ENCE to DH Masters semi

ENCE have defeated FURIA in a three-map encounter (Overpass 16-9, Train 11-16, Nuke 16-9) to advance to the semi-finals at DreamHack Masters Dallas, with the Brazilians set to compete in the quarter-finals.

FURIA opted with Overpass to kick off their series against ENCE, a map the Brazilian side had previously found great success on in their opening match with NRG. They looked to repeat that showing with a great start on the Terrorist side, which saw them get off to an 8-2 start as the Finns struggled to find an answer.

Eventually, key plays from Jere "⁠sergej⁠" Salo helped ENCE get back on their feet, as the last five rounds went their way, with Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli and Jani "⁠Aerial⁠" Jussila adding a multikill each to close the half with just a one-round deficit.

When the sides switched, the favorites had complete control over proceedings, as an A execute in the pistol transpired into their first lead on the map, and ENCE kept up momentum despite losing the first gunround to a double and triple from Yuri "⁠yuurih⁠" Santos and Kaike "⁠KSCERATO⁠" Cerato, respectively. FURIA were on the back foot from that point on and never recovered, with the Finnish team emerging victorious at 16-9.

Young sergej led ENCE to the semi-finals

Train followed with FURIA once again looking in the driving seat at the beginning, this time playing on the CT side and racking up a 5-1 lead on the back of a couple of key plays from Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan. ENCE responded with two of the next three, finding entrances to the lower bombsite, but the Brazilian side bolstered up their defence to secure a huge 12-3 half.

Although ENCE clinched the second pistol, the success was short-lived, as yuurih's 1v2 clutch in the second-round forcebuy helped the underdogs reach map point. FURIA still had their work cut out for them, with ENCE defending cleanly for several rounds in a row, but once the second map reached double digits, arT stepped up with a massive quad-kill in the lower bombsite to finish it off 16-11.

Nuke was set to decide the series. For the third time in a row, KSCERATO & co. were the ones to get off the line more quickly, leading 3-0 on the CT side following a clean pistol round victory, but this time ENCE figured out how to penetrate the defense, responding with a seven-round streak. In the end, Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen's team came away with a nine-round offense, setting themselves up for a comfortable second half.

And that is how they looked, in the end, giving up the first two rounds before dominating on the defense, closing the series with a 7-1 streak for 16-9, 2-1.

DreamHack Masters Dallas 2019Best of 3 ENCEMatchpage 2 1 31st May 2019 FURIA 16Overpass 9 11Train 16 16Nuke 9

ENCE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jere 'sergej' Salosergej	60 - 49	+11	88.5	1.23
Sami 'xseveN' LaasanenxseveN	51 - 45	+6	80.4	1.11
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	57 - 48	+9	74.8	1.07
Jani 'Aerial' JussilaAerial	44 - 50	-6	57.4	0.91
Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenAleksib	37 - 49	-12	64.1	0.89

FURIA	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Andrei 'arT' PiovezanarT	62 - 52	+10	83.7	1.21
Yuri 'yuurih' Santosyuurih	52 - 44	+8	74.9	1.15
Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda JuniorableJ	48 - 51	-3	73.1	1.02
Kaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoKSCERATO	48 - 47	+1	69.0	0.99
Vinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoVINI	31 - 56	-25	49.4	0.64

FURIA #19 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior Aleksi 'allu' Jalli Age: 27 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1335 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64 Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen Age: 22 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 559 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.65 Andrei 'arT' Piovezan Age: 23 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 422 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 Yuri 'yuurih' Santos Age: 19 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 437 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.64 Jani 'Aerial' Jussila Age: 25 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 479 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Jere 'sergej' Salo Age: 17 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 475 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.63 ENCE #3 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo NRG #10 Damian 'daps' SteeleTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Age: 19 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.19 Maps played: 345 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.56