EnVyUs, Virtus.pro share spoils

EnVyUs and Virtus.pro traded maps (19-16 on Mirage for Virtus.pro and 16-11 on Cache for EnVyUs) in the last match of the day in ELEAGUE.

Day one of ELEAGUE's Group F came to a close with a nail-bitting clash between Virtus.pro and EnVyUs, two teams who had won their respective opening matches in Atlanta.

The first map, Mirage, began with Virtus.pro getting out to a quick 4-0 lead. Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt then rescued his team on a force buy with three kills, with that win eventually turning into a massive streak as EnVyUs won the next seven rounds. For the rest of the half, the teams traded blows, with the Frenchmen retaining their three-round lead before switching to the Terrorist side.

EnVyUs fought back after losing the opening map 

The second half was highly contested from start to finish as teams basically took turns stringing rounds together. Virtus.pro would eventually hit 15 rounds but they let their lead slip as EnVyUs won the last two rounds to force overtime. After the end of regulation, Virtus.pro seemed like a renewed team as they gave up just one round before locking down the map 19-16.

ELEAGUE Season 1Best of 1 Virtus.proMatchpage 19 16 28th June 2016 Envy 19Mirage 16

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	33 - 26	+7	111.6	1.39
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	33 - 23	+10	88.4	1.28
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	27 - 25	+2	87.0	1.20
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	22 - 21	+1	81.6	1.10
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	17 - 24	-7	51.0	0.70

Envy	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	23 - 25	-2	81.6	1.04
Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy	24 - 27	-3	69.2	1.00
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	27 - 26	+1	69.7	0.99
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	23 - 26	-3	79.5	0.99
Timothée 'DEVIL' DémolonDEVIL	22 - 28	-6	70.7	0.97

Next up was Cache, where EnVyUs won the pistol round and the following anti-ecos to start off the game with a 3-0 lead. But once we entered the gun rounds, the impetus of the game changed dramatically as the Polish team won 10 of the following 12 rounds to take a significant lead going into the second half.

But EnVyUs came out of the break firing on all cylinders, winning eight rounds in a row as Virtus.pro struggled to find a way past their defensive setup. After calling a timeout, the Polish team would be able to get a round on the board, thanks to a triple kill from Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski, but the Frenchmen hit back immediately after and took a 16-11 win to make sure that the teams remain level on points at the summit.

ELEAGUE Season 1Best of 1 EnvyMatchpage 16 11 28th June 2016 Virtus.pro 16Cache 11

Envy	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	24 - 18	+6	92.6	1.36
Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy	22 - 20	+2	85.3	1.19
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	18 - 18	0	80.7	1.18
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	22 - 16	+6	79.1	1.17
Timothée 'DEVIL' DémolonDEVIL	11 - 23	-12	45.6	0.59

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	26 - 19	+7	89.4	1.32
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	25 - 21	+4	108.8	1.21
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	18 - 19	-1	70.9	1.05
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	16 - 18	-2	69.1	0.91
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	10 - 20	-10	52.3	0.66

Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt Age: 22 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 934 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66 Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski Age: 28 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 956 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.69