Liquid beat Virtus.pro in Malta

Liquid have booked their spot in the Group A winners' match at SuperNova CS:GO Malta following a 16-10 victory over Virtus.pro on Mirage.

Virtus.pro kicked off the match on the right foot, picking up a 3-0 lead on the Terrorist side. The Poles nearly won the first gun round, but Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken denied Michał "⁠snatchie⁠" Rudzki a 1v2 clutch, with the North Americans stringing some rounds together to secure a 5-3 lead.

nitr0 led the charge for his team with 25 kills

The Polish team then got back on the board with a successful B execution, but they could not follow that up. Liquid rode that momentum to grab a 9-5 lead before snatchie pulled off a heroic 1v3 clutch to cut the deficit to three rounds.

Liquid further added to their lead in the second half, securing four rounds in a row without much effort to go up 13-6. Virtus.pro tightened up their defence and responded with four rounds of their own, but it was all in vain as Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella's men quickly wrapped things up to advance to Group A winners' match, in which they will take on NRG.

SuperNova CS:GO MaltaBest of 1 LiquidMatchpage 16 10 29th November 2018 Virtus.pro 16Mirage 10

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	25 - 13	+12	92.8	1.48
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	23 - 12	+11	89.2	1.47
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	21 - 13	+8	89.5	1.47
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	19 - 11	+8	79.5	1.39
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	14 - 17	-3	74.0	1.02

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Michał 'MICHU' MüllerMICHU	17 - 20	-3	71.7	1.01
Michał 'snatchie' Rudzkisnatchie	16 - 19	-3	72.1	0.96
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	12 - 21	-9	58.0	0.64
Piotr 'morelz' Taterkamorelz	11 - 22	-11	56.3	0.60
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	10 - 20	-10	44.5	0.59

Liquid #3 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Virtus.pro #32 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiMichał 'MICHU' MüllerPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaMichał 'snatchie' Rudzki Michał 'snatchie' Rudzki Age: 20 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 593 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.69 Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Age: 23 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 996 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Age: 19 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 716 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.63 NRG #8 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov