Liquid edge out MOUZ in PGL Bucharest opener

Date Matches PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 24/10/2026 MOUZ Finished 1 : 2 Liquid Match Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic provided the series' standout highlight with a 1v5 clutch to force overtime on Ancient.

Although it ultimately proved insufficient to secure the overtime, Liquid seized their chances on the next two maps. Clip link Liquid started brightly on MOUZ 's pick, winning the opening 4 rounds and taking a 7-5 lead.

MOUZ turned the game around in the second half, however, stringing together 5 rounds to reach map point at 12-9. Liquid saved all three, culminating in NAF 's remarkable ace clutch, but MOUZ regained control in overtime to close out their pick.

Liquid 's 5-0 start disappeared as MOUZ won the next 8 rounds and forced overtime, but Liquid swept the extra rounds to level the series.

Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou finished this map with 26 kills, including four AK-47 headshots in round 27 to put his team on map point. The decider remained finely balanced through a 6-6 first half before MOUZ moved ahead 10-7.

Also read: Breaking: Voca bench nosraC; set to search for new IGL MOUZ picked Ancient to begin the series, with neither side able to fully break away from the other.

MOUZ took a 12-9 lead late, but Liquid stormed back with three straight rounds, including a 1v5 from Keith "NAF" Markovic, to force overtime. Despite NAF's heroics, MOUZ held on to win Ancient 16-13 in OT.

The second map was Inferno, where Liquid started with five T-side rounds in a row before MOUZ answered back with seven of their own to take a 7-5 lead at the half.

This time, Liquid rallied to earn a 12-9 advantage that MOUZ stormed back from to force overtime. To complete the role-reversal, Liquid won the second map 16-12 to force a decider. Mirage was the setting of the final map of the series.

Liquid began on the favored CT side, but couldn't find the edge as MOUZ battled to a 6-6 half. The Europeans quickly jumped ahead to a 10-7 lead early in their own defensive half.

At same time, Liquid drop to 1-1 after their opening victory over MOUZ , with both teams awaiting their third-round opponents.

Notably, FUT also need to play five matches with Álvaro "⁠SunPayus⁠" García before the November 2 VRS cut-off for him to replace Nikita "⁠cmtry⁠" Samolotov on their Major invitation roster.

With the Ukrainian now at Astralis , falling short would leave him listed on both teams' invitation rosters, only one of which could accept the invite.

Date Matches PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 25/10/2026 FUT Finished 2 : 0 Liquid Match Liquid won both pistol rounds on their Cache pick, but struggled to turn those openings into sustained success.

FUT responded to the first with six consecutive rounds and built a 9-3 halftime lead, powered by dem0n's 16-3 first-half scoreline.

9z , meanwhile, have yet to win a map following losses to Vitality and MOUZ , and must now win three consecutive series to reach the playoffs. Dust2 remained competitive for much of the first half.

9z won the opening pistol but lost the following round, with the teams eventually reaching a 4-4. MOUZ then took three of the final four rounds to lead 7-5 at the break before shutting out their opponents in the second half.

Luciano "⁠luchov⁠" Herrera topped the server with a 1.69 rating, but his efforts were not enough as MOUZ won all six rounds after the break to close out Dust2. Clip link 9z offered even less resistance on Nuke.

MOUZ started with a 6-1 lead and finished the half 10-2, leaving 9z with little room for a recovery. A second-half pistol win briefly kept the South Americans alive, but MOUZ answered with three straight rounds to close out the series.

Ádám "⁠torzsi⁠" Torzsás topped Nuke with 18 kills and a 2.09 rating, while Lotan "⁠Spinx⁠" Giladi finished narrowly ahead across the series with a 1.53 rating to his teammate's 1.51. Both teams await their third-round opponents.

Also read: Liquid upset second-ranked MOUZ in PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 opener Liquid's map pick of Cache began with a pistol round win, but their first half ultimately ended in a disappointing 3-9.

Keith "NAF" Markovic scored a 4K with his Dual Berettas, but FUT required neither pistol round to take their opponents' map. Dmytro "dem0n" Myroshnychenko collected 20 kills and a 2.15 rating in the 13-5 win.

Dust2 favored FUT with an 8-4 half, and this time, they'd be the team taking both pistol rounds. Liquid managed to narrow the gap 11-9, but dem0n increased his kill count to 23 in what ended up being a 13-9 victory.

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Liquid responded with five consecutive rounds to reach series point, and although MOUZ briefly delayed them, they finished the job in regulation.