Fnatic might have looked shaky during the first day, but the Swedes have proved their quality today by eliminating Keyd Stars 2-0.
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The first map, de_inferno, was opened greatly for Fnatic as they claimed both, the pistol round and the one which followed. Since KRiMZ managed to get a triple kill using the Nova shotgun, Fnatic was able to get an early AWP in the third round. This was also the full buy round for Keyd. It was all looking like an slow pace round from the Brazilian side, however boltz found a quick triple kill on the B bomb site and basicly won the round for his team. Still, this individual performance didn't help Keyd much as Fnatic was still holding the control of this match into their hands and Keyd were forced to call for a time out at 9-2 scoreline. However, this didn't help them either as Fnatic just closed this half with 13-2. The second half started very well for Keyd Stars as fer single handled Fnatic's push and landed 4 perfect headshots. However, Keyd proved once again that they are really struggling in the first buy round as Fnatic almost took this round. But, the Swedes didn't really mind it much as they won the next one and just crashed Keyd's economy. Later on, it was just easy for Fnatic to close it out with 16-5.
The following map, de_train was Fnatic's pick and the Swedish team started on a CT side. Keyd Stars brought to this map a whole different style of playing, which is widely being used in NA. They just quickly stomped into the sites without letting Fnatic to position themselves and this actually worked out pretty well as Keyd took a lot of rounds on their T side. Everything started with 3-0 for the Brazilian team, after which Fnatic finally had a full buy. But, even with this full buy they struggled a lot to win the round. KRiMZ had to kill his teammate first which was followed by 2 more kills and a bomb defuse for 1-3. This shaked Fnatic's economy a lot and Keyd easily finished this round with seven rounds. The second half saw a totally different Fnatic. They had a perfect run for the first five rounds of the T side and although Fallen managed to hit some really incredible shots his team still wasn't able to score a single round over at the CT side. This forced them to call for a time out which actually worked out. From this moment on Keyd was back in the business. They brought it back to 14-13 and Fnatic was now the one calling for the time out. In the end we saw 15-15 scoreline and an overtime. In the overtime, Fnatic took the first round on their T side which crashed Keyd's economy as they decided to go with the double awp play, but the Brazilian team took the following round. However, it was expensive one which allowed Fnatic to walk away with 2-1 and an easy T half. As they switched, the Swedes just walked away with 19-16 and with the spot in the semi finals.
Day 3 schedule:
16.00 CEST - Counter Logic Gaming vs Cloud9
19.30 CEST - Virtus.pro vs Fnatic
* The starting time for the second game might vary due to the ending time of the first match.
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