Falcons have taken down Eternal Fire in the PGL Cluj-Napoca quarter-finals as their freshly minted side has secured their first playoff victory having failed to do so on several occasions in past tournaments.
VETO
- Eternal Fire removed Ancient
- Falcons removed Anubis
- Eternal Fire picked Train
- Falcons picked Dust2
- Falcons removed Inferno
- Eternal Fire removed Mirage
- Nuke was left over
Map 1: Train; Pick: Eternal Fire; Winner: Falcons
Starting strong, Eternal Fire lost control of the game as the Falcons pulled the momentum in their favor. The Falcons offense had NiKo firing on all cylinders along with a degster in supreme form, the pair managed to keep Eternal Fire on the back foot for most of the rounds. Swapping with an 8-4 scoreline, Eternal Fire leveled the score off the back of a pistol-round win and threatened to win it all before the Falcons managed to push it over the line with a close 13-11 scoreline.
Map 2: Dust 2; Pick: Falcons; Winner: Eternal Fire
A tough fight between the two teams managed to produce an impressive first half. Being inseparable for the first half, the Falcons managed to edge out a narrow lead putting the Falcons on the backfoot in their map pick. Despite a forcebuy win, Falcons got outclassed on their defense as Eternal Fire’s T side executed were too good for Falcons to stop, and having failed to secure a single gun round, Eternal Fire ran over the freshly minted side to win the map and level the series 1-1.
Map 3: Nuke Pick: Decider; Winner: Eternal Fire
Winning the pistol round, Falcons took charge of the game early on the first half as Eternal Fire got themselves tasked with playing the catch-up game. Though the Turks were able to keep up, the Falcons pulled ahead with a narrow lead of 2 rounds before swapping sides. Eternal Fire did try to fight back on the T side but along with NiKo, Magisk showed up, pulling off a massive performance on the offense that gave Falcons the buff to pull ahead later in the game, winning the map with a 13-8 scoreline.
Falcons are likely to face FaZe Clan in the semi-finals who are scheduled to play against sAw later today and are likely to be the ones making it through. For the second time this month, we will have NiKo against one of his former teams and this time he has a shot at beating them.
