The first day of ESL One Pro League is underway and the winners match of group A is being played between the two Danish teams, Dignitas and TSM.
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The winners match of group A brought us a Danish duel between Team Dignitas and Team Solomid. Both teams looked really good in their opening matches and we could expect nothing less than fireworks from them in the winners match of this group. The first map, de_inferno, was picked by Dignitas and they started on the more favored CT side. However, TSM quickly knocked them down by scoring 8 rounds on T side. TSM had the momentum, but Dignitas managed to fire back and get themselves on board with 7 rounds of their own. But, against a team like TSM that simply wasn't enough as karrigan and co. didn't allow them more than 2 rounds in the second half, resulting in a final score of 16-9.
On the second map, de_cache, we saw a totally different Dignitas. They started full of confidence, scoring round after round on T side and heavily breaking the defense of TSM. In the end, they finished up with 8 rounds on T side which was more than enough to close this map on CT side. Winning the second pistol round gave them a gust of wind in their sails as they just snowballed to a 16-9 win.
On de_mirage we witnessed an even game where both teams were trading rounds. TSM came out on top with a 9-6 halftime lead as CT. Dignitas were looking good and they had a chance as they were moving to the more favored CT side. The second half opened well for them, as they took 4 consecutive rounds, but TSM took the map back into their control as Dignitas' economy was destroyed. In the end, TSM won 16-13. This win brought them a place in the playoffs, while Dignitas will have to fight for it in the next match against the winner of a losers match between Virtus.pro and Natus Vincere.
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