This is how G2 Esports defeated North in ESL Pro League S5 finals

One match, two teams, and ten players. All tournaments come down to this one final match, and ESL Pro League isn’t any different. The grand finale to the league that spanned across multiple weeks saw G2 Esports take on North, and only one of them emerged victorious.

The French super team managed to come out on top, after showing us at last what these pros are capable of doing with a second LAN win this year. Four maps and tens of rounds until kennyS and co were crowned once more at EPL Season 5.

The opening map, Cache, saw North establish a quick lead in the first half, which settled at a 10-5 score in favor of the Danes. G2 Esports, experiencing a slow start on the opening day of the group stage, staged an impressive comeback during the map’s second half. Despite the poor first half, G2 Esports were able to catch up to North, resulting in a series of tense rounds for either side. Finally, G2 Esports claimed the first map in their favor by winning 11 rounds in the second half, giving them a one-map lead in the best-of-five series.

In contrast to the opening map, the Frenchmen of G2 completely overwhelmed North on Cobblestone. Despite North’s best efforts, the Danes were only able to secure three rounds in the opening half—resulting in the map ending shortly afterwards with a 16-5 scoreline in favor of the French side.

The third game of the series took place on Overpass, and saw North get off to a strong start. Giving away only two rounds in total as Counter-Terrorists, North also picked up the first pistol round of the second half, setting the series up for a fourth map. But despite their massive lead G2 Esports were able to bring the series to a 15-14 scoreline, until North were able to finally grab the final round of regulation narrowly avoiding being eliminated in three straight maps.

Despite North’s near-death win on Overpass the team looked dire on the fourth and deciding map of the series, Inferno, as G2 Esports quickly got off to an early lead. Sharp AWP play from Kenny “kennyS” Schrub quickly gave the French side advantages early on in multiple rounds, giving teammates Dan “apEX” Madesclaire, and Alexandre “bodyy” Pianaro the room to clean up the remaining players on North.

With seven straight round wins at the end of the first half, the halftime score settled at 13-2 in favor of G2 Esports. Despite losing the second pistol round of the map, the French side quickly won the last three rounds they needed to close out the map and the series, making G2 Esports the winners of ESL Pro League Season 5.

This victory is going to give G2 Esports a big boost heading into the final Valve Major of the year in Kraków next month. We’ll be waiting to see what the squad can do in this big event.