mousesports spoil OG debut at cs_summit 5

MOUZ are off to a great start at cs_summit 5 after winning back-to-back maps against the newly-formed OG.

The first two opening matches of cs_summit 5 saw a fired-up MOUZ, coming in fresh out of a victory at the ESL Pro League Season 10 Finals, face an OG side making their first appearance. Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen and company were forced to employ the services of Niels Christian "⁠NaToSaphiX⁠" Sillassen, as Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker was unable to attend the event due to visa issues.

The first map was OG's pick of Mirage, where Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen and company experienced early T-side struggles. Despite being able to supplement their economy in six of the first eight rounds with bomb plants, the debuting roster conceded all of their post-plants and was faced with a mounting deficit on the offense.

OG were finally able to make a dent in MOUZ' armour and gradually amassed momentum of their own, whittling the established finances of the CTs in the process. Come half time, the deficit was softened to a much more manageable 6-9 scoreline.

Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad kicked off his team's CT campaign with a USP-S triple kill, but there was no follow-up for the new roster, as a second-round force buy victory meant MOUZ once more assumed the wheel on Mirage. OG secured one more round before the Ts were able to assume map point, which was shortly followed by an A hit that put the first map to bed.

Dust2 followed, and, just like their opponents on Mirage, MOUZ faced early issues on the T side. Despite securing their first rifle round and employing a varied approach to breaches, success was limited for karrigan's side and OG had a firm grip on the game, consistently converting post-plants and shutting down the offense. It was only towards the end of their T-side campaign that some success was found by mouz, thanks to outstanding individual showings from NaToSaphiX and David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský.

Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså sought to make the second map brief with a Glock triple kill in the second pistol round, but a timely pistol buy from MOUZ kept the team in the game. The CTs assumed a dominant position, grinding out rounds to bring the deficit to a minimum at 10-11.

A solid triple kill effort from frozen was met with an equal reaction from Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt, creating a cyclone of exchanges between the two teams. With the score tied at 14-14, a successful B site retake from MOUZ was followed up with a strong A hold from NaToSaphiX, closing the second map 16-14 in favour of the Odense champions.