With the second playday of the Europe League 2024 Stage 2 now being over, it’s time to have a look at today's performances.
WYLDE 7-1 ENCE
WYLDE proved that the team’s performance against Team BDS wasn’t just a mirage after an almost flawless victory against ENCE. Following a 5-1 defensive half on Chalet, the European roster didn’t hesitate and secured the win after two great attacks.
With this result, after only two matches, WYLDE have already secured as many points (4) as the previous roster did throughout the first split. It has also been the stage’s most one-sided score so far as we have yet to see a flawless score since the second split kicked off.
The Hungarian player Ábel “dod0o” Harangi was the best man of the series after registering a SiegeGG rating of 1.73, closely followed by his teammate Antonio “CroqSon” Vázquez. Meanwhile, Ilhan “Nayqo” Jabbari scored ENCE’s only positive rating in the match (1.03).
Wolves Esports 7-3 Virtus.pro
Wolves Esports watered down Virtus.pro’s return to Europe’s top-flight with a 7-3 win on Clubhouse. Although the Russians seemed to be the favorites to clinch the victory after securing three rounds on defense, the French-majority roster was unstoppable on attack and won each one of their offensive rounds.
Vivien “Lasmooo” Berthelot was the best player of the match with a SiegeGG rating of 1.40, followed by Nicolas “P4” Rimbaud (1.33) and Rahian “Asa” Ramos (1.18). Virtus.pro’s best player was Pavel “p4sh4” Kosenko, who finished with a SiegeGG rating of 1.23 and one clutch.
Wolves Esports currently lead the standings of the Europe League 2024 Stage 2 as the French-majority squad is the only one with two regulation wins to its name.
Team BDS 7-4 G2 Esports
After WYLDE pushed Team BDS to maximum overtime on Nighthaven Labs and following G2 Esports’ one-sided victory against Fnatic, some fans thought the samurai could upset the Esports World Cup champions. It couldn’t be further from the truth.
G2 Esports’ began the match on the right foot after Jack “Doki” Robertson completed a 4K and a 1v2 clutch in the first round of the match. While the game felt very close as the scoreboard was tied after swapping sides, the French-majority roster was about to take control of the match.
On defense, Stéphane “Shaiko” Lebleu went berserk as the French player secured twelve kills in the final five rounds of the game, including a 1v1 clutch on round seven. Eventually, the Six Jönköping Major finished the match with a SiegeGG rating of 1.79 and a KOST of 82. It’s also worth mentioning Josh “Yuzus” Pritchard (1.45) and Karl “Alem4o” Zarth’s performances.
Into the Breach 7-3 Fnatic
Into the Breach closed out the second playday in Europe’s second split with a 7-3 win against Fnatic in what was Lair’s first appearance since joining the competitive map pool to replace Oregon.
Similarly to Fnatic’s game against G2 Esports, the orange roster began the match conceding the initial four attacks of the game. After swapping sides with a 5-1 advantage, Into the Breach secured the three points after winning two of their four attacks.
Both Luke “Kendrew” Kendrew and Oscar “Oscr” Deacon were the best players in the match with SiegeGG ratings of 1.51 and 1.31, respectively. Meanwhile, it’s fair to say that Fnatic’s rookie Leonardo “Sarks” Sarchi is struggling to adapt to Europe’s top-flight, with the Italian having averaged a SiegeGG rating of 0.55 – so far, the lowest in the league.