GODSENT outlast Worst Players

GODSENT defeated Worst Players 2-1 at the SL i-League Invitational #1 (16-14 on Mirage, 11-16 on Cobblestone, and 16-6 on Overpass).

GODSENT and Worst Players kicked off the lower bracket semi-final best of three on Mirage and the T-sided GODSENT were able to win the first three rounds. Although Worst Players secured two quick rounds, GODSENT started to run away with it and had a 11-2 lead. Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev & company trailed 4-11 at halftime.

The pistol round of the second half went the way of the Swedes and they extended their lead to 13-4 after grabbing another round. Worst Players woke up after this point and made it 14-15 but lost the last round and the map.

pronax & co. move on

Cobblestone was chosen as the second map and Worst Players earned the pistol round on the T-side after s1mple's entry kill. The Ukrainians lost a 1vs2 against Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson in the fourth round and GODSENT then tied it at 3-3. Mathias "⁠pauf⁠" Köhler showed up in the eighth round with a clutch of his own as he won a 1vs3 but the half ended 9-6 in favor of the Ukrainian team.

s1mple once again went big in the pistol round as he got a triple kill and his team led 12-6 after winning the anti-eco rounds. Just like in the first half GODSENT secured the fourth round of the half and got back into the match but Worst Players, unfazed, closed it out with a 16-11 score.

As always, s1mple was a beast but it wasn't enough

The last map of the series was Overpass where GODSENT started out on the CT-side and grabbed the first round. The first half kicked off back-and-forth as Worst Players was busy exploding with frag after frag but the Ukrainians only got six rounds in the first half.

GODSENT had a dominating start to the second half, losing only two players in the first four rounds. GODSENT didn't mess around and won the map and the series (16-6).

SL i-League Invitational #1Best of 3 Worst PlayersMatchpage 1 2 21st May 2016 GODSENT 14Mirage 16 16Cobblestone 11 6Overpass 16

GODSENT	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Simon 'twist' Eliassontwist	70 - 52	+18	98.7	1.40
Andreas 'znajder' Lindbergznajder	66 - 44	+22	84.1	1.30
Jonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonLekr0	56 - 56	0	83.2	1.18
Mathias 'pauf' Köhlerpauf	51 - 52	-1	71.3	0.98
Markus 'pronax' Wallstenpronax	45 - 54	-9	68.3	0.94

Worst Players	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	80 - 60	+20	103.3	1.39
Ilya 'fix' Golovkofix	45 - 53	-8	64.4	1.00
Vladyslav 'arch' Svistovarch	51 - 60	-9	70.4	0.90
Igor 'crush' Shevchenkocrush	43 - 54	-11	63.2	0.86
Ivan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsAiyvaN	39 - 61	-22	58.8	0.80

Next up in Kiev, Natus Vincere will take on HellRaisers in the other lower bracket semi-final and you can find streams for it on our match page.

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Mathias 'pauf' Köhler Age: 19 Team: GODSENT Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 233 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 Worst Players #204 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievVladyslav 'arch' SvistovIlya 'fix' GolovkoIgor 'crush' ShevchenkoIvan 'AiyvaN' Semenets Natus Vincere #2 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' Vasilyev GODSENT #14 Markus 'pronax' WallstenAndreas 'znajder' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonMathias 'pauf' KöhlerJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson HellRaisers #12 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowTomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' Žúdel Jonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Age: 22 Team: GODSENT Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 154 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 18 Team: LiquidB Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 421 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.70