CLG surprise Keyd Stars; to semis

CLG become the second team to advance straight into the semifinals of the ESL ESEA Pro League, defeating Keyd Stars 16-9 on de_cache.

The second winner's match of the group stages pitted two teams from the Americas versus each other: the Canadian-American CLG and the Brazilian Keyd Stars. Both teams earned their place in the winner's match by each defeating what may be considered by some as the top two teams in the world (fnatic and TSM respectively).

Keyd Stars set the pace of the game by winning their CT pistol round and converting the ensuing rounds as well. CLG finally picked up a round of their own on the fifth round, putting Keyd onto a force buy.

CLG came prepared to the ESL ESEA Pro League finals 

Keyd Stars continued to go up to a score of 7-1 however CLG finally began to pick up the slack, with team fragger Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik in particular warming up well as the half went on. Keyd Stars finished their CT half up only by a round, 8-7.

CLG turned up the heat—in particular thanks to the efforts of Stephen "⁠reltuC⁠" Cutler—to an insane degree on their CT half, going up 9-1 to close out the game 16-9 on de_cache.

ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 FinalsBest of 1 CLGMatchpage 16 9 2nd July 2015 Keyd 16Cache 9

CLG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerreltuC	23 - 11	+12	-	1.62
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	24 - 15	+9	-	1.43
Pujan 'FNS' MehtaFNS	18 - 13	+5	-	1.18
Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64	13 - 15	-2	-	0.88
James 'hazed' Cobbhazed	14 - 17	-3	-	0.82

Keyd	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Ricardo 'boltz' Prassboltz	18 - 16	+2	-	1.01
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	15 - 18	-3	-	0.87
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	17 - 20	-3	-	0.82
Lucas 'steel' Lopessteel	13 - 20	-7	-	0.67
Caio 'zqkS' FonsecazqkS	8 - 18	-10	-	0.52

Keyd Stars will have to face the winner of the TSM vs. fnatic match in the quarter-finals tomorrow, whereas CLG join Virtus.pro as the two teams who have managed to move straight into the semifinals, giving them a day off as the semis occur on Saturday.

Stephen 'reltuC' Cutler Age: 26 Team: CLG Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 105 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.64 Tarik 'tarik' Celik Age: 19 Team: CLG Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 93 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.68