Liquid s1mply too much for Na'Vi; to EPL grand final
The first semifinal of the ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals has concluded, and the hometown boys of Liquid managed to narrowly come out on top against CIS juggernauts Natus Vincere.
Dust2 was a tale of two halves, as Natus Vincere looked set to dominate before Liquid and Epitacio "TACO" de Melo were able to claw their way back to a 9-6 deficit. Upon switching to the Terrorist side, Liquid surrendered the pistol, but a six round run put them in the drivers seat at 15-13. Natus Vincere managed to win one more round, but Liquid eventually dragged themselves over the line to take the map.
Inferno was a more straightforward affair, as Liquid leapt out to an incredible 8-0 lead on their CT-side before Natus Vincere got on the board. The CIS squad did eventually manage four rounds in the half, but it was not enough to stave off Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski and his team.
Natus VincereLiquid| Natus Vincere |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov |
36 - 35 | +1 | 68.7 | 71.4% | 1.09 |
 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev |
35 - 36 | -1 | 69.2 | 62.5% | 0.94 |
| Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev |
32 - 39 | -7 | 71.1 | 58.9% | 0.84 |
| Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev |
26 - 38 | -12 | 67.6 | 64.3% | 0.82 |
| Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko |
27 - 41 | -14 | 55.7 | 67.9% | 0.81 |
| Liquid |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken |
39 - 30 | +9 | 69.0 | 85.7% | 1.22 |
 Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski |
42 - 34 | +8 | 83.3 | 71.4% | 1.22 |
 Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo |
40 - 32 | +8 | 67.8 | 76.8% | 1.12 |
| Nick 'nitr0' Cannella |
34 - 28 | +6 | 66.1 | 71.4% | 1.08 |
| Keith 'NAF' Markovic |
33 - 35 | -2 | 85.5 | 69.6% | 1.05 |
The ESL Pro League Season 7 grand final will be played tomorrow at 2:00 PM EDT. The second semi-final will be getting under way soon, and will determine whether Liquid will face FaZe or Astralis to see which team will lift the trophy at the end of the event.
