Team Spirit showed some spirit before losing while ENCE was steamrolled in their bid to the grand finals.
Here it is. We are just one match away from the final match of the PGL Major Antwerp. The crown jewel of the CS:GO community, this Major has delivered, in spades, entertainment for the fans both online and at the venue, Antwerps Sportpaleis. The two semi-final matches showed what high-level CS:GO can offer to the spectators.
Team Spirit
vs
FaZe Clan
The first semi-final match was between Team Spirit and FaZe Clan. The Russian team was the plucky underdog as they went against the bigger team from North America. FaZe dominated immediately out of the gate on the map Mirage as, by the end of the first half, the team easily led with 10 wins over 5 on the Russian side. Team Spirit tried to rose to the challenge but by the end of round 29, Faze Picked up the remaining wins as Counter Terrorist to win 16-13.
The second map, Dust2, is where things got interesting. The two teams played to a tie by the end of round 30, with both sides not backing down from a fight. This required the game to be extended several times. In the first extension, Team Spirit won the three rounds. FaZe Clan won the next three-round extension. This went on a couple more times with each team gaining another win before the last extension saw FaZe Clan win three rounds back-to-back to finally trump Team Spirit 25-23.
FaZe clan won 2-0.
ENCE
vs
Natus Vincere
Unlike the other semi-final match, ENCE’s and NAVI were pretty straightforward. The two teams are some of the best teams in the world, but one team proved that they are better. The first map played was Nuke, where NAVI instantly took charge of the play, not letting their defences down too much throughout. Even after the switch, where ENCE played a little bit more aggressively, it was not enough to keep NAVI from winning the first map after 23 rounds.
In Dust2, NAVI continued their dominance over ENCE. The latter did start strong with a few rounds under their belt, but the prowess of NAVI can’t be denied. S1mple, b1t, electronic, boombl4 and perfecto have become a collective machine at this point. S1mple alone scored the most kills, the most damage, and the most AWP kills in this round. Because of that, ENCE was left frustrated in many instances throughout the map. In the end, NAVI won 16-12 after 28 rounds of play.
NAVI won 2-0.
The grand final will see FaZe Clan meeting up with NAVI, set to play at 6 pm local Antwerp time. This battle between the world’s number one and number two teams will see the winner walk away with a $500,000 in cash prize, along with 1800 ESL Pro Tour points and 4000 BLAST Premier points plus a berth at the BLAST World Final in December.
