Na\u2019Vi and Fnatic Lock Horns in Intense Quarter-Final Match at ESL One: Cologne \u2013 Match Report and Highlights StarLadderNatus Vincere has knocked Fnatic out of ESL One: Cologne 2018 following a match that saw the team\u2019s incredible firepower make all the difference. Na\u2019Vi and Fnatic met in the first quarter-final of the $300,000 ESL One: Cologne event for the somewhat questionable reward of facing the dominant Astralis in semi-finals on July 7th. Fnatic actually opened up with an emphatic pistol round victory but Na\u2019Vi bounced back immediately and quickly started to race away to a commanding lead. Read More: Everything You Need to Know About the ESL One: Cologne CS:GO Knockout Stage \u2013 Stream, Schedule, Results and More – The Ukrainian side rarely broke stride throughout the remainder of the first half and held an impressive 12-3 lead before switching to the T side of the map with Egor \u2018flamie\u2019 Vasilyev topping the scoreboard. Fnatic once again took the pistol round as the second half got underway but it quickly became a case of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu when Na\u2019Vi nounced right back with a devastating force buy in the second round to regain control. Who even needs a fullbuy!? Not @natusvincere, that’s for damn sure! #ESLOne pic.twitter.com\/wOiyxPYbtj \u2014 ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) July 6, 2018 The rest of the map should have been a mere formality but the Fnatic players seemed to suddenly find their form and started to grind out rounds. Unfortunately for the Swedes it was too little, too late, and Na\u2019Vi eventually secured a 16-12 win to a take the 1-0 lead in the best of three series. The comeback was looking very real, but @natusvincere take down @FNATIC 16-12 on Overpass, and take a 1-0 lead in the series! Train is up next! #ESLOne pic.twitter.com\/sZiLjpxRYi \u2014 ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) July 6, 2018 Next up was Fnatic\u2019s map choice, Train. Despite the first map loss, the Swedish team\u2019s ability to mount something of a comeback on Overpass should have left them feeling like they were still in the game. However, a stunning CT pistol round from Oleksandr \u2018s1mple\u2019 Kostyliev saw Na\u2019Vi get right back into the driving seat and begin to build a lead. The Fnatic players did manage to put up more of a fight on the T side of Train than they did on Overpass but the firepower of Na\u2019Vi was still too much to handle as the Ukrainian side secured an 11-4 lead by halftime. S1MPLE ARE YOU OK!? @s1mpleO #ESLOne pic.twitter.com\/cFW4OF2aK7 \u2014 ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) July 6, 2018 Fnatic looked like they were going to keep their hopes alive with a pistol round win after switching to the CT side but Na\u2019Vi once again embarrassed them on their anti-eco. This time around Fnatic was able to rally before Na\u2019Vi reached match point but it was still not enough as seemingly every clutch round went in favor of s1mple and company. Eventually Na\u2019Vi secured the map win with a score of 16-10. They will now move on to face Astralis in the first semi-final match on July 7th. It was a back-and-forth, but @natusvincere take down @FNATIC 16-10 on Train, and take the series 2-0! #ESLOne pic.twitter.com\/iUft7i3PpR \u2014 ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) July 6, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Na\u2019Vi and Fnatic Lock Horns in Intense Quarter-Final Match at ESL One: Cologne \u2013 Match Report and Highlights StarLadderNatus Vincere has knocked Fnatic out of ESL One: Cologne 2018 following a match that saw the team\u2019s incredible firepower make all the difference. Na\u2019Vi and Fnatic met in the first quarter-final of the $300,000 ESL One: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}