Virtus.pro survive a narrow 16-14 Cobblestone encounter with OpTic and become the last team in ESL One New York semi-finals.

Virtus.pro and OpTic vetoed their way to Cobblestone, where the former picked up an early 4-1 lead on the offence. Despite being on an eco, OpTic managed to turn the tide by rushing middle and coming out on top of a big fight, eventually equalizing the score at 4-4.

In the next several rounds, OpTic had to save weapons over and over to no avail, but the weapons they snatched away in an eco round at 8-4 allowed them to start racking up rounds. Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic and Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik put in 10 kills over the next three rounds, helping OpTic reach seven at halftime.

Virtus.pro barely survived the OpTic encounter

Defending an A split, Virtus.pro took control of the first three rounds of the second half with some help from Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski who saved a scary anti-eco situation in the process.

The first two gunrounds were traded, but OpTic got a hold of the economy after grabbing the next one, as Virtus.pro had to go on a double eco and the North American squad clawed back to 11-12.

After the next two rounds were traded again, Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas's team had to opt for two more ecos and OpTic grabbed their first lead in the match at 14-13. Virtus.pro finally put their foot down, defending B comfortably three rounds in a row for a narrow 16-14 victory.

ESL One New York 2016Best of 1 OpTicMatchpage 14 16 2nd October 2016 Virtus.pro 14Cobblestone 16 News tags:

OpTic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	26 - 18	+8	94.5	1.51
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellasmixwell	24 - 18	+6	78.9	1.32
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw	20 - 20	0	74.6	1.09
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	22 - 19	+3	68.2	1.05
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	13 - 21	-8	58.5	0.88

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	27 - 21	+6	98.5	1.47
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	16 - 20	-4	66.2	0.96
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	17 - 20	-3	57.3	0.95
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	17 - 23	-6	64.9	0.88
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	19 - 21	-2	60.3	0.84

ESL One New York 2016Best of 1 OpTicMatchpage 14 16 2nd October 2016 Virtus.pro 14Cobblestone 16

OpTic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	26 - 18	+8	94.5	1.51
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellasmixwell	24 - 18	+6	78.9	1.32
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw	20 - 20	0	74.6	1.09
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	22 - 19	+3	68.2	1.05
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	13 - 21	-8	58.5	0.88

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	27 - 21	+6	98.5	1.47
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	16 - 20	-4	66.2	0.96
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	17 - 20	-3	57.3	0.95
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	17 - 23	-6	64.9	0.88
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	19 - 21	-2	60.3	0.84

The final standings of the Swiss group stage are following:

Team	Score
Natus Vincere	3-0
SK	3-1
Virtus.pro	3-2
Liquid	3-2
OpTic	2-3
fnatic	2-3
Astralis	1-3
G2	0-3

Tomorrow's schedule looks as follows:

17:00	Natus Vincere	vs. Liquid
21:00	SK	vs. Virtus.pro
01:00	Grand final

Liquid #13 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinJacob 'Pimp' WinnecheNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Virtus.pro #2 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński fnatic #26 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanJohn 'wenton' ErikssonSimon 'twist' EliassonJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas Age: 30 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1070 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Keith 'NAF' Markovic Age: 18 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 378 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 G2 #3 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Natus Vincere #10 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Tarik 'tarik' Celik Age: 20 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 441 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 OpTic #17 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' CañellasPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik Astralis #8 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye SK #1 Lincoln 'fnx' LauGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski Age: 28 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1021 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.69