fnatic survive, TSM advance at PGL S1

fnatic eliminated Team Liquid in the lower bracket final 2-1 (16-9 on de_cache, 12-16 on de_cbble, and 16-7 on de_overpass), whereas TSM are through to the grand finals of PGL Season 1 after defeating Virtus.pro (16-12 on de_inferno and 16-14 on de_train).

The second day of the PGL Season 1 finals would determine which team would be the first to exit the tournament as the loser of the lower bracket final and which team would advance to the grand final via the upper bracket final.

Taking place at the Grand Cinema & More complex in Bucharest, Romania, the PGL finals saw the second day kick off with a match-up between the Swedish fnatic and American Team Liquid lineups.

They call me Captain KRIMZ and I'm commandeering this series

On the first map of de_cache, fnatic managed to walk towards a moderately won victory after a 9-6 defensive CT half, which Markus "⁠pronax⁠" Wallsten's men then converted into a 16-9 finish following a string of seven Terrorist rounds.

Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin and Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella put in their best efforts to keep the Americans' hopes alive, and Liquid proved they were no laughing matter by delivering a more successful Terrorist half than fnatic on de_cbble, securing eleven rounds and the map after a passable defense: 16-12.

The third and final map showed the LGB-duo of yore Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson and Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer wreaking more havoc on de_overpass (fnatic's playground to the point of the map sometimes being called "olofpass" after the latter player); fnatic closed the map out 16-7 with ease and moved forward into the consolidation final. Team Liquid will have to be consoled with taking a map off the world's best team and a $5,000 cheque.

PGL Season 1 FinalsBest of 3 LiquidMatchpage 1 2 3rd October 2015 fnatic 9Cache 16 16Cobblestone 12 7Overpass 16

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	59 - 42	+17	-	1.23
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	60 - 47	+13	-	1.14
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	54 - 47	+7	-	1.06
Markus 'pronax' Wallstenpronax	45 - 47	-2	-	0.86
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	44 - 52	-8	-	0.84

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Spencer 'Hiko' MartinHiko	50 - 44	+6	-	1.05
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	56 - 57	-1	-	0.96
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	46 - 56	-10	-	0.84
Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaFugLy	41 - 52	-11	-	0.84
Eric 'adreN' HoagadreN	41 - 53	-12	-	0.81

The upper bracket final between Virtus.pro and TSM was a rematch of the ESL ESEA Dubai Invitational grand final and provoked some friendly banter ahead of the match by TSM's hotshots.

Following a commanding defensive half on de_inferno (11-4), Virtus.pro found themselves victims of a wiry Danish comeback, as TSM proved why they're one of the best defensive lineups in the world by shutting down the Poles on their Terrorist side and taking the map 16-12.

dupreeh & TSM got revenge over VP for their Dubai loss

On de_train, Filip "⁠NEO⁠" Kubski led his men to an 8-7 Terrorist half, which was propped up by each member of Virtus.pro putting in a fragging effort, although the usually stats-heavy Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski was rather silent in impact.

In the second half, TSM took the pistol and started to pull away with the game, however a VP force-buy at 12-14 gave the Poles some momentum, which allowed them to bring the score to 14-14. TSM kept composed however, and ultimately grinded out the last two rounds and took the map 16-14, thus winning the series.

PGL Season 1 FinalsBest of 3 Virtus.proMatchpage 0 2 3rd October 2015 TSM 12Inferno 16 14Train 16

TSM	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	51 - 34	+17	-	1.35
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	50 - 34	+16	-	1.35
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	39 - 42	-3	-	1.02
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	37 - 35	+2	-	0.98
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	29 - 34	-5	-	0.89

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	44 - 40	+4	-	1.10
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	40 - 37	+3	-	1.06
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	36 - 41	-5	-	0.95
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	31 - 41	-10	-	0.81
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	28 - 47	-19	-	0.62

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Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Age: 25 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 270 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.61 Filip 'NEO' Kubski Age: 28 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 831 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Age: 23 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 527 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.64 Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Age: 20 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 181 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69 Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Age: 21 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 508 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.61 Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Age: 22 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 647 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Markus 'pronax' Wallsten Age: 24 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 655 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.65

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