ESL Professional League Season 17 Group B Day 3 Recap

Fewer video games, however loads of leisure however.

The third day of matches in Group B of ESL Professional League’s seventeenth season had half the matches of the day earlier than, however each of these battles had been hard-fought regardless of the disparity within the rankings of the groups concerned. The primary elimination matches will happen on Day 4, so should you weren’t in a position to watch Day 3’s video games, right here’s what you should learn about them.

ESL Professional League Season 17 Group B Day 3 Matches

The day’s play started with a struggling FURIA going up towards a defiant, resurgent Movistar Riders. In a while, BIG took on SAW in what can be a a lot much less one-sided match than one would have anticipated the 2 to have.

FURIA vs Movistar Riders 

Following their unceremonious defeat to MOUZ, FURIA had been decided to maneuver ahead and safe qualification to the Playoffs. Alternatively, Riders had been unbelievable of their recreation towards Complexity, and had been in excessive spirits heading into their conflict with the Brazilians. They had been nonetheless unquestionably the underdogs, however that they had a good likelihood to create an upset — particularly given their opponents’ shattered morale.

Beginning issues off on Riders’ decide Inferno, the Spanish facet dominated on the T-side, selecting up a whopping 10 rounds and leaving FURIA hurting. As soon as the perimeters had been switched, nonetheless, it was the Brazilians’ flip to have a powerful assault as they prevented their opponents from getting greater than 3 rounds whereas reaching their aim for a 16-13 win. The in-form Kaike “KSCERATO” Cerato continued his dominance, Antonio “Martinez” Martinez Sánchez’s commendable efforts also needs to be talked about.

On to Riders’ decide Anubis, they as soon as once more proved their attacking prowess with a good 9 rounds as Terrorists. This time round, they bought to fifteen first, however had been unable to stop their opponents from doing the identical as the sport went into Additional time. It took two rounds of time beyond regulation to separate the groups, however ultimately it was Riders who got here out on prime 22-20. KSCERATO was as soon as once more on the prime, and supported nicely by Yuri “yuurih” Boian, however Alejandro ”mopoz” Fernández-Quejo Cano’s efficiency had extra impression. 

Riders as soon as once more proved their value on the T-side as they put up 7 rounds on the assault on the decider Nuke, however FURIA had been carried out enjoying round. The South People massacred Riders’ sloppy protection and took 8 of the primary 9 rounds to convey the match to a swift 16-8 shut, clinching the sequence. As soon as once more it was yuurih who stepped up for FURIA, this time supported by Rafael “saffee” Costa.

BIG vs SAW

Very like FURIA, BIG had been most likely heartbroken after their slender defeat to Heroic, and wouldn’t need to be taken out by a surprisingly spectacular SAW. The Portuguese facet had subverted expectations to ship Imperial into the Decrease Bracket, and had been on a excessive just like that of Movistar Riders. BIG are additionally identified for dropping to smaller groups out of the blue, in order that was positively on SAW’s thoughts once they went up towards the Germans.

SAW could have picked Anubis, but it surely was BIG who confirmed them methods to play the map with a ridiculous 13 rounds on the assault. To the Portuguese workforce’s credit score, in addition they put up good numbers on the assault, however the margin for error was simply too low, and so they misplaced the sport 16-11 with Nils ”k1to” Gruhne and Josef ”faveN” Baumann starring for the Germans.

Shifting on to BIG’s alternative of Overpass, the Germans struggled somewhat on the T-side initially, however managed to make it a good 8-7 half in the long term. SAW tried onerous and bought their opponents sweating, however ultimately it wasn’t sufficient as BIG managed to shut the sport 16-14 and win the sequence 2-0. BIG newcomer Marcel “hyped” Köhn and SAW teenager Michel “ewjerkz” Magalhães had glorious activates their respective groups, each mounting excellent performances that defied their age and expertise. 

We’ll be again tomorrow with one other recap of the subsequent day, so keep tuned and browse our different CSGO content material within the meantime.