TACO topped the scoreboard for Liquid on Dust2

Liquid s1mply too much for Na'Vi; to EPL grand final

The last North Americans left standing have secured their spot in the final of the tournament after a close series against the CIS team.

The first semifinal of the ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals has concluded, and the hometown boys of Liquid managed to narrowly come out on top against CIS juggernauts Natus Vincere.

Dust2 was a tale of two halves, as Natus Vincere looked set to dominate before Liquid and Epitacio "TACO" de Melo were able to claw their way back to a 9-6 deficit. Upon switching to the Terrorist side, Liquid surrendered the pistol, but a six round run put them in the drivers seat at 15-13. Natus Vincere managed to win one more round, but Liquid eventually dragged themselves over the line to take the map.

Inferno was a more straightforward affair, as Liquid leapt out to an incredible 8-0 lead on their CT-side before Natus Vincere got on the board. The CIS squad did eventually manage four rounds in the half, but it was not enough to stave off Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski and his team.

Natus Vincere
0 - 2
Liquid
All maps
Natus Vincere K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov 36 - 35 +1 68.7 71.4% 1.09
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev 35 - 36 -1 69.2 62.5% 0.94
Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev 32 - 39 -7 71.1 58.9% 0.84
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev 26 - 38 -12 67.6 64.3% 0.82
Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko 27 - 41 -14 55.7 67.9% 0.81
Liquid K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken 39 - 30 +9 69.0 85.7% 1.22
United States Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski 42 - 34 +8 83.3 71.4% 1.22
Brazil Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo 40 - 32 +8 67.8 76.8% 1.12
United States Nick 'nitr0' Cannella 34 - 28 +6 66.1 71.4% 1.08
Canada Keith 'NAF' Markovic 33 - 35 -2 85.5 69.6% 1.05

The ESL Pro League Season 7 grand final will be played tomorrow at 2:00 PM EDT. The second semi-final will be getting under way soon, and will determine whether Liquid will face FaZe or Astralis to see which team will lift the trophy at the end of the event.

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#1(With 0 replies)
May 19, 2018 03:57PM
bleghfarec
Dust2 Birthday cake!
Insane performance from Liquid

If they can stop doing dumb rounds where they rush into a site and get mowed down they could definitely pound

USA USA
#2(With 0 replies)
May 19, 2018 06:53PM
NEXlevel_TV
MDL
Loved being a part of that crowd for the match!
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