CSGO<\/a> bragging rights. <\/p>\nAfter the ESL Pro League final, cadiaN, who was riddled with excitement and loss of breath, had the following to say in the post-match interview.<\/p>\n
“That was such a long game, so intense, it was five maps and one of them was with four overtimes, basically counting for two,” he said. <\/p>\n
“They gave us a run for their money. Gambit played so well, they’re probably considered the best team by everyone. This is our first tournament and we did it. I feel like that’s part of CS history by now.”<\/p>\n
While team Heroic were not favorites to clinch the EPL Pro League title, they put up a stellar performance right from their first pick, Inferno, and secured a win. They initially suffered a 4-12 deficit to the Gambit team, but later forced a comeback, seeing the game move into overtime. Due to some significant plays from Martin “stavn” Lund, the Danish team came out victorious in the pick.<\/p>\n
The second pick, Vertigo, saw Gambit destabilize the Danish defense by a landslide, after losing a few gun rounds to Heroic at the beginning of the map. The Russian team cruised into a 16-3 win over their opponent.<\/p>\n
Gambit took the lead in the next pick, Train, by a 12-6 scoreline, but couldn’t hold on to their lead as cadiaN kept finding plays that led to the map being forced into overtime. The map took a different turn and only came to an end after four sets of overtimes. After 54 rounds of slow regulation and self-destruction overtimes, Heroics began to look the part as they snatched the third map right from Gambit.<\/p>\n
Overpass was a close affair as Heroic sought to end the series in four maps but Gambit was victorious by a 16-10 scoreline. At the fifth and final map, Mirage, Heroic started on the right foot and kept on going till the end with cadiaN seeing the game out with a knife kill feature, winning a 1v4 clutch which saw the team go frantic in celebration of their win.<\/p>\n
Heroic had put up an amazing performance in their group stage, clinching a perfect score of 5-0, defeating OG, Big, Complexity, FunPlus Pheonix, and Renegades. They went head to head with the Swedish Ninjas in Pyjamas and had a clean sweep. They then replicated the same outstanding performance in their next fixture, an easy victory over FURIA.<\/p>\n