ESL Pro League S8: draw against mousesports

NAVI take 3 points

NAVI.GG.BET fought with  mouz in a dual Bo1 series at ESL Pro League S8.  NAVI dropped Inferno, but took revenge on Dust 2, breaking even at 1:1.

Inferno - Natus Vincere [0:1] mousesports

The first map started with a defeat in the pistol round, but NAVI bounced right back. The following round saw a slow approach from NAVI, and another point forced  mouz to eco.  electroNic put his gun to a great use, scoring the ace right away. We continued to claim round after round;  mouz finally managed to break our streak, claiming the second round of the half. NAVI kept running out of time to plant the bombs. Eventually, the opponent caught up to us, score being 5:5.

We were saving in quite a few rounds, but the failures to plant were still damaging the economy. NAVI had trouble coming back online towards the end of the half.  mouz were successfully denying us the plants and getting entry kills. Ultimately, the opponent got to 8th point and secured the half. It didn't take  mouz long to secure the final round, as we move to the second half with 6:9 on the board.

Second half kicked off with a defuse in the pistols coming in from NAVI, but we didn't capitalize enough on that.  mouz snatched the momentum right away, with 3 rounds going the way of the T side. The opponents didn't stop there, though, as they advanced further, all the way to 14 points. However,  s1mple came online, starting to hit his shots. We finally broke the double-digit barrier, and  mouz opted for a timeout.

NAVI took a couple more rounds, solidifying the economy. However, we didn't manage to deal with the eco coming from the opponent, falling to the pistols. That put  mouz at the match point. We tried our best to draw the game into the overtime, but ultimately lose the first map with the 11:16 score.

Natus Vincere

Player	Kill/Death	+/-	ADR	Rating
Zeus	21-15	+6	68.5	1.18
Edward	16-23	-7	93.8	1.01
electronic	15-16	-1	67.5	1.00
flamie	15-21	-6	66.7	0.81
s1mple	13-16	-3	42.6	0.81

Dust 2 - Natus Vincere [0:1] mousesports

Pistol round saw a very confident performance by NAVI, as we decimated 80% of the enemy team straight away. The third round, though, had s1mple try to clutch it, but was unable to catch the timing - first round for  mouz. 5 rounds in, electroNic found himself 1v4, and it was impossible for him to defuse the bomb.  That was not it for NAVI, though, as we came back and broke ahead even. NAVI took 5 in a row, and 1 snatched by  mouz didn't stop our progression.

Eventually, we made it to the 8th point, already securing the half and trying to gain as much advantage as we possibly could. Both  s1mple and  electroNic were stepping up massively, as we continued racking up points. Still,  mouz also had a few tricks ready, and the last round of the half went their way; still, the half ended at 10:5.

The pistol on the T side was secured by NAVI, as we continued our march. Unfortunately, we didn't manage to secure 3 in a row yet again, with the round snatched by  mouz - they didn't lose a single player. The momentum swing enabled  mouz to go on a streak of their own, which still didn't move them closer to us. With the economy back in decent shape, NAVI went straight back to business. 3 back-to-back rounds secured us the match point, and the next one became the last in the series, as we take the map 16:8.

Natus Vincere

Player	Kill/Death	+/-	ADR	Rating
Edward	21-9	+12	85.9	1.61
electronic	24-15	+9	101.5	1.43
s1mple	19-10	+9	74.7	1.32
Zeus	14-13	+1	75.9	1.09
flamie	13-13	0	62.0	0.94