M80 rides record-breaking momentum past Fnatic to secure playoffs
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.
fnaticM80| fnatic |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro |
64 - 71 | -7 | 87.3 | 75.0% | 1.14 |
 Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer |
72 - 58 | +14 | 71.9 | 80.0% | 1.12 |
| Aurélien 'afro' Drapier |
67 - 63 | +4 | 63.0 | 65.0% | 1.07 |
 Matúš 'MATYS' Šimko |
67 - 71 | -4 | 76.4 | 71.0% | 1.07 |
 Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson |
46 - 69 | -23 | 57.1 | 65.0% | 0.82 |
| M80 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ethan 'reck' Serrano |
75 - 59 | +16 | 84.8 | 77.0% | 1.24 |
 Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich |
73 - 59 | +14 | 68.6 | 73.0% | 1.13 |
| Mason 'Lake' Sanderson |
73 - 70 | +3 | 79.1 | 71.0% | 1.10 |
| Michael 'Swisher' Schmid |
56 - 64 | -8 | 68.7 | 73.0% | 1.00 |
| Elias 's1n' Stein |
55 - 67 | -12 | 65.8 | 82.0% | 0.94 |
