Chaos at PGL Bucharest Continues – Day 2 Recap

The upset saga continues at PGL Bucharest 2025, with the second day continuing to be an absolute pandemonium for the favourites. No one expected the statline after two days to reflect Falcons, The MongolZ, and Liquid with the 0-2 track record, yet here we are.

Let’s first take a look at the results first.

• FURIA 1-2 Complexity
• FaZe 2-0 paiN
• 3DMAX 2-1 Astralis
• The MongolZ 0-2 Apogee
• Liquid 0-2 Virtus.Pro
• Aurora 2-0 Legacy
• G2 2-0 Rare Atom
• Falcons 0-2 GamerLegion

G2, FaZe, Aurora, Virtus.Pro were probably the only teams to avoid an upset on the second day. That’s half of the matches that unfolded today. With a handful of tournaments left before the Major turns the corner, this isn’t what these teams would be hoping for. Well, let us dive a bit deeper and take a look at the takeaways from today:

GamerLegion stomp Falcons

Well, well, well, quite the fireworks to begin the day. Or a damp squib, if you’re a Falcons fan. A pity though, to go out with a whimper like that against GamerLegion. And what a scoreline, managing a grand total of three rounds across two maps. That’s not just an off game for Falcons, that’s falling flat on your face.

And it was the CT side that let them down both times. Starting off with Inferno, degster was basically a sitting duck in the first half, mustering a single kill in the half. Not that the others were setting the world on fire either. The second map, Nuke, wasn’t any better. Just one CT round to show for it, and that turned out to be all she wrote.

It’s clear the m0NESY news has knocked the wind out of their sails. If things don’t turn around against paiN tomorrow, we might be witnessing the swan song of this roster at PGL Bucharest.

Liquid tumbles against VP

Let me put it this way before we dive into Liquid’s performance, they’ve got no reason to hang their heads. Starting with Mirage, they were toe-to-toe with VP, in prime position to close out the game more than once, but it slipped through their fingers. That 29th round where they couldn’t hold the line was probably the straw that broke the camel’s back.

Still, as the roster gets used to siuhy’s arrival and with NertZ and Twistzz onboard, Liquid’s aggression has some real teeth now, and I don’t think it’ll be long before the results start rolling in. Yes, I’ve been a bit critical about their CT side in my previous article, but it turns out they have adjusted siuhy well from the first looks in the two games.

And while Virtus.Pro played out of their skins, the 13-3 scoreline is a bit of a red herring. I think the match was much closer than the numbers suggest. But hey, no overanalysing here, this is the same VP that 13-0’d FaZe. We’ll tip our hats to them this time.

FaZe hold the line

With the way FaZe had been playing lately, I wasn’t exactly holding my breath. But somehow, they pulled through. And with a clean 2-0 on the board too, would you look at that!

The opening map started off shaky, but FaZe found their groove as the game wore on. Then came a T-side masterclass from EliGE to put the first map to bed. The second map started off even better for the men in red. EliGE once again led the charge, proving that when he’s firing on all cylinders, FaZe’s T-side is a force to be reckoned with.

However, it’s their CT side that still makes me mule sometimes, and Inferno was certainly one of those occasions. It’s not the first time I’ve seen FaZe flirt with disaster, choking a huge lead. Fortunately, they managed to close it out. Otherwise I’d be back on Twitter, drafting another petition to get rid of Inferno from the map pool.

Something’s off with The MongolZ

The MongolZ are off to a nightmare start in Bucharest, especially for a team that’s been a playoff mainstay lately. First, they fell to 3DMAX, a decent enough side, but today came a shocker: a 2-0 loss to Apogee, the 46th ranked Polish team.

And it wasn’t just a loss, quite a disaster to be honest. On their best map, Ancient, no less. It is their biggest loss on the map in recent memory. Even the likes of NAVI, G2, or Liquid couldn’t restrict The MongolZ to 8 rounds, but Apogee did. A slow T-side followed by a crumbling CT struggle, and just like that, the writing was on the wall.

The second map, Nuke, isn’t exactly The MongolZ’s strong suit. It was a punish pick, and Apogee only barely eked out the win at 13-11. But a win’s a win, no matter how you slice it. And off that loss, The MongolZ now find themselves with their backs against the wall, and will have to fight against Liquid to stay alive.