FaZe Clan has eliminated Falcons from IEM Cologne and with this, karrigan and rain remain the only two players to have attended all the events at the cathedral of Counter-Strike since its inception. Falcons despite putting up a good fight, couldn’t do just enough to pass the FaZe Clan test and make it to the stage.
VETO
- Falcons removed Inferno
- FaZe removed Vertigo
- Falcons picked Dust2
- FaZe picked Ancient
- Falcons removed Mirage
- FaZe removed Anubis
- Nuke was left over
Map 1: Dust 2; Pick: Falcons; Winner: FaZe Clan
FaZe Clan got off to a stunning start on their opponent map pick going 8-0 up before Falcons could get a round on board. Having gone down 8-0 initially, they managed to win the remaining rounds to close the lead before moving into the second half.
FaZe dropped the ball in the second half causing it to become very close to them, more than it should have been as Falcons managed to push the game to overtime upon which FaZe got back on the driving seat as Falcons only managed as singe round on OT as FaZe closed it out with a 16-13 score line. broky on the AWP was a driving force for FaZe, posting 24 kills at a rating of 1.40.
Map 2: Ancient; Pick: FaZe Clan; Winner: FaZe Clan
Falcons’s preparation on the CT side stopped FaZe from running all over them like they did on Dust 2, as the game was much closer than anyone imagined in the first half. Falcon’s defense at times proved to be too much for FaZe but despite tough resistance, they managed to win 7 rounds on the T side while Falcons only managed 5.
Falcons won the pistol round in the second half but FaZe quickly responded with a force buy conversion upon which it was all FaZe Clan who ran a two-minute mile that saw Falcons get eliminated from IEM Cologne. After a tough first half, ropz pulled his weight to get 20 kills at a 1.58 rating.
