Virtus.pro at ESL One Cologne 2017: how it happened
The most interesting about ESL One Cologne 2017.
13:59. Unfortunately, our team has been eliminated from the tournament, having lost 3 group stage matches in a row.
12:57. The Danes entered the A site and defended the bomb in a 3v1 situation (9-16).
12:54. Heroic made a swift attack on the B site, but did not manage to plant the bomb (9-15).
12:52. The Poles repelled an attack on the A site (8-15).
12:51. VP went for a force buy, winning back the first match point (7-15).
12:49. With great shooting during an attack on the B site, Heroic won another round without taking any losses (6-15).
12:47. Virtus.pro reinforced the B site and went for an eco (6-14).
12:43. Heroic went for a force buy, but VP prevailed in a 2v2 situation (4-13).
12:39. The second pistol round went in Virtus.pro G2A’s favor (3-13).
12:34. Heroic took three rounds in a row, ending the first map half (2-13).
12:30. JuGi’s quad kill stopped a split attack on the B site (2-10).
12:27. The Danes couldn’t contain a VP rush on B, then repelled a similar attack (2-9).
12:24. The Polish five broached the A site, scoring the first point in this match (1-8).
12:23. Virtus.pro planted the bomb on B, but lost in a 2v2 situation (0-8).
12:22. A triple kill from niko stopped another VP attack on B (0-7).
12:20. Heroic’s aggressive positioning prevented the Poles from entering the B site without grenades (0-6).
12:17. In the final seconds of the following round, VP entered the B site, but couldn’t seal the deal, having lost the bomb (0-4).
12:14. The Poles bought tec-9s and planted the bomb on B, but lost in a 2v3 situation (0:2).
12:12. Virtus.pro entered the A site using grenade play, but were unable to take the point (0:1).
12:03. The teams will play on Cobblestone.
11:30. Snax will be getting some ESL One Cologne 2017 action on his birthday. Here’s hoping he gets victory as a present!
11:00. In an hour, our guys are playing Heroic, a really uncomfortable rival. Read our short guide to this Danish team.
01:30. In the third round of the ESL One Cologne 2017 group stage we are facing Heroic. The match starts at 12:00 CET. Come to root for us!
19:35. Alas, SK win: 16-9. Down 0-2, we’ll be battling through Round 3 of #ESLOne tomorrow.
19:30. Our boys keep up the fight and win two more rounds; the Brazilian lead is narrowing: 14-9.
19:20. Not giving up, Virtus.pro win back several rounds: 14-7 for SK.
19:10. SK Gaming win the first map half 12-3.
19:00. Finally! Virtus.pro win the first round on this map: 7-1. And another one straight away: 7-2.
18:55. Unfortunately, our team has found no way to counter the opponent so far. SK Gaming are putting up a heavy defense and are yet to lose a single round. 7-0 for the Brazilians.
18:00. In the second match of the ESL One Cologne 2017 group stage we are going to play against other brothers from Brazil—SK Gaming! The game is about to start!
16:00. In the pause between the games you can see a short video about Lanxess-Arena, where the play-offs will take place. 9 facts that will make you want to buy a ticket to Cologne.
15:15. Nothing critical has happened yet, actually. The Virtus.pro guys have played a decent match on Cobblestone, which is still Immortals’ best map. The second match is coming up; let’s cheer for the Polish Bears!
14:30. The Brazilians repelled three attacks by the Polish squad, and won the game (12-16).
14:26. kNg's four AWP kills stop an attack on the A site (12-13).
14:24. The two teams traded rounds, keeping the score tied (12-12).
14:19. Following a Brazilian eco, the Poles showed some great grenade play on the B site and tied the score (11-11).
14:17. A slow VP attack on the B site took Immortals by surprise (9-11).
14:13. Virtus.pro went for two ecos and entered the A site (8-11).
14:10. The Poles entered the B site, but couldn’t plant the bomb and hold the position (7-9).
14:06. Immortals won the last round of the first map half (7-8).
14:02. Snax made four kills and defended the A site (6-7).
14:00. With a recovered economy, Virtus.pro G2A stopped a split attack on the B site (5-7).
13:56. After a short pause, the Brazilians won two rounds in a row, tying the score (4-4).
13:50. steel won a duel against byali at the A site (4-2).
13:47. Immortals rushed the A-site, pashaBiceps has kept his AWP (4:1).
13:45. pashaBiceps and byali won a 1v2 situation in the first weapons round (4:0).
13:40. Virtus.pro started on defense and won the pistol round with no particular difficulty.
13:05. The match between fnatic and mousesport has been won by mouz. Virtus.pro vs Immortals will begin after a short commercial break on the stream
13:00. The game will begin very soon, Wiktor “TaZ” Wojtas is determined!
12:00. While fnatic and mousesports are playing, let's watch a really great advertising with pashaBiceps participation. Yaroslav promised that now the next stop is Hollywood.
11:15. Kuben controls everything.
10:45. Your schedule for the first half of the day.
09:30. The Lanxess Arena is beautiful!
09:15. Who are Immortals? The Brazilian guys call themselves a family. Their insane AWP player and wunderkind, who can do anything, is a threat.
What you need to know about Immortals — Virtus.pro’s first opponents in Cologne
09:00. Wiktor “TaZ” Wojtas says hi to everyone from Cologne and says that Filip “NEO” Kubski is in a good mood as usual!
09:00. Hello everybody! ESL Cologne 2017 begins today. 16 teams will take part in the tournament, including of course the Polish squad from Virtus.pro.