Virtus beat Cloud9; to semis

Virtus.pro have secured the first place in the ESL Pro League Finals last-four stage after moving past Cloud9 16-10 on de_overpass.

Fresh off beating EnVyUs in what was the first upset in Cologne, Cloud9 were paired with Virtus.pro, who had eased past Luminosity Gaming earlier in the day. The battleground was de_overpass, which certainly left the Poles very happy as this is a map on which they are usually very strong.Cloud9, who began the match on the Terrorist side, came out strongly and won the pistol round and the following two anti-ecos with ease. In the first gun round, Virtus.pro went for an aggressive approach as they pushed the fountain area and the playground, and even though things looked grim at first for them, they were able to retake the A site in a 3on3 situation.

Fresh off beating EnVyUs in what was the first upset in Cologne, Cloud9 were paired with Virtus.pro, who had eased past Luminosity Gaming earlier in the day. The battleground was de_overpass, which certainly left the Poles very happy as this is a map on which they are usually very strong.

Cloud9, who began the match on the Terrorist side, came out strongly and won the pistol round and the following two anti-ecos with ease. In the first gun round, Virtus.pro went for an aggressive approach as they pushed the fountain area and the playground, and even though things looked grim at first for them, they were able to retake the A site in a 3on3 situation.

Virtus.pro through to the semi-finals 

Virtus.pro went on to take the scoreline to 7-3 in their favor, but then their streak came to an end thanks to a Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham double near the A site. Cloud9 were able to cut the gap to two rounds, but a quad kill from Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski stunned the North Americans, who were down 5-10 at the end of the half.

The opening three rounds of the second half also went to Virtus.pro, who were now on the brink of victory. Cloud9 still tried to respond, but the gap was just too big to bridge as Virtus.pro comfortably sealed a 16-10 victory that takes them through to the last-four stage of the tournament.

ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 FinalsBest of 1 Virtus.proMatchpage 16 10 2nd July 2015 Cloud9 16Overpass 10

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	24 - 16	+8	-	1.31
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	20 - 14	+6	-	1.15
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	19 - 17	+2	-	1.12
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	16 - 16	0	-	0.94
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	16 - 19	-3	-	0.91

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	17 - 17	0	-	0.93
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	15 - 19	-4	-	0.90
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadirfreakazoid	20 - 21	-1	-	0.89
Sean 'seang@res' Garesseang@res	17 - 19	-2	-	0.86
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	13 - 19	-6	-	0.75

More to follow...

Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham Age: 21 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 208 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.60 Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Age: 21 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 564 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63