Liquid defeat G2 in London

After Luminosity defeated Ninjas in Pyjamas in the first match of Group A, Liquid and G2 faced off on Cobblestone with the Frenchmen on the CT-side. Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon & company secured the first three rounds of the half but failed to grab the fourth one as they couldn't defuse the bomb.

Liquid tied the game at 3-3 but could not take the lead as G2 replied]. The rest of the half was controlled by the North American team and they led 9-6 at halftime.

Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella got two opening kills to kick the second half off and Liquid extended their lead to 12-6 after winning the anti-eco rounds. Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin & company secured the first weapon round with ease and went on to win the map 16-6.

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Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	19 - 11	+8	95.0	1.55
Spencer 'Hiko' MartinHiko	20 - 11	+9	88.5	1.45
Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64	13 - 11	+2	71.4	1.33
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	18 - 14	+4	86.8	1.24
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	13 - 11	+2	53.0	1.14

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM	14 - 16	-2	70.3	0.94
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	16 - 18	-2	70.7	0.81
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	9 - 16	-7	54.5	0.80
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianarobodyy	11 - 18	-7	74.7	0.78
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	8 - 15	-7	51.0	0.53

The winners' match between Luminosity and Liquid will be next in London. You can tune into the stream to follow the match.

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