forZe, ECSTATIC על סף חיסול במלטה; 1WIN, B8 מצטרפים לבריכה 1-1

1WIN ו B8 are now in the 1-1 pool after slipping in the first day of the IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR A, tallying victories over עבור ו משולהב in the second round of the Swiss group. The match between the two Russian sides was a 30-round nail-biter in which קישוט made the difference for his team with 30 kills. Over on the B stream משולהב put up a 13-round comeback against B8 on the CT side of Nuke, just to drop the ball in overtime to join עבור in the tournament’s 0-2 pool.

1WIN got off to a flying start on Nuke, hitting 5-0 on the attack before their עבור compatriots could react. קישוט made the difference early on for his team with 10 frags in six rounds, but cooled down as עבור settled into the defense and started to link back-to-back rounds all the way to a 7-5 lead. 1WIN only managed one more round in the half, keeping it within three before switching sides.

עבור increased their lead to 11-6 after the two first rounds of the second half, but 1WIN struck back on the third round to stay within striking distance. Egor "⁠Flamie⁠" וסילייב and company got within one, 10-11, but עבור won a forcebuy off the back of a Tec-9 triple by אלכסנדר "שלפי" מרנוב to stay ahead. It wouldn’t be enough to run away, however, as 1WIN kept putting up defenses and took the lead into round 30, converting on match point to come out victorious.

B8 went up 5-1 on the CT side of Nuke against משולהבעם cptkurtka023 ו ארטם “⁠r1nkle⁠” מורוז leading the way early on for their team. From there on out they were the only team on the server, with the Danes hitting a wall round after round all the way to the very last one of the half. A triple by בנימין "ברצר" ג'נסן and a double by טוביאס "קרגן" קראה ג'נסן put a second on the board for the Danes before the half.

cptkurtka023 led the way for B8 on Nuke with 34 kills

The Ukrainian squad won the second pistol round with a triple by cptkurtka023 and double by דניס “⁠amster⁠” Liashenko, which put B8 on match point from the get-go, but משולהב had fight in them despite the one-sided margin and worked on carving back a comeback. The Danes did not let up and put up a wall which B8 ran into round after round after round, missing out on an incredible 13 match points.

B8 reset from the choke to win two gun rounds on the attacking side in overtime, something they had failed to do throughout the whole previous half, which proved enough to seal the deal after switching sides as they closed out the map 19-16 on the CT side.

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