SPEED-LINK and TCM-Gaming had an intense battle over Group C's number first and TCM-Gaming were missing some innovativity going into the later rounds and the crunch time.

TCM-Gaming won the knife on mp_strike and wanted to start with attacking, which did not pay off that well. Immediately, the Frenchmen had to concede three rounds straight away. In the fifth round, legendary Call of Duty player, Trigger, took down three of TCM-Gaming's A attacking wave by sneaking in the back and take down three within two seconds around statue.

The German's early defensive overpowering has slowed down a lot, losing their advantage and trailing in those next rounds. The first halftime ended in a very intense and close 6 to 6. The second halftime just offers more of the same and both TCM-Gaming and SPEED-LINK are trading rounds, with mixed attacks towards A and B.

As soon as one of the teams manages to create a round gap, the next round will undoubtedly go in favour of the other team. There has not been a gap of more than two rounds since the opening scene that gave a three round favour to SPEED-LINK.

But, as SPEED-LINK are currently in the lead, trading rounds will only end with them winning and snatching away the unexpected win. DUFFY is playing the game of his life, though, being the most important on the Germans' team and being crucial to SPEED-LINK reaching matchpoint first.

The next round ends with a 2 v 2 at the B bombsite and with TCM-Gaming still making the dash from the other bombspot, Trigger and neon positioned themselves well and as vazy ran into the bomb, with under 30 seconds until the end of the round, he had to push and Trigger simply sprayed him down as he was focused on the other side.

SPEED-LINK were happy, but celebrated rather quietly and we have been treated to louder verbal satisfaction in the past. They should, in all regards, be extremely excited to have landed in the easier side of the bracket and a longer night than their first opponents tomorrow.

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Map: mp_strike
SPEED-LINK Kevin "lopezzz" Munder Marco "duffy" Mayer Miles "miles" Rauch Michael "Trigger" Sowa Sascha "neon" Böhlendorf		TCM-Gaming Marc "vazy" Berthold Antoine "JooKzZi" Dumontet Léonard "RUKKAE" Alzeto Antonin "OZWALD" Grenier Mathieu "woken" Ruiz

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