Complexity survive BNE comeback
Complexity have had a rather bamboozling run at Espoo so far, with a first-match surprise loss against 500, then upsetting one of the pre-tournament favorites fnatic with a dominant display, only to get dominated by SAW in their next match to leave them 1-2. It left the NA team needing to beat both BNE and Astralis to secure progression without relying on other team's results.
The match started off with Justin "FaNg" Coakley getting a teamkill in a 2v1 only to go and stick the ninja defuse in the 1v1 and lock up the round. What followed was a classic aggressive CT side from the Complexity side and they suffocated the Eagles' attack racing into a 6-2 lead.
After a poor performance against SAW FaNg was dominant on the CT side sitting on 134 ADR after ten rounds and with IGL Johnny "JT" Theodosiou managing to clutch up a 1v2 the mood was good in the NA camp.
They managed to extend their lead to 9-2 but the BNE side found a foothold in the match with a string of four rounds unanswered at the back end of the half to close the gap to 9-6 at the half.
Any momentum the BNE side had built at the end of the first half was quickly crushed with a pistol win and force-buy conversion by the Complexity team, with FaNg still posting the numbers as he got a clean 3k in round 17. BNE finally got a CT round winning a deagle buy in the 20th round to bring the score to 7-13 and give the Eagles some hope at a comeback.
The momentum was definitely beginning to shift as Complexity's control of the game was slipping completely as the gap was reduced to just two rounds. Despite a double entry from JT on the half buy, Complexity failed to get into strong post-plant positions which cost them a good chance to squash the comeback and the CT's tied up the game 13-13.
Michael "Grim" Wince decided it was his turn to cage the birds as he got a 4k to restore Complexity's slender lead. Complexity managed to drag themselves to map point but it would require the full 30 if they were going to close the game in normal time. A late explosion on the B site accompanied by two kills from JT locked up the win for the NA team.
Bad News EaglesComplexity| Bad News Eagles |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Flatron 'juanflatroo' Halimi |
29 - 23 | +6 | 103.1 | 80.0% | 1.44 |
 Rigon 'rigoN' Gashi |
21 - 23 | -2 | 74.7 | 66.7% | 1.03 |
| Genc 'gxx-' Kolgeci |
17 - 21 | -4 | 64.5 | 56.7% | 0.86 |
| Sener 'SENER1' Mahmuti |
15 - 19 | -4 | 53.6 | 63.3% | 0.81 |
| Dionis 'sinnopsyy' Budeci |
14 - 21 | -7 | 56.8 | 56.7% | 0.69 |
| Complexity |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michael 'Grim' Wince |
25 - 24 | +1 | 99.9 | 66.7% | 1.24 |
 Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou |
21 - 20 | +1 | 80.2 | 76.7% | 1.15 |
 Justin 'FaNg' Coakley |
23 - 20 | +3 | 80.2 | 63.3% | 1.13 |
 Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli |
20 - 14 | +6 | 63.0 | 70.0% | 1.08 |
| Ricky 'floppy' Kemery |
18 - 19 | -1 | 61.8 | 66.7% | 0.99 |
