Ismail «refrezh» Ali from Danish team Heroic made a unique 1v5 clutch, thus leading his team to victory over Team Liquid.
The battle between the teams in the ESL Pro League Season 14 playoffs was almost equal: Liquid won the first map (Overpass) with a slight advantage (12 : 16), while the second map (Nuke) was won by Heroic with the same score. Thus, the outcome of the match depended on the Inferno draw, and on it the situation became even more tense: with the score 14 : 15, the result was determined by the outcome of the next round. At the decisive moment, refresh was left alone against five enemy players and managed to shoot them one by one, while managing to set the bomb. Thus, the victory in the round remained for Heroic, the score became equal, and after that in the additional rounds the Danes managed to achieve an advantage and reach the next stage, winning Inferno with the score 19 : 16.
refrezh himself attributes his success to the successful choice of weapons. He said winning the clutch was a unique moment in his career – because he did it in a round on which the outcome of the entire match depended. This episode has already been commented on by many experts and players. In particular, s1mple noted that Liquid's loss in the responsible round was due to the rash actions of each of the players, and this is an example that other teams should learn from not to make similar mistakes.