CS:GO - Team Liquid vs. Virtus.pro [Dust2] Map 1 - IEM Katowice 2021 - Semi-final

and it continues for team liquid vp our machine i've got sponge here for the analysis we are into our pistol vp starting this does two on the t side we have team liquid batting down the hatches on the defense early util and early aggression chadni sanji's gone before he can fire a bullet he's lost his util gekkin is not willing to swing but stewie is and he's already taken another head hello they are bringing the pain train straight into the vp station back as well now there are two quick openings from team liquid to kick this one off and now vp where we know they like to hit that pause button but they're not doing it on their terms right now buster james marooned outside long kick it he doesn't even know where enemies are stuck in dark with that bomb and team liquid they've rejigged over towards long they're taking territory back very proactive stuff no fun for jame there i think he backs away thinks better of it they back up double up in pit it's a luxury they can afford given the man disadvantage and they want to punish quick here they know that if they strike now it's just to be defenders chad they've isolated this if they can just win this duel it's glocks though and they've closed the gap miss shots from stewie give them a way back in fallen wants to show them out buster's gone naff catching some flag from kick at tons and it is down to james not to be today just kick it and so team liquid without a single body drop can they have the perfect pistol kick is very very low here 23 points of health has to make some sound cues even gets up towards short he can get the plant here this is the best at a bad situation right now i think fallen surely got the punish here if he played safe he should be able to get away with this oh lordy he's managed go on jump oh he's actually tired extra 800 for everyone involved clean rounds still from liquid right you bang on keeping everybody alive but kick it being able to get away with that plant that's going to force philippians situation with four spies on that two cts with the the free upgrade to helmet stewie and naf catching a bit too much flack falling with the buy-in on the kit we've seen how that affects the buys and what they equip themselves with we are going to be seeing elise get that util org second round that is the the dream for any ct player with the flawless pistol yeah that's a ridiculous second round buy here from team liquid vp gonna force buy into this we're seeing some nades purchased up very quickly sanji into a couple light pistols so it looks like they buy on round number nine smg in sight chad it's almost perfect here because vp are only gonna be giving away 300 per kill with these rifles that have been purchased on in also means for liquid and we do get to that first gun round as long as they don't take too many casualties here they're going to be set for success as long as they don't take too many casualties p250s who's gonna be dropping jam that awp as well looks like it might be kick it here keep our eyes on that one has just some simple nades set up towards this b bomb site towards back of plat it is going to be naf again the org the scope of this range should be able to mow them all down five members in tunnels nade comes through they're gonna use the smoke but nap spams on town oh it hurts the meat grinder unloads and two bodies hit the deck it's into the heads james desperately hoping for a p250 a stray bullet into his dome they've responded now the ct's very very swiftly rotating back through mid to a they do not want to let a single bomb plant or frank go down they'll keep them at arm's length and it is brutal with the weapons they've currently equipped there's just no way in for vps pistols yeah it could be two clean rounds in a row here from liquid you can see getting a little bit inquisitive towards mid now two man set up here not gonna give them any space to work with whatsoever and after that over rotation from liquid they've been able to net all these gaps gotten away without giving up too much information whatsoever and these pistols from vp now just whittling down any utility they can they should group up see if they can find a kill all the stuff here that's gone down but it's not too many dramas they'll be able to pick that one up surely vp don't grab another plant you assume so looks like fallen's confirmed our suspicions all right well almost spotless snaff the only casualties so far two rounds in and the ct's looking very comfortable recover the org as well won't be seeing that reinvestment but it's time for vp to show us the first page of their strap book yeah so kikit has dropped that off across to james so we're gonna have the buy that vp are looking for going into the first gun round but you couldn't think of a better weapon for the job they're back at against the pistols scoped on in no dramas whatsoever having a look here liquids by as we mentioned is going to be bolstered by those early rifles and hot to trot four man alien straight away from team liquid but vp straight over towards b all right now keep your head down util deployed that shaved some time off the clock doesn't know how close he came had he not revealed or released that smoke towards mid then just watch your kin to this game right an absolute demon on these pathings for entries his crosshair placement some of the best i think i've probably ever seen this kid is an absolute monster as far as taking space and taking scalps is concerned more pressure towards upper tunnels the leisure's been boosted up to cover off this mid to b so there is a contingency plan in case they do try and split onto naf's position fallen tucked in towards goose stewie over towards the ramp and grim well he's got a tall task over towards long one minute on the clock and vp with this default spreader just taking space but it's still that upper tunnels yeah surely naf can't get away with this again against pistols it felt like a guarantee i'm not so sold here especially as james steps up to the plate oh that's good damage he steps out into the open and bust us quick to punish elise sprinting from his boosted position and there's your kinder 27 still in the chamber he is set for success and it will be liquid just locked out yeah uncanny ability from vp to be able to isolate all these fights make sure the trade potential the cts is just never there and when you're left in a round like this team liquid short was a flyer of a start but no need to throw away guns no need to give up anything extra in vain they'll just be tucking in towards t spawn here seeing if they can hold on to these three upgraded rifles and a buy going forward shouldn't be too many dramas stewie and grim if they survive can drop across and this is just a standoff at this section of the game you don't have vp going aggressive they need to build the bank as well we're good that we can get some action within these early stages and if we've been noting anything with cas teams they love a good save and they also don't really love a good hunt so well i mean not holding out hope i don't think anyone's going to walk past this thin line grimm has set in the sand no one's making any sound queues either so we will see everyone bringing all their goodies in your kinder is getting a little inquisitive but nobody firing another bullet liquid won't be able to operate with an orp against jame here within the early stages they just don't have the finances for it you can see here trying to reposition nafta swan this is uh the aim from kinder we're talking about he gets one shot he hits it he's not messing about and if he can continue that form that he had yesterday versus astralis then vp it could be looking good to me that is a spawn and a half not sure where he'll be taking it regardless and receipt james on the cross spots the one smokes for the second heading towards another bomb b tons lean let's do a bit earlier on the backup b here bolstering the numbers so i'm going to try and keep my finger on the pulse of these isolating executes from vp just being constantly cognizant of where liquid are what the most likely stack of ct's is and how they can in a flash fill the feed with two frags and force you into that save because we saw it so so successful in their quarter final about ouch kick it swallows that doesn't deter him for a quick jiggle doesn't see anyone home yeah they've been out to get cat control right now and utility hasn't been thrown out willy-nilly from liquid just yet so they'll have a bit to deal with this taking space what a shot fallen oh in a second the bomb just dropped down onto elevator oh that gets really awkward you're right kiki's already been the hero with two sensational shots now catching sanji there's enough time now kickers had to drop down stewie this could be everything his life is now gone bomb thrown up james to plan saved by kicker not only in the frags but saving the bomb as well doable now they might consider this grim yet to really have any impact he was long this entire time now returns from cat and a full set of util for naf on the way back in kicker's position doesn't have the most impact if they lose james his life very valuable good util usage give some time to walk on in jame though has isolated naf grim advancing needs a chance he does just see the jiggle james so elusive he does find him if he holds it he's down to kick it's i'd have it the spray grim steals it from under their noses he'll take the frag maybe even the orb that is gold and stuff from grim huge play right there absolutely mammoth on that retake they weren't even considering that the only reason this happens after kikit demolishes the a defense flash as well he got just a flash of the head poking above the box before his vision was taken bomb down he saves it grim just stares down that jumping bunny rabbit from kicker doesn't need to do much more than applaud he's just been given a gift a third for team liquid speaking of gifts stewie actually has the awp going into this round right here so fallen won't be gifted that to defend a with might be considering more pressure over towards b or these mid to b splits from vp so stewie will be able to back up naf over towards tunnels got jane back on his big green as well the buy is better for vp going into round number five melting now now very very low 35 hp remaining as you kind of mantels on up more pressure over towards cats so at this juncture vp know they can get short for free have utility to go for the execute again maybe just some more numbers behind it very unfortunate with that bomb drop in the previous unlikely to see that happen again grim sole defender on the a site right now kick it's looking hungry oh it's spread it's such a good spread it's gonna go down grim catch his kicker the spread was just enough he likes to jiggle on the top of the box grim does seem to have done his homework elise quite the off angle here james tightline is not gonna be so rewarding and he'd silently and gracefully dismounts as well three gathered up short jane to catch that b rotate they'd have to force it though we'll have to see a frag have to see bloodshed you kind of two mollies towards the ramp of flash set for his teammate it holds them at bay grimm got caught as well a second elize backs up to ram there's three here to receive them needs a precision and grim struggling isn't back onto the site with the first frag bombs on his way courtesy of sanji jame on to stew awkward if alicia doesn't find anything can you kinda make sure of it and that seals the deal james fills the feed for a final yeah great stuff there from vp james was just in charge of covering that b rotation making sure they couldn't get over and help those a defenders now that right there is the procedural a execute but they've done it with limited utility sure this is a bit of blunder to kick things off that smoke didn't land where they wanted it you can see it getting flubbed right there i think it went into the back of a teammate and kikit's gone down with maybe a little bit of over complication there but you can see as they take they're not rushing it they're getting out to bridge they take their fights they make the next jewel they get into the site they're isolating and when they have more utility going forward we'll get to see it in full force shoes being tagged down on the cross it is a force by here from team liquid they don't want to give up on the economy just yet they could have been a real real sour death for stewie jumping for info he's given a rare opportunity to pluck the head off of your kinder early but just some early damage in favor of the vpt side using their util to great success that should force combined with a second a frag but no look at that he catches them sleeping yokinda was turned for the flash aim wasn't there though and so blood drawn vp now flooding into a yeah what are you supposed to do with a scout after the first miss he should be cooked more damage inflicted but that'll be about it a usp for fallen not much longer and now just the final two pieces of the puzzle that's pushed up long aggressive might hope to catch a buster perhaps off guard steal away something oh james gets the info and buster can convert it flawless from vp that's not losing a single man yeah so next round 1900 loss bonus right we won't see liquid buying in in the following fall and even save the boatload of cash right there you can see he's currently operating with 1200 he bought utility if naf can hold on to this at least that gives them something to work with will be looking for an opening kill from him they can pick up an ak and be able to work with a little bit extra but all in all this is the chance for vp to tie things up we'll be looking very good for the fourth round so three three and that's been spotted now probably keep your head down maters he will be that only upgraded pistol going into the next round falling with 3.1 he's going to want to hold on to the cash to get the awp out as soon as possible stewie and grim they're going to get this 2400 as the lost bonus next round so they're ct sided by going into round number eight it's still not going to be perfect they can save the gun they can do some damage here make sure that vp aren't just across the stack something i don't hate it he's just going to be throwing them to see smoke to suggest there's potential for a stack and going for a usual split three leaning towards a bit of an aggressive short maneuver perhaps facilitating oh with the us plenty of information and a little bit of bloodshed still we caught on doors yeah james the goalkeeper in spawn nothing getting past him yeah true no funny business pretty standard stuff here from vp just making sure they don't run into any of these stacks and it is just the usps if they don't go beat naf is completely negated sanji taking space towards long as well so against these usps this is the perfect avenue just go straight up get the mollies in towards car you can even just go contact across leave james in the background of that awp a couple simple flashes take the fights easy as you like once upon a time these rounds you know you just send in some very hungry fraggers and go out to see what they can find but now with economy and you know every dollar every penny is important these days with how good the teams have become anti-egos like this you want to keep them spotless smoke on the cross jam up and over the top nobody flash pushing through it is so thorough that's the thing right they they're ready for the flash push they're ready for peek out from top side they're ready for the smoke it's a joy to watch i mean you can see how many how many steps there is to taking that site just by default coming back up long let's kick its responsibility and see fallen actually land his double ding that was enough for kicker to go down it won't be the spotless round after all naf still has his armored eagle and he's just joined his teammates towards short good damage sanji catching flack so annoying just jiggle on the jiggle on the jiggle making these ak's life a living nightmare they don't even have to take these fights right it's not like they need the money it's all good if they just keep those usps it's not they're going to get away with any ak-47s fallen trying to make a bit of a play on to the side here kind of is going to deal with him no dramas whatsoever elijah might even go down with the bomb here if he doesn't force forward and there it is four to three in favor of the polar bears now if we'll hold on to that kevlar an important piece is he only has 4.1 to buy in going into round number eight and this was some of the worries that i was talking about right in the sense that these ct sided buyers are not going to have all the utility they require stu's bought in with a smoke and a flash he doesn't have a molotov does never he it's not like when they're just in these defaults they're not gonna be able to harass them in the same way that an australist might right if they have those full bars with the constant nades the constant harassment as they take space liquid are gonna have to put their bodies on the line and what they did on pistol was aggression as a team what happened news do they have for us in this gun round right here locking down long has james taking that awp lower dark to deal with the short boost we can see nobody's home they could have long fallen perched up on catwalk ready to shoot and fall but no eyes on mid right here for liquid meaning they are susceptible to a mid to beat and that lack of utility on naf and stewie will come into play oh my golly gosh was that from your kinder and he's got some pep in his step he keeps swinging wide into the side elise tucked on goose down to grim to help him no way finally goes down before any more damage can be inflicted great supporting flash from grim isolates these a little kicker overwhelms and all over the shop liquids start to drop only two remain already stewie's are well aware the buster lake and the tons i think he spotted him oh buster cleaners well what is going on these vp gentlemen are squeaky clean just so sharp here and grim can't get away with the famous that will be five to three i love that we see it from fallen's pov like you saw it from glaives on train the other day again it's got to be a pre-fire right like 100 free fire in that day this wasn't this was just great stuff from buster he even finds a third neat and tidy as well oh my you got that peak right there from your kinder and the one that he did to glaive yesterday on train where he just peered out high ramp and just shot two bullets and glaives exploded but i'm sitting there looking where was glaive even standing now we will be seeing another pistol upgrade here from liquid next round finally the full guns with utility will be on the cards as let's see what they can get done coupled eagles p 255.7 falling onto that usp again no damage not offering a lot vp are looking very very sharp to kick things off everything seems seems to have intent oh okay elise has got a lot to contend with on short falls off after initial scary shots and this is going to be execute double flashes do he's lost his util naff does find one with his p250 overwhelmed now two into the side from the ct's grim can't help because sanji's just popping heads look how glorious it looks that's some problems if sanji's popping off like that vp might be running those were his first three legs of the game and they were so swift lovely lovely stuff for virta's pro and this is starting to be quite the street chad this is gonna be their fifth in a row yeah and here's the deal over those five rounds they've only lost what are we looking at here one two three four players over a five round spree so uh would have been bankrupt every time i think we're saving that kevlar vest around other things keeping it very clean here rvp gonna be cleaner as they're just executing liquid right now every time the crosshair is perfectly placed for the heads they're not missing they're not mincing their shots and another clean one right there so six to three yeah four players survive you kind of the only one to go down he's all happy with that 11k residual in the bank buster has 16k that tells you just how well things have been going since uh vp have been starting to put rounds on the board 16 grand he's invested a little bit down to uh 15.3 so still quite a nice bank balance right there high roller in the server here tonight warps out for fall and no double all for stu here elise is going to have an organ hand and they are very scared on this cross team liquid need to make sure they're lobbing that smoke in time and time again bait and switch set up towards the doors this is fallen's chance to find an opening oh just a flash of your kinder around the xbox the nade is right on his nose doesn't do as much as james caught a lot of damage from a leash they're locked in now they'll maybe have to drop util to bail him out and he's doing it himself drops a full set just to evade they take long a lot of space taken elige with the org is given the task now with the scope it certainly does seem like a more favorable jewel and knowing james lowe all of those jewels now favor elijah's org looks like they're just gonna park the bus here for a minute vp that pause button being hit again all four players over towards long plenty of utility for a long cross yeah but are they counting on james to open up i don't fancy his chances against that org just staring at them the turret that is a liege have you seen him playing game labs grief no thank you very much with 10 hp or 5 excuse me it's going to be either james or their five-man swing let's see how this one goes down fallen is there to swing out to help util will fly over a run boost perhaps oh and there goes jane but it is only the one there's the fallen trade shot and that was exactly what they planned to converting fallen's frag he doesn't catch sanji across but that's not the bomb and he seems to know it one more across now buster does get it there no one can contest it should be a plant 20 seconds still threatening here vp it's not over just yet both in the site they have been hitting absolutely everything oh and sanji's found another one on to grim not a 2v4 oh they're done oh he's shaping up it's gonna be stewie enough sanji's got too many targets one from either side and they do weather the storm liquid finally put one on the board after what was been a five six round silence the fourth for the ct squad here's the deal right if you're vp and you're in that situation at two on four you get across the site not only do you plant the bomb your economy is already bonkers so you're just adding back on top of that and then you force liquid down to only two players we talk about the magic number being three liquid need to drop guns across here so somebody's gonna go missing or somebody's gonna be light on nades maybe won't have a big m4a4 and that's gonna be grim he's taking that bitter pillow gwen again back down to a famous utility is looking good but liquid need to string a couple together here that bank balance a vp right now it's going to take a few rounds to really force them down into squalor oh i thought they were using that he smoke to cross jane clearly has vision that wall pack's not far off either oh he wants more double orbs are out jane that takes down the elige first so a 2-2 split of their divided resources what just happened there on mid-dose was that the ct nade to cross i think so oh and stewie's more led through the door james just essentially not won them this round but he's giving him a damn leg up the problem for liquid here is they don't have much room to work with whatsoever they need to be cognizant of the mid to b now this lurk smoke comes out naf is on high alert has to play up close and personal oh he's found a sweet spot between all of the util it could be the frag onto buster's jiggle oh it was an opportunity but it's gone now and the op isolated they know a shot has been fired awp on b util dropped doors i think these seconds chad yeah if you know there's an all backer plat a mid to b might be perfect here they want to take some short control early the bomb hasn't taken any space whatsoever it's just kick it at this juncture they have all the room they need to work with for a mid to b that would be two smokes perfect call looks like that's where they are setting up tons and to mid jane wants to join them as well it's gonna be explode onto naf he has the awp but it's this would have to be miraculous try the same trick oh and they do line up all but they spread missed shots and vp find the two necessary frags it's only grim and fallen now from behind perhaps kick it caught unawares but there's already support in tunnels in james and just like that versus pro another spotless round how many is that it seems like every round they've won they've had as you said four if not five alive yeah out of these last three of rounds i think it's the the last six that we're talking about here fallen will grab another one but all in all they've had five of those rounds with four players survive uh and one of those rounds with everybody survived so let's see how badly they want to throw resources here at fallen they can chase they have the bank to do so thorns grabbed another this really isn't hurting vp by any means if they rip this off out of fallen's hands they're going to continue to throw bodies out of the ball and they're just absolutely wrecking it give it to him he has survived fallen will bring the orphan to the next he refuses to surrender his arms go down quietly it's not about breaking the bank it's about keeping that weapon into the next it's going to be gruesome for liquid one way or the other this is what happened a lovely breakdown yeah so that was a smoke and the nade so the nade hit a liege there so i i maybe it was flubbed on the throw that was a little bit of a problem fuller makes it look stylish while saving this but what i'm talking about here is that the money is is really good for vp we're already what 12 rounds in or going into the 12th lots of action on long this time and they're following through that last round chad matters a lot more if fallen does something with this a whole lot more and elise wants to make space for him oh my good god he could lock the door if they could work this out if they gamble correctly elise hasn't chosen to push the issue but they are going for an all too familiar strat it's long and fallen has his awp they're walking up now he won't have many more opportunities to pull that trigger he has got sanji there's more to come big swing what's he supposed to do now the smokes bloom a ct smoke around the side makes things awkward he's actually been boosted this could be spicy but the flash buster didn't catch a glimpse of him there's another opportunity for fallen the smokes will fade about seven seconds on that the ct's re-smoke hoping he has another chance to strike vp they're not taking any chances we know they don't rush their plans and he's lost his chance now slips off pulls the plug grim has pulled something out of the hat buster's gone one goose too long fallen retake doesn't sound so dreamy all together he does have a kit still on stuck on the ramp this is so difficult do they go for this fallen wants to have a chance and james taking it down now they know where grim is james found the frags necessary and he sends them packing they don't get to keep a penny well they threw a lot at that right they really gave that a good crack now the score on eight to four doubled the rounds here vp over liquid and you can see how they're really just trying to work for any kill and vp have these crossfires set up perfectly you're right they're not rushing the plant they're not giving up opportunities where they would be down a man while the digits are being punched on in thorough stuff and when you do an early long take like that you give yourself so much time on the clock to work with falling back into another orb stewie this time has one we've seen well alish pick it up for a mid pick we've seen stewie have it early he's been tagged a couple times here as well so he's very frustrated see the alternate peak he's gone for there drops down suicide hard right and pre-aims that door for the cross stewie's caught off by james bag of tricks you'll have to stomach that wound for the rest of this one this is a crucial round as well ct economy has been so fragile and it will shatter as vertus pro with their coffers look for another mid to be just look how isolated that ct defense is right now the two players on the b bomb site both tucked in there's no early warning signal of throughout mid doors they're actually giving up that space completely vpn to know that right now but okay there we go falling getting better this time around they know there's one opt way and one up towards b fallen completely isolated won't be able to support this mid this split an early peak from stewie he does pull the trigger takes down kicker as he falls they're swinging in enough multiple targets to find positioning was good but couldn't find another chance three on three it's a tough side to retake and grim has given him a way in by having tunnels it's no longer a guarantee they know there's one close and she's burning loses a significant amount of health force forwards time's on liquid side as well those beeps are practically in slow motion elise has util a single flash to get them in and in goes fallen perfect timing he tries to no scope sanji's done enough time ticking james hit another chain tucks in looking for the no scope i think that's enough for lies 10 second defuse gonna be close plenty of time what am i talking about right there liquid get their fifth i was really worried about that scenario the kit was on grim coming through intense dude i mean they had to throw every single body at the line i mean look what it comes down to elise has to mantel on the box hunt down jamie if he gets around that box chad if he gets to play pull out the usp pull out the p250 roam around you know what i'm saying it gets awkward very difficult pushing the issue just in time okay there's double orbs there that gave liquid the success stu getting one and going straight down fallen getting yokinda over there at short and this time they're only operating with one can only bring that through with the ct economy really hamstrung right now and more space being taken straight towards b oh this is so bad they've already lost stewie it's round 14 euron fam asses nothing left in residual you just might have to bend the knee on this one the bombs already going down well if you're vp you can really hunt again like what they tried to do to fall in earlier go for it one more time look at the money right your kinder has 5.5 sandy 5.6 we got buster up there around that 4k mark they can definitely chase and they should take these guns away give liquid absolutely nothing going into the final round to play the loss bonus into that i'm gonna be 2 900. so you may as well hightail it just start putting the pressure on you kind of starting to search now through t spawn sanji's going to clear ct spawn any moment bomb over halfway ticked so they're going to give this one a crack but bunk it down towards long all four players from liquid here and they need to hold on to these kickers about to get flashed in long here yeah i think grimm's the most vulnerable controls his spray and takes two weapons away maintaining the three though that's the dream and the ninth for virtus pro this is their pick looking to secure double digits in the first that certainly doesn't sound too shabby at all and they'll have everything they could desire one final attempt from team liquid this has been a very very trial by fire for team liquid's defense i mean vp have been calling such an almost spotless game punishing every pick they make every tag final round of our first half and fallen does manage to find another saving grace for liquid has been that warping presence and i haven't said that in years yeah well he's finding some impact here but is it enough to get them this round over towards b again liquid have been under the pump towards that side of the map four players in upper tunnels a little bit of noise being made the nade just shy sanji taking two points of damage just there and they're continuing forward enough it's not easy to pull this one off holding down the trigger and it's a double nearly three yakinda so low after that exchange with naf he's done significant damage he's made it more than winnable kick it throws the awp to the low yokinda given the responsibility of tons kicker to hold the wolf from the door three advancing fully healthed lots of nades as well we could see uh smoke tons that's going to isolate your kinder completely out of this exchange just to kick it then flashes are good space being taken one swings in another perfect flash at least gets the first it's just yakinda and neat and tidy a six put on the board for team liquid closing it out with some style that's what they needed north america versus virtus pro doing the old orc proud [Music] [Music] is i don't fear anyone on the server nowadays but before i was afraid playing against kazera when he was on his prime 2017 twitter doubled up its character to 280. pubg and fortnite came out neymar's transferred from barcelona to psg broke football record and nico's transfer from mouse sports to face broke one in counter-strike it was also the year when everything fell apart in virtus crossbow [Music] it was the beginning of new era slowly saying goodbye to the lineups of old with the birth of new face clan and australis who would go on to fight for domination over the scene with glaive making his debut on katowice stage only four months after joining australis what should we take yeah his head blown off it's glad to open up the box right here and he gets the double as well make it a triple fantastic work from glaive that's gonna be round done and dusted it was also a tournament with a lot of upsets sk gaming nip fnatic and virtus pro dropped out in a group stage the grand finals super team of face with nico guardian allo olaf maester and carrigan who recently rejoined the team met astralis it was their first final of this caliber for astralis it was second in a row after winning atlanta major against us astralis still with kirby but without magisk tried to fire in it's gonna get planted glave and dupree pushing up from banana it's all on the newest acquisition and it's all done are we talking about the era of danish dominance oh yeah definitely danish dominance put your hands together for your widow they are the world champions the intel extreme master season 11 champions dupree and astralis [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] you're strong enough you're strong enough vertus pro ahead in the race to finish this dust two off quick nine to six though liquid overcoming what was a very tough counter-strike economy lesson in the ct side they're coming into the t-side now i've got sponge alongside for the ride and a lot of utility for a pistol round chad that is boat loads double smokes we've got flash bangs we've got four of them that's an interesting buy let's see where they want to deploy this because if they go late and somebody gets picked off liquids gonna happen double smoke points to long well they just spotted sanji on the corner and that's not the case look at this buster and kika are already pushing upper tunnels they're going to get a boatload of information that's going to facilitate james and your kinder to rotate back over towards a pressure on sanji now he's calling this out to his team and you're right all these smokes the long cross could come in the molotov to help hold them at bay and the run boost to at least take some space yeah and they're not rushing this jamie kinder still hanging around that mid doors area they don't have that info yet first lineups being deployed as they start to walk up i can have four cts up on short here chad sandy to delay if he could just find one it's gonna get awkward from short across they go now the flames leave yeah to see bloodshed bomb to be planted there's still that wave of blue on shore now reveals itself alesia's got some unfavorable jewels really with the glock and all the flashes though oh the flashes set them up for success goose james got one hb finished off knee and tidy elise has quite the pistol three to his name and they don't lose a single man it couldn't have got better than that just like their ct sided pistol right remember that aggression they pushed up they took some fights they found themselves in a three-on-five situation whittled it down somehow oh boy kicker gets a plant well this time round to the t side both squads saved flashes for these late round executes right where they're coming on in you're retaking all right we're going to flash off of your push same thing happened almost instantly from both sides and to keep both pistols clean liquid they should be in the driver's seat of this game they convert right here against this force by a vp there's two scouts out lower dark being taken stewie's gonna rattle that info off and it was just feigned they actually forced a player through in the line of sight and have dropped back so grim towards backyard needs to be on high alert right now rotation from both teams over towards long dude two scouts this this right here is going to be difficult to get past if the first misses there's no way the second does and you can see this they're just standing next to each other jamie and kinder both perch towards the top of a one tag dead that's an important find elise peeks bravely into what was clearly the scout knocks the head off of james you kinda feel the feed as well with the scout they'll be aware there's a second to fear sanji recovers it they can just stay in this setup right as soon as one scout shoots somebody from liquid has to peak to take the space the other ones they're ready to shoot again so this is gonna be so difficult to get past oh and elise goes down as he jumps that is so punishing not another one actual damage from your kinder into grim into his head three frags on the scalp no armor no problem liquid a spotless pistol met by jakinder in the second smokes on the cross stewie has to be the hero now for long side for support long range at this point he has an ak-47 but he doesn't have the health it's one bullet any of those through the smoke could have taken him down flames flames okay these are you'll have heard that they'll know he's close buster's looking at the smoke jump up stewie is across naf now with an ak-47 can do damage kick it he's found on elevator expecting to swing and naf he finds them both just one more on the side to save liquid as well bales team liquid out of trouble what a sensation he is we got plays like that out of nf versus navi we're going to need more of that here today against vp because that is a round that almost completely falls apart look at this mid-air back turned oh pinned him to the wall cop that one what are you meant to do mate flashed off jumping in doing all the speccy work well now if he compares this is the frag man sanji doing what what anyone would expect him to do swing out for the trade and that's included in that list is naf what a win oh they'll be they'll be thanking their lucky stars for that one and the stripes alicia gave you kendra a bit of a nice shot right there respect being given in this one is one round away liquid here from tying things up has felt like a game where they've had to battle for everything you look at those ct sided rounds they were able to gain hold up a second grip action on here could be a lovely hand handful of cash with their knife out no less if they keep pushing they might find it looks like alicia's deter them enough simple flash pushing in with the mac 10 of his own oh they stopped them from picking up that gun so the fact that grim's gone down not too many worries whatsoever recovered the bomb they've still got a bit of territory here plenty of time to work with it is just these pistols last round obviously very dangerous double scouts you had eagles you had everything this time just these usps and the p250 back of kick it there he's on the wrong side of the map as sanji the lone defender here don't even have a skin on his usp let's see what he can do with this flashes molly's nades it's all coming on through he's even been spotted tagged on up and he shouldn't be too long for this world sanji goes down bomb will follow team liquid we'll be tying things up here in round number 18. james been able to go get that mac 10. so let's see if they can find an exit any money that he can bank will go towards his awp fund rattling that little tin oh a very loud elise it's never fun when you can hear him coming it's never fun you still go down nine to nine the scores you can see grimm highlighted there with a nice double and so it's time for vp to be having to weather that similar storm we just saw liquid overcome and actually in a timeout called it's time for jason moses o'toole known for his time on the caster desk host analyst and commentator extraordinaire it's a little bit of a reminder now into the ranks alongside fallen as well stewie this brain trust of team liquid ensuring everyone's on the same page and for versus pro moment to catch their breath not a single kitten play chad this is dream starts in both halves for team liquid pistols convert the second liquid in the second half even converted the third so they've kept it relatively spotless obviously the second round we'll keep that one in our back pocket for later but they've set themselves up a platform to be able to convert here they need to go up against the gun rounds of vp now and you bang on there is no kit the rounds that liquid were winning were post plants they were defusers let's see if vp want to take the fight to liquid and deny that space yeah i mean if they can get into the site the chances of that going for that retake do dip off dramatically that's actually done some damage right there with that ak on the cross so buster just tickled down a little bit chip damage to 77. i think better of going near grimm's bullets feels like they're magnetized to him right now default spread here from liquid across the map needs being lined on up nobody home to receive doing a good job of staying out of the line of fire here liquid clearing out towards mid doors allegiance wow he cops a bunch back you kinder anything you can do i can do better that wall bang right let's down the nose of the leisure as he holds down that spray he might even go for more here i'm not sure at least he's gonna escape looks like on the flash in the jumper cross he does live to fight another day james holding it not an easy shot to hit by any stretch but narrow margins at the moment separating the first frag we haven't seen it yet they're actually going back towards long and james staying around on the corner here when they know the orp is long it's surprising we don't see them go into a bit more of a short execute but if they feign this short piece jay might drop back this all comes down to timing stubborn and evades the flash nicely body's dropped dropping his util now towards that short presence he's doing both jobs simultaneously good flash they don't check it no punish stewie with one way don't forget alicia's low anything he finds no not to be sanji punishes and only two members left as they cross in looking great for virtus pro's 10th here yokinder in support spray is golden from naf but no time on that with the aug vp they'll take it well handle they even deny the plant right there so this is going to force liquid into a bit of a decision-making moment here they are operating with full buys on all their players they will have to drop guns across to make this one work and players might even go without but sanji doing a good job playing around the smokes and kick it he always seems to come in with the longest flanks right we talk about on overpass we're here on dust two really late there on long finding impact buys coming on out full and operating with a glock i have never seen fall in this selfless before in my life he is playing that in-game leader role oh you're out this is where it gets interesting yokinder and sanji both swinging out stewie does go down that's the important trade there's one more in pit can they isolate sanji in trouble james desperately with even the p250 combined with the nade they get him boosted on blue now sanji should be a dead man walking he's throwing out all of his nades they actually drop off the bin power position lost jaime in support as well if they swing to punish the smoke does isolate sanji he's desperately trying to save him they're desperately trying to hunt him and sanji does eventually go down three on three now can slow things down here liquid there's no more rush wow chaos and here he is ready to turn the key on the reverse you really cannot leave long without getting through kick it no and if they try and drop back whatsoever they're gonna suffer some huge casualties as i mentioned fallen he just dropped guns he was operating with a glock and utility he's picked up an ak has no armor behind that so no matter who fires at him he'll be absolutely shredded you've got two smokes i mean like it's just willing them to try and walk into buster and james it's gonna be so telegraphed though right they know it has to be long so if they drop these smokes it might isolate them one fight but virtus pro know what's coming they want to boost around the first see if they can find buster he's so perfectly tucked in oh and they're moving in unison just to widen the peak a little now across and james hits his first elise knocked on his bottom oh fallen has no idea but naf bodyguard's just enough for the plan now no armor but a 1v2 and a repositioning jam he's actually joined him long look how scared fallen is he thinks there's one close short there's no idea and it's an orb oh what a shot from fallen he's still thinking about short now maybe working it out piecing it together he's cognizant of james and there it is playing the long game nice try all round from fallen though you can see he's still at the tippy top of the charts where is he now 16 from james 17. snaps up to 17 as well so getting a bit of a bag himself but the fact that naf saves fallen right here that facilitated what could have been a nice one on two james was over towards that short position quickly rotated around towards long and you can see falling he's lost him here no idea really good work there from vp that's gonna be the 11th round right now team liquid will be taking a time out their second just to talk things through and stu is having a bit of a rough one there four kills for him just really unable to find himself any impact in this game hard when you're that entry fragger but they started on that ct side right and he kept getting leg jumping through the doors keep getting tagged by james not the way you want to be starting you can't really find your groove with that plant it's given team liquid enough money to go for a partial buy in the following round they're gonna be getting uh i believe the 2400 loss bonus so they can spend a little bit right naf can probably spend the most here fallen's one gonna want to make sure he gets the awp so maybe we won't see enough investing too much but vp is set up for the 12th nicely unless we can get some miracle individual moments out of team liquid that's what this is going to come down to something a little bit quick maybe take some space a banger of a deagle headshot here or there they're not operating with a lot yeah looks like an early xbox smoke stewie heading towards the three ct's on long and he's done he isn't he's out and he's making a lot of noise he's actually managed to inflict some damage as well your kinder gets the pressure going bit to be on this yeah and they're holding it they're not ready for it though and now the smoke blooms kick it buster spring to action spring to life and fill them no one left stewie caught through the doors as well that is a quick solution to the problem so you could see what the plan was there if stewie took a lot of contact had multiple members try and cross pit we're fighting around the smoke then they just go up short right they know that maybe there's one fight and they can isolate that get the bomb down take control help stewie out the fact that they don't see anything they have to change their plan halfway through mid to b all right let's hope that there's an avenue that we can get through there they get out but you can just see all the nades all the eyes completely drawn and liquid they try something fast but they get denied and fallen operating without an awp here means that james can take as many liberties as he wants fallen has to jiggle that door can't even go to take a fight it's towards long again control gifted for vp this time more access through the lower tunnel stewie any opening any space anything he can provide right now is what team liquid need because fallen doesn't have the orb the riflers have to get it done instead awesome lots of noise nade exchange towards start of short utility entirely forces jame off he has the response of his own yeah this volume it's very standard stuff not too many he's from vp or any at all to do damage just these molly's to hold them at bay and easily avoidable for team liquid they've got three smokes left a truckload of flashes and molly and they're giving up long so if they go for a short set piece into a this has to work they're running out of rounds to be able to go for set executes james goes looking and he finds its target stewie sent to another grave frustration mounting early casualty liquid to overcome it passive stance but not for yakinda he's gone forward in front of the smoke trying to hold them at bay jane catches flashes but did land some lead elise is dead two frags of james name misses his shot now they're across or are they can't hit through the box but kick it can fallen is exposed and so much damage with just 10 hp left he's a sitting target three coming in from long fallen needs a head shot now it's not to be grim after clutch good reaction onto one but that'll be it vp very comfortable retake no sweat on the brow and an ak upgrade for buster i feel like they definitely need the orpon team liquid because they need to activate fallen for opening kills stu's just having a rough time of it right now all the timings every time he looks for a gap they've just smoked either side of mid you're not expecting james to be standing in the middle of mid they smoked ct and they also smoked off b hill and there was a flash coming and he's still standing in the open got to ask yourself what more do we need to do and without that or presence james gonna have no drama going for those fights time and time again he didn't have much impact at all yesterday in their victory and they still get across the line but today it's a different story 19 kills for him now leading the server and vp only three rounds away from picking up map number one their choice liquid forced into yet another timeout yeah the options use them while you've got them you can feel it slipping away you can feel versus pro really starting to pick up momentum try and slow them down it's a bitter pill in the economical department it will be the armor the nades something out of the strap book something you've dry runned a couple of times a fully bought up vp and a very coordinated looking vertus pro as well the scoreboard makes it look like it's quite clear and where they're lacking and unfortunately for stewie his role is to take space and find entries so the fact that he's not operating to that and we find the scoreline yeah eyes are on him this utility right now they're gonna be quite brazen again with the pistols fast flash down towards mid okay i do like to see the change of pace it's gonna be something that vp have to react to as opposed to be prepared for they have short control immediately they could almost just go for a set piece off the bat and if they do so it's just jam they have to get past that rotation in spawn yakinda isolated looking for a drop down early utility just to bait anything out of the ct's the second wave the double pump coming now you can not really on the side to support jame they might have to play retake and it does seem like that's the call concede the plan concede the site and retake together they've kept one flash for this it's on naf could be the clutch flash something they need because vp have a lot stewie goes looking and there's no trade available yokinda just waits spides his time and strikes nade towards naf's corner on his nose yokin has already found a second grim stare the flash is out from naf and it slows them down but it's not enough no ct's down yet and there's still plenty of time on that clark v vb they're not sure yet getting a bit awkward now five second defuse and there you have it one's on it sanji can't really be knocked off and look at their bodyguards well they make that retake albeit right down to the final closing 10 seconds they do manage to make it look pretty damn intentional yeah vp wouldn't do it any other way would they love to run that clock down and they have all five of their players currently positive as far as kill death ratio is going so everybody operating at quite the high capacity on the other side of things it's just naf and fallen and we'll get that op out fallen needs to find some impact with this we've seen a bit of it so far five of those kills were trying to save but he has been hitting the shots he needs to smoke towards upper tunnels early just one player over towards b as they've gone for ouch four man aileen and there you go james with the leg shot down and towards the lower tunnels elise operating on life sport and that nade might be enough just dunk straight on their head oh he waited for him to throw the molly because he knows he's got it perfection they can just clamp down on them now vp five-on-four situation no need to be limping out these nades there's no sound cues nothing they need to react to right now holding on to a lot of smokes a lot of molotovs they can use these defensively and there's another one his timing impeccable today we'll get into a for almost free here though alex you can see all the utility coming out now nobody able to stop this but we saw vp play retake against the eco they're happy to do it again just close the door on long they're all isolated towards short in sight i have to be worried about shorting okay naf has turned his attention to it so a chance to be the hero once again always hearing a lot of steps multiple targets he needs a few here he's gone in molotov he's trying to focus on multiple targets that's the swing and he does adjust nicely into sanji stewie though quiet so far needs a double on short to make this round reality and buster just kind of lose his head off fallen pressure from every side every angle the bullets just keep coming as does kick it looking for the defuse buster's there in time we see our 15th vertus pro are just running towards the finish line here it's been a streak of blue six in a row from vp and after what was as chad described a dream start to this this half yeah both halves for liquid and they're only walking away with this with potentially nine rounds so not good enough in the gun rounds there's no other way to put it vp are absolutely destroying them always having nades left for the retake finding perfect timings on james every time he steps on now and he tags one lower tunnels and you can just go to line up for his punish this is where uh you know after map number one fallen might need to get the team in a bit of a huddle and give them some kind of a speech and a half here because they're looking very deflated last timeout used and you were right if you've got them you might as well use them you don't want to lose a map and have it given it your best shot the plants and the full max loss bonus i'm going to facilitate yet another buy falling onto the awp once more stewie's yet to purchase nothing seems to be going his way if he can have one round it's too late now but maybe if he has it towards the tail end of this game right now would be perfect give him a little bit of life going into map number two needs something here liquid alicia has a bit of a long spawn but he's on he's lonesome he's different straight down mid which him actually fancy his chances there and look at the spray from a liege not for the first time catching a couple of bullets into james hard to put him down though yeah i don't know where liquid can go right they've struggled they've gone for the long crosses they've been denied they've gone for these short executes they get sight right you're not having any problems getting the bombsite they're giving it to you you have no needs left to stop the retake and right now your kinder's ready to gobble up a couple fallen's holding the tightest of lines for the door's peak standoff there more nade damage do you know why fallen's glued to this position because of james timing on the mid picks and he's not even there he's elsewhere this time round smokes on your kinder another frag first again as he mantled the box a cruel punishment for stewie and over the smoke fallen's head sticks out like a sore thumb mukinder two frags to pull dust two into a vp semi-final map one only naf grim and attacked up liege to keep liquids fighting chances i had no headway in this round whatsoever they're just going straight into what vp won and they're ready to receive them sanji not taking early contact there's the supporting flashes grim sees nobody home and ops to plan not been an issue for vp in the past and it doesn't seem like it'll be an issue here just on to a leash then and it's clean it's tidy it's vertus pro baby they are here in the semi-finals with a statement on dust two team liquid nine vertice pro 16 the semi-finals continue we've breaking that one down at the desk that's for sure do stay tuned for iem katowice semi-finals

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