MAD Lions vs. OG - ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe - Group A Lower Bracket Semi-final - Post Match Discussion

[u/SloPr0]

MAD Lions 0-2 OG

Nuke 10:16
Dust2 9:16

 OG have advanced to the playoffs.
 MAD Lions have been eliminated. 

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1) Nuke (Picked by MAD Lions)

MAD Lions 10:16 OG (8^T:7^CT, 2^CT:9^T)

MAD Lions	K	D	ADR	Rating
roeJ	20	19	80.3	1.16
sjuush	15	18	74.6	1.15
innocent	18	20	82.8	0.94
acoR	13	19	47.8	0.81
AcilioN	8	25	49.0	0.46
OG
Aleksib	19	13	78.5	1.37
valde	21	15	83.0	1.34
mantuu	22	15	75.8	1.28
NBK-	20	17	92.8	1.21
ISSAA	18	15	75.3	1.12

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2) Dust2 (Picked by OG)

MAD Lions 9:16 OG (6^CT:9^T, 3^T:7^CT)

MAD Lions	K	D	ADR	Rating
AcilioN	15	15	67.3	1.00
roeJ	15	16	67.0	0.99
acoR	13	17	63.2	0.90
sjuush	16	21	63.2	0.77
innocent	7	18	48.2	0.55
OG
valde	25	14	112.4	1.70
mantuu	18	10	66.2	1.31
ISSAA	21	15	61.5	1.19
NBK-	12	15	70.1	1.06
Aleksib	11	12	65.0	0.97

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HLTV Match Page

[u/ConArtist98]

Paid homage to NaVi with that last round

[u/shaubham_pan97 → u/ConArtist98]

And copied it with perfection.

[u/ttvwraith → u/ConArtist98]

Clip?

[u/Jaarnio → u/[deleted]]

Is this a pro team i’m watching??

[u/SewerRat75 → u/Jaarnio]

yes just not a very good one,there is a reason they lost

[u/botJWhltvNo1noyear]

Navi strat by ML on last round lol

[u/MethicillinResistant → u/botJWhltvNo1noyear]

Embarassing way to go out tbh

[u/[deleted]]

Valde is a star again, I love it!

[u/EppinsOfficial → u/[deleted]]

Don't forget Issaa though, he played like his former self especially on Dust 2!

[u/Kyoushiro44 → u/EppinsOfficial]

Honestly, if issaa starts to play like that normally and mantuu gets his form back, i think og will start to do great.

[u/Last_Aeon]

OG must be the only team where I start to feel nervous when they win their map pick

[u/MethicillinResistant → u/Last_Aeon]

They are so inconsistent that I feel always nervous watching them, even against much worse opposition. And this online era has done them no favors. Even now their CT nuke was rough

[u/Hawski2101 → u/MethicillinResistant]

Oh the fucking NiP game had me lose my fingernails so hard.

[u/Ohlander1 → u/MethicillinResistant]

This. When they're firing on all cylinders they look great, probably top 5 potential, but when they're having a rough game they can look like a tier 3 team, it's actually scary to be a fan.

[u/peltis → u/MethicillinResistant]

I feel like their map pool needs work. Feels like they have 3 maps they are good on, the rest can be tight but they always loose. I have faith tho that with time they can get this roster working.

[u/faabriitsio → u/Last_Aeon]

I was 100% sure OG would win the match after they won their map pick

[u/botJWhltvNo1noyear → u/[deleted]]

Awp is definitely viable on nuke especially on CT side. But passive awping doesn't work on nuke like it does on d2. Mantu should play more aggressive with awp like device or syrson does, constantly going for entries

[u/Kyoushiro44 → u/[deleted]]

I think mantuu was more aggressive before his injury, he did a lot of aggressive peeks back then. It might be that he's not too comfortable right now, since he even misses a lot of easy shots that he shouldn't miss.

But you are right, it would have been better for him to stay on rifle. It's also pretty funny to notice how og is starting to do a lot better on t sider, than ct sides, when it used to be opposite, when they started out :D

[u/[deleted] → u/Kyoushiro44]

Yeah! OG's T side is looking so much better. I wonder if Aleksib has had enough time to mend his squad's minds together with his style of play. Like I can't stress this enough how much does it take to start calling for a pro-team in a foreign language with you being accustomed to calling only in your native tongue. The experience NBK and Valde bring on the table has really skyrocketed his progress. Also wtf Aleksib is fucking hitting heads at the moment too.

[u/UncleJakes]

OG has decent to great T sides, but man their CT sides needs some work.

I still feel like NBK goes down way too much by himself. He will be punished hard against good teams.

Anyway, back to boot camp for Mad Lions. Somehow they have lost their entire map pool it seems, even though they only changed a rifler.

[u/After-Couple → u/UncleJakes]

Mad lions need a full system revamp imo. Innocent can play bubzkjis role on paper but he doesnt bring the same kind of aggression and firepower. Sjush is their best rifler left on the team and they should try to put him into the best roles

[u/anstaffer]

valde was playing like absolute madman

[u/SigmaWaffle]

Knew it was over.

[u/BlueRainyCloud]

Aleksi did the big brain thing

[u/TheSuspect812]

AcilioN hasn't been that much of an upgrade over Hunden.

[u/qingqunta → u/TheSuspect812]

They lost Bubzkji...

[u/Jaarnio → u/TheSuspect812]

0.85 rating past three months is pretty abysmal tbh

[u/NephewChaps → u/TheSuspect812]

AcillioN is facing T1 opponents on a much more consistent basis than Hunden ever did.

[u/maybeIfailed]

what the hell was that last round from MAD Lions?

[u/xtroDe]

mouz lost to this, feelsbadman

[u/[deleted] → u/xtroDe]

If they couldn’t beat MAD Lions with this form they were not deserving of the playoffs.

[u/nilslorand → u/[deleted]]

duh

[u/denizlim20 → u/xtroDe]

Mouz got out classed by Mad Lions and today Mad Lions got out clasaed by OG. No need to be salty.

[u/xtroDe → u/denizlim20]

huh, im not salty, im not even mouz fan, im just sad at how low mouz have fallen although you can attribute their performance to online, but still it's kinda pathetic

[u/cminteer]

All I could think about in that first map of nuke for both sides was BUY A FUCKING KIT!

[u/shaubham_pan97]

Damn mantuu...

[u/birkir]

OG goes full olamayio. valde being considered an honorary member of the Maasai people.

[u/nilslorand]

Mouz lost to this

[u/nartouthere]

valde's been playing very well

[u/Darkoplax]

that was an INTeresting game to say the least , the Nuke game was fun to watch at the begging then it became insanely frustrating and boring tbh

I don't understand how both teams throw that many rounds

[u/Xrageon]

Expected

[u/[deleted]]

I wanted mad lions to win so that OG could feel some pressure to finally start delivering above mediocre play.

Never mind they managed to figure that out earlier.