The best 'Counter-Strike' plays from Friday's ESL One quarterfinals
Eight professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams faced off Friday for the ESL One Cologne quarterfinals, which gave us some entertaining matchups. There was the back and forth between Team Liquid and Natus Vincere, capped off with an unreal 1v3, as well as SK Gaming's calculated domination of Flipsid3 Tactics ending the second-to-last match with a last second win.
The quarterfinals of the tournament are over, setting up Virtus.Pro, SK Gaming, Team Liquid and Fnatic for the semifinals on Saturday. There were some heart-pumping moments throughout, and we rounded up some of top moments from Friday's play.
Virtus.Pro's TaZ snipes with a Desert Eagle
In the second match of the day, Virtus.Pro's TaZ showed what it meant to be an entry fragger, whipping out his Desert Eagle and nabbing a long-range headshot within the first 15 seconds.
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Virtus.Pro's PashaBiceps gets a blind kill
Dealing with a smoke screen can be difficult when you're trying to advance on a bomb site, but PashaBiceps ain't afraid of no smoke. He set up a great angle and blew away a member of Astralis's defense without even seeing him.
SK Gaming's Coldzera grabs a last-second win
During overtime in the second round of SK Gaming vs. Flipsid3 Tactics, SK's Coldzera had an AWP sniper rifle, two opponents left and three seconds to kill them. Flipsid3's duo already planted the bomb, but they were no match for Coldzera's quick trigger finger, putting SK three games ahead of Flipsid3, only needing one more win to advance to the semis.
Na'Vi wipes Team Liquid in six seconds
After an impressive streak of match wins, Natus Vincere kept bringing the pain until the final match of round one. The penultimate match saw NaVi's Edward and Zeus swiftly take out each member of Team Liquid one by one in a deadly six seconds.
Team Liquid's S1mple goes 1v3 and nails it
With a commanding lead in the third round between Team Liquid and Na'Vi, Liquid's S1mple set up a play against three opponents that showed exactly why he's one of the best CS:GO players in the world. He took out one Na'Vi player and threw a smoke grenade to screen his left flank, allowing him to advance and keep his sights in one direction.
S1mple grabbed a quick headshot for his second kill, alerting the third Na'Vi player to his presence. With a quick spin, S1mple locked onto Seized and mowed him down for the win, ending the match with only one hit point left. Close one.
Fnatic's Olofmesiter disgraces Gambit Gaming with a blind AWP kill
With a dominating lead in the second round, Fnatic decided to stack itself with five AWP sniper rifles against Gambit Gaming. After laying down a smoke for cover, Gambit took some scattered shots and Olofmeister lined up a perfect, blind snipe through the smoke to really rub in the fact that Fnatic had complete control since the first match.
For more headshots and clutch plays, you can check out the semifinals and finals being streamed on Twitch Saturday and Sunday.
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