2.34-rated xKacpersky sends BetBoom home
BetBoom have been eliminated from EWC after a 2-0 loss to Ninjas in Pyjamas in Paris.
some pacy T sides and 49 frags from NIP's star.
BetBoom have been eliminated from EWC after a 2-0 loss to Ninjas in Pyjamas in Paris.
The Russian side made it to #12 in the world rankings after making the playoffs of IEM Cologne, but have struggled to justify that ranking since swapping Pavel "S1ren" Ogloblin back in for Timur "FL4MUS" Marev this season.
"It's a crazy bad tournament for us," Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov said on stream post-match. "We need to go home and fix our problems immediately. Our feeling is that we only start to play normally ten rounds in."
Against the pace of classic Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer T sides on Nuke and Anubis with Kacper "xKacpersky" Gabara on fire, they had no answer and went 9-3 down on map two with three one-sided halves in a row.
BB launched a fightback from that point after a Aleksandr "zorte" Zagodyrenko 1v3, but xKacpersky simply refused to lose and kept up his fragging on B even as Roman "n0te" Hamze was exposed on A.
There had been questions around the form of star player and former #1 Prospect xKacpersky for the first time in his fledgling career after poor showings at CAC and XSE Pro League.
But, despite a poor opener against Legacy yesterday, he was back to his very best versus BetBoom with a monstrous 2.70 rating on map one, by far his best map at Big Events .
Map two was just as good, a 2.12 rating in a 24-round affair that threatened to get away from his team despite a dominant first half. He finished the series with 49 frags, 126 ADR, and +11.7% swing in a statement of his dominance.
"We completely stomped them aside from CT Anubis," Rasmus "sjuush" Beck said post-game to Freya "Freya" Spiers . "We lost 3/4 pistols, but we had everything under control."
"xKacpersky is just trusting his gut feeling. He was everywhere on Anubis, nobody even knew he aced. When he is comfortable and trusts what he is doing, everything works."
NIP now go on to face Astralis for a spot in playoffs, in a crunch match for Martin "stavn" Lund against his former side with six Danes on the sever.
More highlights:
- xKacpersky quad-kills as the clock gets low
- sjuush saves NIP from losing to a full eco
- sjuush 3k turns 3v5
- zorte 1v3 keeps BB alive
- Snappi's AK spray goes awry
Source: HLTV