CS:GO - NaVi vs. Team Liquid [Overpass] Map 2 - Semi-Final - ESL One Cologne 2019

jump in esl1 COD semifinals na'vi they have to win overpass against the world's best and we're into the pistol well we get to overpass and what a map it is to be on the cards for Team Liquid as simple is already getting aggressive he tries to fire off toward the party the playgrounds and has to back away but there's more than just he getting aggressive you've got Zeus outside of the stairs and all of this aggro three players are about to be greeted in the back Side by electronic bombs already temporarily taken down and here he comes with the USB they've gotten just out of sight in the form of twist flamy deals with him Nath actually turned around nearly got both nearly turned it back but look at the HP yeah indeed that's a massive talking point here but the bomb is down Nitro recovers it at plenty of time and Stewie has control of the B bombai here he can actually just push into all the way to the CT steps I think he's gone past graffiti we jump on board with stew we'll see what he's up to he's the stairs he's got all the way to the back here CTS have no idea so he can hold a really strong position towards heaven it's the only rotation Point really at this stage smoke towards short nit not 100% sure he clear nice open plan doing it for graffiti remember that's been cleared out by Stewie it's but Stewie's been very smart as well not to overcommit and try and wrap all the way to a and catch them because they have gone back toward connector which means he would remove himself from the site and leave Nitro in a two-on one now remember even though Stewie won't get the interaction of the players the post plant situation here is the bombs in the open they will not suspect a player up towards heaven in this sort of scenario it should be a locked in round of the HP I don't even know what na'vi can do to try and win this one go together get a trade and they're just saving the armor I think they just have to give it up the HPS too low they've been absolutely done in Stewie's push towards the upper area it's confirmed things you see a r smile on his face there as nitro and Stewie will hold on to smokes and flashes it's not the tactic they had in mind but they'll certainly take him it's nby bringing the heat towards Middle with flamy he'll get three head shots with the USP but it wasn't quite enough the trades were just brutal and Stewie walking into the B side there confirms it's open Nitra recovers the bomb and that lovely push just made things impossible flamey just did absolutely everything he could at this point but it wasn't quite enough that's a big pistol Victory on the T side remember four liquid they are map up and now on the T side as the fource SP comes through for na'vi deagles 5 SS for masses and we've seen a lot of victory in these second rounds in this tournament so far can simple get the opener they desperately need here gets brought up a little further by twist half already opening up on the flamy simple making his presence known he gets dropped by the Gil range G's doing great so far for them one on each boich taking a lot of map control away though Zeus is still in B because they could WRA back through the stairs but they can actually rotate back over toward a and he electronic are going to take the initiative in doing so so bomit really does have something in this remember Zeus has a Famas even if he does good damage even if he finds just one kill he makes things extremely awkward for liquid but twists gone low has spotted him that'll delay him in his approach boage down to six meanwhile back on the sight electronic able to get down na but Stewie he started off electronic he stay up up above and above all else he gets three with a head shot on the third it's twist to Nitro low HP again though similar situation the one on two but it's the HP that haunts snavi in this case and boom with six is on the flag though bomb goes down 42 and it might just be a c head but remember twist is only on 30 yeah HP not really a factor here it's just down to who will have the right position and boage he might have the perfect one 30 seconds remaining he knows twist needs to get the bomb and suddenly get towards the sight he hasn't even picked it up yet he makes his way forward there it is grabbed I say boom has the advantage here almost with to oh he can't he can't 15 seconds he's got to go boom to the same angle that electronic did and that is a heck of a round from n' to win we go 1-1 we absolutely do it's Boomer to save the day he managed to win them that all important pistol on Dust two and liquid give it up it's the same boost here right on the bomb side there the 5 seven gets three kills a weapon that's really coming back into the game it's kind of dropped off for a couple of years we're starting to see this potential once again Electronics certainly shows us it worth here but a fantastic sequence this is doing all the damage available that kill secured the R I would say and he gave himself such a great chance Boomer to the positioning and he denied the plan as well as the force by in return will have to come in deagles CZ an aggression from Zeus here by himself boom does join him in the end that would have been a risky play but they do have control a short at this stage H's going to be delivered no one on the receiving end and boom so far forward had actually went above them and in toward the site Zeus would have been hoping that that meant they were definitely coming in that direction through the short tunnel he can now see it but twist removed simple relocating as a result still in bathrooms Le throwing out that smoke not going to check the corner unfortunately an electronic despite losing some HP and what should have been a relatively clean kill stays alive on 53 now when they walk into the sight the crossfire setup with both he simple and boom arriving back on top of the the truck MP9 two kills good money and Jai converts and make it now to one their lead they absolutely do give thems a Fighting Chance at this point it was such a massive pistol victory for liquid but now they'll find themselves with a full Eco situation simple and boage getting it done with the SMG a little combo fending it off denying the plants and there's not really much to speak about about this round we're going to have round four coming in Glocks only not a single dollar invested no flashes no armor no pistols upgraded just going to be seeing what's available they can get a couple of kills that would be something but they're going to have to stick together try and pounce on any opportunity they can find electronic and simple again work it together just GL but strength and numbers the push right now is interesting from na'vi as they're perhaps thinking that they were going to be on a bonus round it got so far forward but at the same time they get fortunate that they walk directly into the slaughter the reason I pointed out is because if they had a beat electronic and ran it down they could have at least got a bomb PL out of it hard to imagine that with Glocks they would have converted that even still but now na'vi know that they will have a full buy no matter what on liquid side absolutely true that was the full Eco almost a couple of frags there wasn't as bad as it looked it looked very Scrappy towards the end but only one player went down for n'i liquid remember it's is a grand slam event for them semi-final a map under their belt already but they've given up to the fource by in the second it's the first gun round now and look who has the awp it's the man himself simple watching The Fountain not hyper aggressive here but Zeus certainly is he's in that MP9 trying to have the short control locks himself in and they will fall back towards the bomb side here focusing primarily towards B on the CT side allowing an electronic to hold middle simple we'll try and extinguish the smoke and find the first kill he's missed the shot down to 23 HP but it has enough cover to fall back back they go long as well though they're going to try and check every facet of the map toward a simple's going to transfer over that direction and take the aggro to bait in electronic as well so electronic was pushing before simple rotated this seems like a mid- round call from him to change the adaptation on eight simple could still peek out to the bathrooms as well he's every bit as relevant with the awp in that position as he was pushed up in fact maybe even more so because less to be concerned about with 23 now that smoke though does force him to look long but it's fake it's back over toward b instead smokes are down it looks good Zeus is there the MP9 he only needs one kill here but I think he might have been spotted na looks like he's way too convinced of that position the cross suggest he's going to go to kill her any second there it is delivers the head shot can he find flam as well it's a common position but it's an award angle Nitro gets the TR but vomit gets a lot more than that double kill coming in from the barrels and Al has to take him down and find him a chance here they are segregated right now le up he knows he's there that's the power of the cre looks it in and makes no mistake boom did so well to shut down their take because trades were effective they still are now with the other Stewie Stewie just barely gets electronic that snap from Stewie towards the end had to be insane that round is down to the minues there would couldn't be closer great stuff there and the fact that Al had the presence of mind to check the barrel so efficiently he manages to get the all important kill after Boomer had complete destruction with the Galo here 22k there it is our final Frack money though still an issue on the T side they get 3250 for winning the round with kills and you can see a desert eagle even after winning the previous round in the hands of nly here money quite strong for simple and Co they have the awp in the Boost watching towards sure not pushing off at this time they will give that up jump spotted Al Le unable to take off the head there flame me but still information there they have four players outside B but they can still fall back as nitro has control of middle you do not have to commit unless all five players on that side of the map and you have zero Intel as to we you're being flanked if Nitro is covering the rear and you have stean connector you're fine to go back towards a which they will do by rotating all the way back through toward the fountain it's still electronic that Waits inside of the bathrooms he's been there every single round but this time he doesn't have the same setup from simple no one to bait and switch with has to play this far out just to get the information so there's time enough to rotate and I mentioned that as well because all four are in the B site there's no one in the window for Quick's access to the stairs and Zeus has identified that and time creates doubt they need to get on the horse Zeus will be the only one in position they may just hold a save they're not leaving be at all on that yet if Zeus can get one or two kills when they do arrive on a then maybe there's a chance they go for it flam is looking like he's getting more convinced and simple arriving had liquid capitalized and gone immediately on toward the site maybe now Vex not even to bother 30 seconds remaining it's flaming on the flank as well and it could be the best one of the day five players in front of him and they have no idea that he's coming the lineup comes through flamy with the first boom with the second and there it is all of a sudden they take the advantage and it's Nitro that misses the shot the round collapses and Naf desperately drives the plant here fakes it out but it doesn't work out boom ex saved today 4 to two the money was already destroyed at that point remember they came with Gils and deagles it was looking promising they get the opening pick they choose to go as a 5and unit towards the a site but now some mistakes out in the show they forget about the all important connector push and that cost them two or three kills at this point they've got five players so focused towards the a side flam's got a shooting gallery as he manages to get the two there this shot was great Nitro can't do much about that what a turnaround as we have another ful e here pretty much for Team Liquid just p250s and a CZ three on B agressive at that position from liquid quick check from sandbags we've seen Zeus and flamy push that before aggressively going to do it again walking in so many pistols but so many bullets rapidly being fired in their Direction the pistols won't be able to answer that was there on the bomit even that fell shy and he gets the kill and return on it now 5-2 for na'vi they weren't so broken that they have to sit back again they'll go toward guns no awp however on the liquid side yeah not yet at least flaming great shots him he has looked very strong in this tournament impressed with his confidence Zeus Charming in a couple of key frags as well that's good to see as we go 52 now na'vi with the advantage quite frankly that's better than all the magic nip brought to the table yesterday but a slight of hands not slight of pace in this round though Stewie wants to go back toward the sandbags where they were found he's in he's flashed however that timing or would have been huge it still is Twist somehow follows in his footsteps and flamy waits on the ramp Nath gets the shot on him he's down to 22 the exact same HP that twists has and they go up against simple and boage both on the awp very hard on the retake and they may not even bother there's money enough in the wallets certainly on Boom but if they save these they've got a solid Buy in the next round they had two rifles sure why not let's go for it got lots of money absolutely correct there but these are two of the most expensive weapons in the game a double or setup is an absolute godsend on overpass if you can keep it rolling so you might as well save it let liquid have this one it was an opening pick there from na'vi Ste 2K actually got through he broke the defense but he actually got taken down from the flashbang from na'vi that point but twist he has been Sensational nothing short of it this series so far he manages to get two absolutely kills on the beat bomb so that was pretty much round at that point N Fly helped him out there as well and they'll keep four players up a round they really needed this is their pick and they're normally known to be so good on overpass this when everyone stood up and took notice of liquid when we saw that new overpass play when Adas first brought in with st 2K was implemented to the lineup we realize this is a tactical methodical team now with a lot of Firepower behind it as you can see that is just stunning from twist and Zeus doesn't look too happy about it but they do recover and have the double op setup here with three m4s oh wow see you later yeah El beat them there simple you are right everything that he's doing every all the aggression he's bringing to the table liquid seem to know how to exactly position themselves to Cle it to limit his ability there's a reason he's considered the deadliest player in the world and everyone knows his Tendencies as stewie2k picks him off one by one trying to bait them out into mistakes he has got the bomb over if he goes down there's still a chance electronic knows he has the bomb at this point if this kill doesn't come through there might be a chance that it will take something quite special now from electronic as he's left in a four versus one and focusing towards monster which might Grant him another kill Naf is there looks like he's actually got this one but Naf is ready in position what a great lineup though lovely play from electronic but they have got the bomb and gone towards the other side of the map so that should be round confirmed here and good spray control from now if you can see na'vi they want to try and get the kills back they want to make a difference because they lost the opening kill with simple and liquid changing the pace as we saw in the previous rushing towards sandbags they say all right that's enough for the fast play sit back let's let them make the mistakes and they read it so well and na'vi walks out the two kills that we saw the op from the stairs and Nath toward the monster neither of the liquid players took a step they were just holding and waiting and this is Team Liquid using the AKs as well by the way at Le in a cre specialist it's surprising that he actually brings out the AK-47 there but my God does he make it work I and one jeel against simple in the connector who has the awp and he nails that shot that is absolutely massive and he's known for his Scope Play on the rifle so it's interesting to see him have such success with the AK there but that kill alone pretty much opened things up for them now flight confirms the round sure he went down in the end but he confirmed electronic's position it will be liquid at Fourth on the board here the only player with a weapon of course would be electronic he throws the or over to simple who has $6,000 so there is still a buy available here liquid should be be aware of it let's have a look at that shot again so Le he's just so ready for it so precise as well as now this is his standard Ro on overpass T side he's holding off for pushes he's looking for rotations and trying to get information and ideally some kills as well he gets two that round and flamy doesn't look like he can believe it but still they're in this game there's always going to be a difficult map for them as now double op set up again SMGs for masses and it's a fast push once again towards b as Swiss looks for the opener he knows a players there makes absolutely Nails it flamy goes down nav's going to follow it up as well walking in from the monster Naf speaking of monsters is starting to turn into one so far this game he's up to his ninth kill tied with bomit flaming and electronic just ahead on 10 they lead the way Stewie already searching to see where the CTS want to rotate from how koi they want to try and be with their weapons and they're not going to have any weapons left in the next round if this keeps going the way that it is awp still in the hands of simple he's going to want to consider saving that so he sits and holds Zeus stays aggressive to make sure he can spot anyone rotating in Dam Ste is hitting everything right now really in the zone he has had a rough year I would say at Counter Strike the whole mibr debacco until he got into Team Liquid he couldn't really find his role winner team we didn't see the most out of him he was bottom of the scoreboard for the longest of a time but now you can see him really show us what he's capable of and this has been a very smart round hasn't been too over aggressive just nice positioning aware of Tendencies and what players will be doing to try exit frags he takes down two and once again simple saves the or but they cannot force around at this time they've only got a $2,000 per player he can carry round single-handedly they can afford to pass to buy into this they're can have p250s and armor or 57 and it's simple on the awp anything can and will happen we've seen so many crazy rounds with EOS in this tournament so far and his stey like I said this smart positioning waiting for electronic to try and get in a post plant position where he can maybe exit with a rifle but this shot especially was really really really nice it's nice and clinical no problem at all Ze can do nothing about it and the force fight I think is coming in now this is a call I don't think simple's happy with here because they got Nova shotguns and CZ Zeus has called the Allin he's stressed see that he's not happy with that you're right how much pressure is he could have on his shoulders now they've got Nova shock and CZ they're going to cost themselves all their cash on the back of a simple awp now now yes it can carry around but he knows this round doesn't go in their favor they are in a lot of trouble financially here Zeus has gone in with the over down to 350 to be fair I might have called the force too early because the rest of them currently set about $1,000 but hang on he bought and then called the timeout I didn't see a lot of talking from Kane so I would say it was a decision he was trying to make within the team but no one else has joined him so maybe maybe he was a for a mistake an accidental buy and then he wanted to discuss it he he got himself helmet as well Zeus is a helmet no a Nova why would you buy a helmet you're right I I don't I I'm I'm a bit off on that one because it was certainly him doing most of the talking in the timeout it's not like he convinced anyone else to go in El the pace again towards sandbags is certainly noticeable and it's twist that's been finding most of the kills in that position great shot flamy oh more available much more available boish swings out the low HP on Al he found the shot on the twist as well Nitro has to sit back and hold you've said pressure you mentioned it well now they've got an AK to go along with that awp and a 4 on two situation all of a sudden the B play doesn't work out for them wasn't the shotgun the the day as the czs awp still up as well but still possible to win this round maybe not So Much Anymore Nitro left and a four versus one he's got time to work with here and it's liquid so comfortable with their B push and they're just trying to deny the awp being taken over no double orb setup he knows he can't win this round as he picks up the AK-47 wanted to leave the orb as far away as possible can he cause any damage at this point flamy will be first on the chopping block he takes the head shot and now now might have a say in this one has been Damage Done to electronic and boage they're both towards short if he pushes all the W toward towards a this could be something quite impressive but time is running so tantalizingly no is he too clever for his own good or is he on to something brilliant sliding out you'd expect him to go all the way to a but guess who's readit better than anyone else it's simple that holds awp primed and ready no mistake on that shot six to five they maintain the lead by one it's a chaotic round and liquid maybe throwing too much Pace towards the B bombs side there but still you can't argue with the results of those czs they deliver on every single front it's flamy to kick things off with the deagle finding the shotgun Boomer doesn't even need is that CZ that strik at the perfect time a low HP El taken down and then boish is just looking so good for this team he has had so many Fantastic moments throughout cologne so far as we head into round number 12 is the awp still on simple that's been carried over so many rounds as we'll now see them head towards be again this will be more of an execution from what I can see the molotov towards barrels five players on this side of the map we' spoke about this before you're pretty much committed with five players here it's going to be flamy twist is the one that Waits Naf comes back in he's got the AK smoke down small Gap I don't think that flamy spotted through it but he needs some help he can't go alone he can't push that certainly flashes will be the way of which they can do so but they still lose a Le and boom has looked very solid so far in this game as an anchor finding two more a third on the nap excellent round all on the nro down to a one on four and he's dropped electronic with the kill another round for na'vi very convincing one of that that be bomb site it seemed to have been strengthened at this point Team Liquid keep attacking it this time with more method behind the manness it was so fastpaced before this time with a bit more utility behind there be right boage solid anchor he's just holding on for dear life at the back of his Beast side and taking everyone down with him they've got seven rounds on the board it's actually been pretty convincing so far I'm actually believing an R can take us to a third liquid will have a buy but still compromises to be made as Naf with a desert eagle see what it means to boage there dren can feel this game slipping away but they are on the tside remember their pick six rounds is fine it's certainly workable a couple more would be ideal winning the half would be fantastic right now five would you'd still be a little bit worried for your chances as they come in with the four rifles here round 13 as the first half starts to come to its conclusion full bar on the CT side of course one C in the hand of electronic I don't see many orgs these days remember you can find a c on the CT side that's the new org and to be I feel like the cre will be adjusted as well it seems to be uh something that needs to be addressed at this point if the or is going to be changed we need to change the cre as well yeah I I I actually agree with that and the other aspect of that is how little we've seen the AUG in this event is it potentially over have they gone too far with it right it's one of those balances you have to find and I'm sure most people might suspect or agree that me going too far is better than not enough so we'll see how it plays out long term but may me meanwhile boosted up on top of the sandbags looking toward the bottom of stairs Zeus is in the upper side of them good trade to start and Le gets the kill back onto electronic twist will go back for the bomb because they seem to want to advance further but again Zeus he's still in this stairwell still burrowing in Al will give the information to Stewie it's another trade but the status trades are fine again it favors the offense cuz it splits out the defense but they can't rely on that alone to get comfortable post plants because that's where they've struggled well the good news is for na'vi they can comfortably hold two towards being simple is fined by the aside by himself with the awp bomit with position towards short and time remaining here for Team Liquid flamy deciding where he wants to position himself great positioning it's boich once again same spot same kill twist goes down as he tries to fall back towards shorta Miss times it slightly two on two though he's given them enough space for a rotation and flamy arrives at his scene of the crime as now he needs to find at least one not going to happen it's going to be incredibly difficult now for simpo to do this with the or has to wait a moment for the Flames to extinguish in spots the head so he couldn't get the shot back they have the information nap slides out at sixth on the board for simple or excuse me for liquid as they take down simple he knew where both were he just couldn't get the opener if he had a hit Stewie immediately it would have been an incredible shot but then he might have had the chance Onna that's the first on that gone down in about six rounds as well by the way they keep saving that time and time again that's why the money's been relatively healthy we haven't seen many EOS from na'vi they've always had the awp there H so flamy really not happy with that one twist oh he can he can see tension right now there's not much Elation on the liquid side they are winning these rounds barely and they had the Flying Star once again but it's na'vi keeping thems in the race here symbol awp towards middle Elite Galil compromised once again they deagle before this time with the Lesser rifle it's far from ideal it's simple oh my goodness pull the trigger now my friend Nar misses out it's going to be a Le down to 58 either way Le s flash to top of the stairs wants to wrap immediately toward the picnic table simple laes down the corridor electronic watches the door they can play off of each other's aggression boom pushing out nafs holding cubby there's two here and boich goes for the straight check Nath got the jump on him but couldn't get the head shot through the wall he goes down El trades off Zeus but again it a four on four and he's going to go back around he's going to swap it out to the a let's see if he can make good with it he's one of the traditionalists on the weapon he's certainly someone who benefited when it was in The Meta more frequently the theory as to his stats this year are heavily dependent on that change of having those two weapons in the game I absolutely agree simple though in position he's got a couple of kills here he doesn't miss these shots he give an opportunity he h every single time electronic powerly position simple even better and there it is it's a very very good RI there three kills for the best player in the world it's an awp that seems to be a menace for Team Liquid at this point and their money has just been such a struggle this half there's so many compromises every single round they'll win one lose and have to come in with deagles and gills and this time simple reads it so well no flashes to even count him he just keeps peing and one by one they go down looking for the Final Round Here 96 be a good half here for na'vi if they can find him we'll head into round 15 here pistols only for L we talk about that Snowball Effect they haven't had many Eco victories here today we'll see if they can find one as the Nate gets blown off there will be three players there Boomer get a big spray down here he gets them both now that isn't bad at all he has played one excellent game in that b bomb side yeah absolutely perfect in the ancher position for them again barrels every time they walk through monster he's been shutting them down and it's reflected in the scoreboard he has six kills above anyone else on 19 and they potentially are looking at a 96 half off the back of that I would say it's a pretty safe bet I think you might be right elro works his way up though watch for electronic cuz he still has the cre on the site he does have backup with simple and boomes on the way it's not like a bomb plants to get money for the next round this is 15 they've got to try and win it with these weapons that's why they slow the pace as Naf self flashing himself in a position oh simple he was looking away Naf gets a free kill fully blind though he had no idea second player was also there and 96 is how we end this time it's na'vi in the lead it's looking good for na'vi I didn't think that chances would be too strong on over pass but they've proven me wrong and I'm happy to say it this is going to be an excellent map and we'll see how it concludes after [Music] prank baby I can't get TR stop dance until the sun I I I [Music] I [Music] it [Music] [Music] the [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music] [Applause] the Sun score different map other team in the lead na'vi have the nine this time and they swap over to the tside of overpass with liquid looking to claw back in pistol is going to be important normally their tside yields the more success there was a few oversights that left na'vi a bit of an advantage I absolutely agree a very important pistol we'll see how it goes down as na'vi switch over to the tside they have themselves two smokes a couple of flashbangs and a couple of players also challenging towards short it's going to be Su completely Flash the simple take him down not quite simple actually might be taken here that's a great shot from Su 2K nice to see that confidence but takes a bullet in the face and gets away that's important he was 8 HP electronic Works back out award the stairs he goes over with bomit long who's already clearing bathroom Lu will play the fence position on Entry liquid likely doing the same and starting to do so exactly over toward a with twist coming back around the stairs Stewie's on the horse now as well the advantage but with Stewie on eight and uncertainty in position means that na'vi certainly can take the advantage into the sight by isolating players again AL oh Gun Barrel which doesn't see it yet now he does now he absolutely does needed to get the head shot a little quicker got away with it though know time to respond in the end back to the four and that one was much more convincing Clos line Stewie on the way back in again he was the low HP player as good a shot as it was they still have the three that can fight alive but the bomb already planted the kit resides with twist means he doesn't have the armor but keep an eye on his position because if he goes down too far from the bomb that could do it on its own and they're taking their time relying on that kit to get in but they've got to clear a path they've got to go for crossfires flamy shots at one nap looks for the other Sol low he actually finds it and somehow wasn't traded somehow they didn't peek him from long but electronic gets Nitro the kit is back toward the dumpster and now has to go one-on-one with electronic he's low on HP he's low on HP and he's starting to run around but the time is gone that Kit's too far away and Naf he's just desperate for the money can't find electronic it comes right down to it they both run out of ammo they both pull out the knife but electronic knew he had it in the bag at that point and boish just keeps delivering that P250 looks absolutely Fierce right now he does spot the barrel twist was trying to bait El in by jumping behind the APC but boish gets too much vision and at this point that shot there oh my goodness Naf did absolutely everything he could I don't know how he even survives to get it down to the one versus one he almost does enough but it's not there and they forc by inresponse Team Liquid looking to win the round with shotguns czs and m9s here it's not much but it's better than nothing and we've seen plenty of second rounds be given away here na'vi focusing on the Firepower they have three rifles and two SMGs I mean they have a lack of utility flaming with nothing as they stick together they can't give this round away they have to convert here you can see what simple's reaction was in for good reason he would love to go one-on-one with zyu tomorrow and for liquid deny them the chance of a grand slam before they even get to the last game in Cologne Nitro sneaking back through P250 Shadow does advantage or give him the advantage I should say but the AK smartly crou Peaks on the way through but now hang on he's still holding but the smoke doesn't give him time to pull the gun back into his hands and the bom him stays down but has recovered in the bathrooms as a result twist and Stewie just with the czs to work with it still is a chance here Stewie if he can f them back towards twist position he has a great spot but there's so much work that has to be done Su has no flashes just the CZ and no low HP players to find he'll hold on the side but looks like he's got no chance here if he gets the kill towards long he can do something with this a dink comes in trying to find the kill not going to happen great play from electronic that will be it surely twist is the shotgun and the CZ and the bomb will be planted at this stage electronic steps too far he goes down at this point because he's only on six so twist should be oh he looked away though should be able to get the kill still good turn back an AK grab that's all he was after that's also why electronic wanted to clear bathrooms he's gone it's number 11 for na'vi liquid's going to have to do this the long way they absolutely will it's full Eco next round but twists on the AK-47 he has a flashbang and he can drop a CZ as well so they won't be completely naked into the next round they'll have something at least in twist the way he's been playing so far maybe it's enough an AK-47 on the defense in his hand a boost in the right position a couple of kills from him they know it could be deadly so twist definitely wants to hold on to it yes the round goes away the force by is unsuccessful but still they have something in the next round but a great play from na'vi there it got chaotic but they managed to hold on to it and make the right calls there checking the correct Ang Les and electronic surviving along was crucial there he takes the ding from Ser falls back and makes the kill incredibly difficult to find he has to fully commit and at that point the range bests him so I don't expect much investment here remember twist can drop the CZ he gives that to a Le a P250 for Nitro and Naf Stewie with nothing so once smoke a Twist as well I would suggest some some sort of crazy boost here they're going to try and steal a kill away maybe behind the statue here that would be the most logical way to boost is that the one they're going for looks like it Nitro trying to set it up yeah and here we go this is what we want to see map and it's given up so unless you get the instant kill you might as well go towards B now if anything more so because of how long it took them to set it up you know that there's likely going to be players that have already crossed into the playground so you're sitting there vulnerable if you don't get away meanwhile contact play directly into B brought to you by electronic see how much electricity is really in that ump spawned immediately does do damage on an NA who jumps out of the window and Stewie with the nade just trying to soften them up before the SMG does the rest but he got dink down to one HP and he Ste closer and it would have caught him good read by Stewie yeah that's not bad at all they will commit towards a though however twist is there with the AK he still has 90 HP three players towards long with the bomb and the CT seem aware of it this is not a force SP this one saved rifle and right now they have the advantage and Zeus can't get there easily oh Al needs to hurry twist is going to be caught off Al did he spot him or not and he's gone anyway flamy turned it around the AK down Stewie he manages to trade back one but unfortunately for them it's oh I was going to say A desperate problem that they don't have a gun but guess who shows up on the backside doesn't have the armor that twist had to work with but Al now has the AK bom not planed at 32 seconds if na'vi so desired they could try and swing this toward B Stewie going down that's going to open the path and they're heading that direction or are they because simple is the one with the bomb so boit comes back to help right down to the wire once again could have gone either way respect the effort there from liquid they did everything they could Steed is desperately trying to stay alive and low HP did well to get a single kill there but the round does go in favor of na'vi it is 126 overall on overpass here with na'vi on the T side the second map The Pick of liquid and they really are on their feet now they've man convert the 3-0 and now we have the first gun round and Nitro brings out his Infamous awp which is so so strong and over pass that's going to be a real problem if he starts coming online here through the wall it's twist that got the kill cleanly out toward monster but they were certainly expecting pressure on to [Music] na'vi twist waiting is going to be forced off by Flames smoke at the ready he keeps his position he also cannot be attacked other than by with chance and luck as Naf gives him the information but spraying in couldn't do enough simple was taken low that's good enough for Stewie to come back in from short twist he tries to emerge he tries to catch them off as they looked for the aggro at the bags but he himself will go down it's just boom and flamy they we know exactly where they are liquid back to the winners column and it's 12 to7 a basic approach there from na'vi but one that looked convincing they managed to break through the monster area but at that point you could see coming online Team Liquid sending a Le from the a site and he manages to find all the kills required had vision from heaven and manages to deny the plan Shad out the stewie2k as well he was isolated towards Shore he pushes offshore a lot he throws the incend to buy twist some time he tries to jump through the barrel smoke didn't work out for him but it does buy time for Le to come through and get the all important kills and just to note we have got a force by again three rifles two deagles you see a lot of that from simple and Co these days the followup H won't do too much just a little bit of damage as it tickles boage there so who has the rifles here it's simple flamy and bomit electronic and Zeus will have to do with just the deagles here you see Z's been quite selfless he hasn't got armor so he had drops the rifle gets himself just a pistol nothing else it's the way I suppose it should be with the star players as they go towards middle here liquid huge Advantage Nitro and a nowhere they're not overc committing just watching the key angles here working off each other now flight in transition if required right now they're comfortable they would willing to give up middle as nly very passive hold Nitro watching towards middle and El ready with the smoke as soon as they spot anything cross on that tiny Gap he'll drop that smoke and try and push them back not yet he's not ready for it once to use it at the perfect time n will tell him when to use the smoke it's not going to come to that not until the shot comes through and that's what's going to dictate the presence me down Molotov instead the incendiary holds out and Al wants to swing in and flank for the main door tries to buy him space Al gets one the shot but look at the chase as Zeus gets out the door and they've got long nap wants to get into the truck position watchs the shadow does the damage but he's down to 18 on his own and he's waiting for help he's waiting for rotation fromy 2K with two massive kills I didn't think this had a chance it looked like with the 18 HP it was done he was stuck in the corner of a stee 2K does rotate and land all the shots required there the Precision of the AK-47 prevails let's have a look at it he comes in they're both so focused on the one and down position and that is absolutely beautiful to watch as we go 12 has to be the Eco me like I said before we haven't seen many of these from na'vi they going to have to take just Glocks p50s and a deagle or two here with no armor or nades Nitro oh spots one actually did he hit him I don't think so it's boage simple po forced Through the flames runs the entire duration into it and was at 40 HP before he was even greeted but this is a clean up for liquid now they've got the momentum now we're seeing what the benefits of economy do on a CT side the bonus will be built to a fourth so n with the save will be ready to purchase but just to note their light of an awp should they have wanted one on the tside if they do they have to think about it for next round definitely can't afford it at this point Boomer straight up there with the AK-47 could be the Tactical timeout which I think it is there we go this time called by na'vi their second of the game so far a chance for the coach to come in and decide their option here because at this stage like we said they can't afford the orb everyone sat around $4,400 we have had a player drop out as well so this could be a technical issue I think Nitro just had to rejoin so we're okay there back on the server everything's fine okay apparently he misclicked and joined the wrong team and they medic immediately which is the right thing to do in this situation but it was intended to be a tactical timeout so that will also I suppose begin as soon as they're back in in medic they'll unmute everyone and let it conclude like would have them on the ropes now this is where they can strike to close the distance if they break them again here sure it goes to a maximum loss bonus $3,400 is what you get in that situation but they'll need a bomb plant to buy again if liquid can deny that they continue to build their bank na'vi is in trouble oh back underway they are going to buy looks at things here Zeus makes the call it's down to the final second though when they all fully commit and they'll have AKs one C and be bones utility as Naf will go towards a connector this time bomb stays in spawn suggest there be a slower more default style tactic here Nitro trying to dodge the flashbangs and look into towards those T steps remember no sniper on the T cber simple has the cre and sometimes that could be just as powerful it's part of the head electronic flamy gets the alternate angle to try and spray through the back side of the board when he lands lots of damage done there twist tried to push towards monster he got shot through the smoke and Naf now he needs to decide if it sink or swim does he commit to this El Le certain he will simple goes down can he actually get out of here without Boomer taking him down it doesn't know that the spoun is coming in but it is from Naf five versus three now he can see evone retreat no one has to be part of any fight on the map get the crossfires established the hard work's been done and still flashing it towards monster it's ambitious from na but I do respect it great positioning from a Le he's got the smoke to cover him boage walks into his Crosshair Zeus gets one but he takes a dink in the process four on two doesn't help them out too much stey slides back out to the sandbags as well just to make sure that they don't give up any map control despite having the lead it's not a massive risk he's not hunting he's just making sure they're containing and as I said bomb plant becomes the issue now for na'vi 3400 doesn't cut it in this situ ation and they're already backing off 26 seconds if they save the two AKs that will also allow them to distribute weapons across so that's going to be the call instead well they'll get no money for these two AKs the problem is the Lost bonus at its stage right now yes maximum after this what can you really do they have two AKs I guess you get deagles armor to go with it do you really want to fully commit again either way it's liquid they keep four players alive here Al managing to get two fantastic kills here they have the awp of nitro nice positioning and that's if they even save them ste's committing to the push here and down he goes it's worth it they they've got cash you might as well see if you can get one of them down there as he knew after the time that they won't get any money that's the main factor that's why he's pushing for it as we get into round 23 here it's 1210 in favor of na'vi on the T side here of overpass so two AKs M yeah and to the point $3,400 what they have with the armor and the AKs is still worth more than that I expected a bit more of an aggressive Force spy around it though because it doesn't really take them out of sequence if everyone lowers their money back down instead though they'll just buy around it with deagles 2250 save for electronic 1250 for simple they will be able to buy without a bomb plant next time but it's going to be a very narrow margin in how they are able to do so and how much utility they will have it's becoming more and more important that na'vi start winning rounds because liquid is now on 10 a tie game is not far away with the situation as it is Naf to support twist in the barrels that baits in Stewie he finds one at short but simple comes flying through the door a rifle available Naf over steps the Mark it's all on twist now in the B site but they won't jump too quickly they won't overcommit because the HP is so low and the bombs in t-spawn as well to be fair they can't really afford to run in and get another player up a trade wouldn't do it's Zeus with 4 HP but they have three rifles now at least simple and flamy trying to find an opening it's just going to be a very slow approach here to see whether they can actually find any point of access as we'll see the fullback from twist as you mentioned he is there alone they have one smoke one Flash and they've broken through towards B twist though he seems to be positioned in a way that suggests he be ready for this but will flamy be ready for it he's been so good at hitting these shots but not right now twist holds on pretty much confirms it's the B attack at this stage and simple has to find him good smoke I like that simple now has a lot of trouble waiting to see if they'll access again but Ze can't afford to take the fight not with 4 HP not with 23 seconds in the bomb in his hand simple does trade off of it he wants to use the smoke twist has gone around behind him and he knows that he's there simple seems confident showcasing the gun but not enough of the skill twist shuts him down and is now 1211 can you imagine if he gets the one de there while spinning the deagle around as well I thought okay it's coming in it's happening but twist he holds strong that's very nice from him the smoke looked like it helped out simple for a kill which it technically did but it kept twist alive and kept the round in favor of liquid at that stage Zeus was Brave to even take a challenge towards heaven I guess he needed a kill as swis we didn't see that that's going bit of Lu through the smoke there always feels good when that happens but this was a really nice play the fact he's waiting for them to push the full commitments to come through they now have close the gap down to one round it's 1211 awp for the first time for simple we haven't really seen that battle come to fruition yet between himself and Nitro so five in a row for liquid plant means that the utility aspect certainly gets taken back Ste trying to do as much damage as possible before they even go to war no one on the other side of the door to grab that but it's boich that wants to go against the position he played defensively with straight contact bit of utility now cuz he's made or attained the knowledge that twists was there but he shuffles himself back out open monster crossed it rather ambitiously and confidently but no one was peing back and bomit now tries to hold instead smoke eventually goes down so twist can reposition back into the site but Stewie wants to hunt once more it's a bit of a tandem play either they're aggressive toward the monster or they're aggressive towards short twist falls back Stewie goes out and he is looking to go all the way out potentially electronic not a common spot to hold this from could catch him off but great hold and read to get the head shot out a simple bomb temporarily dropped outside of the door but certainly recoverable yeah you do like to see that another opening pick here for Team Liquid is going to be Stewie 2K to find it simple as well what a scal to take as now 35 seconds they pretty much have to go be I would say considering the positions of the team right now electronic towards short is he just going try and find a pick Enough full back either way as a trade that should be the que to go now but Naf where has that come from the wallbang as flamy with the awp has shown some greatness with the weapon and once again he'll get another kill 15 seconds though is it worth going for will they even get the plan at this point the bomb in connector Zeus surely just looking to save at this point already backing out 7 Seconds that's the call flamy sticks in into the Nook as well another round a sixth to go from 126 to a knotted up score line and liquid I want nothing to do with map three they want nothing to do with the thought of defeat they want vitality and they want the Grand Slam tomorrow oh yes they absolutely do this would be it win this event that's four out of four a million dollars on top of the cast prize here in Cologne certainly the favorites coming in if they can win this two as well that would be quite the statement na'vi have been terrible in this tournament had the chance to be liquid earlier in it but we'll get into that later as nitro challenging we said this all battle hasn't really come through it's flamy this time that get his skull Crush to the teps there five versus four Nitro falls back nice positioning from Nitro as well you can see why I think it's nice because he's got the or and he's got the Precision to back it up Damage Done to two simple and Zeus of the walking wounded right now as simple go the 39 Zeus is 60 it's a four versus three electronic will have the awp at this point but Matt they keep buying into these rounds and they have a flashbang and one smoke and a man disadvantage of this stage simple on the or has to find the opening here and Alia's positioning has been nothing short of spectacular we'll see if he can replicate that once again one more kill for him just a trade would do it at this point as he holds towards the bathrooms all peculiar in position or chk working toward the same angle against a get the first expects more no one to back him up with the doorway though he actually nearly I say got away I thought he would actually get all the way down the hole but electronic Peaks it instead three on two and look at Stewie all the way up behind there's nowhere to go simple could wrap back through connector but even that's running out of time that's why I said though that's why Le just needs one he spots the bomb as well so Stewie he knows there's no one going to be towards B he can push towards T spawn at this stage and twist is just waiting to make sure that it's confirmed that they haven't back through connector but he's getting himself as close as possible anticipating the rotation on TW and with each passing second that becomes more and more likely Smoke's thrown won't get Vision but he's going to get oh so close they need instant kills on the na'vi side 13 seconds bombs dropped simple goes hunting one on three no chance they two spread out time his enemy goes back for the bomb he's caught twist knocks him down and liquid strike all the way back into the lead what a performance this has been on the second half my goodness they lost the pistol the zero and three came came through as well full conversion from na'vi but since the gun rounds begin it's been seven in a r liquid and as you mentioned they take the lead now even with the maximum loss bonus it only gets you so far even on the T side you do need bomb plants at least one every other round to keep the buys coming through they can feel this series slipping away and it's na'vi now averaging $3500 per player liquid just a few rounds away and this one it surely is just a partial bite from Nai but we saw on Dust to M that Mac 10 rushes there CZ pushes can find success Zeus is struggling as always down on eight I say as always it just seems to be not his series he has had great individual performances in this event but again does two a few mistakes the bigger one is simple he only sits at 13 Boom the new boy he's coming in he's on 28 leading the way right now it's a bit skewed on the na'vi side I saying about players that have dropped off Nitro who I called out to being one of the best snipers on overpass he's currently 9 and 16 so he's still struggling to have massive amount of impact we saw that or shot towards teps but at just one or two kills and that all that's all it takes to win them those rounds and do they fully invest into this Zeus always seems to spend a more they're going to have moloto smokes flashbangs they don't fully invest but they've taken themselves down to considerable amounts but like I said on Dust two we saw success with this setup liquid do seem to struggle with the chaos if they lose the first frag and they've gone more passive nitro's already conceded bathrooms Al gets back with him doesn't want to get caught as he did last time in an isolated situation certainly not against pistols giving away a gun being that far out is costly bomit knows that El is there but he knows they're chasing surprisingly Nitro hasn't peaked out yet but the op does get the first shot and they go for the rifle Na's already in position to capitalize on it flash Nitro can't repeat but a good Molotov down means simple can't strike either and Zeus is already considering the retreat back the other direction just in case there's a flank he secured their angles and with 58 seconds they can slow things down but so much pressure on the shoulders of an M4 on the T side and Nitro has safely given himself a new position so they have boage here at the very front they have a flashbang I think they just have to throw it in and hope for the best M there's nothing too tactical here flash over see what can be done op waiting Naf with the rifle Ops caught but Naf gets the other angle they weren't set so that they would both be blind but simple swings nap he beats him he bests him he's out of ammo has to switch it over to the pistol which costs him his head in the end but 19 HP 27 seconds and it's twist and Stewie and a to make sure that Li would find number 14 he just wanted to PL that Zeus to that point he saw he's taken down by the H just wanted to get that extra cash we talked about it being an issue but still they've got the maximum loss bonus that was a partial bite they do have a full by going into round number 27 here but this is actually running out of time for Team na'vi at this stage you got 1412 on the board liquid with so much residual cash as well as we'll bring the or power of simple you can see he's got no helmet no utility they need the opening pick from him he's going towards those T steps the Flames are there does he want to see if he can find anything at all there are CTS in front of him they've actually got some positional control towards playground that grenade it does a boat mod of damage simple swallows it and Elise has got towards a playground M this could be absolutely massive I don't think they have any idea El he is so well positioned not making any but simple finally strikes and absolutely Nails him up close didn't think there was a chance in this world he'd hit that shot he had no idea but somehow someway he connects and just destroys a Le there we've got to see that one after this round a five versus four is a push off shore twist trying to react that's exactly it they are trying to react and twists he may even go all the way through to the stairwell but they'll hold the cross for now and wait to see exactly which way na'vi goes what they present to them in terms of information nitro's being somewhat cheeky on his own toward the bathrooms holding an angle effect going all the way through through with the awp no support behind him nafs in the sight but only has a and a smoke smoke would help for retreat not a flash to try and get him into position so Nitro is pretty much flying solo at this point Stewie's already rotating back twist is still at the bottom of the stairs for a fast flank but they remain a man down and 31 seconds Nitro changes that with the first and the second looking so he gets a third looking for the fourth doesn't even matter at this point ste's on it nitro's got m what a round of the awp that might be the killing blow as nitro he comes online I told you that awp is something else when it comes online that's what we are looking for the opening pick we thought this was something special which it was it was unbelievable but the round is w at this moment Nitro has to take mads into his own hands and my God does he ever deliver three kills to come through he holds his own it's been one of the quietest this game to the tournament so far from him in the second half but that is one of the loudest rounds you'll see ever we get into series point and a be Rush will go through fast his teammates surely have to follow him it's going to be a clean sweep here but look at things I think liid have done it it's a five versus one and there it is Team Liquid are going to the Grand finals what a performance what a comeback and they've done it once again Grand Slam is still intact here M yes the stakes get higher for tomorrow Vitality the only team that St and in the way with any chance of stopping what would be five events four wins and a grand slam for liquid another final and another huge performance from Nath on overpass he has made that map his own credit to bomit stepping in new to the team looked amazing on this map specifically and certainly got better with each and every match in this event na'vi are a threat they have something to work with going into the major they are absolutely On The Rise but right now no one is rising higher than liquid Who Remain number one Undisputed we'll find out tomorrow

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Keywords: games, ESL, Counter-Strike, CS:GO, pro, esports, competetive, ESL One, Cologne, 2019, ESL One Cologne 2019, astralis, vitality

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Length: 58min 59sec (3539 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 06 2019