Semifinals ESL One Cologne 2016

sk started strong 3-0 lead vp tied score right back. vp took 6-3 lead sk time tied score right 6-6. vp win last 3 rounds take 9-6 lead end of half. sk won pistol round , next rounds pattern of 3 rounds continues , tied score @ 9-9. sk broke pattern taking 11-9 lead. vp tie score @ 11-11 , took 14-11 lead. sk on board again 12th round win in 26th round. score tied once again @ 14-14. sk convincingly won 29th round , 1 round away taking first map. in 30th round, vp stormed bombsite situation turned taz , neo against coldzera , taco. taz goes down after bomb planted neo wins 1 vs 2 situation put game overtime. first round of overtime became 1 vs 3 situation coldzera. takes down paweł byali bieliński taz, putting himself in 1 vs 1 situation against snax. snax, however, put coldzera down, giving first round vp. coldzera went out revenge got ace – 5 kills – in round. vp take last round of half. however, 2 teams traded rounds , vp still 18-17 going last round. sk down man , 2 when taco went down fer got 2 quick kills make 2 vs 2 situation. pashabiceps finds fer , coldzera on own. coldzera found pashabiceps neo crept , got game winning kill. taz had 31 kills , neo had 24 while coldzera had 30 kills , fer , fallen had 25 kills.

map 2 less exciting vp destroyed on nuke. sk took 12-3 lead half , went 4-2 in second half close out map easily. pashabiceps , byali had 14 kills each not enough of sk had more kills both, coldzera , taco leading way 20 , 19 kills, respectively.

map 3 came mirage, map both teams internationally known for. sk took first 3 rounds, vp tied score @ 3. vp went on win 4 rounds before sk post round on board. sk close gap @ 7-5 , 8-6, vp took three-round lead half winning last round. sk won pistol , 2 rounds tie score @ 9-9. sk took lead first time since round 5 , extended 12-9 before vp made 12-10. sk made 14-10, vp fought 2 more rounds make 14-12. during time, awp coldzera carrying proved vital or teammates had saved in prior rounds , avoided death. come play in crucial moments. in round 27, sk required half buy, meaning players bought limited number of weapons , utility rather buying fully, in order save money following round. on other side, vp equipped. taco started things off shotgun kill onto byali. neo sprayed down taco , fnx. coldzera got awp kill onto taz , fallen hit jump shot ssg onto snax. during this, pashabiceps sneaked way way around flank coldzera , fallen , killed them both. fer had killed neo in meantime ump. however, pashabiceps ran right fer , killed, , sk survived 15. in round 28, vp had 3 pistols, galil (less powerful ak-47), , ak-47 had utility needed , sk had needed. fallen pushed through vp s smoke , killed byali while fer killed taz. fallen traded pashabiceps. duo of fer , fnx shut down neo , pashabiceps before fer taken down snax. taco closed things , sk came away win. taz had 22 kills vp fallen , coldzera had 22 sk , fer had 21 counter taz s performance.

team liquid vs. fnatic

both legends @ last major well, both teams try make grand finals, liquid trying first ever north american team reach milestone.

fnatic came game 83% predicting swedish team in grand finals against sk.

casters: james bardolph & ddk

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.