CLG knock out Gambit

CLG have secured their second victory at the SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 finals after edging past Gambit 16-14 on Cobblestone.

Gambit got off to a great start to the match, winning the pistol round thanks to a quad kill from Mihail "⁠Dosia⁠" Stolyarov, and following it up with the corresponding anti-ecos to take a 3-0 lead.

CLG won the first gun round as Gambit let the clock run out, but the Kazakh side hit back in the following round, taking full advantage of the North Americans' poor economy, with Abay "⁠HObbit⁠" Khassenov taking four kills.

With Dosia leading the charge, Gambit jumped out to a 9-2 lead, once again punishing CLG immediately after losing a round. But the North Americans tightened up their defence in the final stages of the half and won four rounds straight to reduce the deficit to 6-9.

CLG send Gambit packing 

The second half began with CLG taking the pistol round thanks to three quick kills from Stephen "⁠reltuC⁠" Cutler. A combination of misplays from Gambit and CLG winning every close situation saw the North Americans take a comfortable lead, leaving the Kazah side in disarray.

At 9-13, Gambit took a tactical pause, but CLG remained in the driving seat and hit match point, powered by some key actions from Pujan "⁠FNS⁠" Mehta. Gambit's players then stepped up to the plate as the team desperately clung on to life, but as they were pushing for overtime Ethan "⁠Ethan⁠" Arnold hammered the final nail into their coffin with a triple kill during a flank.

PoTM: Ethan "⁠Ethan⁠" Arnold was one of CLG's most consistent players throughout the match and pulled off a crucial triple kill in the final round to send his team through to the next round.

SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 FinalsBest of 1 GambitMatchpage 14 16 7th April 2017 CLG 14Cobblestone 16

CLG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ricardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandRickeh	27 - 19	+8	95.6	1.36
Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerreltuC	25 - 20	+5	75.3	1.30
Ethan 'Ethan' ArnoldEthan	26 - 22	+4	103.5	1.27
Pujan 'FNS' MehtaFNS	18 - 18	0	72.5	1.10
Kenneth 'koosta' Suenkoosta	18 - 22	-4	64.2	0.95

Gambit	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovHObbit	26 - 19	+7	99.4	1.34
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	24 - 23	+1	80.8	1.23
Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou	22 - 23	-1	85.0	1.11
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	17 - 24	-7	76.7	0.86
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN	12 - 25	-13	49.3	0.64

Two matches into the fourth day of the StarSeries event, the Swiss stage currently looks as follows:

3W-0L	2W-1L	2W-2L	1W-2L	Eliminated
Natus Vincere	FaZe	Immortals	fnatic	TYLOO
G2	HellRaisers	CLG	Virtus.pro	UYA
	North			MVP Project
	Ninjas in Pyjamas			Gambit
	SK
	Astralis

HellRaisers #15 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Natus Vincere #6 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergWilliam 'draken' Sundin SK #3 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos Gambit #9 Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovDauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoRustem 'mou' Telepov UYA #82 Lei 'forget' LiHongGuang 'Stevie' LiZhenDong 'Not7' MoZhiHai 'QKA' FuWei 'shuadapai' Wang G2 #16 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Stephen 'reltuC' Cutler Age: 28 Team: CLG Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 513 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.66 Immortals #7 Lincoln 'fnx' LauLucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' Prass FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliNikola 'NiKo' KovačFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyHåvard 'rain' Nygaard CLG #24 Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerPujan 'FNS' MehtaEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKenneth 'koosta' Suen Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold Age: 17 Team: CLG Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 143 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.70 Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov Age: 22 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 180 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 MVP Project #98 Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' KimJung-Hyeon 'rindA' JeonSoon-Woo 'Argency' KwonSoo-Yong 'kAyle' Jung North #5 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke TYLOO #33 Ke 'captainMo' LiuZhen 'HZ' HuangHui 'DD' WuWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongHaoWen 'somebody' Xu Pujan 'FNS' Mehta Age: 25 Team: CLG Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 467 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.69 fnatic #11 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Virtus.pro #2 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov Age: 28 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 956 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65