mouz defeat G2, to EL LCQ semis

mousesports have advanced to the semi-finals at the ELEAGUE Season 1 Last Chance Qualifier after beating G2 2-1 (16-9 on Dust2, 22-25 on Cache, and 19-17 on Overpass).

G2, who used Simon "⁠Fuks⁠" Florysiak instead of Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy because of health reasons, and MOUZ faced off in the quarter-finals at the ELEAGUE Season 1 Last Chance Qualifier.

The best-of-three series kicked off on Dust2 and the CT-sided German team stopped the Frenchmen in the pistol round with Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong's double kill. MOUZ suffered heavy losses in the anti-ecos but ultimately managed to pick them up.

G2 secured the first weapon round with Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon's entry kill and grabbed the subsequent two rounds thanks to the opening kills of Edouard "⁠SmithZz⁠" Dubourdeaux. Things fell apart after this point though as the MOUZ defense got tougher which resulted in a 11-4 halftime lead for Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač & company.

It was business as usual for NiKo 

G2 won the second half pistol round but a triple kill by NiKo in the second round was the breaking point as the Germans got the first map victory with a 16-9 score.

Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom and Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro opened up Cache and the CT-sided G2 clinched a 2-0 lead but couldn't stop MOUZ's early weapon buy (2-1). SmithZz and bodyy clutched a 2vs2 post plant situation to extend their team's lead to 3-1 but NiKo showed up in the following round with a quad kill, making it 3-2.

The rest of the first half on Cache was a replay of Dust2 as MOUZ took full control and finished the half with an 11-4 lead after winning ten of the last eleven rounds.

Fuks had a hard time as a stand-in 

NiKo and Denis "⁠denis⁠" Howell got the opening kills in the second half pistol round as MOUZ extended their lead to 12-4. The German side couldn't finish off the match despite a 13-4 lead as G2 initiated a comeback, making it 15-15 to take it to overtime.

NiKo & company, who were on the CT-side, grabbed the first round of overtime and the double AWP setup paid off for NiKo & chrisJ as they led 17-16 at halftime. G2 acquired a match point in the second half but MOUZ held on as the teams went to overtime number two. 

NiKo & co. led 20-19 after the first half of the second overtime and the German team failed to convert two match points which resulted in a third overtime. (21-21). G2 won the map 25-22 after coming up ahead in the third overtime.

MOUZ started Overpass on the CT-side and took the pistol round. NiKo & co. earned a 5-0 lead but The Frenchmen replied with three rounds. MOUZ led 10-5 at halftime.

MOUZ responded after losing the second half pistol round and extended their lead to 13-6 after winning the anti-ecos. G2's double AWP setup gave them four consecutive rounds and the game got tied at 14-14 afterwards. NiKo's quad kill and 1vs2 clutch gave MOUZ a match point. MOUZ once again did what MOUZ usually does and lost the last round, taking them to overtime.

MOUZ finished it off 19-17, winning the series 2-1 and advancing to the semi-finals in Atlanta.

ELEAGUE Season 1Best of 3 G2Matchpage 1 2 14th July 2016 MOUZ 9Dust2 16 25Cache 22 17Overpass 19

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CLG #24 Faruk 'pita' PitaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerJames 'hazed' CobbTarik 'tarik' CelikKenneth 'koosta' Suen Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy Age: 26 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 454 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.69 Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux Age: 27 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 958 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Age: 19 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 201 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Simon 'Fuks' Florysiak Age: 21 Team: Red Instinct RS Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 142 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.67 Denis 'denis' Howell Age: 21 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 493 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.71 Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 905 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66 MOUZ #15 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačJohannes 'nex' MagetTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong Age: 26 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 714 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 G2 #3 Richard 'shox' PapillonEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' PianaroSimon 'Fuks' Florysiak Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 19 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 399 KPR: 0.83 DPR: 0.70 FaZe #16 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' NygaardJoakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom Age: 22 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 748 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65