{"id":7212,"date":"2019-05-06T05:57:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T05:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=7212"},"modified":"2019-05-06T05:57:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T05:57:43","slug":"curse-lifted-as-team-liquid-win-iem-sydney-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/curse-lifted-as-team-liquid-win-iem-sydney-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Curse lifted as Team Liquid win IEM Sydney final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Team Liquid have finally won a major Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/a> event after defeating Fnatic at IEM Sydney 2019 in an exciting final, which at one point looked like a replay of ESL One New York.<\/p>\n

After years and years of failing to perform on the grand stage, it was generally agreed that Team Liquid were under some kind of curse that prevented them from winning a “big event”. They have finished second in 10 high-profile esports tournaments<\/a> since ESL One Cologne 2016.<\/p>\n

It’s not only the defeats, but also the way Liquid lost some of those finals. Numerous times before have we seen Liquid in an excellent position to win it all, but they always found a way to “choke” and drop the title out of their hands. <\/p>\n

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One of the most memorable defeats came in the ESL One New York 2018 finals against mousesports, when Liquid went from a 1-2 lead to a 3-2 defeat. But that is in the past and after three long years, the time has finally come for the NA team to lift a trophy.<\/p>\n

Looking back at the group stage of IEM Sydney 2019, Team Liquid had a fairly easy time with their opponents. They started off with a 16-9 win over B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape, to which they added 2-0 wins over BIG and NiP to secure a place in the playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n