fnatic beat Cloud9 to clinch cs

The Swedish team recovered from a slow start and completed the reverse sweep with two convincing victories.

fnatic came back from a map down to defeat Cloud9 2-1 and book their spot in the semi-final stage of cs_summit 7. The Swedish team looked a bit rusty at first as they were surprised on their own map pick of Vertigo, where Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen produced his best performance since joining Cloud9, but then put on breathtaking offensive displays on the following two maps, Inferno and Overpass, to turn the match around.

The Swedish side, who will face the winner of the match between OG and HEROIC next, looked promising early on as they hit back after losing the pistol and put some rounds together, but things quickly went downhill. Cloud9 tightened up their defence and dominated proceedings for the rest of the half for a 10-5 lead, with es3tag impressing with a 21-6 score and a 134 ADR.

KRIMZ helped fnatic to win the series with a 30-bomb on Overpass

Cloud9 came out of the break guns blazing, winning five rounds off the bat to hit map point. Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson then gave fnatic their first round of the half with a 1v2 clutch, but it merely delayed the inevitable by a few moments as the international team locked down the map in the following round.

Inferno began with fnatic looking the brighter of the two sides and they hopped out to a 6-3 lead following two streaks of three round wins. But their grip on the game was never strong, and Cloud9 grew in confidence after winning a half-buy. The international team were in control in the closing stages of the half, unlocking the A defence with precise executes time and time again for an 8-7 score.

But the second half brought a more resolute fnatic side. The Swedish team set the tempo and ran all over the Cloud9 defence, dropping just two rounds before securing the map.

William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman opened Overpass with a 1v2 clutch in the pistol round to put Cloud9 into the lead. That was the start of a dominant run by the international team, who raced to a 5-1 lead, but then fnatic tightened up and gradually took the upper hand for an 8-7 lead. The Swedish team carried that momentum into the second half and ran away with the game, with KRIMZ adding 13 more frags to his tally as he spearheaded the team's attack against the helpless Cloud9 defence.

cs_summit 7Best of 3 fnaticMatchpage 2 1 30th January 2021 Cloud9 6Vertigo 16 16Inferno 10 16Overpass 9

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	58 - 43	+15	89.1	1.28
Jack 'Jackinho' Ström MattssonJackinho	57 - 54	+3	88.7	1.20
Maikil 'Golden' SelimGolden	49 - 44	+5	79.9	1.11
Ludvig 'Brollan' BrolinBrollan	49 - 52	-3	67.7	1.02
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	42 - 51	-9	57.8	0.92

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Alex 'ALEX' McMeekinALEX	58 - 54	+4	82.4	1.15
William 'mezii' Merrimanmezii	51 - 46	+5	77.5	1.14
Patrick 'es3tag' Hansenes3tag	47 - 49	-2	81.5	1.10
Ricky 'floppy' Kemeryfloppy	44 - 55	-11	73.2	0.95
Erick 'Xeppaa' BachXeppaa	42 - 51	-9	55.4	0.90

Patrick 'es3tag' Hansen Age: 25 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1135 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Cloud9 #19 Alex 'ALEX' McMeekinPatrick 'es3tag' HansenRicky 'floppy' KemeryErick 'Xeppaa' BachWilliam 'mezii' Merriman Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Age: 26 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1604 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.64 HEROIC #6 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupNikolaj 'niko' KristensenMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' Madsen fnatic #16 Jesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonMaikil 'Golden' SelimLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinJack 'Jackinho' Ström Mattsson William 'mezii' Merriman Age: 22 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 214 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.64 OG #7 Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenIssa 'ISSAA' MuradMateusz 'mantuu' Wilczewski