ESL Pro League S8 Finals: the end of the run
NAVI leaves the event
NAVI.GG.BET played against 
Team Liquid at ESL Pro League S8 Finals. The series was a hard one, as NAVI drop the series 0:2. leaving the competition.
Dust2 - Natus Vincere [4:16] Team Liquid
The first game started off with Team Liquid taking 3 rounds right off the bat. As soon as s1mple got his hands on the AWP, though, NAVI took the first round with good guns. Unfortunately, Team Liquid struck right back, resetting us. The scoreline soon hit 1:5, and NAVI still failed to score the second point. Despite the best efforts of NAVI, Team Liquid showed a superior game in the first half, so NAVI were still sitting on the 1 point they earned before. The only other round NAVI managed to take in the first half was the last one, as the half finishes at 2:13.
The second half didn't see much improvement for NAVI initially. Team Liquid claimed the first round, but NAVI responded with another round their way. The trades continued - even though Team Liquid got to the match point first NAVI didn't want to let the opponent run away with the map. Unfortunately, the deficit was way too big to allow to bounce back into the game, Team Liquid takes Dust2 with a 16:4 score.
| Player | Kill/Death | +/- | ADR | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s1mple |
18-12 | +6 | 100.2 | 1.40 |
 electronic |
14-16 | -2 | 69.8 | 0.91 |
| flamie |
8-13 | -5 | 50.8 | 0.65 |
| Edward |
9-18 | -9 | 63.1 | 0.48 |
| Zeus |
3-15 | -12 | 40.8 | 0.41 |
Natus VincereInferno - Natus Vincere [6:16] Team Liquid
Team Liquid picked up the pistol round after quite a long standoff in the apartments between s1mple and 
TACO, Team Liquid established the dominance in the initial rounds. As the scoreboard hit 0:4, NAVI had to eco, but the next round was the one when NAVI got the first point on board. We capitalized on it successfully and converted it into a few points our way, NAVI tied the game 4:4. We briefly took the lead at 5;4, but were unable to maintain it for a long time. Team Liquid bounced back; even though we still had some money, the economy was far from amazing. Still, we mustered our forces and closed the half with 6:9 score.
The second half started off with Team Liquid taking the initiative right away. They were the first to break the double digits, while NAVI struggled to get anything. Even though we were coming close a few times, Team Liquid managed to deny us the possibility to get a single point in the half, Till the end of the map, NAVI didn't get a chance to score even a single point, falling to Team Liquid 16:6 and leaving the event.
| Player | Kill/Death | +/- | ADR | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s1mple |
18-12 | +6 | 68.6 | 1.17 |
| Edward |
15-16 | -1 | 87.6 | 1.09 |
| flamie |
10-17 | -7 | 73.1 | 0.83 |
| electronic |
14-18 | -4 | 67.3 | 0.73 |
| Zeus |
8-16 | -8 | 34.8 | 0.45 |
Overall Match Stats
| Player | Kill/Death | +/- | ADR | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s1mple |
36-24 | +12 | 83.7 | 1.27 |
| electronic |
28-34 | -6 | 68.5 | 0.81 |
| Edward |
24-34 | -10 | 76.0 | 0.77 |
| flamie |
18-30 | -12 | 62.5 | 0.73 |
| Zeus |
11-31 | -20 | 37.6 | 0.42 |
