With most of the favorites already eliminated at IEM Rio Major, the four remaining teams were not on everyone Pickems. MOUZ, Outsiders, Heroic and FURIA were the final four teams before today’s start. And the first match of the day was MOUZ vs Outsiders.
Fans gather outside the arena on Day 1 of the IEM Rio Major playoffs. Image Credit: ESL CS.
MOUZ vs Outsiders draft
MOUZ removed Dust2Outsiders removed NukeMOUZ picked AncientOutsiders picked OverpassOutsiders removed MirageMOUZ removed VertigoInferno was left over
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Ancient goes Outsiders
MOUZ picked Ancient but Outsiders looked extremely comfortable on the map. They started on the defense, the favored side on Ancient and Outsiders took full advntage of it. MOUZ had the strategical advantage, often having a great read on the Outsiders playsytle and positioning. But on more than one occasion, MOUZ simply could not hit their shots and that cost them multiple rounds.
After MOUZ won the first few rounds, Outsiders strung together seven rounds in a row. They ultimately won three more rounds later in the first half to close out at 10-5.
MOUZ won the second pistol as well – they won both the pistol rounds on Ancient.
The IEM Rio Major is currently underway in Brazil and features a massive audience. The Home crowd has been vehemently supporting FURIA and will undoubtedly turn up at the venue to support their home team in numbers. With GauLes leading the FURIA cheerleading squad in his own way, the crowd has proved to be the sixth man for FURIA. On the Outsiders roster, N0rb3r7 was playing some exceptional CS, with 20 kills at half-time, miles ahead of anyone on MOUZ and even maintaining a distance from his own teammates.
Outsiders had a textbook Counterstrike performance on their T side. They were constantly suffocating the MOUZ players, who were often looking very confused about the Outsiders player positions. It was slow and painful, but textbook and ultimately, Outsiders won MOUZ’s map pick of Ancient with a 16-10 score.
FURIA face off against Heroic later today and the winner will earn a spot in the CS: GO Major grand finals.
Stay tuned to esports for the latest CS: GO news and updates.
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