CLG defeated G2 16-2 on Dust2 in a crushing fashion in Malmö.

Second match of Group B at DreamHack Masters Malmö brought G2 and CLG together. The French side recently removed Kévin "⁠Ex6TenZ⁠" Droolans from their lineup and added Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro. CLG, on the other hand, came into the event after earning a Legend status at MLG Columbus 2016.

The battle was on Dust2 and the T-sided Americans turned around a 2v4 disadvantage to win the pistol round and they were able to follow it up with the anti-eco rounds (3-0). CLG were unfazed as they lost the first weapon round and immediately answered to make it 4-1. The 7-1 score caused a G2 timeout.

jdm64 was lounging on Dust2 

The stellar play of CLG continued as the French team struggled to put together some rounds. (10-1). Edouard "⁠SmithZz⁠" Dubourdeaux's double opening-kill with the AWP gave G2 their second round but their economy instantly got reset. tarik won a 1v3 as he killed two and planted the bomb on the A-site while Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon thought it was on B. The half ended 13-2 in favor of CLG.

CLG won the pistol round as well and crushed G2 16-2. They will go onto face Natus Vincere while G2 will play GODSENT in the elimination match.

DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016Best of 1 G2Matchpage 2 16 12th April 2016 CLG 2Dust2 16

CLG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	19 - 8	+11	96.6	1.79
Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64	14 - 9	+5	100.2	1.74
James 'hazed' Cobbhazed	18 - 9	+9	91.3	1.56
Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerreltuC	13 - 6	+7	79.4	1.43
Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaFugLy	15 - 10	+5	83.6	1.37

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianarobodyy	12 - 16	-4	88.8	0.86
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM	11 - 16	-5	69.2	0.70
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	8 - 16	-8	56.1	0.50
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	5 - 16	-11	48.7	0.46
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	6 - 15	-9	44.1	0.42

Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux Age: 27 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 897 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 GODSENT #31 Markus 'pronax' WallstenAndreas 'znajder' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonMathias 'pauf' KöhlerJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Age: 19 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 140 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68 Natus Vincere #3 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' Vasilyev Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 23 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 844 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.66 G2 #12 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro CLG #10 Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJames 'hazed' CobbJacob 'FugLy' MedinaTarik 'tarik' Celik Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 810 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.64 tarik