LIVE Berlin Major Semi-Finals: EU vs NA & LATAM Derby to decide the top-2
Rogue from EU, XSET from NA, and both w7m and FaZe from LATAM will fight for a grand-final spot.
FaZe Clan sweep w7m esports aside, set up grand-final versus Rogue
FaZe will aim to become the first team to ever win two Six Major events.
Oregon, Kafe & Villa in the Major's penultimate match
W7m's pick comes first.
Villa was also the decider in this stage's CES final between these two teams. FaZe won that map, 7-5.
Rogue smash XSET on third map, complete comeback to progress to Berlin Major grand final
NA is out of the Berlin Major.
Rogue are inexorable and win the first half 5-1
It seems all too easy for Rogue, as the roles have been flipped -- Rogue are now shredding XSET the same way XSET shredded them on map one.
XSET target-ban cryn once more
XSET have banned Nokk and Wamai on Oregon, while Rogue have banned Flores and Smoke.
We're off to Oregon... where Rogue beat XSET 7-4 on Monday
The decider map for this semi-final is Oregon, where Rogue won 7-4 on Monday against XSET themselves.
XSET won on Oregon here at the Berlin Major, but it was against a weak DWG KIA on Wednesday.
Rogue win map two to level series
Chalet goes Rogue's way 7-4 despite a 3-3 first half on the attack.
Rogue are now on match point after a Spoit quad-kill
Chalet is looking very defender-sided now that Spoit has woken up, as they now lead 6-4.
Rogue are far from down and out
The Europeans have retaken the lead after cryn and Spoit have come alive.
XSET are once again in the lead, despite defending on an attacker-sided Chalet
After an opening-round win for Rogue, XSET have once again won the next two rounds to lead 2-1.
XSET target ban Rogue once more, ban Nokk
Cryn has been excellent for Rogue on Nokk and XSET are not interested in allowing him comfort on the entry with Nokk.
XSET also banned Azami, while Rogue banned Thatcher and Mira.
XSET smash Rogue 7-1 on Rogue's map pick, Bank
GMZ put the final nail in Rogue's coffin on Bank after jumping out, getting two kills, and wasting time while looking for a third.
Bank was Rogue's map pick, but the home favourites are listing without direction. Rogue won the first round, but XSET won the next seven in a row.
The Echo ban has hit Rogue hard; they trail XSET 1-5
After Depaek's excellent use of Echo's Yokai drone for information-gathering yesterday, XSET have taken note and banned it out in this match.
Rogue have been hit hard and have slid to a 1-5 half.
The crowd are firmly on Rogue's side
The crowd are firmly on Rogue's side here and roar every time Rogue show positive signs. But XSET player Kyno was blase about the crowd factor yesterday, stating that his teammates "don’t care if the crowd is against us, we just play the game and deal with that".
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