Ismail «refrezh» Ali from the Danish team Heroic made a unique 1v5 clutch, thus leading his team to victory over Team Liquid.
The fight between the teams in the playoff match of ESL Pro League Season 14 was almost equal: Liquid won the first map (Overpass) with a slight advantage (12: 16), and the second (Nuke) remained with Heroic with the same score. Thus, the outcome of the match depended on the Inferno draw, and there the situation became even more tense: with the score 14:15, the result was determined by the outcome of the next round. At the decisive moment, refresh was left alone against five enemy players and was able to shoot them one by one, managing to plant a bomb along the way. Thus, Heroic won the round, the score became equal, and after that, in additional rounds, the Danes managed to gain an advantage and advance to the next stage, winning Inferno with a score of 19: 16.
Refrezh himself attributes his success to a successful choice of weapons. He noted that winning this clutch was a unique moment in his career – after all, he did this in a round on which the outcome of the entire match depended. Many experts and players have already commented on this episode. In particular, s1mple noted that Liquid’s loss in a crucial round was due to the rash actions of each player, and this is an example from which other teams should learn to avoid making similar mistakes.
