Eurocup Tuesday

Post Match Article:

It wasn't ment to be for Incomplete. They fought hard, showed some incredible defensive masterminding on Braundorf and tried to stop Polar with all means they had. But it wasn't enough. In an impressive match the partially new lineup of Polar eSports showed that they improved their teamplay. With the new likes of sqzz and razz Polar defeated Incomplete with 4-0.

This score gives us the following ranking of Group C in the Eurocup XV:

1. Polar eSports - 1 - 0 - 4/0
2. TLR.eSports - 1 - 0 - 4/2
3. Incomplete - 0 - 2 - 2/8

With no more matches to play, Incomplete is out of the Eurocup. Good luck with further tournaments Incomplete!

Polar eSports and TLR.eSports will have to decide who will take the crown of Group C in a direct duel. Good luck to both.

I caught up with Polar Toxic and Polar Adacore to have a little chat about the match.

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Polar Toxic

-First of all... Sigh of relief?

Well, we knew we had the power to win, being the first official for us with the new lineup we didnt know what to expect but i can say that we showed a pretty nice performance and its comfortable to know that we are already through to the playoffs.

-Did you feel any pressure before this match? Because losing it would mean you'd have to win over TLR, which is always hard.

Well obviously, we started off nervous on braundorf as we knew that a loss would be devestating so we didnt want to do any mistakes. So ye I guess you can say we felt the pressure.

-Now sqzz performed a very strange role this match, he played the personal health manager of all engineers. Was this assigned to him or did he volunteerd to play like this?

He has natural instincts about his own players, when they're going to die, when they are in need of backup. Its just the way he plays, besides being the best medic in ET, his aim isn't too shabby either.

-Adacore said before the match, and I quote: "The pressure is another matter though - polar have a track record of performing inconsistently in officials, it remains to be seen if this will phase the new lineup" Do you agree with him?

Well it was pretty clear that we used to play inconsistently with the old lineup but I hope we fixed this now, but its yet to be seen.

-After capturing the flag at Braundorf you rushed into the bunkers with great pace only to be stopped by INC in the bunker controls room. What went wrong?

They had a nice defence basically, they played braundorf really nicely.

-Thank you for your time, congratulations again! Good luck against TLR.

Polar Adacore

-Was this the type of play by Polar you hoped for?

Yeah, although sqzz was playing worse than normal :D But you can't have everyone having good days at once. Oh - and Braundorf wasn't exactly perfect.

-Sqzz played a really significant role with the healing though...

Yeah - he was as good as normal with medwork, but normally his aim is better ;)

-It seemed as though Polar got stuck at Braundorf in the end. What do you think finally broke INC's defence?

But they got it in the end, which is what matters I guess. They worked out that INC were heavy in the boxes room and Xylos took them out there.

-What's the thing you're most worried about looking at the performance of Polar?

Nothing really, so long as they keep doing what they're doing everything should be great.

-What's your prediction? How far will Polar come in the Eurocup?

I think we have the potential to go all the way, but of course anything can happen and there will be a lot of very good teams in the playoffs stage.

-Allright, thanks for your time.






Tonight's other match was between retroactive and Auxilia. The last one took the victory. Auxilia won with 4-0 over retroactive.
This gives the following ranking of Group B:

1. zeroPoint! - 1 - 0 - 4/0
2. Auxilia - 1 - 1 - 4/4
3. Fear Factory - 1 - 1 - 4/4
4. Retroactive - 0 - 1 - 0/4



Preview:

Tuesday the 1st of May gives us three Eurocup matches. The group stages of the Clanbase Eurocup didn't give us any big surprises yet. But maybe that's about to change today.



First up tonight is the clash in Group C between the current numer 2 and 3; polar vs. Incomplete. With Morrigu dropping out of the Eurocup, Polar eSports lost the only points they had. Would Polar lose this match, they'll have to beat CPC2 Champions TLR.eSports to survive in the Eurocup.

On the other hand we have Incomplete. Losing this match means that their Eurocup trip is over. There's alot of pressure on the finnish boys, do they have the goods to beat Polar? Without a doubt the action of Morrigu made this group very exciting. It could go either way.

Rankings:
Current Rankings
1. TLR.eSports - 1 - 0 - 4/2
2. Polar eSports - 0 - 0 - 0/0
3. Incomplete - 0 - 1 - 2/4

Incomplete wins 4-0
1. TLR.eSports - 1 - 0 - 4/2
2. Incomplete - 1 - 1 - 6/4
3. Polar eSports - 0 - 1 - 0/4

Polar eSports wins 4-0
1. Polar eSports - 1 - 0 - 4/0
2. TLR.eSports - 1 - 0 - 4/2
3. Incomplete - 0 - 2 - 2/8


I caught up with Adacore to ask him some questions regarding the match of tonight.

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- Now Morrigu left the EC, the match versus Incomplete has become much more imporant. Do you think this pressure will affect the performance of Polar?

Meaning no disrespect at all to the morrigu team, who I am sad to see have called it a day, I think this game was always going to be the most important for polar (and incomplete) in the group stages, as the victor almost sure to progress. The loss of mQ may make this more certain, but not massively so. The pressure is another matter though - polar have a track record of performing inconsistently in officials, it remains to be seen if this will phase the new lineup, but I hope they'll all play their best game and come out with a solid win.

- Would Polar lose this match, you'll have to beat TLR, do you think the team is capable of doing so?

Yes, I think the team is capable of beating anyone. TLR is, without a doubt, one of the best teams playing the game at the moment, but I think polar can step up to the plate and take the game, as we did against aMenti at the same stage of last season. As I said previously, though, it would be a very tough game and it would obviously be better to go into it without the pressure.

- Thank you for your time.


But this isn't all the Eurocup is offering you tonight. There will be another exciting match played. Auxilia takes on Retroactive in Group B. Retroactive haven't played any matches yet and they're position 3rd at the moment. Auxilia however lost their first match against Fear Factory and with the match versus zeroPoint! around the corner this one is important. Winning over Retroactive will give Auxilia their last chance of survival. Losing it will be the end for Auxilia.

Auxilia's manager Munchies took the time to answer some questions about Auxilia's situation in the EC and the match tonight.

CLICK - First of all, do you think you still have chances in a poule with zeroPoint! and Fear Factory after losing your first match?

Well losing was a dissapointment, but the team has had a few ups and downs recently. Hopefully everything has settled down now with the new players in the lineup, and I think we can do well, yes.

- Is Auxilia capable of beating Retroactive today and zeroPoint in the next match? Because that is needed to survive the group stages...

Well for tonights game my gbooky money is firmly on Aux to win. Without wanting to underestimate retro, i would put them as the weakest team in the group. AuxiliA has the potential to beat teams like ZeroPoint, its just a question of will they reach their potential in time for their game.

- Thank you for your time.


Last but certainly not least is the match between one.soldier and Ultimate Conspiracy. Both teams are allready out of the tournament so there's no pressure on either sides. For this game it's all about the honour. Therefore this could either become a very good game between two sides fighting over the honour of being 3rd behind two excellent teams; Dignitas and Insignia Cadre, or it could become a boring match with one side dominating because the other one isn't doing it's best. We'll see...

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