The PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 Quarter-Finals have been decided after two days of intense action. Today’s matches were NAVI vs. Eternal Fire and MOUZ vs. G2, four passionate teams desperate to secure a Semi-Final berth.
It may not have been as intense a day as yesterday’s offerings, but we still got two amazing matches of Counter-Strike here. Let’s recap what happened on the big stage in Denmark!
NAVI destroy Eternal Fire
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In our PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 Playoffs preview, we felt NAVI‘s success here depended on two different players – iM and w0nderful. We were correct. For iM, much-improved form allowed him to be a big contributor here, thriving in the big stage environment. For w0nderful, he carried on his impeccable form throughout the tournament to carry NAVI into the Semi-Finals. It was an impressive coming-of-age performance for the Ukrainian AWPer, who, if NAVI win the whole thing, will surely be in MVP contention.
Ultimately, we hoped Eternal Fire would make this a little more of a contest. Wicadia showed up, but generally, the team struggled to get a foothold into the game. Still, this is a promising run for Eternal Fire, who have proved themselves to be a real contender in the scene going forward. It’s always good to see players like MAJ3R and XANTARES find some success.
NiKo’s Major dream lives on
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MOUZ vs. G2 was another game that should have been a closer affair. On paper, MOUZ have been the better team of late, but a vintage performance from G2’s Kovač cousins NiKo and huNter- meant that the young squad didn’t have a chance at any point. All of G2 showed up on the day, while MOUZ only really had Brollan and torzsi active on the server – it’s just not enough to win a Major Quarter-Final.
The occasion was somewhat spoiled by protestors jumping on stage during Map 2, tragically damaging the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 trophy. The ‘protest’ is believed to be the result of a CS gambling site, which, for obvious reasons, we won’t name. The situation was disgraceful, and a first for the competitive CS scene. Let’s hope it’s the last of its kind at the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024.
No matter what happened off the server, when gameplay kicked off again, normal service was resumed. MOUZ looked powerless to resist as G2 charged to a 2:0 series victory, meaning that NiKo’s hopes of winning a Counter-Strike Major, the prize that for so long eluded him in CS:GO, are truly alive and well.
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