mousesports and Natus Vincere went head-to-head on Mirage, a one-sided map for the European combine who go 2-0 into the next round.

The match on Mirage started with mousesports taking the pistol round, and following it up against a forcebuy. Having planted, Natus Vincere afforded AKs and pistols, enough to win them their first round of the map. mousesports, not having spent much money, were able to buy and a quad-kill by Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong kept his team in the lead.

chrisJ & co. one step closer to qualifying

After that, mousesports took a solid grip on the map, not giving a lacking Natus Vincere side any leeway and closing out round after round. Natus Vincere won another round, making it 2-10, thanks to a triple by Ioann "⁠Edward⁠" Sukhariev and double by Aleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev, but mousesports instantly replied, resetting the Ukrainian team’s money. Before the end of the half, Natus Vincere almost won a forcebuy, but a 1vs3 by Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool denied them another round.

After a dismal 2-13, Natus Vincere weren’t able to win the pistol rounds as chrisJ and Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk were able to bring a 3vs5 back to a victory, with the Dutch player getting four frags. The European team then closed it out without issues, winning the two following rounds, 16-2.

ELEAGUE Major 2018 Main Qualifier Best of 1 mousesports Matchpage 16 2 Natus Vincere 16 Mirage 2