Liquid have secured a playoff spot at the ELEAGUE Premier after beating MIBR 2-0 (16-10 on Cache and Overpass).
The best-of-three Group A decider game kicked off on Cache with the T-sided MIBR picking up the pistol round thanks to Marcelo "coldzera" David's 1vs3 clutch. Liquid's reply came in the first weapon round which they secured with double kills from Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken & Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski, trailing 3-1.
Liquid tied the game at 3-3 but weren't able to go ahead as MIBR reclaimed and extended their lead to 6-3. EliGE & company won the last six rounds of the first half by dying only five times during that period and led 9-6 at halftime.
Even though Liquid lost the second half pistol round, they had a commanding T-side which helped them run away with most of the weapon rounds. They won the map 16-10 to take the lead in the series.
MIBR won the pistol round on the T-side on Overpass but couldn't follow it up with another round (1-1). Liquid managed to make it 6-1 but lost a 5vs3 in the eighth round which gave MIBR their second. The Brazilian team salvaged the half and trailed 8-7 at halftime as coldzera clutched a 1vs2 in the 15th round.
Liquid grabbed the pistol round win in the second half and led 11-7 following a couple of eco round victories. coldzera & Tarik "tarik" Celik stepped up with double kills in the first weapon round to make it 11-8. Liquid reset MIBR's economy by winning the following round and went on to win the map 16-10. They secured the series 2-0 and moved on to the playoffs at ELEAGUE Premier.
ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018Best of 3
Liquid
Matchpage 2 0 25th July 2018 
MIBR 16Cache 10 16Overpass 10 | Liquid | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz | 48 - 26 | +22 | 88.0 | 1.49 |
| Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF | 42 - 26 | +16 | 80.3 | 1.32 |
 Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE | 42 - 31 | +11 | 91.3 | 1.28 |
| Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0 | 34 - 34 | 0 | 70.5 | 1.10 |
| Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO | 30 - 26 | +4 | 67.9 | 1.09 |
| MIBR | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN | 35 - 35 | 0 | 71.5 | 1.00 |
| Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera | 34 - 34 | 0 | 68.8 | 0.98 |
| Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer | 29 - 42 | -13 | 75.1 | 0.86 |
| Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik | 27 - 42 | -15 | 59.3 | 0.69 |
| Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K | 18 - 43 | -25 | 49.6 | 0.60 |
Marcelo 'coldzera' David 
Age: 23 Team: MIBR Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 831 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.61 MIBR #6 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoTarik 'tarik' CelikFernando 'fer' AlvarengaJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski 
Age: 21 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 873 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69 Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken 
Age: 18 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 625 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.64 Tarik 'tarik' Celik 
Age: 22 Team: MIBR Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 898 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68
