An ecstatic TACO wins in Malta

Liquid swamp NRG; win SuperNova CS:GO Malta

It only took two maps, the second with an eleven round comeback, for Liquid to win their first tournament since February.

The Grand Final of SuperNova CS:GO Malta was between both North American attendees, NRG and Liquid. The two teams vetoed down to Overpass, Inferno and Mirage where the winner would take the majority of the $150,000 prize pool.

Overpass was a washout for Liquid, as they completely outclassed NRG throughout. Liquid opened the map out on their T-side, and carried on winning throughout the first half, only losing the fourth, eleventh and fifteenth rounds as they took the break as 12-3 leaders. The second half commenced with NRG taking the pistol round, before Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski picked up a 4k to cause a reset. From there Liquid won out, claiming the final four rounds to start this grand final off with a 16-4 win.

The second map could be easiest described as the reverse, for at least the first half, anyway. The two teams ping-ponged for control at the start of the map, before NRG came out and took control on their T-side sustained by Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte's 3k. After the initial ping-pong, NRG only allowed Liquid access to two more rounds, as they went in 11-4 up.

The second half was another story entirely. Liquid opened up with the first three rounds on their T-side, and then recovered from NRG taking the fourth round to take the next five rounds on the bounce to even the map 12-12. It was from that point that Liquid pushed on to take map point, before NRG took the next two rounds to bring it to 15-14.  At the maximum round of regulation, Liquid pulled out all the stops to complete the comeback and avoid overtime, winning 16-14.

NRG
0 - 2
Liquid
All maps
NRG K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov 30 - 29 +1 63.2 76.0% 1.03
United States Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte 27 - 31 -4 61.2 72.0% 1.00
United States Jacob 'FugLy' Medina 33 - 42 -9 74.2 66.0% 0.93
United States Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold 26 - 39 -13 68.8 74.0% 0.81
Canada Damian 'daps' Steele 17 - 36 -19 52.9 70.0% 0.68
Liquid K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Keith 'NAF' Markovic 42 - 20 +22 78.6 94.0% 1.51
United States Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski 47 - 29 +18 95.9 84.0% 1.46
Canada Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken 33 - 28 +5 73.0 86.0% 1.25
United States Nick 'nitr0' Cannella 26 - 24 +2 61.5 82.0% 1.13
Brazil Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo 29 - 32 -3 69.2 72.0% 1.07

This result means the final standings of SuperNova CS:GO Malta are:

1st: Liquid - $80,000 
2nd: United States NRG - $40,000
3rd: BIG - $15,000
3th: World HellRaisers - $5,000
5/6th: TYLOO - $3,000
5/6th: Virtus.pro - $3,000
7/8th: Kinguin - $2,000
7/8th: Gambit - $2,000

The next events for the two teams will be in Odense, Denmark, with the ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals next week, starting December 4th. Afterwards it'll be back to North America for NRG, as they compete in the IEM Katowice Americas Minor closed qualifier.

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December 2, 2018 10:33PM
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Dust2 Birthday cake!
Liquid won something?! Woah
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