ENCE eliminate G2; move on to 2

ENCE survive in Katowice to move on to the 2-2 pool after beating G2 on Dust2, 19-17, and Mirage, 16-10.

G2 kicked Dust2 off winning the pistol round on the attacking side, but after winning the anti-eco, they were unable to defende a plant on A as ENCE retook to get on the board. The Frenchmen were then able to plant once again after reaching the A site through Short on an eco, but the site was once again retaken to bring it to 2-2.

G2 then took the lead, 5-2, but quad-kills by Sami "⁠xseveN⁠" Laasanen, Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen, and Jani "⁠Aerial⁠" Jussila in back-to-back rounds put the match back at a stalemate. With the momentum on their side, the Finns went on to close the half out in the lead, 9-6.

Doubles by Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon and Lucas "⁠Lucky⁠" Chastang following an opener by Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub stopped a B push by ENCE in the second pistol round, and won the following anti-eco, but once guns came out it was the Finns who got two of their own. G2, the favorites on the map, then tied it up, 11-11, but they were unable to take the lead as ENCE started to run away with the map late in the half, making it to match point, but a final sprint by the French team winning four rounds brought it to overtime.

Aerial then won a clutch round for his team, killing two and planting before stalling Lucky long enough for the bomb to go off. The two teams then traded rounds, with ENCE going to the second half ahead, 17-16. The Finns then got to match point after trading the first two rounds of the second half, closing it out 19-17 following a triple by Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli.

Aleksib had a stellar performance in the series

ENCE won the first pistol round on Mirage with a play on A as Aleksib got three kills to stop G2’s retake attempt. G2 got on the board with the weapon superiority in the first gun round, but ENCE then got the following to start to put some ground between the two teams after several successful attacks.

ENCE then took a 7-1 lead before G2 could retaliate, and then instantly reset the French side to keep the momentum. It was finally late in the half, with Audric "⁠JACKZ⁠" Jug spearheading the scoreboard, that G2 were able to get some rounds on the board, to make it 5-10.

A full house by allu and Jere "⁠sergej⁠" Salo gave ENCE the second pistol round of the map, who were able to win the anti-eco, but when guns came into play it was G2 who started to mount a comeback making it 9-12, but it was not enough as the Finns retook control of the match and got to match point,15-10, before going on to close it out to move on to the next round of the Swiss stage.

IEM Katowice 2019Best of 3 ENCEMatchpage 2 0 23rd February 2019 G2 19Dust2 17 16Mirage 10

ENCE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenAleksib	63 - 39	+24	107.5	1.60
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	42 - 38	+4	75.7	1.16
Jani 'Aerial' JussilaAerial	42 - 43	-1	74.0	1.08
Sami 'xseveN' LaasanenxseveN	37 - 36	+1	65.7	1.00
Jere 'sergej' Salosergej	35 - 41	-6	64.6	0.91

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Audric 'JACKZ' JugJACKZ	51 - 46	+5	90.4	1.12
Lucas 'Lucky' ChastangLucky	38 - 36	+2	63.9	0.94
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianarobodyy	34 - 40	-6	71.2	0.93
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	39 - 50	-11	70.6	0.86
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	35 - 47	-12	61.1	0.78

The New Legends stage 3W - 0L Astralis Liquid 3W - 1L Natus Vincere MIBR Renegades 2W - 2L ENCE Ninjas in Pyjamas Vitality AVANGAR 1W - 2L FaZe Cloud9 Complexity HellRaisers 1W - 3L G2 0W - 3L BIG NRG Sami 'xseveN' Laasanen Age: 24 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 750 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.67 Aleksi 'allu' Jalli Age: 26 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1269 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64 Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen Age: 21 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 493 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.65 Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang Age: 20 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 310 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 26 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1399 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.67 Jere 'sergej' Salo Age: 16 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 409 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.63 Audric 'JACKZ' Jug Age: 26 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 442 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68 Jani 'Aerial' Jussila Age: 25 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 413 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 ENCE #9 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo G2 #17 Audric 'JACKZ' JugRichard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubAlexandre 'bodyy' PianaroLucas 'Lucky' Chastang Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub Age: 23 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 1403 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.63