Team Liquid vs. Fnatic ESL One Cologne 2016

liquid chose cobblestone first map. fnatic took convincing lead, liquid came 10-2 run make score 10-5, still possible fnatic. in pistol round, arguably world s best pistol player, dennis dennis edman shut down team liquid , gap closed 2 rounds. despite s1mple s best efforts in following round, liquid lost round, elige clutched 1 vs 2 situation. fnatic did not let round play mind , tied game @ 11-11. fnatic took 13-11 lead, liquid won next 2 rounds tie game. liquid 15-13, olofmeister in 1 vs 2 situation on low health. nitr0 took down olofmeister clinch game liquid. s1mple had 24 kills , nitr0 had 20 kills. dennis had 25 kills , krimz had 22 kills. jw struggled 13 kills.

fnatic took lead liquid tied game right @ 3-3. fnatic 4 rounds end of half , liquid took 11-4 lead. in round number 14, s1mple had historic csgo moment idolized graffiti in place took place. in 1 vs 2 situation against krimz , dennis, s1mple trying clutch round. went place called heaven , in scaffolding @ elevated level. s1mple dropped down , kill dennis right in front of him no scope , no scoped krimz across b bombsite. seen impressive since no scoping , jumping causes aim inaccurate, s1mple made happen. in second half, fnatic won 7 in row tie game @ 11 , took lead @ 13-11. after timeout, liquid brought 13-13. liquid brought game 15-13 in favor. krimz left in 1 vs 4 in final round of game , died nitr0 , liquid became first north american team reach grand finals. s1mple had 31 kills liquid , elige had 27. fnatic, krimz had 23 kills , jw had 21 while flusha had uncharacteristically bad game @ 13 kills.