OG Take Down Mousesports at ESL Pro League

Now on mousesports’ map of Train, the series looked dire for OG. Any worries about them were soon dispelled. After NBK- pulled off a 1v3 on pistol round, OG’s CT side started with a 3-0 lead. OG were stuck on four MP9’s for the bonus round, but they got three kills before losing it. Once the real guns were out, OG looked impenetrable. Their B players held strong, forcing mousesports to play towards the A site. OG used aggressive angles to limit the mousesports attacks before they even began. Mousesports’ best chance came in round nine, but ISSAA managed to turn a 1v3 situation around.

Mousesports finally got a second round on the board with an A site take thanks to a little help from missed sprays by OG. Mousesports then brought out an incredibly unorthodox triple AWP setup on T side. Additionally, they funneled into the B site with it and were demolished. That decision cost them three more rounds. The final brute force push into A went mousesports’ way, but the score at the half was 12-3 for OG.

The second pistol round was secured by mousesports. OG full saved and got a bomb plant in the second to begin their T side campaign. An Ivy flank by Aleksib cracked the A site wide open to earn their first round of the half. Mousesports’ force buy couldn’t hold the B site, putting them on pistols as OG earned map point. The closer came easily as they took the outer site and the map with a dominant 16-5 score.

Map Three – Inferno

Mousesports losing their best map was unexpected, so their performance on Inferno was in question from the start. OG started their CT site strong with pistol and anti-eco round wins. Mousesports bought up in round three, but they couldn’t even break OG’s MP9 bonus round on the A site. OG’s lead grew to 5-0 before mousesports finally found enough opening frags to force rotations and take a round. Their economy was weak, but good enough to force up with half SMG’s. They used them to deny a Banana push and immediately take the wind out of the mousesports’ sails.

Despite repeated failure there, mousesports kept attacking the B site to no avail. Down 8-1, they tried pushing Mid through a smoke and were cleaned up on the other side. No matter what strategy or variation mousesports showed, OG had an answer for every one of them. The A site was the target later in the half, but OG’s defense was just as oppressive there. The half ended 14-1 for OG as they turned all expectations on their head.

Mousesports did take the second pistol round to give them the foundation for a comeback. OG then tore that foundation apart by trading well on an A site push to earn match point. One Banana attack and retake denial later and they had completed the 2-1 upset with a 16-2 thrashing of mousesports on Inferno.

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With this win, OG have put themselves in position to advance to the next stage of ESL Pro League. They now have a 2-0 record and the head to head tiebreaker over another top competitor. As long as they clean up shop against Virtus.pro on April 2nd, OG will have a great chance at upsetting this group of death.

Mousesports are in a tougher position, but they still have a win and tiebreaker over FaZe Clan. They should be fine so long as this loss isn’t a signal that a major collapse is coming. It should be a worry however, as getting demolished that hard by OG exposed a lot of weaknesses. Mousesports is known for their ability to bounce back. Hopefully they can work out their issues soon.