G2 have beaten Liquid 16-8 on Inferno at the ELEAGUE Major's New Legends Stage.

The match on Inferno featured Liquid and G2 who both won their first games. Starting on the CT-side, the Frenchmen won the pistol round cleanly and subsequently made it 3-0 with the anti-eco victories.

Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire got a double kill in a 2vs2 situation in the first weapon round to extend G2's lead to 4-0. Liquid got on the scoreboard on the ninth round and made it 8-2 with Wilton "⁠zews⁠" Prado's 1vs2 clutch. However, G2 didn't let Liquid go on a long streak and Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub's team won the half 12-3.

G2 came out on top against Liquid

Liquid made an agressive push on Middle in the second half pistol round, getting two early kills and winning the round to trail 4-12. After losing another round, G2 bought early and won it to make it 13-5. Liquid responded quickly and reset G2 (13-6). Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella clutched a 1vs2 in the next round.

When the score was 13-8, Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon got two opening kills with a Deagle as G2 edged closer to the victory (14-8). The Frenchmen finished it off with a 16-8 scoreline, getting their second win Atlanta.

ELEAGUE Major 2018Best of 1 G2Matchpage 16 8 20th January 2018 Liquid 16Inferno 8

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	22 - 12	+10	94.0	1.60
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	24 - 12	+12	92.9	1.50
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	21 - 15	+6	94.5	1.37
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianarobodyy	17 - 15	+2	66.5	1.07
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	14 - 13	+1	68.0	1.05

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	18 - 18	0	70.6	1.10
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	14 - 18	-4	58.5	0.90
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	15 - 21	-6	89.0	0.85
Wilton 'zews' Pradozews	12 - 20	-8	50.8	0.64
Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64	8 - 21	-13	52.0	0.59

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Quantum Bellator Fire	FaZe
G2
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Gambit	Space Soldiers
Vega Squadron	Liquid
1-0
SK	MOUZ
0-1
Virtus.pro	fnatic
BIG	Natus Vincere
Astralis	North
0-2
Cloud9

Astralis #3 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye BIG #24 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzKevin 'keev' BartholomäusJohannes 'nex' Maget Liquid #15 Wilton 'zews' PradoNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Gambit #12 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovBektiyar 'fitch' Bahytov Natus Vincere #11 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Age: 22 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 730 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 G2 #5 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro SK #1 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 25 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 1217 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.66 FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Quantum Bellator Fire #28 Gregory 'balblna' OleinickSavelii 'jmqa' BraginAurimas 'Kvik' KvakšysNikita 'waterfaLLZ' MatveyevKirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Wilton 'zews' Prado Age: 30 Team: LiquidC Liquid #15 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenLucas 'steel' Lopes Cloud9 #6 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip North #9 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke MOUZ #7 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool fnatic #8 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim Vega Squadron #20 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakSergey 'keshandr' NikishinNikolay 'mir' BityukovPavel 'hutji' Lashkov Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1116 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.71 Space Soldiers #19 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor Virtus.pro #10 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub Age: 22 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 1174 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.62