Team Liquid have pulled off the first upset at MLG Columbus after defeating FaZe 16-11 on de_cache.
The first round of Group B at the MLG Columbus Major brought the first surprising result of the tournament as FaZe, semi-finalists at DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca while under G2, fell short against Liquid. The North American side punished FaZe for their mistakes and did so thanks to a dominant display from Eric "adreN" Hoag, who is acting as a substitute for the team after being left out of the starting roster with Kenneth "koosta" Suen's signing.
The map began with Liquid winning the pistol round with ease following an A push, and they followed it up with the resulting anti-eco rounds to start off the game with a 3-0 lead. Their fantastic run on the Terrorist side continued as Spencer "Hiko" Martin picked up four kills during a B hold to punish FaZe, who wasted a two-man lead.
After going on eco, FaZe were finally able to hold back the Americans, picking up two rounds in a row to reduce the deficit to 2-5, but then they were stunned by Liquid courtesy of a 1vs3 clutch from adreN. The 25-year-old would raise eyebrows just a few rounds later with another crucial quad-kill, with the scoreline blooming to an 8-2 advantage for the home side.
Liquid triumph over FaZe with a great performance from adreN
Håvard "rain" Nygaard then put FaZe back in the game with a quad kill, but Liquid hit back right after to reset the economy of their opponents. FaZe would call a tactical pause in a bid to halt Liquid's momentum, but the North American side kept their foot on the gas until the end of the half and took a commanding 12-3 lead.
The second half began with FaZe getting off to a blazing fast start, winning seven rounds in a row as Liquid struggled to keep up with the intensity of the Europeans. FaZe's winning streak then came to an end following a clean sweep from Liquid, who followed it would with another round thanks to a timely triple kill from Nick "nitr0" Cannella inside A.
With the scoreline 14-10 in favour of Liquid, FaZe responded and picked up a round, but Liquid remained in the driving seat and sealed the deal shortly later.
MLG Columbus 2016Best of 1 
FaZe
Matchpage 11 16 29th March 2016 
Liquid 11Cache 16
| Liquid | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0 | 25 - 22 | +3 | 100.9 | 1.44 |
| Eric 'adreN' HoagadreN | 22 - 13 | +9 | 91.5 | 1.38 |
| Spencer 'Hiko' MartinHiko | 16 - 16 | 0 | 72.7 | 1.05 |
| Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE | 18 - 19 | -1 | 76.1 | 1.04 |
 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple | 15 - 16 | -1 | 60.0 | 0.95 |
| FaZe | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain | 23 - 19 | +4 | 96.4 | 1.26 |
 Ricardo 'fox' Pachecofox | 17 - 17 | 0 | 82.6 | 1.04 |
 Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy | 19 - 20 | -1 | 76.6 | 0.93 |
 Mikail 'Maikelele' BillMaikelele | 15 - 19 | -4 | 69.7 | 0.86 |
| Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostadjkaem | 9 - 21 | -12 | 36.8 | 0.52 |
Kenneth 'koosta' Suen 
Age: 19 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 162 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Spencer 'Hiko' Martin 
Age: 26 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 399 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.60 Nick 'nitr0' Cannella 
Age: 20 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 310 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 Håvard 'rain' Nygaard 
Age: 21 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 317 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.71 Eric 'adreN' Hoag 
Age: 25 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 326 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.64 (责任编辑：cs cases)
