fnatic have topped Group B by winning three games out of three possible, finishing off with a 16-13 win against TyLoo.raw.
Not much action took place in the first two matches for the teams, both having no trouble at all to secure three points against Im and wNv. Facing off in the last match of the group stage, the team to win would secure top spot and go on to face Natus Vincere in the semi-final.
As CT first on de_inferno, fnatic started by taking the initial rounds, helped by very aggressive play, which TyLoo.raw had trouble countering. The Swedes had a 7-1 lead, but TyLoo.raw managed to find the recipe to get back in the match, winning five consecutive rounds to take it to a 7-6 score. fnatic then bounced back to win one round, while the last round of the half went to TyLoo.raw and a Swedish lead with 8-7.
Now playing the Terrorists side, fnatic started out by picking up the pistol-round, followed by the fourth round, where TyLoo.raw had enough money to buy weapons. The fifth round TyLoo.raw finally managed to score a round, with Liu "Savage" Bin showing great AWP play in the B bombsite. TyLoo.raw took the following round and looked to continue, but Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg stopped the Chinese from doing so. TyLoo.raw continued to deliver great play, but with fnatic having match point secured, TyLoo.raw realized the defeat as fnatic secured a 16-13 victory.
Result
IEM5 Global Challeng..
fnatic16
TyLoo.raw
13
With first place fnatic will be paired with Natus Vincere, who finished second in Group A. TyLoo.raw will be put up against their big brother from TyLoo, who finished first in Group A.
04:00CET will feature the semi-final between TyLoo and TyLoo.raw, while the match between fnatic and Na´Vi will begin at 08:30CET and both will be best-of-three maps and will be covered by ESL TV, meaning no HLTV.
Be sure to check out the group standings if you missed anything, find them by clicking here. Also be sure to check out our galleries from the IEM5 Global Challenge Shanghai, find them by clicking here.
Na'Vi will beat fnatic in 3, and Tyloo will beat Tyloo.raw in 3
but i wanna see more of Savage, he's so fucking good..top10 player in the world imo and has been for awhile
it's a shame we don't get to see these Chinese teams more often..idk why they don't get invited to events like Gamegune, Arbalet, ext
and the Brazilians don't get invites either..but they have lack of sponsors
too much talent in these countries not to get to attend international events regularly
2010-07-30 10:44:17
they fail at obtaining visa's
2010-07-30 11:11:17
so true , chinese guys sweat talent and skill , tyloo imo, has everything to be top5
Post edited 2010-07-30 11:22:252010-07-30 11:22:12
not top 5 but top 10 they can be:D
2010-07-30 11:23:11
a team who tied against navi, won wmf, imo they can be top5
2010-07-30 11:41:33
top 5 indeed, both for tyloo and WMF.
below Na'Vi, fnatic, mTw, and also FX if theyre back to their old performance :D
2010-07-30 19:47:57
it's hard to tell which teams are in the top 5, we already have a list in our mind about all top teams. :)
Post edited 2010-07-30 21:29:332010-07-30 21:29:06
It's nice to see chinese top players getting recognition now, i've been supporting Savage and bigun since years back, aswell as GoodRifle and alex.
I wish sakula would come back.
2010-07-30 11:41:09
Currently no bets
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