fast if there were any round to do it this could be it oh yeah a real pace change bit doesn't care about being blinded he's still good to combine with electronic snatching those players that commit to the top mid play away from team liquid dropping the guns as well and he's still keen to fight more punished naf is ready for that position even though bit escapes briefly still does some damage though and scavenger hunt has been successful for liquid they've armed those two pistol players with aks flashed in actually eats it simple back on short nice shot easy stuff they're not going to boost up and he finds a little bit more attention boomish finding more damage by the second and there's no escaping for falling he tries to bound out from the porch he will not be given any kind of safety liquid looking lost in this round dead from the get-go it's just a safe enough two for navi and the money is good as well they save for york they save four it's a big round to win especially considering uh a liquid would look liquid were looking really good to open up this map yeah i mean it's important right you just want these like momentum breaks right you you want an rv to start to find something because otherwise liquid just just spiral this game out of control and so rounds like this are very very important and just slowing down your opponent and building up a bit of confidence yourself and it's i think it's pretty important that the victory comes in towards that a bomb site as well which up until now has been a go-to for liquid you know finally you're forced to give a little more respect towards these players on a a lot of the time we've seen navi in these passive setups which is actually like a safe way of playing inferno right like giving up mid eventually after you use enough util falling back yeah you don't have that info but if you have three players on a still you're gonna be able to hold well this time the difference maker is navi fight for that top mid control they have bit on the boost they have electronic supporting and they actually trade or not even trade they go five on three up just off of the mid choke and then peel back so liquid don't even have the numbers nor the utility to run one of these really nice executes that's been netting them rounds so navi as long as they can keep this top mid at least for a kill early it should be fine to stop liquid in their tracks grim damaged heavily might want to give naf that gun the only player with armor aside from him and simple again obviously reading the game no surprise pre-rotation to be as things go quiet and middle he's given all that room to fight down all made and there's never a response for liquid so simple is in the right place oh that's almost a line up so close instead it's just the one but regardless these pistols have been churned up spat out by navi the b play doesn't work i thought honestly i i was beside myself i thought simple was about to get like three or four just screwing together and this should just be the cleanup now another concise clean round uh unless stewie can complicate matters no there we go right back under control so yeah you only lose one man in amongst the whole thing this is very very important not only did you break the momentum but now you're building up money as well so it's it's a real like double positive for navi in that sense and it's even forced to pause out of team liquid heading into round number nine they can feel na b picking up steam and they can feel the problems emerging before their very eyes yeah how do they want to deal with this right like you already know if you're not getting navi out of top middle if you're not forcing them back to those passive setups then your b plays are going to be triple stacked for navi that's been clear already so yeah liquid need a solution to getting up top mid and and actually trying to keep navi out of that that position plus the info right how many times do we see you know teams take middle smoke long go back to b and then the smoke fades before the b execute even comes in and the long player for the ct side just spots mid goes well mid clear let's go 4b liquid don't want that eventuality if they're going to be going into these b executes rv finding solutions finding three the orb is certainly looking good as well never a doubt oh that molly forces grim into the lion's den but everyone's got nades out that might prove to be more of a blessing than a curse yeah he's gone round perfecto so the trade is found right away still a four on four that you know could have been far uglier than that with grim getting forced up the banana navi paranoid about this b bomb site they've rotated two around immediately and i reckon we're going to see electronic reconsider that yeah he's already still kind of floating around here it's because they're still here in footsteps liquid is still showing them interest oh the flashes are in but perfecto good to keep this three on three he wins two separate 1v1s there that are very important right trading that initial kill that comes in onto boomi and then putting up one before he himself is traded out of that round oh dear electronic he went for some info took a bit of a risk you don't want to be flashing b plays in a three on three like this that would just be info for liquid that there's a double b hold right now and that's not something navi want to hand over electronic loud on a rotate will he commit with it as things stay quiet on a simple is tucked at the back of the site giving away a lot of room on long and knows he could be wrapped at any moment but this bit of self-doubt for na'vi is wonderful for liquid they can execute in it's only bit here he's gonna get smoked off does he want to commit or play for that retake kits are available and util as well 15 seconds if he can try and find a molly on this bomb plan he could cause a real problem here for liquid the plant comes in it's over a bit with a spray oh it's close and it's good but the plant is allowed fallen gets it down and now navier man up in for the retake yeah fallen's done you well at least with being able to get that bomb planted sets naf and elise up and in with a chance at the two on three naf needs really both of these somehow someway if liquid do want to find this up on the coffins there's the first but the turn away leaves him in the grave it's a liege left with the clutch and responsibility and just one man left to get past there it is for a liege and six on the board for team liquid on the back of it that bomb plant for fallen i don't know how he's able to get that down but he is in spite of bits best efforts yeah that's a really well played round for bit right for a player you know not that experienced at the the upper echelons of counter-strike knowing not to give away that kill a lot of players will just push through the ct smoke when it comes through but he drops the molly he knows fallen has to part on that same line and he just fires down into it uh you know a couple of bullets in a different position would have meant a guaranteed round for na'vi but instead it's a post point that they can't quite get over the line and now that money is starting to drip dry for navi they've got another buy round but not much left in the coffers simple smoking and molly to keep this mid info there's no one here for liquid all a bit of a ruse back to b they go and it's very early in the round for navi to send a pre-rotation b as well they might not even consider the fact that liquid could just explode into this bomb site it would be a real change of pace perfecto is waiting with utility to go in to try and slow down this exact play but it's all gone very chaotic boom i don't even know how he gets one there and now perfecto just needs to stay alive but that is easier said than done he is getting flooded by liquid they're all around him and in the smoke naf will get that kill rotations are already arriving but liquid are deep and this might have to be a save call coming through for navi there's some absolutely excellent calling coming out from fallen in this map right the changes of pace the read and what navi are doing and how they're reacting to liquid right just that early mid pressure with molotov's going in keeps navi attentive to middle long enough the liquid can run and be the barrel oh no simple doesn't know this stewie's sneaking up behind and you can't really play for a knife here oh you are kidding me stewie stewie you absolutely don't do it to him oh insulting oh no sasha gets slashed and liquid all over the board liquid they are doing a great job not just as you say with the cooling but now they're waging psychological warfare as well right they're getting in the head of navi we're so far ahead of you that we're getting knife kills that's the message that they're looking to send now it's simple is this going to serve to try and tilt the man who we often see as the centerpiece of navi or is this going to rile him up and create an altogether different beast to go up against you love that move because huey's making the cool guys no one peaked no one go ruins no one come near me keep your distance i've got a knife and yeah liquid just respect it and they they know the value of that as well not just economical but as you said psychological hey get rid of that all fallen he's got his in play and he's looking for bid picks that almost present themselves simple is doing anything he can to force fights check smith dodges the shot goes boiler lives to tell the tale cat's got nine lives but simple maybe even more and now on this eco for navi i mean he's not even really got the smokes for that delay plate you're hoping to hit big deegs what's a lee's looking at oh but it's actually gone aggressive now this could give a kill over you're hoping that simple is able to trade it and they can kind of oh grim they now pressure into grim and there it is bit with one the rest of them spill out into top mid and they line up over there four nap and a liege and even i was gonna say electronics still in the bomb site but he's wiped out as well liquid these a players are so decisive whenever they are pulling them in and now v just can't seem to play catch-up something else that's scary right is that simple zorb you know we haven't really had to talk about it all too much and this ct side that's where you're hoping the orb can do its best work liquid have dodged him it feels like a lot of the time and then even when he has had it you know hasn't really popped off with it at any one point yeah liquid spacing is really good it's hard to be getting away with multi kills in this game for navi right and that includes the awp like even if you're in ct and you're getting a shot off as a liquid rush b you know they're going to smoke you off they're going to keep you contained and liquid have been doing a really really good job at trading as a result of that spacing so there's not many easy answers for navi in a game like this they do start with guns that's what you need at a bare minimum coming through with another gun round in number 12 liquid though this is quite the t side showing and quite the start to 2021 if they were to find themselves straight to the semi-finals of caravita i think for a lot of people a big resurgence in the belief that fallen still has what it takes you know like because let's not forget right this guy's had a very uh he's had the highest of highs but then also he hit that point where he just felt like he was he was in the brc and you know never really finding anything and he got a free pass for a long all while just because of the achievements he had but then people did start looking and say well does he still have what it takes or is this kind of the end of falling and it's crazy with all the changes in you know brazilian counter strike all the rosters that have emerged all the mixes and everything that's been going on uh the the fallen's ended up in the north american team of all places i mean what a what a character arc what a storyline and what success the liquid are having stewie looks reinvigorated not having to cool and he's had some excellent games in this tournament this one being included can he get b picks though flashed in for a fight on the corner re-smoked on the mid liquid were just about to execute gotta pull the brakes for a moment still plenty of time there's still plenty of util navi's done a really good job of holding on to this till the end of the round and it seems like liquid want to go through the smoke i mean why not they've been winning all these day fights time and time again rv they haven't been able to put a stop to it in the majority of these rounds is this one going to be any different simple is posted upper arch with the awp he is right where you want him so he needs to put this to good use and smoked off once again they're just canceling simple out before they even face the boss lurking in library he goes through and the no scope misses it's ugly just bit left alive and sandwiched in by this short play all the attention over at long and it's a mop up for elysian co liquid are on to a ninth and maybe even on to a winner here is navier once again forced back into a save these two b bomb site players that's a great counter-strike theory harry the me and you often talk about which is like using smokes as as timed doorways right liquid do a really good job of deleting simple in that round as a result they throw in a deep library smoke that cuts off simple library he wraps arch then they come up on the archway they smoke the archway off and as that smoke comes down the library won't fade simple's forced out of position by that utility and then liquid replenish the library smoke even deeper forcing simple's hat he has to go through if he wants to play into the round but that's liquid using smoke timings as doorways and a very calculated execute to wrap into a forcing the long player out of the round yeah no i yeah that's bang on hugo i i i've always loved the idea and to see it brought to life so cleanly it's like you know you you're anticipating what your opponent is gonna do a lot of the time and you know when that long smoke comes down that if someone's there an arch isn't smoked that's where they're heading yeah and so then that forces them right to where you want them it's like a series of traps set up one after the other that work in a great way for team liquid to find the ninth round and that just shows the level of which these guys are operating at right now homework has been done by liquid quiet on the ct side not giving the chance triple b here out of the gate more flashes booming one of the only rounds they've had has been here multi-killing on the sandbags or liquid give him the opportunity again while he comes over looking like a retake molly as well right this often is thrown from the bomb site when you don't have the car position and you want to get back into control but navi never gave it up and maybe now they will eat some grenades down to four and knowing even just the trickle of a molotov could spell his demise he will concede there's bit getting smoked off as well liquid back to middle uh hitting the scroll wheel far from what you want double short side setup simple on the boost only needs to draw them in and he it does get spotted in the shadow for a league she sees it it was all the ruse was all the bait for electronic anyway back to be they go and navi who pre-rotated out are already starting to doubt moving boomers into this site who's so low anyway perfecto drops that smoke at 30 seconds and liquid have no choice but to go through oh perfecto a lot of damage on the spray not a kill yet but there's boomers to break the silence flashed in he's still looking for more and he's so low he gets away with a double you'll take that out of boomich on 4 hp all day long on plan not denied this time around and it's another one of these four on three retakes this time in towards the b bomb site electronic late lurk up through banana and naf was just holding for this now he's moved away so this gives a little window bomb is also planted for naf ideally you want him to be alive when all is said and done especially with the liege getting dropped out of the round there's a swing from that fly looking for the double up but it eludes him and rv they successfully launched that retake into the b bomb site naf gets caught out of position and i think he was dead to electronic on the flank anyway that's all boomitch though right to even get navi in a position where they can afford to retake a round and sustain losses but still pick it up with such advantages in a four on three not only that first kill for booming but then the flash through the smoke grim's clearing the back of the site and he's so deep in he's behind the blue boxes he can't even see boomage who cancels out the plant and yeah that's a great play for boomer who like you said was on four hp should have never been able to do that but the shots come in too late and the shots miss in the post plant for liquid navi up to four fighting tooth and nail for anything they can get good grenade onto fallen but smoke on the molly and boomer stands tall above the sandbags again i smoke's gonna be a bit of a nuisance could serve as a one way but they can spam him through it as easily as he can see them too and liquid want nothing to do with this position they fall back and that's perfectly timed as a liege don't simple in the apartments not a shot he often falls prey to but now liquid they're causing commotion they're causing rotations navi only have one man left to be and all this chaos i mean like look at what it's done to the rotations navy are just beside themselves they don't even know where this is ending up where they should be it looks like they're losing control of this round before really liquid have even come in with anything that's just on the back of losing simple in the apartments now they will decide once things quieten down once it subsides all that chaos in the server to stack over here towards the a site and that is the right call to have made booming is spotted and now they start to chase him down there is this early rotation for perfecto as well the timing has got to be good for it but everyone else inside of the a site is wiped out it's just perfecto 14 rounds oh sorry 10 rounds up on the board 14 liquid in round 14 and a save as he runs all the way back to b and look at liquid pounding him down you're not getting away perfecto not today they want this they don't want to let you get anything into round 15. even the tiniest little difference in having an ak right having perfecto available to drop over to his teammates they want to deny it and liquid are really trying to set themselves up for success even though he's dealt with naf elisha's still here and he will get away with the rifle that could be a bit of a difference maker at least right he can drop two m4s into play so that's full utility for everyone on this team but i'm really clutching at straws to try and find a silver lining here like there's no denying that liquid this looks like a well-beaten team right now yeah it doesn't matter what weaponry navy have had right like like you said simple on the awp he's been fine but he's actually been denied in a lot of these rounds by liquids gameplay right like really good faking out na'vi have often been caught with players on the wrong side of the map we saw that long round as well as simple went through the library spoke i mean he's really not been showing up as he has in this series so far and that's as a result of liquid getting or avoiding him getting around him and dealing with a problem that is simple not usually as easy as the name suggests but let's see what he can do back on b as liquid longingly towards his position they clear boom and they flash off simple with the molotov he can't even get a shot off fires into the wall and nothing grenades for navi have been good right they've been dunking down players at banana they've been hitting great molotov timings but even though they've been smoking off liquid at the 30-second mark liquid have been going through and they've been winning their executes so there's very little to rely on here if you're navi right now perfecto solo b for a second and simple doubles back but liquid are in no hurry there's a minute on the clock you have all the util in the world just keep navi scared keep them guessing and burn out the smokes while you can electronic chord aggressing looking the wrong way but nap jiggles electronic tries to escape and he at least fades away with a frag as well navi finally find an untraded kill into the four on four and that's something finarby to hold on to at least right they've finally been able to make this just unrelenting aggression and trade work stop even if it is just for a moment and last time we saw them get a moment of composure like this na'vi called the stack in towards that a bomb site but this time no such call is made so electronic and bit are out on an island here they've got to do it all between the two of them and electronic is certainly making it feel doable bit inside of the site dropping the bomb just trying to waste time for a liege and he might have wasted enough off the clock no chance at a bomb plant an anticlimactic end but navi up onto five liquid leading the way in map number three trying to lock in a semi-final appearance can they do it versus the reigning champions find out in a moment [Music] [Music] do [Music] [Music] i've been running over all the corners of my mind [Music] head down my oh my after international competitions stopped back in 2020 we saw liquid make their debut up on the world stages again and to lackluster results but now with the addition of a bit of br blood they sit 10-5 up over navi eyeing up a semi-finals appearance in caravidza man navi i think for a lot of people they were big favorites coming into this one with how this series shaped up with how the maps went i think coming into inferno they were favorites for a lot of people but liquid they've been cheeky with it the calls have been great we had a knife kill from stewie onto simple and now a pistol round that could decide it all as to whether or not this series goes the distance or liquid get it over the line a fast b play the order of the day for navi fallen holding the ct spawn and he's got a teammate tucked back in the sight they've given him a timing they've given him the warning an early telegraph from navi how kind of them as now they rush him down on this ct defense deep smokes are in and the first two kills present themselves for navi that's a cursed round for liquid they were triple pit they were so far for the rotations they were were relying on the players to hold their own and instead they're getting owned it's only grim on this rotate and it's tapped out by boomers running with a glock oh my navi flawless pistol that'll get the blood pumping that'll get you believe it again if you're a navi and for liquid yeah just very unfortunate not able to get a single shot off connecting in that behold brutal scenes and no way in the three on five to retake around like that so liquid forcing up in the second looking to turn it on a dime very early on they were finally able to convert pistol you know in the first half here it took them some time in this series well let's see if they can do the opposite the inverse break navi right back where it hurts and that's the thing you know for navi it's not just about trying to get straight to the semi-finals i like to think you know this is a very proud team in the sense that you know they are sure of themselves and the one thing that they could be sure of was their place in like the cis ranking regardless of the world and with spirit being that first team to reach the semifinals well navi they're wanting to get there too they don't want the chances snuffed out by liquid and so they've at least taken the first step in the right direction here if a comeback were to begin a pistol round was a necessity fallen spotted over here at long does land the tag and another one at that so two of these players are low he's softened them up for elijah's deagle and the timing on that peak is good both gone at long and short might be a problem but alisha's here to take some scallops off the nade reigns in and that's simple oh barely staying alive it actually lands for perfecto in the pit oh they're aiming very high but he pulls it down to take down naf and yeah two store two low players still intact not for long she deals with bit and this retake is tantalizing for liquid they don't have the kit the time is the problem but they have the util lux smoke out of apartments at least trying to clear up effectively swap sides of the pit but he does find him with a mac 10 back of the site simple carrying in weight hiding in the boxes and they line up but it's alleges all damn day i don't know if this time and liquid have to concede the round due to the bomb navi hiding in the back of the boxes is all they need to find the seventh all the kills but not enough time it's a bit of a classic navi they know that they're lucky to get that one in right a second makes all the difference in claiming that round as your own and so that's not even around you feel happy about winning right you're grateful that it's gone on to your side of the board but you know that it was just a roll of the dice yeah you can see on electronics face i mean every kill counts every kill matters every moment decides your future but navi still standing liquid with guns a couple of mach 10 saved by and large nothing certainly could make this round interesting but let's not get ahead of ourselves as bit picks up grim fighting in apartments and liege has a great position but can't go any further if he wants to live to tell the tale two players and he gets one good trade from bit keeping navi up a man still two on b for liquid a risky setup but in a round like this is what you've got to do to get out alive harvey could just flat out execute into this hold as well maf drops his smoke boomish doesn't care and he runs on in with the opener sui on the train but he's gone very wide with a flashbang luckily they're blinded off of it and the pistols out but perfecto running him down stewie with the pistol no ammo and either gun and it's all stewie2k in the back of b how has he gotten away with that stewie take a bow he's put 11 on the board for liquid he breaks the morale the money everything for navi in just one round styling with the mac 10 and then the usb to finish that is a once in a lifetime play from stewie2k and that might be the difference maker that might be the thing that put like no one was ready for that look at moses yeah if you're navi you're like how did we lose it was one dude in b boom which killed nathan spawn he got the pick but that flash from stewie oh my download the demo learn the lineup right here right now because it is just torn navi to their knees goodness gracious stewie 4k at the back of the bomb site liquid up to 11 and that force that never should have even been notable it was only an eco saved mach 10s that's not even a good gun pursuing makes it look like a rifle 11-7 and navi forced back in if they lose this one if they lose this by which by the way they had to go for couldn't have echoed this with your navi they lose it it's liquid running away 13 to 7 up before navi have a full gun round oh big opener at least falling out and now an open play i could find his way into the hands of simple but instead he's electing for the ak i wonder if they do make the swap they're giving a bit of time bit of a break boomish is looking at him like simple you want it simple zoned in he is focused determined to try and salvage this get it out the hands of liquid as fast and as early as you can so we've got that boom at jwp not knowing for it and these players over inside of this site are getting wrecked by the double pit hold booming will put up the first but they do they do close line grim they deal with him they've got it into a two on two post plant and with a little bit of time to get set up as well the boom opens up this round alongside simple now it's going to close it out as well but stewie the king of the closer moving in through long naf wrapping in the apartments and knocking on the door of navi and now they lose naf stewie has got to do it again he's got to try and beat the odds once more up onto graveyard and a missed opportunity from boomi now leaves perfecto out to dry just stewie as he bounds into the site he's got a kit makes the tap happen and there's the swing for stew electronic out of the round not electronic what am i even on about my what this is wild this game is something else i can't even keep focused man i thought he had to stick there as well i thought he was just going to go for it with with boomers so far back on the shore side after falling off with the orbs so he could have just got in the corner and stuck to the bomb obviously you're at the whim of whether booming rushes you down or not but that was his only way to win the round he's as fast as he can be i can't believe what we've just seen i look like stewie done it i thought he had i think everyone even thought he had done it my oh my oh this is a roller he's making me see things stewie stop doing it to them navi they get eight again but it's another one of these rounds it's just a roll of the dice just down to the time and now that simple entry right now that's starting to fall and he's got five kills i want to remind you right it didn't really matter in that first half but that orb is gifted over simple with a banging shot to open and boomix will bangs the leech out of the pit twice it takes two shots to kill that man after two kills from religious as well and boomish just living long enough to win the round for na'vi they had to win that one stewie awp he is pissed after that round he bites it straight up and i don't blame him well i mean you know he's been the difference maker time and time again and now he's looking to get stuck in with this orb rv every round they get is is a trial and tribulation man like they're not clean you're not comfortable yet round is around all right look at this double boost with usps again you know whatever should be nothing for liquid very minimal kills like that maybe one if they're lucky but obviously you're wondering why is this so free why is this so easy to walk into b we haven't made contact there's got to be some cheeky going up the usp's wrecked him before in the b site i don't think you fall prey to it twice right maybe this boost is good for one there's one there we go mopped up nicely by electronic and perfecto and stewie's thinking about saving already you know he's not gonna play into this round he's got the orb for next if needed navi get this knight and finally it's a nice little clean one up on the board whether you only lose that one man on the entry still he's still looking to add kills to the tally still looking to take weapons away i was going to say that yeah not worth it to risk that awp oh they know he's here simple's trying to figure out how could i get the knife oh well i'm all for trying to even the score right like you got knifed earlier you want some revenge fair enough but it's not found in that round there regardless this score line is getting close now we've really got a third map series on our hand that might be something to treasure this is where you want to be stewie with that all rifles getting brought up for the rest of team liquid and he throws the orp over to fallen that's a bit scary man because you know obviously you know we want fallen to get back into this game you want him to find some confidence but six kills and stewie's having a great game like yeah you can't afford to have fallen missing shots in this one he needs to step up big his calls were great on the t side provided a lot in that sense but now he needs to step up in fragging department as well back to middle on the bench sits simple now open his hand though fallen falls back to short side flash is good and fallen just switches out as he runs right back maybe could have had a kill there but good utility for navi to keep him out and elise is playing back in the library but he'll move into the site not wanting to get smoked off and cancelled out of the round swapping sides of fallen now lets him play inside of a anchoring the bomb site there's the smoke falling with no info can they boost over talking a boost look at b on top of the logs on top of the hedge stewie spots him and alej was on the head of fallen to find electronic as well catching out another kill na'vi now down a man they've got a lot of room to rap b but elise is coming on archway and he will not let simple pass liquid up by two and now navi a desperate executing to be where someone needs to step up in a huge way yeah i mean you look down the ranks right for me i'm looking at someone like perfecto or bit to really be a difference maker here this boost at the back really could serve to complicate matters there's also a fast rotate from a liege ready and waiting and that molotov oh that slows down the push that's brutal so punishing it sucked all the momentum out of that attempted b plan i think navi know at this point they're not getting past this behold there's been time for rotations they're bowing out of the round maybe looking to save nothing else you can do right you've lost every fight on every front couldn't get into the ct spawn the double art side set up for liquid and even though fallen doesn't get any kills he again he's offering stuff he's he's still assisting his team he's setting a leech up with that boost an ak's even dragged out of the round by liquid as well upgrading their armory upgrading their lead as they build and build yet another round up to 12. and for navi still hope still a chance but no money for now they've got to eco around these safe guns if they start buying that could dig them a whole deeper than they're ready for oh boy they're doing it i think no they're swapping over guns still keeping some cash for later oh i say that and everyone purchases here we go navi throwing money at the problem will it be the solution well they've been trusted simple with the 1ak again and this is where we want to see more out of it man you could see the frustration on his face just a moment ago he's throwing his headset around simple's got to dig deep because right now navi need him they need those normal simple performances that you can so often bank on out into top mid again for navi and this time they get given the control there's no early fights here from liquid navi may be a bit suspicious of that right they've been used to having a really fight for every inch of ground they've gained so they go back towards banana but liquid still too strong here maybe even gonna re-aggress into the top and middle to get that information and fallen is this first point of contact on the awp if he gets one and then ducks out of there he set liquid up nicely there's that kill that was needed the trade comes through for perfecto naf back at the bomb site needs to come alive and right now he's putting rv in the dirt spammed but nap is still delivering and finally silenced by simple a b plant allowed for an rv but liquid are already here primed and ready to retake and even though simple gets the trade now he's got a bomb to worry about and he's all alone trying to navigate this 1b2 he taps it but he doesn't succeed in baiting the peak he doesn't know that both players are ct he's running all the way back to a he's eluded them time is of the essence here and liquid realized this as well they hear him jogging towards this a bomb site simple around the world into a and now he's got the weight of said world on his shoulders tapping that bomb getting it stuck getting it planted a 1v2 that would make the best of players sweat a liege with the wrap brown cements that 13-9 scoreline team liquid and navi just can't seem to find anything that sticks you know liquid are feeling it as well right like stewie going through that smoking the three on two is such a heroic play liquid flashing him in and in the entire you know madness of that round navi were trying to find the bomb it was lost in the fountain it was falling into the water and stewie just catches them trying to pick it back up the orb is saved fallen was caught out in the open right he was not ready with navi creeping the entire way up b and not telegraphing that execute fallen's on a very wide angle that's why he gets caught after one but the fact that fallen is at least trading one for one is an improvement upon previous rounds for this man 13 to nine liquid one step closer elise never even saw simple just spammed him out on default navi not given the opportunity not giving the chance now they've got to dance with the pistols liquid can feel it they can taste it it is within reach simple full ball i hope someone's gonna be dropping him moving forward in the next round right because without a bomb plant he just doesn't have the money to invest but with some of the rounds we've seen from him in this series you understand why he's buying up he just needs to show us why he needs to prove it in the server otherwise navi are going to the quarters this is this is where you know for guys like simple there always has been a tremendous amount of pressure for him to perform in these knobby victories and this is where you know it can be a real double-edged sword when he's performing when he's feeling it you know he is the most terrifying opponent to go up against in the server and he's feeling that same pressure now more than ever hopefully it's not the downfall of narvi in comes the a play and electronic provides the openers with his p250 the side arms are out and the bomb plant is in for team liquid they write this one off they give navi the respect and they don't even attempt the three-on-four retake wow they couldn't do it with the force but hey the eco would he will do just fine simple it's not even needed with that hero ak so potential money problems and crisis is there being avoided for navi and talking money crisis well liquid that's why they save that's why they throw in the towel immediately upon losing two players to electronic they don't have the cash to sustain they don't have the york moving forward unless they save navi aren't exactly gonna be throwing bodies at these saving players on b just making sure they can get out alive armorless players need to move away from the bomb pronto and they will at least secure some weapons electronic beastly entries as well on a find double digits still in this one we've not even really seen the money there for na'vi to have a t-side awp with the pace they're playing i'm not sure they'd even want it if it was offered up for buy for liquid yeah what's fulham planning with the orp he had a good mid spawn he's getting stuck right in with the awp taking the ult mid fight with that molotov down to cover him and he knows he's only got a limited window to get it navi won't give anything over it's good to see him still showing you signs of confidence right he is playing audacious angles he is playing aggressive he is still you know putting himself out there the worst thing you could do as a cto right now even though you're having a bad game is to turtle up and to give na'vi the room that you don't need to give them the supporting cast is still there to keep falling alive the cover in middle was provided although not needed and now fallen swapping sides of the map not fire the shots they never knew this opposed middle but he is providing cover for stewie he's pushed all the way down bottom b that can allow a really quick flank if navi commit but take a look at perfecto who's holding on to this exact contingency let's hope liquid don't walk into the trap laid by navi on this a site yeah i mean if you're navi you you want this banana regression like this is what you're hoping for it can open up that b bomb site for you in the long run a utility going in they're really trying to sell that this is the approach this is the moment they go and it has baited the peak in from stewie he checks for perfecto but can't win that fight nathal win his but traded immediately after one and now the pressure's on fallen he knows they're starting to come up banana he nails the shot to perfecto rv now trying to change last minute back to the a bomb site they go two players here four team liquid and big can't win his fight there's 15 seconds you need to get this bomb down and you can't get past the liege team liquid up onto 14 and the round falls apart at the seams for navi it's the rattle of the orb that's all it takes one shot from fallen and na'vi lose the b split so they go back it's not only that but it's also the fact they've got a player in the apartment who's going to be rendered useless if they actually commit to be without that banana control but if they had a look at the scoreboard if they for a second considered who they're up against and how struggle how much of a struggle it's been for fallen i think that would have been the harvey's best option right that was the one on two for them to trade into b and maybe plant the bomb the abs player could have killed the rotates but it was all happening so fast in the heat of the moment navi spin on a dime they rotate round and they walk into the double hold of liquid oh dear that's one when you're gonna watch back and you're gonna regret your decision the fallen he hits the shot he has to shui may die walking into the trap of navi but fallen keeps being tacked and forces navi to their own death and this is like worst case for navi right this is where they're looking down the line and they're realizing that on the other side liquid their key performers are showing up right stewie has been a monster he might not be high up on the scoreboard but all the rounds and all the moments that we've needed him to step up he's delivered naf has been really really good in those pinch moments as well and then you've got a leisure just been this constant like harassing nuisance putting up big numbers within the server itself and then for navi they look down their line well what do they see simple and electronic both pretty quiet in this game so now the pressure's on for the other three right you've got to you've got to build them back up and to do that well to do that you're basically uh you're relying on finding this force by victory man no easy answer no i mean you're not used to having a fly solo that's what it must feel like you know you don't have the two wingmen of navi there to back you up yeah triple b early is this something navi you're gonna read into right you could go for a sped round on a and then beat them to the punch and avoid the stack but early up and arnold with the spawn defecto takes a lot of position he takes a lot of ground are there any flashes for liquid do they even want to contest his position you can see util being lined up by naf to retake banana but by this point na'vi already in your face stewie caught retreating to the spawn and now rotating back needs to happen for fallen but he's taking his time nap is on an island he is all alone and he's overwhelmed by perfecto navi with the double picking to be to force the save for liquid this game goes on it's just unrelenting and i tell you what man if perfecto can be the guy to step up and fill that void like you're never gonna make up for a lack of simple and electronic right but if you can be that tipping point that tries to push navi in the right direction that drives even one of these two players to find their foot in and that's something for navi and they're hunting as well now the confidence is starting to come back i mean they don't have the money to sustain heavy losses but it's worthwhile in breaking liquids economy to take that risk hounding for the reward simple up above sees nothing liquid is so tucked in it could even just be a stalemate with no one moving from this point forward oh electronically check's fallen that's gonna be the orb dead at the back of the boxes and he even picks it up as well we've not had a t side off for navi they've been left lacking money they've been left forcing all t half and in the last two seconds of the round fallen loses his weapon and simple is now armed and more dangerous than ever tag timeout called in for team liquid stewie has been on the damage dealing end of these inferno comebacks and he doesn't want to have the same happen to him now they try to regain this composure losing the orp it was not ideal but they're still looking to make it work here and now they invest down to the final dollar putting it all on the line in round 26 and navi this round really really decides it like is this comeback possible because because if they get it they've got the foundations down they're on to 12 no money for team liquid suddenly it can feel like anyone's game and so this round is the most important in this series rv beginning with this light banana control but they're counted by the molotovs they're kept at bay so they can't get this control they were looking for not right away at least and this is just your standard inferno default right trying to take top mid away trying to maintain some abs pressure not giving up any ground and keeping your options open simple's popped up mid post on the short side molly will keep a repeat or at least intent intends to but liege wants to try his hand and now he'll come to regret it with simple land in that shot and on the clock navi with an opener and it's untraded at that liquid giving away back in facto clearing top b as well navi's still on their default checking everything out fallen now armed he was only on a pistol now he's at least got the ak from elijah's body out of there navi have so much room taken they could even go for one of these b splits yet again seems like an a take instead electronic coming up from the archway the smoke is down and fallen starts to consider this could be the spawn play but he's waiting for this smoke to fade to creep through the edge on this a play it's all going to be on the pit play grimm needs to do everything yeah he has that many chances in this game so far well this is one of them and this is one but he's got to go above and beyond the molotov forces him out into the open and while he is good for that first kill this is a save round for liquid they fall out of there with these three rifles still in play and na'vi are on to round number 12. they're even gonna dispatch players to try and hunt down these guys going for the save electronic last time they put him on the hunt he was able to deal with fallen taking the orp out of this round that we're seeing right here forcing a famous into play and on top of that that same orb that finally found its way into simples hands was the one to open up this round and set up the a play so the ramifications of these hunts whether they have impact actually in the round or if they just affect the money they mean everything right now to either one of these teams and so thankfully team liquid they do get away with all those guns everything that they tried to save survives into this coming round this is why it all comes down to the final few at least of regulation right over time is always a possibility and such a tight-knit game of this and we go back to classic statements such as inferno always provides the best third map and right now that is more true than ever liquid after eco they can't afford to once again buy round save guns they don't have the economy for that give na'vi 13 you're still hoping you can make a dent in this round or hope the navi overplay their hand and walk into one of these aks but realistically in the back of your head you're expecting a next round buy and hopefully be up with it pop b for navi they've been good at just hitting these fast executes without telegraphing much right just going off in off of the first flashbang and liquid court on rotation talking to which there is a rotation there's a player moving over we got stewie in the right place he's going to be able to drop the smoke navi are going for it but they're denied by that smoke and they have to call it off molotov won't climb up to kill naf on top of the boxes either but navi know they've at least scared liquid for a second they've at least forced out a good bit of utility stewie doubles back from the spawn and goes towards a it's a big risk to make considering you know navi had numbers in banana but there's no rush for commitment here for the t-side minute on the clock simple hoping again he can find that pick in middle he was able to pick up a legion the previous round to start it off no such luck getting given over liquid are extremely passive on the a site and have no info towards b they are just hoping begging praying the navi walk into the triple hole but right now it's the be executed with 30 seconds on the clock yeah this time there's no saving grace utility enough boosted up on the back of the box is the spray only finds the first and grim with the usp is silenced right away while the rotations arrive and you know you can throw a guy like a liege into a round like this only arm with the deagle oh still set up to be a navi round elise grabs the ak and if he can get out of there with that team liquid you know they're not thrilled because they can feel narvi building back into this game but that's at least something looking to the future harvey up to 13. oh dear you're quite literally robbing your house oh yeah well it's not every day that you're treated to a third map inferno like this so back and forth both teams wanting just to secure these semi-finals in katowice and as mentioned you know for navi it's like all the pressure was on them a lot of people are anticipating the cis era they're also the reigning and defending champions in karavisa and now they're just one away from tying up this game at 14. fallen still on eight kills as well this orb is a huge investment thrown over to his hand luckily to save guns right and the liege grabbing that ak at the last second just provide a little more money for liquid they've got something to fall back on fallen he has the spawn for b does he want to take the peak dropping the deep smoke and holding off a little more safe navi are going through it though they're going quick and right up bernard fallen car see a thing electronic neither can he rv will call the stop call the paws as they wait a banana simples even posted with the orb hoping for the re-aggression as well we've got players playing anti-flash expecting liquid to make a move to react to this control being taken but instead they just sit back they've got three players here if navi want to go for one of these quick untelegraphed executes it would be into the stack falling wide again taking risks but as long as he can get kills it's worth it it's not electronic gets the entry and stewie is clear from above the boxes a third man he's not ready for but it missed off enough and you only get one chance boomage takes him down and the round is lost in seconds 14 for navi and nothing liquid can do about it even though they didn't expect the stack the stack does nothing to them a bit might even find these saving players that is a disaster for team liquid on 14 so close to getting this game over the line and now as navi pulling the equalizer all five players are removed for the team liquid side they're fully investing they are throwing everything everything they've got left in the tank into the final rounds of this game and this is a decision that makes or breaks it for liquid it really is you've got an orphan fall and two m4s and an mp9 that's the extent of your buy up against a thai game at 14 rounds fallen now would be a time to deliver with this orb right they've put a lot of faith in you by arming you with this very expensive weapon over putting a gun in the hands of someone like elish who is giving us a great game right now so if there ever was a time for fallen to roll back the years and show that he's still got what it takes it's in a round like this yeah this is a dirty app set up for liquid as well two players with great weapons for close range fights but grim's only good for one and legion domed immediately fallen still here doesn't want to hold on with the head shot there it is but they're going to come out through the mid joke and fall in these fast frags as well they jump and fall and hits it can't find a third he's done everything he can 14 all at a two on two to decide it all navi get that bomb partner in a and liquid are running on their rotates stewie enough they have been the tag team that have made these retakes as we were earlier on in the half feels so winnable no matter the odds we need to see that now more than ever they fight side by side perfecto gets the information from down in the pit he still has simple to help him out back inside of a but it might not be needed naff now down to the 1v1 and simple the man to try and beat not the man you want to face in with the swing and simple nails the shot if there ever was a time for sasha to hit it like we know he can it's in that round right there 15 on the board for navi match series point and a semi-finals on the horizon and you even got what you wanted out of fallen as well that's the worst part for liquid right the double abs out of the triple apps set up only that's one kill initially ballin hit some absolutely crazy clicks but it is not enough to keep liquid in this they are forcing they are desperately spending every penny they've got and it might be all in vain it might be the comeback for navi a 10-5 half liquid even found a pistol they even started this half strong is it all in vain it's a four spy to try and get you to ot couple of famouses a lot of utility at least and now you're playing on navi's terms right they've taken this lead from you they're on a big streak and they're not looking to have an end any time soon liquid with their worst by yet determined to not give up to fight till the very end and up in the apartment it's another one of these double setups navi showing a lot of presence in top mid forced forward by the smoke and into the waiting arms a bit they at least trade one for one now the pressure's really on for these two players back in the site it's a liege and grim split between pit and a with a rotation from stewie holding that long side elise looking like he wants to go through this smoke and there is a world where he could hit one hell of a timing now goes through tries to take the peak doesn't see anything and that could be misinformation they could expect a b play now rv just pulled the brakes and now they recommit back to this a bomb site stewie has left these two players here he's gone back to b so elise has got to deliver and he does find one with the deagle now on to the ak oh grim's still alive they haven't been able to flush him out and elise is just dancing around inside of the site simple with the flick and he takes it down to the 1v1 simple somehow has made this all feel too doable stewie stands before him and simples out of the round we're going to overtime team liquid they fight back it's stewie2k to get them there oh my word what a series this is shaping up to be overtime on the horizon both teams wanting a semi-finals performance and jesus oh i'm out of breath we'll be back in a minute hello [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] please [Music] picking up scars [Music] [Music] and even if i'm broken [Music] frozen [Applause] [Music] but i lost my dreams [Music] and even if i'm broken [Music] we got to see vintage simple but it was just a glimmer a glimmer of hope that was snatched away by stewie2k and now we're in overtime in a game that showed no promise of going this far well now we're heading into it team liquid winning out the 1v1 on a force by as well to take us to ot yeah this is the game that keeps on giving and now in overtime liquid are probably feeling more pumped than ever right not just surviving the storm with sasha but money finally no longer the problem think about how many rounds liquid were hamstrung by the economy well we're at max cash we're at awps of plenty we're at simple be fallen and we're looking for a semi-final placement no vv liquid the game keeps going yeah no one wants to give up and now we hit ot you wipe your mind of those last 30 rounds and we get ready to run it back again banana control this time is denied team liquid they didn't just claw it back to overtime to give you banana navi now look at a fight for it tooth and nail a triple b stack as well to facilitate that fallen's over there with the awp they're back to these double apartment setups as well now beyond taking kindly to this lack of banana control they're still waiting around to try and steal that back from team liquid liquid now leaving fallen here with the orb gonna be like a rail gun looking down banana looking to silence navi's attempts to make any headway toward this b site yeah it's very scary for fallen they could it could be crept up on his left side he has no idea he's hoping that they walk in sneak into his angle now he takes a further one now he takes more information this is big for liquid they can be assured in this four man setup on the a site and navi never knew that liquid had this information this long view down banana is everything liquid need to hold down the four through the smoke so he can't go he's got a double back we've got those windows smoked down for navi as they trade utility and weight on the fade arch is covered stewie sprays and boom it sees the traces through the smoke he fires back electronic even goes through they take the space and they can even split the b-side but 15 seconds they're committed they are on the site and going down with a fight everyone's dead liquid winning all the engagements and navi have been taught to shreds with nothing to their name they may have opened up but they can't close a damn thing my oh my everyone came alive it mattered so much to liquid that they keep riding on that momentum right they're not instantly slammed back down to earth by navi and so you wanted anyone to win a fight but the fact that everyone does in such a dominant fashion is scary they're pumped now they're on to 16 they take the first in overtime and they're looking to keep that trend up fallen once again entrusted with that awp and taking it back towards the b bomb site they try to set him up here once again this time bit more of a utility fight over towards banana still it ends up the same with navi locked out of this early banana control yeah some good nades done by navi they had some really really nice he's on the city side when liquid were taking banana and now they do the inverse of that lobby them up on the corner and stewie takes quite the beating flash good and boomish covers simple who almost falls short to the shot of stew now navier banana and they own another advantage but now won't let them get away with anything for free he flashes himself back in with fallen and takes that kill onto boomage with the molotov down liquid lock navi out once again and they even pre-rotate a player out of position they know where navi are going before they're even there but are they correct because this bomb is still holding back in banana as navi throw fake utility on this a site yeah i mean navi they learned their lesson right they were burned by not pressuring banana properly and allowing liquid to have a four-man stack and this time they're imagining liquid are about to do the same thing again well they would be right in that assumption it's only fallen here but he beats simple in the head-to-head taking this man advantage setting liquid up for success and even though he falls off and lets this bomb go down now a four on three retake this is more than achievable for liquid this is right where they want to be posted up hungry for more and the shot misses electronic reclaims the three on three time now working against liquid they've got to go fast and they know it they need these kills and they're not presenting themselves all across the board everything comes up navi so we get that back and forth the tug of war is continuing as once again they're tied up 16-16 last round of the first half of overtime coming in and not a clear winner in sight it is that battle of perseverance right that strength who will topple first with no outside factors such as economy playing into it it is simply just a battle of brains a battle of brawn double or liquid going in big stewie's gonna buy it up alongside fallen and they swap sides stewie over towards b fallen back to abs that's the one round we've seen in multi-kill with this awp on the ct side and we've even got the boost up for liquid as well grim in position looking into the wall to avoid the flash and the leech is the same under the balcony it's very heavy for liquid if navi popped through apartments they would completely bypass this setup if they see no one pit they might just move in why not it's a contact play it's the last thing liquid are expecting and from the side electronic clotheslines them and navi three kills in an instant to surely win this half of ot naf and stewie in the blink of an eye are all alone they don't even have safe ways to rotate and looking for fake though to close out that first half in navi's favor that is disastrous the one thing that had to happen for that triple stack to get dismantled it happens for electronic what a confidence boost for this guy as well he was bottom of the board well as we've moved through regulation as we move into overtime he is finding his footing in a very big way for navi and that is the last thing you wanted if you were liquid you were in the heads of navi they were out of this at one point it looked like whoever makes that call to contact our apps is an absolute maniac for navi but boy it couldn't have been more perfect no one even looking liquid lost in the source and electronic is back to abs this time on the ct side swapped over na b liquid had some really good t-rounds right they 10-5 this first half fallen calling to perfection even if the orb wasn't really needed until the post plants many of which navi would save him right now fallen's brought it right back up to banana simple sat in the same site elise lying up utility towards a it's the long smoke bit denied the information on that mid play he's going to tuck in the cubby could they boost could they do anything to give himself an advantage out of nowhere there it is electronics above with the org he's got a scope and he can see them in through the smoke aleja's dead and navi that's a nice start one that can't be traded by liquid either they even keep it in the corner which could be a danger if liquid want to moly them out but they have no more damaging utility just flashes and smokes and a lot of hope fallen forced out by the molly hits the shot and liquid with 30 on the clock need to take over a yeah just two players left to get past boomish down in the pit and over towards long it's electronic quite the duo to run into flashes go high electronic is left blind trying to get into this site trying to put up a hold and he will land that flick boom now helping him out with flashbangs times the problem and there it is the kills are in stewie doing his best to deliver a clutch but just hiding just playing the time down in the pit is booming stewie not giving the kill until it's all too late and narvi are on to map and series point again but this time with a little more breathing room on that favorite side as well it almost feels too good to be true it always feels inevitable but you cannot count liquid out of this one just staying above water and these eight holes on both ct sides have been incredible right no team has been able to crack into the bomb size other than liquid going 5-0 up on the t side at the start then they fall back into b plays they never really went back to this a site and navi holding strong holding down the four good stall for booming the pit this is what it all comes down to hours of game play and days of preparation down to this one moment liquid can they long it out boost at the back of b navi even calling for help simple he will answer the call dialed in and posted with the awp in the spawn surely can get a shot as the smoke blooms if lick would give him the opportunity that's something that has been kind of impressive is that harvey have done this with with simple being quiet in the rounds we have seen him show up which has been few and far between they haven't really found much so simple off the cards looking to get back onto them and he's here to support this triple set up in the b bomb site liquid very very scared no one wants to be that first kill to come in that tip the scales in favor of their opponent at this point in the game 45 seconds they sell this fake in towards the a site but navi have not taken the bait they stay strong with a three-man stack the iron wall erected in this b-bomb site team liquid setting up the utility about to hit the go button and well navi they're ready they're waiting they're raring to go liquid here comes that push and boom it's looking to be the first line of defense flashed off the angle but you've still got this double hold of perfecto and simple now make it just simple there's the first the trades not found yet grim will swimming swing and get it and liquid get the bomb down a two on three retake the bit and electronic are a long way away from liquid they break down the wall at b they get that bomb planted and they're eyeing up this 17th round trickling in navi making no noise it's contact made by naf and he sees him he can just hide in knowing the clock is to his favor to his betterment with one and electronic looking the wrong way keeps liquid in this game oh boy perfecto he gets nothing from that boost he does save boo rich temporarily with a kill but he gets trapped trying to fall off he's looking stuck and lost on top of the boxes and simple only good for one even avoids the orb shop to fallen and almost lines up a collateral at the back of the bomb side that would have been very simple-esque but overwhelmed chased down by liquid it's grim with the entries to keep liquid on 17 another round another ot maybe we'll see if liquid can get us there i mean hell right you've asked them not just to dig deep and make it happen once you're now asking them to do it again but they're looking fired up they're looking determined a plucky little n a squad that could boomitch flashed in to retake this banana control crim and stewie aren't fighting yet they're back with this flash set up but this time liquid a one flashbang ahead and turning from it stewie has learned from his mistakes the last time around and they don't fall for the flash set up now he's pressuring b and perfecto gets melted under the heat of stewie five on three retake for navi this one could be a double overtime they want to do anything to stop it from getting there and that kill onto stewie at least help furthers that goal temporarily there's a three on three in this b bomb site naf is a long way away going for this rap all the way through ct spawn and so the rest of liquid they've got to hold on because naf needs to find something from this rap and he gets spotted but he's still good for the kill simple's out of the round and bit follows up team liquid they take us to a double overtime affair the game that just kept on going a war of attrition and another overtime what a nightmare for navier b as well the one thing they've been able to rely on right was that that flash set up that worked earlier so well for boomage but as you said stuart you learn from the past he looks down as he sees boom it's climbing up expecting to get full blinded dodging the flash getting the kill and then perfecto the smoke hits the wall clips it and stops in its tracks that just gives an entry to liquid that just gives them the bomb site miss utility for navi is costly indeed and liquid just keep on going readying up back into the fray back into the double ot this could be game of the tournament so far and the thing we had astralis almost get 16-0 today i mean cis is back baby but liquid don't want it to be oh i think we all just need a moment right to try and collect this like in the server right now the amount of determination that you're seeing is just so impressive the resilience from either side like you can tell how much this means to them by the fact that neither player neither team wants to let this game slip through their fingers liquid have to stay on that t side though reading into these early triple b setups right now it's not the case for navi they've gone standard start boom these have been good down banana for navi and that doesn't change today even getting you know 30 damage off like that on two players can soften them up considerably molly's can churn them through and fours are no longer a dink and done and even a leg shot from simple can spell disaster for liquid he's back on short he's away from the action liquid are creeping up on honor simple off and on long allows for those quick rotations right but this time he is stuck he is committed to his position and it's all down to the b anchors to hold their own yeah liquid are really harassing this b-bomb site and thus far navi of not showing they've been able to put a stop to it we need something this round boom which will spot another player back in ct but he's fixated on the fights in the site boomich saving the day for navi repelling to be offensive and the jump in czed to send liquid packing 19 up on the board now for navi and all you need to hold that b bomb site is a bit of the boom it's like combining casey and deathmatch he's just jumping over boxes and shooting folks while he does it stewie goes for the ct rap it's a big play it's one that liquid are calling you gotta wait you gotta hold wait for stewie to get into position he can get a backstab kill but boomish doesn't fall for it and he nails all the shots behind it what a play for boomage navi the kills are closed up we got everyone within reach of each other no weak link and is that going to be the answer keeping them in this map finding the first of double over tier over time simple on the apartments a new round a new position for the young awp player oh they're spammed out it's a good spray naf keeps him away and simple will just concede the position he doesn't want to risk dying after not seeing any opponent molly and long corner makes sense we've had a lot of rounds bits playing in that position simple doesn't care he might even walk into the molotov he could take significant damage already being tagged up they don't know he's close and simple gets out alive as electronic turns from the flashbang stewie is dead as well liquid desperate times call for desperate measures yeah him with the a play trying to gain as much ground as they can but it's all been denied by these flashes from navi just unrelenting in that utility liquid they go silent but only for a moment it's broken by that smoke and now they move up onto the hay bales but there's a lot of bodies to deal with back inside of the a site fallen find anything on the awp he taps the bomb he baits the peaks and naf is delivering on the ak even spotting simple grim hounds him down and somehow liquid have flipped this from a three on five to a 3v2 with that bomb not planted yet but not quite denied either perfecto all alone and without a hope in the world it feels like of getting back into this round liquid were never destined to get to 19 and yet somehow with the fast rap from naf the bait from falling tapping that bomb they look like they've been able to do it only one man stands between them and that 19 and perfecto knows he can't have a say in this one it's a gut-wrenching feeling right he's just having to give it up concede this 19th and there he is found at the end so liquid they buy back yeah navi are gonna be kicking themselves after that round that was a five on three they had everything and they just tuck into the site hoping they can at least trade kills at a worst case scenario this long setup was nasty somehow liquid they throw that smoking on default that's for them to fight pit that's for them to clear out a player on the right side there's no one there for navi and liquid realized that very quickly now key entries and they don't even get to it and then suddenly discount the fact that simple's hidden in the smoke they find him as well with no kills to his name past the start liquid just when you think it's too much to ask they show us something special double molly up beast do we given the room backing out early as the right time comes through because navi throw more grenades over the wall that would have done serious damage but instead are avoided by liquid i mean you're so deep into this game you know what navi you're going to do you know their protocols you know what to expect as a result of you taking that position and now liquid they get util out b they set up another a take quickly they've done it in a three on five so hey five on three but that should be easy yeah they get out top middle they don't know about [ __ ] yet hidden in the corner they haven't spotted simple it's sure either flash goes over bit dodges it and just blindsides stewie now while they're focused on trading this out simple's looking to pounce from short it actually rotates away now v they've misread this one they think it's a fake into the b play grimm only good for the entry but electronic is now stuck he's trapped here up in the corner just trying to stay alive he needs help from bit electronic in with a second [Music] and once again it's another one of these post parts but this time most notably a man down for team liquid i'll be grouping up together for the retake as we've said falling still been pretty quiet with this awp you need him to find something and there it is the equalizer provided from fallen down in the pit if he can keep a lead protected a liege can do the rest of misses and that's disaster ali's tagged as they move in through long but they don't quite finish the job it's perfecto has to step up and do it and now just him be fallen tap on the bomb he is sticking it but he gets off just in time there's not enough time for the defuse however oh he's got it oh no oh it looks so close it looks so attainable for navi but that's happened twice to both teams as well right think about stewie knowing he has to get off the bomb on the a side to try and kill boomage coming up short that's the same case for perfecto he knows that fallen's running him down if he sticks on that bomb he should be dead so getting off of it for the kill but losing the round as a result it is a lose-lose situation on the defuse 20 to 19 liquid they finally win a half of ot they finally take the lead it's been a long time coming all this game has been navi unable to close series points they couldn't in regulation they couldn't in the first ot and now maybe liquid it's their chance to get it over the line back to the t side for navi and with a blistering pace up in the face of elise he eats a flashbang from his teammate it's a leash to open up boomers just get room on long just we know he might have heard the jump and he's turned around looking long underneath for this kill boom which isn't considering it and chewie has another advantage liquid running wild in this round and simple needs to do something outstanding outstanding rather to keep navi in it and he's missed every time he's now trying to creep up long but they see the barrel and stewie swings it and perfecto left alive and while they've dealt with stewie2k there's more problems where that came from it looking for anything grim just hiding down in the pit playing this crossfire it proves to be deadly and team liquid with each match and series point as you say hugo this has been liquid playing catch up throughout the entirety of this third map navi have had two chances to close this game out and liquid have pulled it back both times well now they're sat on matching series point it's them with the chances it's now v playing catch up and if this comes down to the mental game liquid are more determined than ever to put to get put to bed what navi couldn't simple done in that off again maybe this is the round we get something out of him it's fast up towards top banana nothing found immediately but a repeat on the flash simple fully blind is still good for the opener oh that's a shot you can rely on him for doesn't even cease to he doesn't even need to feels it out on timing alone and navi started strong now they feel the pressure more than ever right knowing it's liquid in the driving seat harvey need to win back-to-back rounds and that's only to click the clock back to zero give it another go smokes out on a it looks like a commitment it's a 2-2 set up for liquid they've gone for standard stuff but this could leave them high and dry a lead chord after one on long and now the rap comes in now it is all on the pit player grimm has to do everything and then some because this retake should be undoable unless he provides some sustenance in the cycling oh he's got the head shot bit will trade but the 100 degree heroes of liquid might just have hit boiling point at the right time and talk about a trial by fire for bit now tasked with the 1v2 to keep navi in this game calm down and he's been given time by team liquid a group up splitting between short and apartments bit oh he sees the first man damage getting done and now they have him trapped now they've got him cornered bit they're fighting for his life and it's fallen to close it out for team liquid grimmed out in the pit with a stellar hold as well and it's

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Published: Mon Feb 22 2021