SK, PG march on at SEC

SK Gaming and Power Gaming are both through to the semi finals at the Samsung European Championship after beating eSuba and Millenium, respectively.

It was expected to be a walk in the park for SK Gaming, but de_tuscan proved to be a difficult ground for the Swedes, as eSuba gave them a run for their money on that first map. After finding themselves down by 6-1, SK finally managed to get their game flowing in the first half, and went into the break up by one round.

In the second half, and with eSuba now playing as Terrorist, the Czech side won the the opening three rounds to give SK a scare, but the Scandinavians got right back into the game and picked up a 16-12 victory.

On de_inferno, SK looked much more confident, and even enjoyed a comfortable 11-1 lead in the first session, before seeing eSuba reducing the deficit to 11-4. The Czech team then won the pistol round, with Tomas "oskar" Stastny taking down three opponents, but a successful desert eagle eco by SK right after broke eSuba's hearts and powered the Swedes to a 16-5 victory.

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Elsewhere, Power Gaming disposed of Millenium 2-0 in what had been expected to be one of the hardest matches to call in the quarter-finals. A great start from Power Gaming on de_tuscan put them up 7-3, but the Frenchmen managed to respond properly, and the scoreboard showed 8-7 in favour of PG at the break.

In the second session, Millenium and Power Gaming were not too far apart from each other, but in the end the Finnish side came out on top with a score of 16-11.

The teams then moved on to de_inferno, where Millenium managed to better their opponents for the first time and went into the break with a narrow 8-7 lead. However, in the second half PG proved far too hot for the Frenchmen, and a 9-0 scoreline gave them a 16-8 victory.

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Power Gaming and SK Gaming will face each other in the first SEC semi final, tomorrow at 10.00CET. The other two quarter-finals will begin now, at 17.45CET, so stay tuned to our website for full coverage of the event.