Let us review you the results of the matches that were played during the third day of the $250,000 EMS One tournament at Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland.
Remember that VODs are available at ESL's Counter-Strike twitch.tv channel. In additional to the casting crew, we had
Nathan 'NBK' Schmitt and
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert co-commenting and as well as the in-game leader of mousesports
Casper 'cadiaN' Møller analyzing the games.
Lauren 'Pansy' Scott was casting together with the one and only
Emil 'HeatoN' Christensen. If you prefer GOTV demos you can find them at the "Watch" tab in CS:GO.
The first match of Day 3 was the fourth quarter final between the two Swedish teams
Fnatic and
LGB eSports . The map was de_inferno and LGB eSports started on the preferred CT side. Fnatic's in-game leader
Marcus 'pronax' Wallsten quickly opened the pistol round for his team with two clean kills on bombsite B and helped his teammate
Andreas 'znajder' Lindberg to finish it with two more kills. The second round was very close, as all players from Fnatic were low on health, but yet managed to survive and score the round.
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist took down three targets in order to win the third round. The first gun round went to LGB eSports, as
Dennis 'dennis' Edman was able to score three beautiful frags.
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer and his teammates managed to score the next round too.
Jonatan 'Devilwalk' Lundberg denied LGB eSports, as he scored two rounds with four kills in total. More action from team Fnatic came up, as we witnessed
Jesper 'jw' Wecksell and Devilwalk winning 2on2 situation. Great AWP hits from dennis won the ninth round for LGB eSports. Nice overall round from
Isak 'cype' Rydman and
Freddy 'KRiMZ' Johansson scored one more round. A close round was won by former SK Gaming player
Simon 'twist' Eliasson in a 1on1 situation against schneider, which tied the scores. LGB's olofm took the lead for his team, as he managed to score three additional frags. Incredible round was won by schneider, as he managed to clutch 1on1 situation versus twist and scored an ace by doing this. He also managed to plant the bomb and add few extra dollars in the bank for his team. LGB eSports won the last round of the first half.
A perfect round was executed by team Fnatic during the second half, as we witnessed twist left alone against five players, as a result a nearly clean round for
Patrik 'cArn' Sättermon's team. Another close round was won by the boys from Fnatic, as flusha managed to win 3on3 situation with the help of his teammates. Yet again the first gun round went to LGB eSports, as olofm scored four frags. Unfortunately for LGB eSports, fnatic managed to win another 2on2 situation and bring back the momentum. Powerful round was made by jw, who stunned LGB eSports with three huge kills with MAG7. Even more roughly situation for LGB eSports, a team ace from team Fnatic followed. Despite the powerful rounds performed by Fnatic, twist managed to score four kills and win a close round for his team and maintained the Swedish rival at decent level. Devilwalk and jw won yet another round. Luckily, cArn's squad managed to win the last round and win the map.
The second map was de_mirage and Fnatic started on the favored CT side. LGB eSports won the all important pistol round, thanks to KRiMZ taking down four opponents. The next two rounds went to LGB eSports as well. The first gun round went to flusha, who managed to score three frags and defuse the bomb in a 1on1 situation. Once again flusha came huge for team Fnatic, as we witnessed him scoring four more kills during the next round. Flawless middle defense from team Fnatic won them the seventh round. Powerful rush into bombsite A from twist and his teammates won the eight round for LGB eSports and tied the scores. A very passive round went into the hands of LGB eSports, thanks to twist's three important kills. Team Fnatic did not fell down, as we witnessed Devilwalk and jw, both low on health winning a tough 2on2 situation against the odds. Proper sniper usage from LGB eSports saved them few more rounds, but jw managed to win the twelfth round. The in-game leader of Fnatic pronax won 1on1 situation against dennis by gambling with the bomb. Another round by jw and flusha went to Fnatic with two kills from each. Team Fnatic won the last round of the first half.
The second half began with two vital kills by twist, which were more than enough to help LGB eSports to secure the pistol round. LGB eSports managed to win the next round too, big thanks to cype's three frags. LGB eSports' newest addition twist scored two frags in the beginning of the round by rushing middle aggressively, but unfortunately fnatic was able counter attack and win the first gun round in a 3on3 situation. Two crucial rounds were won by schneider. Big round by twist and cype continued to keep pressure on team Fnatic. KRiMZ and olofm repeated the previous round. Powerful team play from LGB eSports continues to add round after round in the scoreboard. KRiMZ won a solid round with three opponents taken down. Team Fnatic was unable to overcome the devastating style of LGB eSports and to avoid their aggression. LGB eSports won the second map.
The third and final map was de_train, where LGB eSports started on the heavily favored CT side. LGB eSports started with fantastic pistol round win, as we witnessed KRiMZ taking three lightning fast frags. The next two rounds also went to LGB eSports, thanks to dennis and olofm. The fourth and first gun round was won roughly by flusha and schneider. LGB eSports managed to win the fifth round as a real team. The seventh round was won by flusha, who managed to clutch 1on2 situation. Massive amount of rounds were won by jw, as he managed to score three extremely fast kills and won a crucial duel versus olofm during the next round. Instant four kills followed up by LGB eSports during the twelfth round. One more round was won by twist and company, but unfortunately Fnatic was able to win the last round.
Great strategy was executed by team Fnatic during the second half, as we witnessed schneider winning a dangerous 1on2 situation with three extra frags in the scoreboard. Flawless round for Fnatic followed. LGB eSports' youngster twist managed to win 1on1 vs the in-game leader of Fnatic pronax on eco round. The first gun round went to Fnatic, thanks to schneider's three beautiful kills. KRiMZ and olofm turned the tide in favor of LGB eSports with two kills each. The match was challenging for both teams, but LGB eSports managed to take the upper hand, as we witnessed twist winning yet another round with three bonus frags, followed by a 1on1 situation win by dennis against schneider. Two solid rounds were won by both teams one after other. A flawless round arrived just in time for LGB eSports, which tied the scores with cArn's team. Strong play by flusha got three down enemies, but yet he was unable to finish off the round. Eventually LGB eSports won the last round, which was extremely close and by doing this won the match and sent team Fnatic back to Sweden.
LGB eSports 11:16
Fnatic (8:7; 3:9) @ de_inferno (?)
LGB eSports 16:12
Fnatic (6:9; 10:3) @ de_mirage (?)
LGB eSports 16:14
Fnatic (7:8; 9:6) @ de_train (?)

Moving forward to the second match of the day between
Ninjas in Pyjamas and
Team Dignitas . Starting on de_inferno, Ninjas in Pyjamas started on CT side and won the pistol round, thanks to
Robin 'Fifflaren' Johansson and
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg.
Adam 'friberg' Friberg cleaned the next two rounds with the help of
Richard 'Xizt' Landström and f0rest and as well as the first gun round. Ninjas in Pyjamas continued to play solid and won several more rounds in a row. Four opponents taken down by friberg won them the eight round. 2on2 situation won by f0rest with four additional kills in the scoreboard won his team yet another round. Xizt win the thirteenth round by taking down three important targets. Ninjas in Pyjamas won thirteen rounds in a row so far.
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz managed to infiltrate bombsite B and win the round for his team with three extra kills.
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth won the last round of the first half.
During the second half we witnessed strong middle rush from
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund and friberg, which was enough for Ninjas in Pyjamas to take the all important pistol round. Unfortunately for Fifflaren's squad, Team Dignitas managed to win a flawless eco round. Xyp9x was completely insane during that half, as he scored three frags and won a flawless round and as well as scored four more frags in the next round. Yet another flawless round went to the Danish team Dignitas. Xizt won a round by himself with four enemies killed, which was enough to boost Ninjas in Pyjamas' momentum to win the map.
The second map was de_nuke, which was one sided as well, as we witnessed Fifflaren and his troops starting as CT and winning the pistol round again.
Rene 'cajunb' Borg and device won the first gun round. Beautiful three frags with Desert Eagle by f0rest saved NiP. GeT_RiGhT won a very tight 1on3 situation. Three instant headshots from Xizt won a flawless round for Ninjas in Pyjamas. Team Dignitas did not surrender and took the ninth round flawlessly. AWP was picked by f0rest, who managed to take down two in order to win the round for his team. GeT_RiGhT and Xizt won one more round quite easy. The Danish side managed to secure one more round, as we witnessed device winning 1on1 against GeT_RiGhT. Ninjas in Pyjamas won the last round of the first half.
The second half was not good for team Dignitas either, as we did witnessed solid individual play from the Danish side, but unfortunately despite that the team won the pistol round, Ninjas in Pyjamas managed to win the eco round that followed. Fifflaren won the last round with three extra frags and kicked the Danish team Dignitas home. Ninjas in Pyjamas was the first team to reach the finals.
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16:6
Team Dignitas (13:2; 3:4) @ de_inferno (?)
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16:5
Team Dignitas (11:4; 5:1) @ de_nuke (?)

Coming next is the final match of the third day.
Virtus.pro against LGB eSports. The first map was de_inferno, where the Polish pride started on the stronger CT side. The pistol round went to the Polish team, as we witnessed great action by the Golden Five trio.
Jarosław 'pasha' Jarząbkowski came up huge during the next round, scoring an ace against the Swedish team.
Filip 'NEO' Kubski was crucial for the Polish team to win the third round. Virtus.pro won the first gun round as well. Another awesome performance by NEO won the fifth round. The Polish team managed to win six rounds in a row, until twist and company arrived with strong play during the seventh round. Three massive kills by
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas helped Virtus.pro to win the tenth round. LGB's cype managed to score three important kills in order to win the twelfth round for LGB eSports. The Swedes won one more round, thanks to dennis. Excellent executed strategies by the Swedish squad left NEO in a very hard to win 1on5 situation during the last round of the first half, which of course was won flawlessly by LGB eSports.
LGB eSports managed to win the critical pistol round and as well as the followed round, but unfortunately for them Virtus.pro came up with an early buy and won the next round very closely. The next round went into the hands of the Polish team again, as pasha took down three enemies. olofm shot down three opponents with the AWP to win a round for the Swedish team. He and KRiMZ won another round with two kills each bonus. Despite the hard attempts from LGB eSports, Virtus.pro managed to secure the needed two rounds to win the map.
Coming next is de_mirage, where the Swedish team started as CT and won the pistol round. Surprisingly, Virtus.pro managed to win the second round on save. KRiMZ however, won 1on1 situation during the third round and helped his team to take the momentum again. Strong round from cype and dennis made that three won rounds in a row, but pasha once again went crazy and won the sixth round for the Poles. Unfortunately for pasha, he lost the next round in a tough 1on1 situation. However, he and NEO managed to win the eighth round in a 2on2 situation. The three quick kills that were made by KRiMZ, left pasha in a 1on4 situation with only an AWP in hand, which LGB eSports managed to overcome. Another impressive move by olofm won a round for the Swedish team, as he aggressively rushed middle and scored three important frags. Beautiful play by dennis, who managed to spray down three enemies and take one more later in the round. LGB eSports continued to score large amount of rounds, as we witnessed another 3on1 situation won against the youngster
Paweł 'byali' Bieliński. Despite the rough half for the Polish team, TaZ and NEO won the last round of the first half in a stylish 2on2 situation.
LGB eSports once again managed to secure the pistol round, but the momentum from that did not last long, as we witnessed pasha jumping in with crazy three kills in order to win the eco round.
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski and byali won an important round for Virtus.pro, followed by yet one more flawless round for the statistics. A close round was won by olofm with three devastating kills. TaZ and byali won the next round. Virtus.pro won another flawless round, as we witnessed pasha coming up with three instant frags, and three more during the followed round as well. VP's pasha managed to shoot down three more with the AWP. Three wonderful rounds won by pasha, who has been unmatchable during the entire event. The Swedish team LGB eSports managed to win a close round, but yet again the Poles quickly recovered and took the followed devastating round. It seemed that the Polish pride Virtus.pro was about to lose the map, but surprisingly managed to come back in the second half, thanks to NEO's four frags. Yet, LGB eSports managed to win a round and went to map point, thanks to KRiMZ. The last round of the second half was won by the G5 trio and that sent the map into overtime.
The first round of the overtime went directly to the Polish team, but cype and dennis managed to win the next round in a very close situation. The former SK Gaming players twist and dennis won a tight 3on3 situation in order to take the lead for the second half of the overtime.
During the second half of the overtime, we witnessed LGB eSports winning the first round in once again close 2on2 situation. VP's hero pasha kept his team alive, as he scored yet another close round by himself. Unfortunately for the Poles, during the last round the legend NEO was left alone against four players. That was simply impossible situation for him, which eventually was won by LGB eSports and that scored the second map for the Swedish team.
The third and final map was the most respected in deciding de_train. Virtus.pro started on the heavily favored CT side, but unfortunately lost the pistol round against the Swedish talents. Despite their pistol lost, the eco rounded Virtus.pro victorious the second half, thanks to NEO's two crucial frags. The first gun round went to the Polish team too. TaZ won an extremely close 1on1 situation against dennis, who scored four frags during the round. Three excellent kills from snax continued to add rounds for Virtus.pro. The seventh round went to the Swedish team LGB eSports, as twist and cype together took down four opponents. Another round went to the Swedes, this time from dennis with three awesome frags. Virtus.pro managed to win an eco round after that. Three monstrous frags were made by dennis, but unfortunately he failed to overcome pasha in a close 1on1 situation. Two more rounds were won by the Swedish team LGB eSports, but most importantly the last round of the first half went directly to Virtus.pro, as we witnessed NEO brilliantly winning a challenging 1on2 situation.
The second half of the third map was completely dominated by the Polish pride, as we witnessed the all important pistol round going directly to them, yet LGB eSports managed to plant the bomb during that round and received few extra bucks. Flawless round win for VP, but luckily the Swedes managed to plant the bomb yet again. VP's snax won an important 1on2 situation, allowing NEO and pasha to stomp the low on cash LGB eSports during the next round. The Swedish team did not even have had a chance to recover, as we witnessed byali sneaking in with four frags and winning the round for his team. TaZ finished off the last round of the match to push his team directly to the grand final.
Virtus.pro 16:8
LGB eSports (11:4; 5:4) @ de_inferno (?)
Virtus.pro 17:19
LGB eSports (4:11; 11:4; OT: 1:2; 1:2) @ de_mirage (?)
Virtus.pro 16:7
LGB eSports (8:7; 8:0) @ de_train (?)

The article about the grand final between the legendary team Ninjas in Pyjamas and the Polish pride Virtus.pro will be published today. Stay tuned to SK Gaming.
Remember that VODs are available at ESL's Counter-Strike twitch.tv channel. In additional to the casting crew, we had





The first match of Day 3 was the fourth quarter final between the two Swedish teams












A perfect round was executed by team Fnatic during the second half, as we witnessed twist left alone against five players, as a result a nearly clean round for

The second map was de_mirage and Fnatic started on the favored CT side. LGB eSports won the all important pistol round, thanks to KRiMZ taking down four opponents. The next two rounds went to LGB eSports as well. The first gun round went to flusha, who managed to score three frags and defuse the bomb in a 1on1 situation. Once again flusha came huge for team Fnatic, as we witnessed him scoring four more kills during the next round. Flawless middle defense from team Fnatic won them the seventh round. Powerful rush into bombsite A from twist and his teammates won the eight round for LGB eSports and tied the scores. A very passive round went into the hands of LGB eSports, thanks to twist's three important kills. Team Fnatic did not fell down, as we witnessed Devilwalk and jw, both low on health winning a tough 2on2 situation against the odds. Proper sniper usage from LGB eSports saved them few more rounds, but jw managed to win the twelfth round. The in-game leader of Fnatic pronax won 1on1 situation against dennis by gambling with the bomb. Another round by jw and flusha went to Fnatic with two kills from each. Team Fnatic won the last round of the first half.
The second half began with two vital kills by twist, which were more than enough to help LGB eSports to secure the pistol round. LGB eSports managed to win the next round too, big thanks to cype's three frags. LGB eSports' newest addition twist scored two frags in the beginning of the round by rushing middle aggressively, but unfortunately fnatic was able counter attack and win the first gun round in a 3on3 situation. Two crucial rounds were won by schneider. Big round by twist and cype continued to keep pressure on team Fnatic. KRiMZ and olofm repeated the previous round. Powerful team play from LGB eSports continues to add round after round in the scoreboard. KRiMZ won a solid round with three opponents taken down. Team Fnatic was unable to overcome the devastating style of LGB eSports and to avoid their aggression. LGB eSports won the second map.
The third and final map was de_train, where LGB eSports started on the heavily favored CT side. LGB eSports started with fantastic pistol round win, as we witnessed KRiMZ taking three lightning fast frags. The next two rounds also went to LGB eSports, thanks to dennis and olofm. The fourth and first gun round was won roughly by flusha and schneider. LGB eSports managed to win the fifth round as a real team. The seventh round was won by flusha, who managed to clutch 1on2 situation. Massive amount of rounds were won by jw, as he managed to score three extremely fast kills and won a crucial duel versus olofm during the next round. Instant four kills followed up by LGB eSports during the twelfth round. One more round was won by twist and company, but unfortunately Fnatic was able to win the last round.
Great strategy was executed by team Fnatic during the second half, as we witnessed schneider winning a dangerous 1on2 situation with three extra frags in the scoreboard. Flawless round for Fnatic followed. LGB eSports' youngster twist managed to win 1on1 vs the in-game leader of Fnatic pronax on eco round. The first gun round went to Fnatic, thanks to schneider's three beautiful kills. KRiMZ and olofm turned the tide in favor of LGB eSports with two kills each. The match was challenging for both teams, but LGB eSports managed to take the upper hand, as we witnessed twist winning yet another round with three bonus frags, followed by a 1on1 situation win by dennis against schneider. Two solid rounds were won by both teams one after other. A flawless round arrived just in time for LGB eSports, which tied the scores with cArn's team. Strong play by flusha got three down enemies, but yet he was unable to finish off the round. Eventually LGB eSports won the last round, which was extremely close and by doing this won the match and sent team Fnatic back to Sweden.







LGB eSports' dennis overcame his Swedish rivals. (Photo by HLTV.org)
Moving forward to the second match of the day between








During the second half we witnessed strong middle rush from

The second map was de_nuke, which was one sided as well, as we witnessed Fifflaren and his troops starting as CT and winning the pistol round again.

The second half was not good for team Dignitas either, as we did witnessed solid individual play from the Danish side, but unfortunately despite that the team won the pistol round, Ninjas in Pyjamas managed to win the eco round that followed. Fifflaren won the last round with three extra frags and kicked the Danish team Dignitas home. Ninjas in Pyjamas was the first team to reach the finals.





HeatoN was supporting Ninjas in Pyjamas during the match. (Photo by HLTV.org)
Coming next is the final match of the third day.




LGB eSports managed to win the critical pistol round and as well as the followed round, but unfortunately for them Virtus.pro came up with an early buy and won the next round very closely. The next round went into the hands of the Polish team again, as pasha took down three enemies. olofm shot down three opponents with the AWP to win a round for the Swedish team. He and KRiMZ won another round with two kills each bonus. Despite the hard attempts from LGB eSports, Virtus.pro managed to secure the needed two rounds to win the map.
Coming next is de_mirage, where the Swedish team started as CT and won the pistol round. Surprisingly, Virtus.pro managed to win the second round on save. KRiMZ however, won 1on1 situation during the third round and helped his team to take the momentum again. Strong round from cype and dennis made that three won rounds in a row, but pasha once again went crazy and won the sixth round for the Poles. Unfortunately for pasha, he lost the next round in a tough 1on1 situation. However, he and NEO managed to win the eighth round in a 2on2 situation. The three quick kills that were made by KRiMZ, left pasha in a 1on4 situation with only an AWP in hand, which LGB eSports managed to overcome. Another impressive move by olofm won a round for the Swedish team, as he aggressively rushed middle and scored three important frags. Beautiful play by dennis, who managed to spray down three enemies and take one more later in the round. LGB eSports continued to score large amount of rounds, as we witnessed another 3on1 situation won against the youngster

LGB eSports once again managed to secure the pistol round, but the momentum from that did not last long, as we witnessed pasha jumping in with crazy three kills in order to win the eco round.

The first round of the overtime went directly to the Polish team, but cype and dennis managed to win the next round in a very close situation. The former SK Gaming players twist and dennis won a tight 3on3 situation in order to take the lead for the second half of the overtime.
During the second half of the overtime, we witnessed LGB eSports winning the first round in once again close 2on2 situation. VP's hero pasha kept his team alive, as he scored yet another close round by himself. Unfortunately for the Poles, during the last round the legend NEO was left alone against four players. That was simply impossible situation for him, which eventually was won by LGB eSports and that scored the second map for the Swedish team.
The third and final map was the most respected in deciding de_train. Virtus.pro started on the heavily favored CT side, but unfortunately lost the pistol round against the Swedish talents. Despite their pistol lost, the eco rounded Virtus.pro victorious the second half, thanks to NEO's two crucial frags. The first gun round went to the Polish team too. TaZ won an extremely close 1on1 situation against dennis, who scored four frags during the round. Three excellent kills from snax continued to add rounds for Virtus.pro. The seventh round went to the Swedish team LGB eSports, as twist and cype together took down four opponents. Another round went to the Swedes, this time from dennis with three awesome frags. Virtus.pro managed to win an eco round after that. Three monstrous frags were made by dennis, but unfortunately he failed to overcome pasha in a close 1on1 situation. Two more rounds were won by the Swedish team LGB eSports, but most importantly the last round of the first half went directly to Virtus.pro, as we witnessed NEO brilliantly winning a challenging 1on2 situation.
The second half of the third map was completely dominated by the Polish pride, as we witnessed the all important pistol round going directly to them, yet LGB eSports managed to plant the bomb during that round and received few extra bucks. Flawless round win for VP, but luckily the Swedes managed to plant the bomb yet again. VP's snax won an important 1on2 situation, allowing NEO and pasha to stomp the low on cash LGB eSports during the next round. The Swedish team did not even have had a chance to recover, as we witnessed byali sneaking in with four frags and winning the round for his team. TaZ finished off the last round of the match to push his team directly to the grand final.







The EMS One Katowice 2014 trophy. (Photo by HLTV.org)
The article about the grand final between the legendary team Ninjas in Pyjamas and the Polish pride Virtus.pro will be published today. Stay tuned to SK Gaming.

Evgeni Chardakov
Counter-Strike expert, writer, analyst and former competitive player with more than 15 years of experience within the discipline. Working with SK Gaming and ESEA.


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