However, G2 Esports will not be able to defend the title won last year, they were completely outplayed by FaZe Clan in the first quarter-final match with a score of 2-0.
Unfortunately for G2 fans, in today's match, the picture that we often see when it comes to G2 was repeated in recent times, there was no good play by the entire team, especially the Kovač brothers, and the star of the team and the second player in the world from 2023, Nikola "NiKo" Kovač finished the match with only 22 frags, 64 damage per round and a 0.81 rating.
On the other hand, sniper Helvijs "broky" Saukants was in the best mood, finishing the match with a 1.56 rating and 43 frags.
The match was opened by the map Inferno, which was the pick of G2 and which we have rarely seen in the course of the tournament so far. G2 is known for an extremely good T side in Inferno, and this time they opened up the defense well in the first half when they managed to take a 4-0 lead on the CT side.
However, FaZe manages to regain control and take seven of the next eight rounds to go into halftime with the advantage. In the sequel, they manage to take the pistol round and continue with a good game that resulted in a comfortable 13-9 victory for a 1-0 advantage in the overall score.
Nuke could have been the deciding map, but we didn't get to it because FaZe finished the job on the Ancient map. They played the T side well and got to a big 9-3 at halftime, they further increased the lead in the sequel, and all G2 managed to do was take three consolation rounds and say goodbye to the cup with a convincing 6-13 loss.
FaZe Clan will fight for a place in the grand final against the MOUZ team on Saturday at 4 p.m.
