This was one of the most intense matches I have spectated in quite some time. Mouz took a 12-3 lead in the first half and United 5 was able to come back to tie it and send the match into overtime - unbelievable. This match started out poorly for United 5, but I'm sure you can tell that just by the 12-3 score that mouz was able to put up in the first half. United 5 had some great momentum rounds in the first half, but mouz's tactics were just too much for the United 5 team.

Mouz had some awesome offensive tactics. They would send a few players to fake long A while the rest performed a plethora of fakes and nade baits to keep United 5 on their toes. Almost every round started with the same tactic, with one faking long and mouz smoking spawn from middle so that the A players could not rotate. This would give mouz a 4 on 2 advantage on sunman and da_bears in bombsite B, which is where they usually headed. If anything else, mouz would send three or four long A and take advantage of United 5's defensive catwalk setups.

United 5 played their basic two in B (da_bears and sunman), leaving middle open. The other three would play aggressively on catwalk, with Hare would spotting long A from the catwalk. When a team sets up like this, it gives up long A and the defence depends on their flashes and HE grenades to retake the bombsite. United 5 really should have gone to a 2-1-2 setup after nadeing long A. The half would have gone much better for United 5 if, after they sent their three HE's into long A, only two fell back to their normal positions on catwalk while one played middle from spawn.

United 5 ended up losing the first half 12-3 and it really hurt the team's spirit. However, the second half went exactly in the right direction for United 5; well, after the pistol round that is. United 5 lost the pistol round, and now mouz needed to win only three of the remaining fourteen rounds for the win. Hare called a d.eagle/armor rush to B and it worked perfectly. United 5 was all headshots upon entering the bombsite and mouz’s automatic weapons did nothing for them. This round is what turned everything in United 5’s favor.

In all honesty I didn't think United 5 had this match at all. Mouz has an amazing defensive half; they are very aggressive and keep the offence blind at all times. As I am an analyst, I always like to talk about how tactics win matches, but this was all about frags. Hare went an amazing 21-3 after an incredible first half, sending the game into overtime where josh took over.

In the first round of overtime, sunman and da_bears knew exactly what mouz was doing and just mowed them down. Sunman took down three in the middle with his colt and da_bears finished two off in the B halls with his AWP. In the second round josh took down four mouz players, and three more in the third round. This gave United 5 a boost of confidence going into the second half with a 3-0 lead.

Hare knew exactly how mouz was going to play their defensive side and told the entire team to slow it down a bit. Mouz managed to get the first kill of the second half, and after looking at our lovely stats system I knew this gave mouz a 77% chance of winning the round. However, United 5 pulled together and took the round despite these odds, sending mouz home.

Up next for United 5 is Begrip, and there are many more matches to watch so I’m out for now.

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