What a team, what a ride

M80 rides record-breaking momentum past Fnatic to secure playoffs

M80 had plenty of gas left in the tank after Anubis

After a marathon map one on Anubis that needed eight overtimes and a bathroom break before it ended, M80 closed out the series with a win on Inferno to send Fnatic down to the middle bracket, and lock in a spot in the ESL Pro League Season 20 playoffs for themselves.

M80 and Fnatic's meeting on Anubis was a historic one which broke the record for the longest CS2 map on LAN ever recorded. The two teams needed to play 71 rounds before a winner emerged, with M80 finally crossing the finish line thanks to 58 kill performances from both Ethan "reck" Serrano and Fritz "slaxz-" Dietrich. The map is also potentially the longest ever CS2 map played by pro players, with it appearing to be the longest ever recorded on HLTV.

Following what was essentially a full best-of-three's worth of rounds in just a single map, the series turned to Fnatic's choice of Inferno. Once on their CT-side, Fnatic built a lead up to 11-5 before M80 started to string multiple rounds together thanks to Michael "Swisher" Schmid and Mason "Lake" Sanderson. M80 reduced the deficit all the way to 12-11, and a devious lurk from Lake through Church guaranteed more overtime. That T-side run from M80 carried into OT, with Lake delivering two more clutches to secure the M80 win.

With this victory, M80 secures a playoff spot at ESL Pro League for the first time in the organization's history. They will play Imperial Esports for playoff seeding.

fnatic
0 - 2
M80
All maps
fnatic K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro 64 - 71 -7 87.3 75.0% 1.10
Denmark Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer 72 - 58 +14 71.9 80.0% 1.05
Matúš 'MATYS' Šimko 67 - 71 -4 76.4 71.0% 1.05
Aurélien 'afro' Drapier 67 - 63 +4 63.0 65.0% 1.03
Sweden Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson 46 - 69 -23 57.1 65.0% 0.78
M80 K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Ethan 'reck' Serrano 75 - 59 +16 84.8 77.0% 1.18
Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich 73 - 59 +14 68.6 73.0% 1.07
United States Mason 'Lake' Sanderson 73 - 70 +3 79.1 71.0% 1.07
United States Michael 'Swisher' Schmid 56 - 64 -8 68.7 73.0% 0.97
Elias 's1n' Stein 55 - 67 -12 65.8 82.0% 0.91

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