fnatic upset NiP and top group A

fnatic have taken down NiP 21-16 in overtime on de_train_se to upset the world's number one team and top group A at DreamHack Bucharest.

fnatic had a flying start in the all Swedish match-up as they won the opening pistol round as terrorists and rode strong play by Jonatan "Devilwalk" Lundberg to an early lead.

NiP were bringing the game back at 3-5, but a save round win changed all the momentum and allowed fnatic to get a commanding lead halfway through the opening half.

That lead was cut quickly as NiP brought the game to 6-9, and then won the second half pistol round to tie the game at nine. The two sides kept trading punches, and eventually found themselves tied at 14-14.

NiP and their fans leave the group stage disappointed 

Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund helped NiP score map point, but even his three kills in the final round couldn't stop fnatic from forcing the match into overtime as Jesper "jw" Wecksell won the deciding one-on-one with barely any health left.

In the beginning of overtime things looked great for NiP as they won the opening round as terrorists, but Andreas "MODDII" Fridh's team then put up a brick wall that was inpenetrable.

fnatic wund up taking four rounds in the opening half of overtime, and followed it up with two straight round wins as terrorists to clinch an impressive 21-16 win and top the first group. DreamHack Bucharest 2013Best of 1 Ninjas in PyjamasMatchpage 16 21 14th September 2013 fnatic 16Train_se 21

NiP will next face the winner of TeG versus neXtPlease!, which is currently in overtime as well, and hope to clinch the second place in group A and advance to the playoffs at DreamHack Bucharest.

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