G2 take down FaZe 2

Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković's men managed to defeat FaZe in ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe 2-1 (16-14 Nuke, 11-16 Dust2, 16-12 Train) to claim their second victory in the league.

Two cousins butted heads as FaZe and G2 met in ESL Pro League, with Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač looking to power their respective teams to the win. In this ocassion, it was G2 that came out on top after three hard-fought maps, with huNter- topping the scoreboard with a 1.22 rating.

huNter- was key in G2 closing out the series on Train

huNter-'s triple kill ensured the CT pistol went the way of G2 on Nuke, but FaZe struck back with a force buy and managed a strong T side, 9-6, on their map pick. Audric "⁠JACKZ⁠" Jug was the main man for G2 in the first half, showing his form with a trademark quad-kill ramp-hold in round nine, and continued to cause issues in the second half. The 27-year-old found six first kills on the map as G2 mounted the comeback on the offensive side, using a mixture of Yard splits and well-coordinated A executes, stealing Nuke away 16-14.

After a subdued Nuke, Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard kicked off Dust2 with a crisp USP-S 4K on the pistol, setting up FaZe for early success as CT (4-0). Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub then picked up the AWP and G2 chained five rounds together, but FaZe bounced back as NiKo found success with the AWP himself. G2 attempted a comeback after locking down the B bombsite on the pistol, but Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David's Deagle ace took out the wind from their sails. FaZe then pulled off a couple of A hits and closed out the map 16-11.

coldzera pulled off a Deagle ace to stop G2's comeback on Dust2

Just like on Dust2, a round won with just Deagles inspired FaZe's T-side on Train, seeing them recover from an 0-3 start and tie the score. huNter- was on fire early on and stepped up to clutch a 1v2 in the next round, but FaZe kept it tight with a 2v5 won by Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants and coldzera. G2 managed to weather the storm and finished the half with a strong lead, 10-5, but Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer and co. were straight back into it after the switch.

As the score was 11-9 for the French-Serbian side, huNter- found a double entry and got his side on the roll again, pushing them to the edge of victory (14-10). A Mac-10-heavy B rush worked out for G2 to get them on map point, which they converted on to take a 2-1 series win.

ESL Pro League Season 11 EuropeBest of 3 G2Matchpage 2 1 29th March 2020 FaZe 16Nuke 14 11Dust2 16 16Train 12

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačhuNter-	68 - 51	+17	81.8	1.22
Nemanja 'nexa' Isakovićnexa	57 - 47	+10	77.1	1.16
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	55 - 47	+8	68.0	1.11
Audric 'JACKZ' JugJACKZ	59 - 62	-3	77.0	1.09
François 'amanek' Delaunayamanek	41 - 52	-11	51.7	0.81

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Helvijs 'broky' Saukantsbroky	54 - 45	+9	66.2	1.16
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	58 - 62	-4	77.2	1.04
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	53 - 49	+4	59.7	0.99
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	50 - 67	-17	71.6	0.86
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	43 - 58	-15	59.2	0.79

With both OG and G2 winning their matches on the day, the two international squads have moved to the top of the ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe Group C:

Group C TEAM M P OG 2 6 G2 2 6 MOUZ 2 3 FaZe 3 3 Virtus.pro 0 0 TYLOO 3 0 Marcelo 'coldzera' David Age: 25 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.19 Maps played: 1126 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.61 Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 1029 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.66 Helvijs 'broky' Saukants Age: 19 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 294 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.62 MOUZ #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenChris 'chrisJ' de JongÖzgür 'woxic' EkerDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýRobin 'ropz' Kool Allan 'Rejin' Petersen OG #19 Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenIssa 'ISSAA' MuradMateusz 'mantuu' Wilczewski Casper 'ruggah' Due FaZe #7 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Janko 'YNk' Paunović Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković Age: 22 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 853 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63 FaZe #7 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidHelvijs 'broky' Saukants TYLOO #29 YuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' XuWingHei 'Freeman' CheungSeon-Ho 'xeta' Son LiKan 'ryk' Luo Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Age: 28 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1376 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Age: 25 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1212 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 Virtus.pro #18 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevSanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali Dastan 'dastan' Akbayev Audric 'JACKZ' Jug Age: 27 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 691 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 23 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 1181 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.67 G2 #3 Nemanja 'nexa' IsakovićAudric 'JACKZ' JugNemanja 'huNter-' KovačKenny 'kennyS' SchrubFrançois 'amanek' Delaunay G2 #3 Nemanja 'nexa' IsakovićAudric 'JACKZ' JugNemanja 'huNter-' KovačKenny 'kennyS' SchrubFrançois 'amanek' Delaunay Damien 'maLeK' Marcel OG #19 Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenIssa 'ISSAA' MuradMateusz 'mantuu' Wilczewski Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 1653 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.63